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26 MARINE REVIEW. [May 1 TRADE NOTES. Among recent orders for ship yard machinery booked by the Atlantic Works Incorporated of Philadelphia is one from the United States govern- ment for two 10-in. deck planing machines, to be used at the League Island navy yard. At the annual meeting of the Seaboard Steel Casting Co. at Chester, Pa., recently, the following were chosen directors: Joseph Wharton, Isaac H. Clothier, Morris L. Clothier, William C. Sproul, John B. Roach, Thomas H. Savery, and J. H. Cochran. The old officers were re-elected. At the annual meeting of the Joseph. Dixon Crucible Co. of Jersey City the old board of directors was re-elected, and in turn re-elected the following officers: President, E. F. 'C. Young; vice-president and treas- urer, John A. Walker; secretary, George E. Long; executive committee, John A. Walker, Joseph D. Bedle and William Murray. The company has a surplus of $1,300,000, with outstanding debts of only $7,000. A very neat booklet, one that is much above the ordinary, has just been issued by the Niles-Bement-Pond Co. of New York, the great ma- chine tool concern. The booklet is intended for distribution at the Crystal Palace exposition in England. It describes and illustrates a few of the standard types of American machine tools built at the various works of the Niles-Bement-Pond Co. The output of this company comprises every form of metal-working machine tool used in the equipment of machine shops, large or small. f UNION BONNET CRANE NAVY VALVES GLOBE, ANGLE, CROSS, AND CHECK FOR 175 LBS. STEAM PRESSURE TESTED TO 250 LBS. HYDRAULIC. DETACHING FROM PIPE. CAN BE PACKED WHEN VALVE IS OPEN. ARE EXTENSIVELY USED ON STEAM VESSELS WHERE A PERFECTLY RELIABLE VALVE IS REQUIRED, WRITE FOR CATALOGUE COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSATLANTIQUE FRENCH LINE--UNITED STATES AND EUROPEAN MAIL ROUTE, New York to Havre-Paris in less than one week. Steamers sail from New York every Thursday, at 10 a. m. Company's own vestibuled train from Havre to Paris in four hours, FLEET 70 STEAMERS. In New York service the following gigantic Twin Screw Steamers: "LA LORRAINE" (new). Twin Screw 15,000 tons 22,000 H-P. "6 99 ' £ 15,000 ee 22,000 s* etn cs = 30,000. "> 12.000 = "LA TOURAINE" (modern) " "T'AQUITAINE"' (modern) " ee © 10,000 «16000 = Naval officers command above steamers, insuring the same strict discipline as on a man-of-war. These ships all have double bottoms and water-tight compart- ments, and prescribed routes are taken to avoid fogs. The above steamers contain every modern twentieth century equipment for safety, most luxurious accommoda- tions, and the cuisine is famous. The favorite route of the elite of both continents. For rates, plans and other particulars apply to EUGENE DE BOCANDE, General Agent for United States and Canada, 32 Broadway, New York. MAURICE W. KOZMINSKI, General Western Agent, 71 Dearborn St., CHICAGO, OR TO LOCAL AGENTS. REGRINDING CAN BE REGROUND WITHOUT NEW YORK ST. PAUL PHILADELPHIA ST. LOUIS KANSAS CITY . SAN FRANCISCO 3 SIOUX CITY CHICAGO SEATTLE ¢ OMAHA DULUTH MINNEAPOLIS ESTABLISHED 1855 PORTLAND, ORE. - BENEDICT-NICKEL" for Condenser Tubes im CRAMT of all Kinds eee eer, 7] "BENEDICT-NICKEL" Seamless Condenser Tubes are highly non-corrosive and are not readily affected by Electrolysis. Actual tests have demonstrated that they last under conditions where tinned brass tubes are very soon destroyed. Our treatise, 'Electrolysis of Condenser Tubes," gt 'enti, oe , L », gtves the full sctentific r superiority of "Benedict-Nickel" over copper and brass--send a zz. RIG ag ihe BENEDICT & BURNHAM MFC. co... Factory and Main Office, Waterbury. Conn. New York, 253 Broadway. Boston, 172 High St V. WARING,N.Y.