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60 TRADE NOTES. Dean Bros. Steam Pump Works, Indianapolis, Ind. have just issued pony catalog No. 76, descriptive of a few of the steam pump patterns which they carry. The Fort Wayne Electric Works, Fort Wayne, Ind., have just issued Bul- letin 1,109 devoted to multi-phase alter- nators engine driven; also a practical guide for transformer testing. The American Brake Shoe & Foun- dry Co., Chicago Heights, Ill., -has just issued a little circular concerning the manganese steel castings adapta- 'ble for a great variety of uses. The circular will be sent to any one upon request, The Billmeyer Lumber. Co., Third National Bank building, Cumberland, Md., have distributed to the trade their annual office calendar. This calendar is one of the ipractical kind, since the numerals on it are sufficiently large to be seen at a considerable distance, ia circumstance much appreciated in an office. The Falls Hollow. Staybolt Co, Cuyahoga Falls, O., 'have just issued a calendar, the pictorial part of which is a reproduction of Henry P. Smith's painting of Washington's old home at Mt. Vernon. distributing its celluloid 'blotters, which it will send to any one upon request. The Wnder-Feed Stoker Co., Mar- -quette building, Chicago, has closed a contract with Mr. G. A. Tomlinson, Duluth, for the installation of six Jones stokers under the Niclausse boilers in the steamer Hoover and Mason. Mr. Tomlinson had already written the company that the instal- lation of these stokers in the steamer James E. Davidson had greatly con- tributed to fuel economy and it is doubtless the satisfactory results ob- tained in the Davidson that leads him to close contract for the Hoover and Mason. ; The George Stratford Oakum Co., of Jersey City, N. J., has just sent out to the trade a handsome calendar, at the top of which is a large picture of the famous schooner Gov. Ames, printed in a sea green duo type and mounted on a good sized board. Be- neath this picture is printed: "Schooner Gov. Ames, is the first five-masted schooner ever built. She made her first trip 20 years ago from Portland, Me., 'to Buenos Ayres, with 1,896,000 eH. OF lumber. Capt,C. A. Davis went around Cape Horn with her, spent three years on the Pacific coast, made a voyage to Australia, then to Hono- lulu, then to Puget sound and then to The company is. also: THE MARINE REVIEW Europe. She thas been nearly around the world and thas always made suc- cessful voyages. This vessel is calked with Stratford oakum." The C. O.:Bart'ett & Snow Co, Cleveland, O., have just issued a cata- log devoted to their coal and ash hauling machinery. During the past few years this company has construct- ed a number of fueling lighters for lake interests and have acquired an enviable reputation for efficiency. The catalog contains photographs and de- scriptive matter of the lighter John B. Razer, operated by M. A. Hanna & Co., at Ashtabula, and the Black Diamond, also established at Ashta- bula. Views are also given of the fueling lighter Wm, G. Perry, at work in Cleveland harbor. The catalog will be sent to anyone interested. The Revere Rubber, Co., of Boston, are today offering a most complete, up- to-date line of sheet and piston pack- ings, gaskets, pump valves, etc. They have recently issued an attractive cata- log illustrating and describing their entire line. Special mention is made of the original "Usudurian" self-vulcan- izing sheet packing, also the well- known line of "Black Hawk" and "Samson" packings. The reputation of this concern as manufacturers of high grade mechanical irubber goods "ds well known to the marine trade and their' high grade policy thas been strictly adhered to in the entire line of packings. The new packing catalog will be sent free for the asking. , The International Marine Signal Co., Ottawa, Can., has issued a booklet giv- ing testimonials of mariners regarding the efficiency of the automatic acetylene gas buoys and beacons which have been established in various waterways by this company. While the company has only been in active business about four years it has sold no less than 277 buoys and 50 beacons. The company's patronage has been well distributed, embracing the United States and Canada, Brazil, Eng- land, India and Korea. Testimonials are submitted from famous mariners, includ- ing Capt. John Pritchard, master of the Cunard liner Mauretania and Capt. R. C. Warr, master of the Lucania. Alto- gether there are nearly 100 testimonials from steamship lines. A. G. Cuthbert, 1750° North Rock- well street, Chicago, Ill., built during the year 1908 a number of yachts and launches, among which were the fol- lowing: Wooden power boat Robert R. for inspection service in the sani- tary district of Chicago; length over all, 70 ft.; value, $15,000; she was fit- ted with a six-cylinder, four-cycle gas- Oline engine of 75 H. P. Open launch 38 ft. long and valued at $2,000. Cabin launch for Gus Pearson, of Kansas City; length over all, 31 ft; value $1,500. Racing yacht for syndicate of Chicago Yacht Club members; length over all; 36 ft.; value $3,200, Racing yacht for syndicate of Duluth Yacht Club members; length over all, 31 ft.; value, $1,500. Steam launch for Marine Iron Works, Chi- cago; length over all, 36 ft.; value, $3,000; fitted. with a single screw fore- and-aft compound engine of 40 H, Pp. and water tube boiler. Steam launch. for Marine Iron Works, Chicago; length over all, 36 ft.; value, $3,000; fitted with a single screw fore-and- aft compound engine of 40 H. P. and water tube boiler. Cabin launch for A. G. Fay, Chicago, Ill.; length over all, 32 ft.; value, $1,800; three-cylinder, four-cycle gasoline engine of 18 H. P. Cabin launch 32 ft. in length; value, $1,600; 'two-cylinder, four-cycle gasoline engine of 12 H. P. A number of launches and yachts under 30 ft. were also constructed at this yard. BUSY AT BELFAST. The British shipbuilding trade ap- pears to be on the mend according to the latest advices from Belfast. It is even stated that the yards there were never busier than at_ the present, there being about 75,000 tons of new shipping in various stages of completion at the fitting-out wharves while all the slips are occupied. Workman & Clark laid the keel last week for the new Cory Star boat, and it is reported that the same firm has secured an order for two new Holt liners for the Chinese trade. At Harland & Wolff's establish- ment, where 15,000 men are at work, the keel plate of the giant White Star liner has recently been completed. I. L. Snow & Co., Rockland, Me. will make repairs to the schooner Zacheus Sherman, which was recently towed into Hampton Roads in a water logged condition while bound from Brunswick to New York. She had been abandoned off Cape Henry. The Sherman is owned by the Benedict- Manson Marine Co., of New Haven, Conn. The Matson Navigation Co, Sam Francisco, has let the contract for the construction of a steamer for its Sam Francisco-Hawaiian tun to the New- port News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co. The new. steamer will be af oil burner and will be 430 ft. long and 51. tt. beam.