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M A R I N i R Ky. lL JE oe 29 safety. The Caronia has been built in accordance with the requirements of the British admiralty for an armed cruiser. She will be fitted for mounting 12 quick-firing guns. The rudder weighs 25 tons, and can be operated at will by two distinct sets of steering gear, one for ordinary navigation and the other below the water line to comply with admiralty specifications. Should any accident occur to one set of steer- ing gear the other, of course, would be available. Passengers are carried on six decks, i. e., boat, promenade, bridge, shel- ter, upper, and main decks, while some of the thirds are accommodated on the lower deck. The Caronia's full complement of passengers of all classes will be 2,650, making with a crew of 450, the total number of persons on board 3,100. The first-class accommodation is of the most luxurious kind, the equipment including parlor rooms en suite, comprising bedrooms, parlor, bathroom, etc., and it is optional for those who occupy them to take their meals in the grand saloon or dine en famille. The second class accom- modation will also be a feature of the ship, while the high water mark of privacy and comfort are extended to the steer- age travelers, who are mainly quartered in four-berthed rooms. The latest addition to the Jamaican fleet of Messrs. Elder Dempster & Co, the Port' Kingston, has this week also run her trials on the Clyde, when she attained exceptionally good results, a speed of 19 knots being attained. This is consid- erably greater than either the builders or the owners expected. The Port Kingston is notable as the largest and finest vessel that has yet been built for the fruit trade between Britain and the West Indies. She is of 7,200 tons gross, has accom- modation for 160 first and 60 second class passengers, and the holds. insulated for the carriage of fruit are over 100,000 cu. ft, capacity. She will take the August sailing to Jamaica It will be remembered that. at the launch in April, Sir Alfred. Jones presented the Duke of Marlborough with a fine model in silver of the Port Kingston. 'Some interesting particulars cabs to the. amount. paid to British shipownwers for the transport of troops, . stores, etc, during the South African war. are included in .an adie aiia return that has just been issued. . The total amount paid was | $75,344,095. ~ The American liner New York which tie been for three months in the hands of Messrs. Harland & Wolff, Belfast, undergoing extensive repairs, consequent upon her collision with the British government transport Assayi in the Solent, has completed her repairs, and returns immediately to her place in the Southampton-New York service of the American Line. The new liner America which is being built by Messrs. Harland & Wolff, Belfast, for the Hamburg-American Line will have a tonnage of 23,500 tons gross register. She will have accommodation for 570 first, 300 second, 280 third class passengers, as well as for. 2,300 passengers in the *tween decks. She will be ready next year, and will trade between Hamburg and New York.. Her sister ship, the Europa, is being built by the Vulcan Company, Stettin, and will be ready in 1906. Both vessels will have a speed of 17 knots. After a Jong interval in sailings, owing to the depressed condition of trade, the Gulf Transport Co. (Messrs. J. H. Welsford & Co.) announce the departure of the Irada from Liverpool on the 28th inst. In view of the improved crop reports from the cotton districts of the Southern States, it is expected that shipments will be early and develop into some degree of activity this season. The following particulars will show to what extent Amer- ican and Canadian meat imports have grown as far as Liver- pool is concerned. Eleven steamers have arrived in Liverpooi during the past week from the various American and Cana- dian ports, with cattle, sheep, sheep carcasses and fresh beef. The vessels were as follows: The Dorset, with 20,187 sheep carcasses; Etruria, with 1,124 quarters of beef, the Severns, with 50,616 sheep carcasses and 4,500 quarters of beef; the Arabic, with 1,458 quarters of beef; the Salocia, with 623 cat- tle and 340 sheep; the Oceanic, with 4,423 quarters of beef; the Michigan, 721 catttle, 645 sheep and 2,874 quarters of beef; the Merion, with 829 cattle; the Ottoman, with 731 cat- tle and 1,609 sheep; the Sylvania, with 846 cattle and 716 quarters of beef; the Bovic, with 749 cattle, 1,040 sheep and 3,269 quarters of beef, and the Cestrian with 769 cattle and about 4,000 quarters of beef, making a total of 5,266 cattle, 3,634 sheep, 70,803 sheep carcasses, and 22,364 quarters of beef Compared with the arrivals of the preceding week, these fig- ures show an increase of 350 cattle, 1,128 sheep, and 22,356 sheep carcasses; and a decrease of 7,762 quarters of beef. The Cunard Line steamer Lucania has new been fitted like her sister ship, the Campania, with the more powerful installa- tion of wireless telegraphy apparatus, capable of receiving messages transmitted over a distance of 2,000 miles. Like the Campania, also, the Lucania will henceforth publish a daily newspaper on board the steamer during her voyages to and from the United States, commencing with the ship's departure from Liverpool today for New York. HAULING A VESSEL ON THE WAYS. A feat, rare in ship building, was successfully accomplished at the yard of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co., Wilmington, Del., last week. The steamer General Meigs was hauled from the river to a position high and dry on the ways without an accident either to the vessel or to.the workmen. It is not.a difficult matter to launch a vessel from the ways, but it is a considerable test..to get a fully equipped vessel of any size on to the ways again without mishap. -- _ The dry dock of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Co. is ees at present, and the owners of the General Meigs desired re-: pairs made as soon as possible, so their craft could get. into service again. As it was impossible to float the. Meigs into _ the dry dock- at this time, President David (Ge Reid and Gen. Supt. John Lockhart decided that the only alternative was to try to haul the Meigs out on the ways and there make the 'repairs.: The vessel is 132°ft. long, 206 ft. wide and has twin screws. Cradles were built into which the steamer had to be floated at high tide, and two powerful steam winches were rigged with massive hawsers connecting with the hull of the Meigs. At high tide Gen. Supt. John Lockhart, Foreman of Carpen- ters William Harmon and Foreman of Riggers Joseph Smith, with a force of workmen, began the perilous and novel under- taking. The Meigs was floated to a point directly in line with the ways, and in such a position as to rest upon the keel blocks, upon which the cradles were constructed. This was by no means a pleasant undertaking, for some of the workmen had to stand in the water in getting the hull carefully balanced and adjusted on the blocks. One workman was in the river for three hours with his clothing on, and several others were in for a shorter time. After much diffi- culty everything was gotten in readiness, and the steam winches were put in operation. The 6-in. hawsers, and snub- bing line became taut and inch by inch the Meigs was dragged from the river and up the incline. It was a ticklish and dangerous job. At any moment the Meigs was likely to topple over and timbers were in danger of giving way under the great strain. The winches continued to groan under the tension and the big mass of iron and steel represented in the vessel began to climb up the ways. At last the entire hull was out of the water, and the workmen felt like cheering as_ they saw their labors were successful. The remarkable task is but one of the many now being accomplished in the Harlan & Hollingsworth yards. It reflects great credit upon Super- intendent Lockhart, and Foremen Harmon and Smith and the skilled workmen who assisted them,