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66 Dallas, owned by the Texas Oil Co. The work will include' new coffer- dams, the removal of the tank tops and considerable other work. There were 13 bids submitted for making the repairs. ; J. Ernst & Son, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, are building a cargo steamer foro fF, Rhude, of Halifax; N.S; to be 90 ft. on keel, 105 ft. over all, 20 ft. beam and 9 ft. depth of hold. Rice Bros., Boothbay, Me., have un- der construction over 30 knockabouts, 12 of which are for members of the Manchester, Mass., Yacht Club, the remainder being for various owners. They are of similar design. Charles L. Rohde & Sons' Co., Bal- timore, Md., are building a sand and bucket dredge for Baltimore owners. The vessel is now in frame and is to be 90-ft long, 32 ft: beam and 9. ft. deep. BOW. Pickles'. & °Co., Annapolis; Nova Scotia, have purchaséd a site of 16 acres on the water front where a ship yard will be established. Early in the new year they. will begin the construction of a four-masted schooner. William Cramp & Sons Ship & En- gine building Co., Philadelphia, Pa., is to lengthen the tank steamship To- ledo, owned by. the Sun Oil Co.,. of Philadelphia, so. soon .as work has been completed on the lengthening of the tanker Paraguay, owned also by the Sun company. The Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Co., Mobile, Ala., 'thas been awarded a contract for making repairs to the lighthouse tender Arbutus on its bid of $3,026.77. One other bid was sub- mitted, that of the Gulf Dry Dock Co., Mobile, Ala., for $3,091.09. Cook & Lake, Ballard, Wash., have begun the construction of a river steamer and two barges for the Alaska Commercial. Co., ot Seattle. The steamer is 'to be 110 ft. in length and the barges will be one 100 ft. and the other 65 ft. in length, the larger hav- ing a beam of 30 ft. Cobb, Butler & Co., Rockland, Me., launched the four-masted double- decked schooner Stanley M. Seaman on Dec. 22. She is owned by Don- nell & McKown, of Boston, and will be operated in the coastwise and Por- to Rican trade. The Seaman is 189 ft. long, 39.4 ft. beam and 1,050 tons. Oliver Gildersleeve & Sons, Gilder- sleeve, Conn., launched a wooden coal barge recently for stock. It is 116 ft. long, 30 ft. beam and 12% ft. deep and measures 382 gross tons. It is valued approximately at $7,500. At the same yard a coal barge 121 ft. long, 30 ft. beam and 12% ft. deep TAE MarRINE REVIEW was also~ launched last month. She is for stock and is valued at approxi- mately $8,500. She measures 406 gross 'tons. The Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy, Mass., has recently completed the third of the large steel floats which it has built for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co., for use in carrying freight cars in New York harbor. The float is 337 ft. long, 40 ft. wide and is capable of carry- ing 27 or 28 loaded freight cars. The New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N. J., has given a contract to the Penn Steel Casting Co., of Chester, Pa., for castings to be used in the construction of the battleship Utah. This is a large order and will keep the Penn works busy for some time. It calls for about 1,000,000 Ib. of steel: : The steel hull towboat built by the American Bridge Co. at Ambridge, Pa., for the Angola Transfer Co., of Angola, La., will be towed to Cincin- nati as soon as the stage of the river will permit where she will receive her machinery. This is being furnished by. the Charles Barnes Co., of that city. The cabin will also be built on the boat.at Cincinnati. EVERLASTING VALVE. . The .Everlasting valve, of which the Scully. Steel. & Iron Co., Chicago, are. general distributors, is specially designed for blow-off "Eis valve is largely used where a strong, substantial and dependable article is necessary. The valve needs no atten- tion whatsoever from the engineer after being installed, being perfectly self-grinding. and self-compensating. at all points. The valve is composed; of a top and bottom bonnet, a disc and a lever and post, and is so simple that an inspection of the ¢ut explains its en- tire operation. service. A wrench is placed upon the square head at "a" and pushed down, open- ing the valve, and reversed to close at; the effort to open it being in the 2-in. size;.about 25 Ibs. on an 8-in. lever against 200 lbs. steam pressure (about one-fifth that neces- sary to operate most plug cocks). The two bonnets are set together upon an approved high pressure gas- ket with machine bolts, giving quick access to the inside, should it ever be necessary to renew 'the disc or re- face the seat. A glance at the cut will show. how easily the entire working part of the valve may be renewed and_ refaced--a monkey wrench and file being the only tools needed--and we want to ask the prac- tical engineer if any other valve of- fers the same facility for repair? This feature is made possible, however, by the simplicity of the whole apparatus. The operating post is set tight upon a ground joint and held there by a stiff bronze spring, thus doing away with a stuffing-box entirely, and making it perfectly tight as long lasts. as 'the valve It need never Die WALVE THAE OPERATES: WITH "BAS AND STAYS . TIGHT. be touched after' leaving our. hands as it constantly grinds itself ito an absolutely true seat at each operation. In practice we. find it never has to be. touched during the life of the valve. It will be further noticed that the inlet orifice is tapered. just above the seat at "b;" this increases the velocity of- the "blast" at this point. and in- TELLS TEE HOW. OR. TP. sures its delivery into the discharge pipe without punishment to the seat as would be the case were this pre- caution not taken. It also has the effect of siphoning the valve clean at each operation. The clearance spaces within the valve have been made ample to avoid the possibility of clogging, and numer- ous 'tests that the discharging iprove valve will mid .<oF putty as: it will with pure water. work as well