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April, 1909 AUTOMATIC REEL ON DECK OF SNOHOMISH. Tue Lipcerwoop-MILLER sengers between a wreck and a rescu- ing ship, not only in the open sea but also along the coasts. The Spencer- ~ Miller marine breeches buoy was the result. It was given a thorough test before the Snohomish left for Puget Sound and established its practicabil- ity. The two special features of this apparatus are an automatic reel which constantly gives and takes on the cable while maintaining a tension nearly as even and constant as if the vessels were at rest, and a down-haul by means of which the passengers in the breeches buoy are Safely landed on deck without regard to the boisterous character of the sea. A rust-proof cable line of light steel 1,509 ft. in length is provided. This will permit of the operation of the life saving apparatus wp to more than 1,000 ft. In operation a between the vessels. a THE Eacwnine % "OF THE LIDGERWOOD- Mitter MarINE BREECHES Buoy. line is shot to the wreck, as in present YEie | | "TAE Marine REvIEw practice, fast at one of the mast tops. The crew of the life saving vessel then pass the life saving cable and 'breeches buoy to the wreck. The cable passes to the automatic reel through a block at the masthead of the life saving vessel, thus keeping it well above the seas. When thé. breeches buoy 45 hauled back and the passenger is to be taken out the down-haul is brought into action. This operates from amid- ship on the after deck, holding the . bight of the cable always to the one spot on the deck*,of the life saving boat, no matter how much she may be yawing or tossing and keeping the' breeches buoy in one place in relation to the vessel's deck. GILLETT & EATON'S SPECIAL- 'TIES. Gillett & Eaton, 'Lake City, Minn., re- cently put on the. market. a new and im- proved boiler test pump intended for use on steamboats. Every steam vessel is required. to have on board some means of pumping up a boiler to the required water pressure. _ With this pump an attendant can readily fill the suction res- ervoir with water from a pail, the pump is constructed inside of this reservoir, there can never be any possibil- ity of its failing to work at once and properly. Every detail of construction is designed with a view of producing a Borer 'TEST: PuMP. « reliable and' first'. class. article. The plunger is imade:of solid 'Tobin bronze, the valve is.a brass ball and the handle is. of .steeh.. Ay press -of 600 lbs. can readily. be sobtaitied., "he-pump set up as shown} in a.the - illustr tion can. i placed in a. space - 22. in. ong, ie wide and 19 in. high. It, weighs: a Ibs. Regular. test gages are. iurnished © with each pump... Gillett & Eaton are also eianufactucine a typical. river. boat heater, For. this heater they claim that it. is absolutely reliable with coils very accessible. Each head is fitted -with packing glands for the feed pipe and if it is desired to ex- and the. men aboard make it' and=as * 63 amine the heater pipes all that is nec- essary. to do is to remove the forward end, disconnect the feed pipe and with- draw intact. The forward end is some- TypicAL River HEATER. times modified to a T connection for the exhaust instead of a single opening as shown in the accompanying illustra- tion. A proper drain pipe flange is at- tached as shown, i NEPTUNE SOUNDING MACHINE. The Upson-Walton Co. placed the Neptune sounding machine with patent depth gage aboard three freighters on the lakes during 1908 in which the members of the firm are interested as individuals. The experiment was so satisfactory that during the present year about 50 bulk freighters will be equip- ped with this machine. This machine is a recent patent but it apparently has overcome successfully the weak points in other machines and is likely to prove a boon to the navigator. Its use would certainly seek to minimize acci- dents on the lakes, especially in thick weather. The machine consists of a stand, to- -- gether with reel containing 250 fathoms of fine piano - wire, to which is at- tached a 25-lb. lead having a hollow space large enough to take the nickel- plated depth gage. The working of the instrument is based on -the pressure of the water, the depth gage having a very small hole, through which the water is forced © against the air pressure as the lead is lowered. On being brought to the surface, the depth gage ts opened and the water in it measured by a_ small ebony gage. ake These ebony measuring gages are so designed that the fathoms measure equidistant. In every other atmospher- ic gage half the length is required to record the first five fathoms. As the working of the instrument de- pends entirely upon the pressure of the water, soundings up to 100 fathoms can easily be taken while the vessel is. going full speed. joie fk , The Neptune, does away, BUH the old.method of using glass tubes, which necessarily, have, to,,.be renewed for every sounding | at an. expense of 30 ar 2 40 cents each. The, outfit. includes. three of the ebony gages. 4° ar The machine is small in size, edie up little space on deck and the lead and wire is of such size as to offer little resistance to the water.. It has no spring arrangements, oad