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February, 1910 GRADES BEST, U. S. NAVY and NAVY BOTH SPUN and UNSPUN ALSO PLUMBERS' SPUN OAKUM AND COTTON Established 1840 OUR MOTTO: "QUALITY, FIRST, LAST, ALWAYS" Nearly 70 years of active business made possible only by "Square Dealing" W. 0. DAVEY & SONS Offices and Factory 164 Laidlaw Avenue JERSEY CITY, N.J. Geo. L. McCurdy 169 Jackson Boulevard CHICAGO ILLINOIS INSURANCE HULLS and CARGOES DIRECT REPRESENTATIVE OF LEADING AMERICAN AND FOREIGN UNDERWRITERS "TAE Marine. REVIEW "HARD AGROUND" Records show over 300 wrecks and accidents on the Lakes in 1909, a large percentage of which were due to groundings in fogs and heavy weather. Practically every case of stranding could have been prevented by the use of a first-class sounding machine. UPSON'S IMPROVED SOUNDING MACHINE Wit PATENT DEPTH GAUGE are insured against delay, as soundings can easily be taken with vessel running at full speed. Boats using Printed matter, giving full information, and Showing what is thought of the machine by those who are using tt will be sent on request. THE UPSON-WALTON CO. CLEVELAND 4. QUICK ==). MARINE y REPAIRS ~ =, The Thermit Process 5/'7,=" sanctioned by the British Corporation for the Survey and Registry of Shipping, Glasgow. The Thermit Process permits of sternposts of steamships being welded without remov- ing them from the vessel, the result being that the vessel remains in drydock only two or three days and the repair is executed at a fraction of the cost of making the weld in any other manner. The process is equally valuable for welding rudder frames, shafts, anchors, gear wheels and other broken steel sections. Write for Pamphlet No. 18-E | Goldschmidt Thermit Co. 90 West Street, New York 432-436 Folsom Street, San Francisco. 103 Richmond Street W., Toronto, Ont.