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14 schooner for the coastwise lumber trade, and on Dec. 23, 1909, was awarded a contract by the Puget Sound Navigation Co. for a newsteel passenger steamer to cost $175,000. The revival of the coastwise lum- ber trade, which is the backbone of TRE MaRINE REVIEW Pacific coast shipping, will stimulate the construction of a number of lumber schooners, both wood and steel, steam and sail, during the new year, thus greatly augmenting the tonnage built on the western sea- board during 1910. It is. significant January, 1910 that no vessels were built for this trade during 1909. Should congress act favorably upon the Merchant Ma- rine bill, it is almost certain thatthe two largest ship yards on the coast will be awarded contracts for trans- Pacific liners. . Self-Discharging Cargo Steamers---II SYSTEM of belt conveyor discharge has recently been patented by William Dox- 'ford & Sons, Limited, and adopted in a new vessel--the steam- ship Pallion--which they have re- cently built at the Pallion ship yard, Sunderland, to the order of the Dun- robin Shipping Co. Ltd, of New- castle-upon-Tyne, and of which they have supplied the following particu- lars: This vessel has a length between perpendiculars of 270 ft.; a breadth, molded, of 44 ft. 6 in.; and a depth, maided, 01 23 ft. 6 in. She is. a. sin- extended by trunks to the poop deck level, and have been sa arranged as to give the vessel a proper trim when loaded with full bunkers, and the usual high coamings are fitted on the poop deck and on the main deck forward. The bottom of the vessel is con- structed on the cellular system for a portion of the breadth, and the in- ner bottom is raised and sloped up- wards in the wings and built into the sides of the vessel, forming a suitable incline for gravitating 'the cargo to the conveyors, and also giv- ing the vessel the advantage of being ness, which support the cargo clear of the conveyors. At the after end of the hold a portion of the hatch, over which the 9-in. hatch cover is omitted, is covered by a _ horizontal iron slide door, operated by a ratchet in the tunnel, which is of such a form as partially to protect the slide door from the cargo when loading, and in the floor of this projection of the chamber is fitted a flap hatch to give access to the hold from the tunnel. At the after end of the cargo space the conveyors rise from the horizontal and pass upwards in iron chambers through the machinery SELF DISCHARGING CoLLIER PALLion, Burtt ny Wa. Doxrorp & Sons, SUNDERLAND. gle deck self-trimming steamer, with large hatches and subdivisions in the hold, and she has a carrying capac- ity 013,100 tons ona. 17-ft.' 10-in. draught. The machinery, comprising triple-expansion engines, 21 in. 35 in and 59 in, diameter by 39 in. stroke, and multitubular boilers work- ing at 180 Ibs. pressure, is placed aft. The cabin accommodation is fitted in the bridge, and the crew's space in the forecastle, while the navigation accommodation is about amidships. The after hatchways are . "No. 1 appeared in November number. about half loaded when in ballast and bunkers. In the center line is constructed a slope top cargo floor throughout the hold, and forming a tunnel extending from the engine space to the forepeak in which are placed the conveyor belts, of the Robins pattern, one on either side of the vessel. Over these conveyor belts are placed strong iron guide plates extending the full length of the hold and partially covering the belts, leaving a 24-in. hatch over a 36-in. belt. This space is covered in the holds by cross laid hatch covers @ m@. in Jeneth and 3 in: in' thick- space, and thence into the conveyor- driving engine room,. and discharge the load into guide shoots in the stern of the vessel which divert the load on to return belts, which are ex- tended forward on both sides of the deck. In a' simple form these con- veyors would terminate at the end of the machinery space, or poop front, and the load would be deliv- ered into sideshoots which telescope and are adjustable for loading barges on either side of the vessel, the shoots being suspended from derricks or Other 'suitable means. In cases where the discharge is required at a higher