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1902.] MARINE REVIEW. | 15 LIGHTHOUSE TENDER CROCUS. Bids were opened by the lighthouse board at Washington last Thurs- day for the construction of the lighthouse tender Crocus for service in the tenth lighthouse district, which includes Lakes Ontario and Erie with headquarters at Buffalo. Two bids were submitted, one by the Townsend & Downey Ship Building & Repair Co., Shooter's Island, N. Y., for $119,- 950, and the other by the Baltimore Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Bal- timore, Md., for $140,000. The latter firm also submitted an alternative bid for $117,760 for the tender as per specifications, minus some of the outfit. The appropriation is $120,000, so that one of the two companies will probably get the contract. The tender will be 164 ft. 7 in. over all, 154 ft. 6 in. between perpen- diculars, 29 ft. beam, molded, and 13 ft. 6 in. depth of hold. She will be of the spar deck type, being one of the first of this type in the service. Two deck houses, one forward for the master and the mates and one aft for the - inspector's quarters, will be carried. She will be schooner-rigged but will ay feoaca Maan 82 Finrece 3° Dr, i Besvwuse Phares tio- the Sas". Ss Siete CROSS-SECTION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE TENDER CROCUS. carry no sails. The forward mast is made strong enough and arranged to carry the cargo boom, and the main mast is provided merely for carrying signals required on the lakes. The great improvement of this vessel over the present tender Haze will readily be seen from the follow- ing description, and the work in the tenth district will no doubt be more easily and 'better done and the inspector will.have more scope for effective service than is at present the case. Great care and thought has been given to the design of this vessel to allow for large storage capacity, for the easy handling and carrying of buoys of all descriptions, the stowage of large gas tanks for the gas buoy service, the comfort of the men, ample coal supply and to give a reasonably fast boat. Below the main deck, starting at the stem, there is a store room; be- low that a trimming tank. Abaft the storeroom under the main deck are the crew's sleeping quarters; below them the chain lockers, one on either side of the vessel. The space from the bulkhead of these compartments to the coal bunker bulkhead, from the main deck to the top of the keelson, a on the starboard side amidship is reserved for loose cargo, barrels, etc. A lamp room, shelves and a machinist's bench are located on this side of the ship in the wake of the uptake enclosure. Abaft the upper engine room is located the officers' mess room, the officers' pantry and bath room. At this point a bulkhead extends all the way across the ship, abaft of which is located the water closets and a space laid off for small stores with lockers along the sides. This space will also contain the gas compress- ing machinery. ae The upper deck is devoted to the master's room in the forward deck house, the two mates on either side, with the steering engine room in the center and the pilot house above. These rooms are very well fitted up and give ample room for comfort. The noise from the steering engine will be deadened by the space between the bulkheads filled in with some deadening material. ee In the after deck house the inspector is provided with very fine and commodious quarters. In the forward end is located the pantry on the port side with a stateroom on the opposite side. A built-in skylight over the engine room is between these rooms. Abaft of these rooms is located ~ the inspector's saloon. This room is very large and great pains has been taken' to make it as comfortable as possible. It contains a desk, book cases, dining table and chairs, easy chairs and the two bed sofas located in the after end. The latter can be curtained off when used for sleeping. A passage way leads aft out of the saloon with the inspector's stateroom on the starboard side, another stateroom on the port side and a bath room at the end of the passage. The inspector's stateroom is very long and roomy. Abaft of it and communicating with it is a chart room which can be used for a dressing room. The boats are carried on skid beams on a -- level with the top of the deck house. The ship will carry three boats--a cutter, a whale boat and a dinghy. The forward part of the upper deck is devoted to the carrying of buoys, cargo, etc., which is too bulky to lower into the hold or take in at the ports. -Cargo ports forward and ait give ample facilities for loading and unloading from wharves and light vessels when the weather will permit. SIR CHRISTOPHER FURNESS ON THE AMERICAN tNVASION. Sir Christopher Furness, who visited the United States recently, has written a book entitled "The American Invasion." It will be noted that during the late flurry in England over the apparent encroaches of Ameri- can trade a considerable sentiment arose in favor of protection. This is the poisonous virus for which Sir Christopher is seeking an antidote. He urges the government to leave commerce and industry to work their own salvation. Indeed, as it is pointed out by Sir Christopher, the state has enough to do in maintaining law and order; in defending the weak by proper supervision of conditions injurious to health and safety of life; but beyond this the government should not interfere. Sir Christopher states the advantages of the United States in the industrial competition to be as follows: Superior and cheaper raw materials; more attention given by substantial men to the commerce and industries of the nation; a system of education better adapted than Britain's to fully and adequately equip the lieutenants and captains of industry for the work they have in hand; the absence of heavy railway charges and mining royalties. He thinks the British artisan superior to the American artisan, but of all other con- siderations which tell in favor of the British manufacturer none is com- parable to the advantage which is derived from free trade. a "T contend," he says, "that protection in England would not pay - commercially. .To illustrate: We still hold the fort in ship building. What is ship building? It is the bringing together and working up in Great Britain of raw material obtained at the lowest price from different parts of the world, which operation involves a very large expenditure of wages. The steel in steamers is made from ore produced in Spain, Algiers, and Sweden; the brass from Spanish and American copper; aS \ LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF THE LIGHTHOUSE TENDER CROCUS. comprises the cargo space of the boat, that is the main cargo space. A distance of eight frame spaces comprises the coal bunker. The coal bunker has a capacity of about 116 tons. The boiler and engine spaces come next. Abaft the engine space is a space devoted to the stowage ot the gas tanks. A pocket in the after engine room bulkhead provides for the location and handling of the thrust blocks. Abaft the gas tank space is the after trimming tank:and above that a storeroom. On the main deck, starting at the stem, the windlass space comes first; abaft that on the starboard side of the vessel is the crew's mess room with a wash room at the forward end. On the port side abreast of this space is located the firemen and oiler's quarters, both eating and sleeping, with a wash room at the forward end. Abaft the bulkhead of these com- partments is the open space allotted to the stowage of buoys, booms, and all large or bulky matter. The space amidship on this deck in the center of the vessel is taken up by the galley forward, the uptake enclosure or drum room next, the dynamo room and the upper engine room. On the port side amidship the space is divided off into staterooms for the officers of the ship with an ice-box located in the wake of the galley. The space spelter is produced in Germany, and tin obtained from Asia; the wood- work is made from lumber imported from Sweden, Russia, Canada, America and our colonies; the paint from Spanish, Australian and Ameri- can lead; the rope from Russian and Manilla hemp. Now, to build a steamer at a satisfactory price, and to pay the immense wages bill, these articles must be bought at the lowest possible price. If parliament with the object of protecting English lead, iron, copper and tin mines, British forests, etc., were to impose import duties, the cost of the steamers would be increased, the demand would fall off, and the amount distributed in meee would be materially reduced, whereby the whole community would suffer." There seems to be a general idea that trade between the United States and the Philippines is confined to United States vessels. This is not the case. The Philippine islands are exempted from the United States coast- ing trade by the fourth article of the American treaty with Spain, whi provides that trade with the Philippines is not to be restricted to Ameri vessels.