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"TAHE MARINE REVIEW | a | 19 on record and it is admitted that: the operators cannot expect to sell the coal at a profit even were the fleet to start tomorrow. Meanwhile, the southern coal fields with rail connection to the southern mar- ket and with short hauls are working into the trade controlled for the past half century by Pittsburg. This causes more apprehension among coal operators than does the fact that 1,350,000 tons of coal are tied up with no prospect of get- ting out. NAVAL DRY DOCK BEGUN. - Work began Dec. 31 on the construc- tion of the new dry dock at the. Puget Sound navy yard at Bremerton, Wash. The contract is held by C. J. Erickson, c of Seattle, Wash., and it is expected that ce at least three years will be required for the completion of the dock. BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA. Herewith are published three views of the battleship North. Dakota, tak- en on Dec. 16, one year after the lay- ing of the keel, and showing her 65 per cent completed, a commendable record for the Fore River yard. COAL FLEET AT PITTSBURG. River coal operators of the Pittsburg district recently decided to stop produc- tion at the mines until enough water has come to enable them to start at least' a part of the 1,350,000 tons now loaded in boats on its journey south. The up- keep of this enormous amount of coal aggregates $5,000 per day and it has been about 220 days since the last fleet of coal boats left Pittsburg for the Mississippi valley, the longest stretch known without navigable water. The coal has. accumulated until there : is now the biggest fleet of loaded boats . The contract price of the dock is about $2,000,000 and it is to be 820 ft. long, and 95 ft. wide. It is estimated that about 300,000 cubic yards of earth will be removed before the dock is com- plete. Crawford & Reid, Tacoma, Wash., are to build a "one-man" tug' for © A. Norton, of Anacortes, Wash., to be 48 ft. in length, 11 ft. beam and 5 ft. deep. She. is to, be fitted with a 50 H., 2. Imperial engine. The construction is to be of heavy oak and she is to be ready for service in 60 days. The engine will be installed in the cabin, under the fore- castle head and the pilot house is to be partly over the engine. The engine con- trol will be carried into the pilot house and also up beside the wheel. The tug will have the best features of her class, including power capstan for handling tow lines and anchors.