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; . : ; PACIFIC COAST NOTES. Office of the Martne Review, 302 Pioneer Bldg., March 12. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamship Aki Maru, which arrived in Seattle from the orient recently, reported that throughout the entire voyage across the Pacific the vessel was in communica- tion with either the eastern or western shore by means of wireless telegraph. The passage from Yokohama to Puget Sound is 4,240 miles and this is the first vessel that has ever made the.trip and kept in communication with the shore all the way. Capt. J. Nagao, mas- ter of the Aki Maru, explains that the wireless service was maintained by the aid of other vessels of his line and gov- ernment stations in Japan and British Columbia... 16° pomt im the Pace more than 1,000 miles off the Japanese coast, the instruments were almost con- stantly in direct communication with the Japanese land station. As the Aki pro- ceeded toward America, she was passed by another steamship in the Nippon Yusen Kaisha fleet bound for Japan. By relaying messages, communication with Japan was unbroken until a steam- ship proceeding out of Puget Sound, which was able to relay messages to stations on the west coast of Vancou- ver Island, was picked up. The steam- ships of this fleet were among the first to install wireless apparatus and are now provided with the latest and most powerful equipment. Changes are pending in the regula- tions for subsidizing Japanese steamers whereby vessels receiving subsidy must hereafter displace at least 3,000 tons and steam 12 knots an hour instead of 1,000 tons and 10 knots as at present. The age limit is to be newly stipulated, being 15 years. Half the amount of subsidy given to Japan built ships is to 'be granted foreign built ships. The stip- ulations concerning foreign employes are not changed... The new rate of sub- sidy is $5.50 to $11.00 per ton instead of $6.00 to $10.00. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Co.) 1 strongly opposed to the new subsidy and declares that it will suffer a great blow if the law is enforced. Vice President Kato says the company will be obliged to immediately abandon its European line. Vessels are to be yearly deprived of 5 per cent of their subsidy when five years elapses after their construc- tion and after 15 years the subsidy will be stopped. The ship yard of the Moran Co., Seattle, is busier at present than it has been for some time past. Work on the two light draught river steamers for Alaska is progressing rapidly and the planking TAE Marine REVIEW started. The revenue cutter Thetis is undergoing minor repairs, as are also the steamers City of Seattle and Patterson, the latter being a gov- ernment vessel employed by the Geo- detic Survey. The steamer Farallon is being cleaned; the Port Orchard has been docked and painted and -the Flyer is undergoing thorough overhauling. The Union Steamship Co. operating the Canadian-Australian line of British steamers between Australia, New Zea- land and British Colombia ports has de- cided to build a new liner similiar to the Makura. The new vessel is to cost $2,000,000 and will be built at Stephens' has been yards 'at Linthouse-on-the-Clyde, where the Makura was. built. The Union Steamship Co. is asking for a larger subsidy of $100,000 extra yearly. The present subsidy is $325,000, contributed by Canada, Australia and Fiji, Canada paying the largest proportion. The fast steamer Flyer that has oper- ated for over 15 years between Seattle and Tacoma is undérgoing an extensive overhauling at the yards of The Moran 'Co. in preparation for the summer sea- 'son, She will be cleaned and painted, the cabins will be renovated,and several alterations will be made to add to her speed. A new bronze propeller of an improved design is being cast for the vessel. A new steamship line has been or- ganized in Portland to operate a fast freight and passenger service between Portland, Ore. and San Francisco, It ig said that the new line will operate in connection with the Spokane, Port- Jand & Seattle Ry. It is reported that the steamers Yale and Harvard, now lying at East Boston, have been pur- chased for the use of the new company, but this cannot be verified. the California The senate of for a bond issue of $9,000,000 for the improvement of San Francisco harbor. The contract. for the construction of the submarine Pickerel and Skate has been officially awarded to- The Moran Co., of Seattle. These boats will be somewhat larger than the Octopus type and will be the latest models of their kind, although the detailed plans are a secret of the department. 'The vessels will be built under the supervision of naval constructor T. F. Ruhm, who has been detached from duty in the bureau of construction and repair at Washing- ton and ordered to Seattle. The Japanese armored cruiser Aso and the protected cruiser Soya are ex- state legislature has passed a_ bill providing 19 pected to arrive at Honolulu April 1, from which they will proceed to San Francisco, Seattle and possibly other Pacific coast points. Both ships are former Russian vessels sunk in the Russian-Japanese war and afterward floated by Japan and added to the Ja- panese navy. The German steamer Hermonthis col- lided with a French bark at San Fran- cisco March '5 and will be detained at the California port a week making re- pairs. ..The liner' has 1,000 tons of sugar from Peru for Vancouver, B. C., to which port she will proceed as soon as she is in a fit condition to go to sed) The steamer Alaskan, owned by the Northland Steamship Co. is offered for sale. She is now laid up at Eagle har- bor, Wash. She formerly plied between Seattle and southeastern Alaska ports but has been replaced by the steel steam- ship Northland. The United States revenue cutter Perry has arrived on Puget Sound from Alaskan waters to be outfitted and over- hauled for the coming summer cruise in Bering sea. A CHANCE FOR CLEVELAND CAPITAL. Editor Marint Review :--Cleveland is a shipbuilding center and if you have any builders of enterprise that want to strike something greater than usual, I can offer them an engine that is des- tined to supplant all other marine en- gines and the sooner Cleveland gets on to this engine the better for Cleveland builders and contractors, of course. My real object is to get some one to help me start building for trial and_ ulti- mately to restore the American merchant marine on the salted seas. I havewafter 40 years invented the perfect rotary en- gine, cheaper built, simpier trouble in the matter of packing for there isn't any. Can be run with steam or atmospheric air, in which latter case there is no fuel. With coal, 200 Ibs. would run the biggest lake boat 24 hours. It is a wonder and I have no patent for I am too poor 'to get the engine built as the government requires a model. It is worth to a syndicate $100,000,000 if it, is all 1 believe 3 fo be. There 'is nothing that can establish our trade on the seas as an engine that will run without fuel. Jt is a won- der and if some Cleveland firm will furnish me with $300 I'll build a test for them. I have not offered it here. CHARLES ROGERS. 370 State street, Chicago, Il. and no. -