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18 "TAE Marine REVIEW The steamship companies amalgam: ated are: Dundee Steamship Co. Dunelm, Ltd.; Hamilton & Fort Wil liam Navigation Co.; Hamilton & FUEL FOR DESTROYERS. The British admiralty has decided that in future all destroyers and tor- pedo boats shall be constructed to SHIP BUILDING DURING JUNE. The bureau of navigation reports 147 vessels of 32,021 gross tons were built in the United States and officially num- Montreal Navigation Co.; New On i . ell as oil fuel. For the bered during June, 1908, as follows: use coal as w trio Steamship Co; Recead aa Union Steamship Co.; Winona Steam- STEEL : oe oe Sail hearer ee ship Co. Following are some details ; a 8 ; steamers owned: No. |Gross |No.|Gross ||No.|Gross | No. (Gross No. Gross _ of the cA et ae a a ee | alee ee 9 en engt et ton- Atlantic and Gulf..................05 41) 72,507/- 48, BN: |... 4. 6 Old an ne built. and breadth, nage, WOrTto RICO, 2a ei as 5 Blea li. at eeas |e ot eee las Ulereale ds 33 2,780 Prennaconta reece: 1900 254 ek 1465 ae ec cas -s 33} 2,780 a ele oe 1906 280" 43° 1436 Beet roge: Peet ee ee I bee, al eee a pon 34 19 612 Ae 1882 190" 30" 600 Woestora Wivers 2 eh ial 22 2l Dunelay 4. . sc oe 4907... 250° 43 1481 chadle Wy hnoel'l gee a a ar en PQ) BUY)... feveeee[eees - a ee ee 1088 287 a 1453 ...| 8] 25,253)[ 147 34, N a 1903 90 MOUHI 6 eos ee ec "16 2.543| 128) 4,225)|....|.... 3 ee tbs ee es 246? 35" ae 1 Stadacona ..c.4,.2-0 1908 building OUR EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL past three years all torpedo vessels Strathcona, me aaa 1900 | 258" ay 1465 | PORTS. built for the navy have been es Winona 29210601) 1906. 257%44e oe em structed to burn oil alone, and as the : oon Se lt of this innovation, and the in- With the exception of the Dun- : : ie durn, which was' purchased in the® Comparing our exports during the 10 troduction of the turbine, great ease months ended April, 1908, with those of the preceding similar period, by principal ports, we have the following (Bureau of Statistics) figures: Ten months, Ten months, Port. 1908. 1907. INGwe York <2.) 23.5; $602,196,244 $529,104,267 Galveston = 2.2... 150,909,483 222,308,775 New Orleans ...... 141,586,364 153,765,500 Philadelphia .<.. 3.4.42 95,611,929 76,806,006 BOston = oo ese. es 84,810,264 82,647,831 Waltimore 72250702 ©. 80,090,727 88,988,853 Bayaunal 6.527550 55. 57,942,486 57,788,178 Puget Sound ....... 39,559,740 36,139,221 MICCLOIL es 31,305,140 22,015,125 Wilmington 28,792,020 17,882,042 MIRAI OS isis. Socio. 26,896,507 27,374,316 San -Erancisca .... 3. 24,609,265 28,201,882 Mobile) eee i: 24,504,361 20,986,401 Pensacola 17,766,022 16,908,742 Willamette... <0... 16,105,476 9,046,115 Bort Huron: <5. 5.0% 13,062,843 12,686,902 Niagara ee 12,547,986 42;5555,241 Brunswick, Gay 12,147,428 10,016,201 eapine, Tex a... 12,118,603 1,979,303 Portland, Falmouth,Me. .11,063,739 13,408,576 Champlain, NG EaYe: 11,060,132 13,096,203 Norfolk- Portsmouth, Va. 10,685,490 6,909,933 Neither of the other ports of the country reached an export value of $10,000,000 in either period. The New York increase of $73,000,- 000 and the Galveston decrease of $72,000,000 are noticeable; as arealso the Philadelphia increase of $19,000,- 000 and the New Orleans and Balti- more decreases of $12,000,000 and - $9,000,000, respectively. Pensacola, Savannah, Detroit, Buffalo, Port Hu- ron and Niagara about held their own. Other increases are: Boston, $2,000,000; Wilmington, $11,000,000; Mobile, $3,500,000; Brunswick, Ga., $2,000,000; Sabine, Tex., $10,000,000; Norfolk-Portsmouth, neatly $4,000,- 000; and Willamette, $7,000,000, As a whole, the gulf ports de- creased $69,000,000; the northern bor- der and lake ports, $8,000 000; while the Pacific ports increased $8, 000,000, and the Atlantic ports, $97,000,000. Inasmuch as were disturbed during seven of the 10 months under review, this showing is eminently satisfactory on the whole. _leges at Montreal, the world's finances in stoking and a remarkable increase in speed have been obtained. The change which is now to be made is not due to any failure or de- fect in the oil burning system, but is designed to provide against acci- dents and contingencies such as may arise in war. There is no supply of oil fuel in the United Kingdom, and every gallon of oil would have to be imported. Thus security against any interruption of the oil supply is at- tained by fitting torpedo craft with furnaces which can burn either oil or coal. Allthe modern battleships and cruis- ers of the navy are constructed so as to consume either coal or oil. The oil is used when spurting and forcing the pace. INLAND NAVIGATION CO. The Inland Navigation Co. is the title under which the various steam- ships heretofore operated as separate companies under the management of mh ©. and A.B. Mackay,. Hamilton, Ont., have been amalgamated. The new company has a capitalization of $2,000,000 and in addition to the 11 steamships acquired the wharfinger, cartage, warehousing and coal busi- Rese Of R. ©: and A. B. Mackay at Hamilton; a shed and wharf privi- and the business and property of the New Ontario Dock & Coal Co., at Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. The officers and directors of the company are: President, W. Southam; vice president, R. O. Mackay; directors, G. IL. Staunton, Wi. G. Walton, J. P. Steedman, F. H. Whitton, i Milne, J. We Nesbitt..G. Hope, C. W. Band; general manager, A. B. Mackay; assistant to the gen- eral manager, L. W. Doherty; secre- tary, F. A. Magee. United States, her former name being Pere Marquette II, all the company's vessels have been built in Great Brit- ain. The Dundurn and the Rosedale are on the Canadian register, but the others are registered in Great Britain. The Stadacona, which is also of canal size, is expected out early in the fall. Bids for the construction of the mammoth new dry dock to be built at the Puget Sound nayy yard wal be opened at the navy department, July 18. This. structure will be the largest of its kind in the United States and one of the largest in the world, and is estimated to cost $2,- 000,000. It is to be completed within three years of the awarding of the contract. The dock will be 863 ft. long and 135 ft. broad, exceeding the length of the presen! dock by over 200 ft. The State of Colorado is to present the cruiser named for it with a silver service at San Francisco prior to the departure of the fleet to the Orient in August. The design of the service is after Paul Revere, the revolution- ary war hero, and is without orna- mentation except for the seal of the state and the word "Colorado." ° The set is sufficient for 36 persons and is valued at $5,000. Arrangements are being made for the dredging of the Connecticut river as far up as Springfield, Mass., for the purpose of assisting in the trans- portation of coal to that point. The trade will be carried on by a vessel fitted with dredging apparatus which will also 'be used in loading and un- loading a string of. barges. It @ planned to make the first trip in about two weeks,