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'TAE MARINE. REVIEW : 27 wide at the top. The foundation wall rests upon four rows of round piling, 12 in. in diameter and driven 4 ft. -apart and 44 ft. down into the clay. There is also a row of sheath pil- ing just inside the outside row of round piling driven into the ground 26 ft. below low mean tide to prevent undermining. There is also an apron 27 ft. wide by 4 ft. thick extending seaward in front of the wall composed of solid granite blocks as a further protection in case of storms and undermining currents. The maintenance of way department of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad has been reorganized and Mr. J. B. Dickson given the higher title of chief engineer in charge, with head- quarters at Baltimore. The territory of the Baltimore & Ohio system has been divided into three sections for the work of this department and three new positions of engineer of maintenance ments for the manufacture on this side, of the Berliet automo- bile--one of the best known French cars. Although one or two foreign designed cars are built in part here, this will be the first instance of an American concern making a foreign car with American matérial and by American labor, complete in every detail. The American Locomotive people will im- mediately begin the construction of a specially equipped plant for the manufacture of the Berliet machines, and the cars will be in the market early next season. The announcement is one of the most interesting made for some time past in the automo- bile industry. The American Locomotive Co. is one of the largest builders of machinery in the world and includes in its organization some of the foremost mechanical and engineering talent which will be available for its new enterprise. It is the intention, furthermore, of the company to make the automo- THE TRAINING SHIP FERN WHICH IS TO BE STATIONED AT DULUTH FOR USE™ OF NAVAL RESERVE. of way created. Formerly Mr. Dickson was engineer of main- tenance of way on the Baltimore & Ohio system. Mr. H. E. Hare has been appointed engineer of maintenance of way of the main line system with headquarters at Baltimore; Mr. H. H. Temple, engineer of the Pittsburg system, with headquarters at Pittsburg; and Mr. J. A. Spielmann, engineer of the Wheel- ing system, with headquarters at Wheeling, W. Va. The steam pleasure fleet of San Francisco is to receive an addition. John Twigg & Son, the San Francisco boat builders, are constructing for A. B. Spreckels a steam yacht to be called Lurline, which will be ready to launch in June. She will be 7o ft. long, with a beam of 1214 ft. Being intended for cruising in the upper bay, her depth will be only 6 ft. The mo- tive power will be furnished by a Seabury engine OF 0 TP. and having a water tube boiler. A searchlight of too candle power. will be operated by an independent engine. The craft 'is copper fastened and has four watertight bulk-heads. 'The pilothouse and cabin will be entirely of mahogany. There will be an owner's cabin, several berths and accommodations for a crew of four. She will be steered from a bridge. The deck- will be enclosed with a network of rope and covered by an awning. The American Locomotive Co. has consummated arrange- bile an important adjunct. to its present manufacutring busi- ness. A new plant will be built adjoining the Rhode Island Locomotive works. ie An appropriation of $758,000 has been made for rebuilding bridges and culverts along the Erie Railroad, as a part of the comprehensive scheme now under way for the complete rehabilitation of the road. This does not include the sum of $500,000 to be used for the improvements at the Fifty-first street yards in Chicago, nor the lesser expenditures on the Niles & Lisbon, Newcastle, New York, Susquehanna & West- ern, and Bath & Hammondsport Divisions of the Erie. The largest single expenditure is one of $150,000, for the bridge over the tracks at the Chicago yard, a structure 66 ft. long and 435 ft. wide, designed to do away with grade crossings at that point. On the Susquehanna division the expenditures will aggregate $266,000, where forty-five bridges and culverts are being rebuilt. This work includes the complete rebuild- ing of the bridge over the Chenango river. When this 814 ft. structure is completed, every one of the old style latticed bridges on the division will be done away with, a change made necessary by the increased weight of the locomotives and trains.