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were made in sections ashore, and were floated to the wreck where they were lowered end down and bolted by divers. In this work pneumatic dr Ils were used, and the laying and bolt- ing of the shields and supports was done by the divers under trying con- 'TAE Marine Review AN INGENIOUS GRAIN ELEVA- TOR, In the course of a few weeks there will be in actual. work at the "ives pool docks one of the most useful and ingenious grain elevators that has been invented in recent years. It is COLLIER PENSARM COFFERDAM FINISHED AND READY FOR RAISING, ditions with an exactitude that was considered remarkable. For the pur- pose of pumping, two 12 in. pumps capable of liftng 800 tons of water each per hour were connected from the salvage steamer alongside, and a further 12 in. pump, worked by an oil motor, was fixed on the top of the dam. This latter apparatus is one with which the association has been experimenting for some time, and it has been found to be a valuable aid to salvage work. It is so portable that at the concluding stages of the Operation it was found possible to sling it from the 'top platform on to the deck of the wreck, and in a very Short time to put it into operation. These three pumps were so effective in their work- and the cofferdam so free from leakages that in two hours after pumping operations had been commenced the vessel was comp'etely -ta'sed. In engineering circles the feat of lifting the transporter in the man- her described is regarded as a very Praiseworthly feat, and it is interest- ing to recall the fact that Capt. Young, the chief wreck officer, for his skill in such work, was elected as a full member of the Institution of Mechanical Enginee-s, and is the only Master mariner thus qualified. The steamer E. F. Gould has been sold by John M. McKerchey to Capt. John D. Baker, of Detroit. Capt. Ba- ker will install a derrick in her and Use her as a wrecker. the invention of I. T. Brown, an -em- ploye of the Mersey docks and har- bor board, Liverpool, who has been 'closely connected wth the handling of grain cargoes for upwards of 30 et wt charged into a hopper. From .the hopper it is raised by a similar -proc- ess to the top of the elevator, and is then conveyed by means of shoots into the warehouse or barge, or if required into sacks which are auto- matically § weigl:ed, counted, and landed on a platform ready for transhipping, When desired the grain can be screened on board. the elevator barge, the dust and screen- ings being collected by a cyclone so that there is no wastage. In addition to bulk grain, provision is made for Gealng with sack gra'n cargoes, which can be discharged, weighed in drafts of three or five bags, shipped ito bulk, reweighed, and delivered either in sacks or bulk. The eleva- tor barge which contains the motive power for, and the whole of the ma- chinery necessary for these manifold operat'ons, can proceed to any 'vessel in dock or in the river, and can de- liver to steamer, sailing vessel, or barge, or to any warehouse having quay facilities, or on to carts or rail- way wagons, when rails are laid alongside the quay. One or more plants can be placed on the same barge, and the bulk handling capac'ty of each plant can be made as desired from 50 to 100 tons per hour. a RAISING THE COLLIER PENSARM, SHOWING THE COFFERDAM. . years. Mr, Brown. claims that his 'nvention is a. distinct advance on present mechan'cal appliances for handling grain cargoes, and will re- duce the cost by 29 to 30 per cent. No assistance is requ red from the gear of the steamer in discharging the grain, which is taken out of the. vessel's hold by means of a chain of buckets, which carry it to a rece'ver slong which it travels and is dis- The portable elevators at present in use at the Liverpool docks are of a type introduced nearly 30 years ago, the machine being carried' in the hold of a barge, and only being capable of discharging grain out of a vessel provided with a I fting boom or derrick. The Brown elevator, on the other hand, is distinct from the old system in three important particu- lars, it weighs the grain; it can dis-