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18 TRE MARINE REVIEW MOUNTING 12-IN. GUN IN NO. 3 TURRET OF THE BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA AT THE FORE RIVER YARD ON Fes. 13. Bridgeport, Conn. The crew of 22 men and, the stewardess were rescued by small boats. The Starin was head- ed for Bridgeport in an effort to save her, but she missed the entrance to the breakwater and went ashore on the flats outside. It is possible that the boat will be a total loss. Secretary of the Navy Newberry is endeavoring to have a new edition of the book entitled "Flags of Mari- time Nations,' printed. An edition of 5,000 would cost about $10,000. The last was printed in 1899 and it is necessary that all vessels of the navy be supplied with a copy as well as naval stations. Other departments of the government also make official use of 'this Mst of all flags of different nations. The keel was laid recently at the Portsmouth dock yard of the British battleship Neptune, which is to be a record breaking Dreadnought. She will have a displacement of 20,200 tons and will be 510 ft. long, or 20 ft. longer than the original Dread- nought. The Neptune is to have ten 12-in. guns, mounted in pairs in barbettes, which will have a superior range. Her cost will be £2,000,000 and she is to be completed in two years. The Kroeschell Bros. Ice Machine Co., manufacturers of carbonic anhy- dride ice and refrigerating machines, Chicago, are now installing a refriger- ating plant in the Hamonic, build- ing at the -yard of the Colling- wood Ship Building Co, Colling- wood, Ont. This refrigerating plant has 10: tons. freltigerating, .ca- pacity in 24 hours and the compres- sor is direct-connected to a steum en- gine, the different rooms being cooled by the carbonic anhydride direct-ex- pansion system. The British steamship Spondilus, which arrived at Philadelphia in bal- last from London to load oil for Cal- cutta, left Point Breeze for New York on Monday to finish loading. Only a small portion of her cargo was load- ed at Philadelphia. The Spondilus is one of the largest bulk oil carriers that has ever visited Philadelphia, hav- ing a carrying capacity of 9,500 tons of oil and 1,600 tons of bunker coal. _ Divers were recently put to work in the forward hold of the Lloyd Italiano steamship Florida, which rammed the Republic, and which is now lying at a Brooklyn wharf discharging her cargo. They found general cargo consisting of wine, straw hats, talcum powder, cara- way seeds and canned olive oil. The wine and oil were in good condition but the rest was entirely ruined. There was 18 ft. of water in this hold. Horace G. Phillips, formerly assistant treasurer of the International Mercantile Marine Co., has been elected treasurer to succeed James Fahnestock Jr., who. re- cently resigned. Other changes occa- sioned by his resignation are: E. Edgar Heston, cashier, succeeds Mr. Phillips as assistant treasurer; Charles G. Fahl- gren takes the post of cashier to suc- ceed Mr. Heston. All these changes became effective Jan. 1. Mr. Phillips, the new treasurer, entered the Passenger department of the American and Req Star lines in Philadelphia in 1877, Y, came to New York as cashier of these lines in 1899 and was appointed assist. ant treasurer of the International Mer- cantile Marine Co., when that corpora- tion was formed. : The new steamer which is to be built for the Matson Navigation Co., of Can Francisco, Cal., is to be 450 ft long, and will have a speed of 15 knots. There are to be 51 staterooms and on the bridge deck all staterooms will have private baths attached. The vessel is to be ready for service at the beginning of 1910. It has been announced that the pro- vincial government of New Brunswick is to continue for five years the subsidy of $3,000 a year to Percy W. Thomson . for maintaining a twice-a-week steamer service between St. John and Yarmouth. The new service is to take the place of the weekly sailings previously performed by the steamer Senlac between St. John and Halifax and shore ports. Secretary of the Navy Newberry has made it plain that he does not expect to retain his portfolio when President-elect Taft begins his term of office. Secretary Newberry has already arranged to sail from New York on the Adriatic on March 31, for a long trip abroad. It is reported that he will later make a tour of the world. It has developed in the examination of the auditor of the department of docks and ferries of the city of New York by a joint committee of the state legis- lature, that New York City, in 1907, lost through the operation of the Thirty- ninth street and Staten Island ferries, $1,026,272.19. Of this amount $303,064.10 is chargeable to the Thirty-ninth street ferry and $723,208.09 to the Staten Island ferry. Rear Admiral. Caspar Frederick Good- rich, commandant of the New York navy yard, and since the retirement of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, the rank- ing rear admiral on the active list, re- tired Jan. 7. He had been in the ser- vice nearly 44 years, during which time he has held some of the most important posts in the department of the navy. Admiral Goodrich was born in Philadel- phia, Jan. 7, 1847, and was appointed to the naval academy from Connecticut, entering in 1861, and being graduated as first honor man of his class in 1864. He was made a rear admiral in 1904. It is believed that Rear Admiral Goodrich will continue in the command of the navy yard until the end of President Roosevelt's administration. His succes- sor has not as yet been appointed,