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168 505 ft. keel, 56 ft. beam and 31 ft. deep, with side tank and arch con- struction. Her engines will be triple- expansion, 23, 3814 and 63 in. diameter 'by 42-in. stroke, supplied with steam from two Scotch boilers 15% ft. diam- eter and 12 ft. long, allowed 180 Ibs. | She will be delivered in the fall. The steamer Riker Island, building for the Department of Correction, New York City, was launched from . the shipyard of the Waters-Colver Co., West New Brighton, Staten "Island, on April 2. .The Riker Island is a wooden vessel throughout, 81 ft. -on deck, 75 ft. 10 in. on load line, 20 ft. beam, 8 ft. depth of hold. She will have a draught of 5 ft. and develop a speed of 12 miles an hour. This steamer will be equipped with a flue and return tubular boiler, carrying 150 lbs. pressute per sq. in., a vertical inverted compound surface condensing engine, with cylinders 9 x 20 in. diam- eter, 16-in. stroke, and to develop 225 H. P., and will be lighted throughout with electricity. SHIP BUILDING DURING FEBRUARY. The bureau of navigation reports 57 sail and steam vessels of 11,663 gross tons were built in the United States and officially numbered, during February, © 1910, as follows: TAE MarINE REVIEW and upholstered settee. 'The after end of the saloon will contain the ladies' sitting room and _ will have large lookout windows at the. stern; the forward end of the saloon will be used as a social hall and will also have observation windows. The din- ing saloon will be on the main deck, aft, and will have seating accommo- dation for 50 people. The smoking. room and 'bar will be aft on the boat deck and will be reached by. a companionway from the main saloon. be the captain's and officers' rooms, and above these will. be the chart house, wheelhouse and flying 'bridge. The between decks will 'be fitted with 150 portable berths for steerage passengers so that this space 'can, when necessary, be used for cargo. Below 'the main deck will tbe. the cargo holds, which are two in num- ber, the main forward hold having a large capacity. A unique feature of the afterhold will be that the double bottom tank tops will be level with the top of the tunnels, which are made low for this purpose. means an unbroken space for storage of cargo will 'be available. The ship is built throughout with double bot- tom and five watertight bulkheads, - She will be fitted with latest type of On this deck will also. By this dustry have been injured by using the 'can ships instead of 'subsidy'. WOOD. STEEL. TOTAL. Sail. Steam. Steam. No. Gross. . No. Gross. ~No. Gross. No. Gross. Adaatic and Gulf fo ae Pad eee 17 OO. st 4,015 22 5,607 Porto Rico he il 6 sey eo 1 92 2 98 PACING oes... < é : <5 b2 475 2 488 14 963 Hawai ss oss sole - ae As Seu ou wees Greats Takes! 0 hace eee a ec kes 10 120 1 4,329 11 4,449 Western RIVEers: iu ae ag oe 8 546 oF Deere 8 546 Total ices Cec oer aged gS one AP 2 asy 8) 8924 57 adem NEW BRITISH COLUMBIA | > quick cargo 'hoists, and will have 'a STEAMER. '- special derrick for handling lifts up to A new steamer for the British Co- Jumbia coast service is being built on the Clyde for the Boscowitz Steam- enim, of. Victotia, B.C: The. vessel is being built 'by Messrs. Napier & Miller, at old Kilpatrick on 'the Clyde. The 'arrangements were negotiated through the agency of Stewart & Esplen, Rumford street, Liverpool. The plans show that the new steam- er is of the awning deck type, built under Lloyds rules to class 100 AI. Bae wil be 100 it lone RB. P., 32 ft. beam and 19.6 depth to awning deck; will carry 500 tons on a mean draught of 11.6 ft., will have twin screws and a guaranteed speed of 12 knots loaded. The 'first class accommodations will be contained in a deckhouse on the awning deck. There will be 28 state- rooms, each with a double lower and single upper 'berth, folding . lavatory 15 'tons. tric light throughout and will have a powerful searchlight. The twin screws will be driven by two sets of triple-expansion engines supplied with steam from two Scotch marine 'boilers. The 'boilers will be 12 ft. 3 in. in diameter by 13° ft: length working under 180 lb. pressure. The engines will be piped 'to a common condenser fitted with Weir's circulat- ing and air pumps. AMERICAN SHIPS ON THE * PACTRIC. "I believe all who have given the subject thought agree on the necessity of endeavoring 'to re-create an Ameri- Can merchant marine,' said Capt.. I. N. Hibberd in an address before the Atmy and Navy Club at San Fran- cisco. She will be fitted with elec- April, 191, "Are you aware of conditions of the trans-Pacific trade?" he asked. "There are but five American. ships running in this trade, four of which are op. erating out of San Francisco, and one, and only one, out of Puget sound, These ships would not be able to op. erate at all were it not for the fact that they are run in connection with the overland railroads and are owned iby gentlemen who are able to treat them as yachts and keep the Ameri- can flag at the peak simply through patriotism. "T know for an absolute certainty that these owners were approached by the Japanese some time ago and made a very flattering offer, viewed from a financial standpoint. But the reply of one of these gentlemen was: 'I am too good an American to see the flag disappear entirely .from the Pacific ocean. If my ships were sold to the 'Japanese today the other ship would be sold tomorrow, and we would have the spectacle of the greatest ocean in the world without a single American 'flag in the over-sea trade.' "T think interests of the shipping in- word 'subsidy' as applied. to any sys- tem looking toward its restoration. It gives the impression that the one ben- efited by it is getting something for nothing, or at least something to which he is not justly entitled. I think we ought to discard it altogether and use. the word 'protection' for Ameri- F599 TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF General Superintendent, U. S. Life-Saving Ser- vice, Washington, ~D. C., March 30, 1910. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 2 o'clock p. m. of Thursday, the 28th day. of' April, 1910, and then publicly opened, for furnishing supplies required for use of the Life-Saving Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911; the supplies to be de- livered at such points in New York City, Grand Haven, Mich., and San Francisco, Cal., as' may be required, and in the quantities named in the specifications. The supplies needed consist of beds, bedding and furniture; brooms and _ brushes; crockery; hardware, household goods; lamps, lanterns, etc.; medi- eines, etc.; paints, oils, etc.; ship chandlery; stoves, etc.; tools; and miscellaneous articles; all of which are enumerated in the specifica- tions attached to the form of bid, etc., which may be cbtained upon application to this office, or to the Inspector of Life-Saving Stations, 379 Washington street, New York City; Super- intendent Twelfth Life-Saving District, Grand Haven, Mich.; and Superintendent Thirteenth Life-Saving District, New Appraisers' Stores, San Francisco, Cal... Envelopes containing pro- posals should' be addressed to the 'General Superintendent U, S. Life-Saving Service, Washington, D. C.,'? and. marked on the out side "Proposal for. Annual Supplies." The right is reserved to reject any cr all bids, and to waive defects, if deemed for the in- terests of thé Government. (Signed) 5S. I Ki MBALL, General Superintendent. U.S. ENGINEER OFFICE, JONES building, Detroit, Mich., March 14, 1910. Sealed proposals fer furnishing and deliver- ing at St. Marys Faus Canal, Michigan, about 2,630,000 feet B. M. of Timber will be re ceived at this office until 3 P. M., April 14, 1910, and then publicly opened. Information on application. C. McD. Townsend, Col. Engrs. ----_------