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16 of moving this immense, unwieldy mass of metal across the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean and the China Sea and under- writers refused absolutely to assume any tisk: Floating Dry Dock Dewey. The feat of transferring this great- est floating thing that had ever took the water from the time of Noah, was the most notable naval feat from the time that the Oregon's band played the "Stars and Stripes forever" in Havana harbor after her memorable dash around the Horn in 1898, until Fight- ing Bob's white fleer commenced its triumphal tour of the Pacific this sum- mer. Pe The appearance of the Dewey on its voyage, with its smokestacks tower- ing above its high walls, has been 'described as that of a factory roam- ing around looking for a site. It was an object of curiosity to the mariners of the world and at times was taken fora great 'marine: monster. « 'The Lascar crew of a British East India- man, making it out in the half light of dawn, became panic stricken at the sight of the "sea monster with many eyes, chasing three ships which could not escape,' (these being the towing vessels). After holding weird, mys- tic ceremonies to cast off the spell of the floating monster, they sacrificed a- sheep from it. The next largest naval floating dock is that of the British government at Bermuda, then follows our own dock at Algiers near New Orleans. The docks at Rotterdam, Havana and Amsterdam then follow in respective order, according to size. There has recently been launched on the Tyne, in England, for Callao har- _ bor, a floating dock of three sections, 385 ft. in length, capable of being en- larged by addition of a fourth sec- tion to 510 ft. The towing firm which refused to tow the Dewey, has _ con- tracted to deliver this dock at Callao, encouraged, no doubt, by the success of our own government in the under- taking which they declined. If they succeed in safely traveling with this dock, the 11,000 miles to Callao, via the Straits of Magellan, it will be a feat second only to that of towing the Dewey and the out- come is awaited with much interest. im joy of -having escaped Robert Palmer & Son, Noank, Conn., 'have just 'been awarded acon- tract for the construction of five large sand scows, work on which will be begun at once. designed for a speed of 21 knots. "Tae Marine REVIEW NEW TYPES OF BATTLESHIPS. The board of construction of the navy department is now designing three new types of battleships, for two of which a battery of eight 14-in. rifles 1s contemplated. The third design accord- ing to the preliminary plans, will carry {2 122in: "guns. The tentative plans for the ships carrying 14-in. guns call for a displacement of 25,000 tons. The third type, according to these plans, is to have a displacement of 26,000 tons in order to enable her to carry the 12 12-in, guns, as compared to 'the 10 of the North Dakota and Delaware, now building. The thickness. of the side, turret and barbette armor of the 26,000-ton vessel will be slightly less than that of the new 14-in. gun battleship. The calcu- lated speed is of 20% to 20% knots un- der trial conditions of load, and but little less at deep load displacement... It was a question of having 12-in. guns on these new vessels, disposed as on the North Dakota and Delaware, which could be done without delay, or of hav- ing 14-in. rifles on the Florida and Utah with a delay of about six months. The Newport conference approved both recommendations, and in the future battleships would be equipped with the design for four turrets of 14-in. guns. Both the Delaware and the North Da- kota, 20,000-ton vessels, now under con- struction, will be the largest vessels up to the present time in the United States navy. They each have 10 12-in. and 14 5-in. guns in their armament, and are rhe bureau of ordnance is preparing for the manufacture of 14-in, guns. Rear Ad- miral Mason, chief of the bureau, asks congress for a small appropriation to enable the naval gun factory to prepare for the work. PASSING OF THE SQUARE-RIG- GER. For many years past Puget sound has been the foremost American port in the volume of American shipping engaged in its foreign carrying trade. American ships built up the foreign trade of this port and have long main- tained a supremacy in it, a supremacy which is rapidly passing, owing to the impossibilities of withstanding the fierce competition of cheaply manned and subsidized foreign ships, In sailing vessels particularly this port has been the last refuge for American shipping, but the sailing ves- sel is passing. Within the present week the first of the fleet of square- rigged vessels which have been carry- ing lumber from American mills to our foreign customers has been sold, ' ships. to be dismantled and to be used aS barges for carrying stone. Six large square-rigged vessels, the last of a once splendid fleet, have been sold for this purpose, because there js no longer profitable business for them to do. They are sold because they cannot pay the cost of operation, The government: of the United States, to save a few dollars in the cost of trans. portation, has sent out into the wa- ters of the Pacific a great fleet of foreign vessels, carrying coal from one American port to another in dj- rect violation of the laws of con. gress. These vessels, having dis. charged their coal, have taken char- ters here at lower prices than the cost of operating American ships, and the American ships have lain idle, until now they are to be dismantled and become barges. The president of the United States in his messages to congress has re- peatedly urged the necessity for leg- islation to revive American shipping, The Republican party in its national convention has adopted party plat- forms advocating legislation to' re- store American shipping. Yet no de- partment of the government will em- ploy an American ship to do the car- rying for the government if a foreign ship can be found to do the work cheaper. No foreigners are invited to com- pete for the construction of our war- No foreign manufacturer is invited to furnish bids to supply the government with articles needed for use in any department. The principle of protection is applied in every de- partment of trade and industry, save tothe one industry which is languishing on the verge of absolute extinction. Abandoning all idea of direct assist- ance in money from the federal treas- ury, American ship owners would be glad to ask and receive nothing else, on this coast at least, save the privi- lege of doing the government carrying on the ocean at a fair price. They can keep their ships afloat if this is given them. But the government in all of its branches, seeking to save 4 few dollars to make a book showing, gives the foreign tramp the business and lets American ships lie idle oF be dismantled, while none others are building to replace them.--Seattle Post- Intelligencer. Capt. Fred St. Louis Dean of the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co.8 fleet, died at Montreal last week at the age of 89 years. He retired in 1904 after 58 years of continuous service ™ the country.