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SHIP YARD NOTES. The New 'York Ship .Building Co, Camden, N. J., has a contract for the construction of two steel car floats for the Lackawanna railroad. The Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., has at the present time 1,161 names on its payroll, this being the largest number of employes in the history of this plant. Britt Bros., West Lynn, Mass., are building a 55-ft. single-screw power yacht for George B. Spearin, of New York. The yacht is from designs by H. J. Gielow and is to 'be completed by Decoration Day. J. H. Price, the Bandon, Ore., ship builder, has been at San Francisco re- cently for the purpose of conducting negotiations for the lease of the Ben- dixsen ship yard, located at Eureka, Gal Bids received by the lighthouse in- spector at Key West, Fla. for repairs to the tender Hibiscus, opened Jan. 26, were as follows: Ollinger & Bruce Dry Dock Co., Mobile, Ala., $752.89; George Bruce, Bagdad, Fla., $867. Bids for repairs to the lighthouse tender Manzanita, received by the lighthouse inspector at San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 30, were as follows: W. A. Boole & Son, San .Francisco, $694, accepted;. Union Iron Works, San Francisco, $741.50, The New Orleans Dry Dock & Shipbuilding Co., New Orleans, La., is to build a new 'steel hull for the lighthouse tender Golden Rod, which is stationed in the Ohio river. The contract requires the completion of the work in 50 days. The United Engineering Works, San Francisco, Cal., has been award- ed the contract for repairing light- house tender Sequoia, on its bid of $843. -Other bids were: Union Iron Works: Co., $863; W:; A, Boole & son. Co., $850. The 170-ft. steam yacht which is being constructed by Pusey & Jones, Wilmington, Del., for the great lakes, is for William Lydon, of Chicago. She will be the largest of ther type owned in Chicago and is to cost about $85,000. Alex Miller & Bro., foot of Morris Street, Jersey City, N. J., are build- ing an ocean-going cable steamer for the Western Union Telegraph Co. The hull, which is of wood construc- tion, is 150 ft. in length. The ma- chinery will also 'be built at the Mil- ler yard. : The Kelley-Spear Co., Bath, Me. has a contract for building a steam- boat for the Popham Steamboat Co., to replace the steamer Eldorado, de- stroyed 'by fire. The new steamer is "TAE Marine. REVIEW to be 74 ft. long, 20 ft. beam and 17 ft. deep and was designed by E, F. Kelley. The Italian liner Florida, which sunk the White Star line steamship Republic, is to be docked and re- paired by. the J: N) Robins €o., at its Erie Basin. dry dock in Brook lyn, N. Y. Her bow was badly dam- aged in the accident. The Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., is repairing the Norwegian steamship Texas, which was badly damaged by fire while on her maiden voyage from Christiana to Havana. The work will occupy about three months and will cost about $20,000, The Bath Marine Construction Co., Bath, Me., has a contract for building an 80-ft. gasoline motor boat for Hart- ley C. Baxter, of Brunswick, Me. The boat is to have a beam of 14 ft., will be propelled by two gasoline engines with a combined horsepowen of 100. She is large enough to accommodate twelve people and is expected to at- tain a speed of 15 mijes an thour. The schooner which the Gilbert Transportation Co., of Mystic, Conn., is to build, will be constructed at the yard of M. B. McDonald & Sons, at New London, which tthe Gilbert company thas leased for the purpose. M. B. McDonald has been engaged to superintend the construction of the new craft. Bids received by the lighthouse in- spector at Boston, Mass., for making repairs to the tender Myrtle, opened Jan. 27, were as follows: Portland Ship Building Co., Portland, Me., $1,108.- 63; R. T. Green Co. Chelsea, Mass., $1,130.13;-D. D. Keley & Son, Bast Bos- - ton, Mass., $1,375; Joseph' D. McPhee & Co, East Boston, Mass., $1)399.86; Bertelsen & Peterson Engineering Co., East Boston, Mass., $1,486.43; Fore River Ship Building Co., Quincy, Mass., $1,410.85." The bid of RT. Green Ce; Chelsea, Mass., was accepted. The Tampa Foundry Machine Co, Tampa, Fla., is building the big dredge Caloosahatchee for use on the Caloosa- hatchee river and has a sister dredge, the Miami, almost ready for delivery. The Miami is for use at Miami, Fla. The Moran Co., Seattle, Wash., has been awarded a contract by the Katal- la Co. for the construction of three stern-wheel river boats for use in Alaskan waters. The Katalla Co. is one of the Guggenheim corporations. The 'boats will be of the light draught type and are to be 120 ft. long. They are to be completed April 1. The Union Iron Works Dry Dock Co., of San Francisco, has recently & 17 been incorporated with a capital stock of $200,000, the incorporators and of- ficials being the same as those of the Union Iron Works. The new com- pany will operate the Hunter's Point dry dock, which was recently pur- chased by Mr. Charles M. Schwab, who controls the Union Iron Works. Work will also be pushed on the new $1,000,000 dock planned by Mr. Schwab, which is to be built with a view to obtaining,a large amount of work from the navy de;artment and other branches of the government which employ vessels. The Ker Lloyd Iron Works, San Francisco, Cal., has the contract for repairing light vessel No. 93, having bid $500 for the work. Other bids were: United Engineering Works, $515; Union Iron Works Co., $550... The Ker Lloyd Iron Works, San Francisco, 'Cal., has obtained the con- tract for repairing light vessel No. 88, its 'bid having 'been $525. Other 'bids were: Union Iron Works Co., $570; United Engineering Works, $605. The Hall Bros. Shipbuilding & Ma- rine Railway Co., Winslow, Wash., has been awarded the contract for building two car ferries for the Chi- cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway for use at its ocean tter- minals in Tacoma and Seattle. Wirk on the construction' of the ferries is to begin at once and delivery isto be made June 15. The craft are to be alike, each being designed for a length of 190 ft. and a beam of 42 ft. They will have a capacity for ten cars each. The New England Co., Bath, Me., has resumed work on the four-masted schooner building to the order of Capt. James W. Hawley on which con- struction had been suspended since spring. Capt. Hawley has sold the vessel to the Gilbert Transportation Co.; of. Mystic, Conn., and she is te be made ready for launching by the middle of February. The schooner will be rigged 'by Frank A. Palmer, of Portland. William Cryer, Oakland, Cal., is constructing a twin-screw towboat 45 ft. in length for Peter Nelson & Co., of San Francisco for use as a tender in the Alaskan cannery trade. She is to go north early in the spring. W. J. Gokey & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., dry docked the schooner J. S. Lam- prey, which thad been towed to port in a water logged condition. The Lamprey is owned by Washburn Bros., Thomaston, Me. The dredge Champion is also dry docked at Go- key's where she will be rebuilt and given a new boiler.