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50 A float feed carburetor is used, the warm air leading to the auxiliary in- take being drawn from a special. chan- nel passing between the cylinder and leading to a warming plate at the exhaust pipe. This piping is arranged to allow regulation to secure the proper proportions of fresh and warmed air, all tending towards a mixture that will give the greatest possible force when exploded. The purchaser has his option as to a reversing clutch or a_ reversing blade propeller wheel. The former is the more popular, especially on the larger sizes of motors, but the depend- ability placed on the reliable action of this clutch necessitates particular care in its design and manufacture. On the forward speed, an expansion rng on the Truscott clutch is interlocked wth the clutch drum, giving a direct drive with no gears in action. On the reverse motion, the drum is held by «a friction band, and gears are placed in motion. The gears are of cut steel, of good diameter and wth exceptionally wide faces. The friction bands are wide and carefully fitted. The clutch is embedded into a perma- nent extension of the engine bed, is enclosed,- running in a bath of oil, which, incidentally, excludes the pos- sib'lity of damage from foreign sub- stances. The reverse lever is: located to suit 'tthe. purchaser's requirements. The. material and workmanship en- tering -into the construction of these 'motors -are the very' best 'that our experience, and the experience of oth- ets, Have brought forth... Each. part is made of material to do its respect- ive work in a thoroughly dependable manner. The cylinders are bored to micrometer gage, and ground, wi'th pistons also ground to fit. The main castings are of Superior charcoal iron. Crank shaft, connecting rods, and wrist pins are of steel forg'ngs. The circulating pump and trimmings are of polished brass, the cam shaft and cams are cut from one piece of solid steel. These motors are made medium duty and heavy duty types, wth two, four and six cylinders, from 6. to.75 H. P. The medium duty is intended for general service, such as the pleas- ure boat, the speed boat, or the light cruiser. It is built just heavy enough to withstand the hard and continuous usage that this service exacts. The heavy duty type is decidedly slow speed, heavy, made for commercial service. It is large cylinder measure- ments of its rated horsepower, and throws a propeller wheel of diameter and pitch. large "TAE Marine REVIEW The fittings applied are for either fresh or salt water, and the equipment is complete with all parts to allow of total installation, including gasoline tank, bronze propeller, and the Trus- cott system of submerged exhaust, which produces no back pressure. The company refers to a goodly number of satisfied users of this type of motor, which is now entering its third successful season, and_ solicits correspondence from interested' and intending purchasers. SAWDOLET FLOORING. "C. Clemente, No. 1722 Oregon ave- nue, Cleveland, the inventor of the ship flooring known as Sawdolet, MR. C. CLEMENTE. i which has been successfully installed on a number of lake ships, is now en- gaged in making decided improvements in the general color value of the com- position. He has secured contracts to install the flooring on the bulk freight- ers John Dunn Jr; J. J. HH: "Brown and Wm. H. Truesdale, and the car ferry collier Marquette & Bessemer No. 2. Other contracts are pending both on the lakes and on the coast. This flooring will be installed upon the hospital ship now building for the de- partment of Atlantic charities, New York City. Sawdolet possesses numerous advan- tages as ship flooring, being monolith- ic in character and impervious to water, fire and dust. It possesses also the advantage of being easily and in- expensively cleaned. Stains in Sawdo- let can be removed by lemon. juice, the juice of four lemons being suff- cient to clean 100 sq. ft. THERMOSTATIC FIRE ALARM SYSTEM. The Thermostatic fire alarm system in- vented by C. S. Bullock, which has been installed on the new steamer City of Cleveland, is meeting with great favor, It has recently been installed on the steamers C. W. Morse and Adirondack of the People's line. The new excursion steamer Americana, which is now build-* ing at the yard of the Buffalo Dry Dock Co. for the Crystal Beach run of the Lake Erie Excursion Co., will also be equipped with the Thermostatic system. In addi- tion this steamer will have stations in various parts of the several decks from - which an alarm of "Man Overboard" can be sent into the engine room, pilot house -- and crew's quarters. The City of Cleve- land has a complete Thermostatic instal- lation with 16 boxes in the engine room to register an alarm of fire. The annun- ciators used in Mr. Bullock's system are of the illuminating type. There are né& troublesome drops, no arrows to stick, no magnets to gum up. Whenever the circuit is closed the current finds its way through the small incandescent lamp back of the stencilled section in the annuncia- tor face locating the fire directly. On the Adirondack there are 24 stations, while on the Plymouth there are 40, not only locating the fire but indicating the nearest standpipe and hose connection. Connected with these annunciators there is a system of bells placed in the crew's quarters and all sleeping compartments below deck which is automatically cut in by a relay. As provision is made for sending in an alarm from any part of the ship by the use of a key, the captain can use this system for his weekly fire drills. The crew thus becomes accus- tomed not only to immediately respond to a call but to go directly to the parts of the ship where the danger is to be found. ae Bids for more than $1,000,000 worth of improvements in the channels of Hay lake and the Middle Neebish were opened recently in the government engineer's office at Detroit. The work is in four sections and embraces a total dredging area of 300 ft. wide, 13540. ft long and 21 ft. deep. The lowest bidders on the various sections were: First, Charles Simons, Two Rivers, Wis., $81,950; second, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., Chicago, $587,600; third, Zenith Dredging Co, Duluth, $175,107; fourth, Edwards Bros., Sault Ste. Marie, $624,690.