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BATTLESHIP FLORIDA LAUNCHED. The battleship Florida was launched from the New York navy yard, May 12. The leading particulars of the new vessel are as follows: Length, 521 ft. 6 in.; beam, 88 ft. 2%4 in.; dis- placement, 21,825 tons; coal supply, 2,500 tons; oil, 400 tons; belt armor, 12 in. to 8 in; -turret, armor, 12-1n.3 battery armor, 61% in.; 12-in. guns, 10; contract speed, 20.75 knots.: LONGEST COAL TRAIN. The new Virginia railway has the record of hauling the longest coal train in the history of American rail- roads. The train consisted of 120 s0-ton steel coal. cars, each 44«f8 long, and each loaded with 50 tons. of coal. The train from, cowcatcher » to caboose was.6 ft, more than a. TRE Marine REVIEW ANOTHER WONDERFUL INVENTION. Every now and then, shipbuilders Te- ceive most astounding letters regarding improving methods of propelling ves- sels, one inventor recently putting for- ward a scheme for driving steamers across the North Atlantic in a day! The following remarkable letter, how- ever, which was addressed to Swan, Hunter. & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., as the builders of the Mauretania, is a wonderful creation: yeas April 14, 1910. Gentlemen:--I am sure that I have something that would be of great in- terest to you or other shipbuilders, the idea is to stop such as the Mouritania from being a floating colliery and a roaring Furness, that is to dispence "with the™ boilers" and "bunker room and mile long. It was hauled from Roan- Convert' it into cargo or passenger roon oke by a single engine of the Mallett compound type. It is interesting to, observe that this single train" load would have made a comfortable cargo. for an average size coal carrier on the ve lakes. ce ' PERSONAL. The Cleveland office of Babcock & Penton, engineers and naval architects, has been removed from 814 Perry- Payne building to the Penton building, 1136 Chestnut avenue.) yf * Benjamin K. Hough has been ap- pointed Boston sales manager for. the Wisconsin Engine Co., with of--- fices in the Oliver building, Boston. -- The Buffalo & Susquehanna Iron Co. has been merged in the Rogers- Brown Iron Co., which will hereafter conduct the business. Col. William H. Bixby will succeed Gen. W. L. Marshall as chief of en- gineers, United States army, in June. Col. Bixby is well known on the lakes, having been stationed at Chicago for a number of years. Col. Bixby was born at Charlestown, N. Y., in 1849, and is now 'the senior engineer officer of his grade. : SHIP BUILDING DURING APRIL. The bureau of navigation reports 92 sail and steam vessels of 129,125 gross tons were built in the United States and officially numbered during the month of April, 1910, as follows: and the space that her funnells take up. The machine is very simple, and any pressure can 'be applied in a minute or so and can be. reduced as quickly, it. consists of one. casting and will weigh about three tons 'when completed with four valves and mecanicle parts, and. would not cost more than £150. If this is anything in your line I shall be pleased to hear from you. | Yours faithfully, 'Three Engineering Works, -' Detroit, (The | Ps freezing will be used, the ammonia May, 1910 Electrical Mfg. Co., of Warren, 0, lamps of each make were tested, each being subjected to the high induction for one hour. Eleven of the twelve types of lamps testeq failed to withstand this severe test, The filament of each type would spread, hit the glass and blow out, At the end of the test all three of the Sterling Special lamps were burn- ing and were in perfect condition, TRADE NOTES. The Webster-Citizens Co., Buffalo, N. Y., is building a 60-ton ice-making plant on Essex street, near Richmond, and, has placed an order for, the neces- sary machinery with the Great Lakes Mich. Bishop .Cell-Block system of compressors and all auxiliaries to be driven by electric motors, taking cur- rent generated. at Niagara Falls. The Citizens Ice & Cold Storage Co., of Toledo, will build another ice plant in the residence portion of the city, and has contracted with the Great Lakes Engineering Works, De- troit, Mich. for machinery to manu- facture 60 tons of Bishop Cell-Block ice per day. All the machinery will be driven by a 300-H. P. gas engine using natural gas. EFFECT OF WIRELESS INDUC- TION UPON LAMPS, A recent compli- * cation in the' elec- tric lighting of ships was introduced with the wireless tele- graph. It was ob- served that the high induction of the wireless had a seri- ous effect upon the lamp renewal ex- pense Of the Gra- ham & Morton Transportation Co., and extensive tests were made by them to find the lamp which would best stand up under this high induction. Twelve different makes of lamps were tested, among them the Sterling special, a spiral filament type, made by the Sterling woop. STEEL. Sail. Steam, Steam. Total. No. Gross No. Gross. No. Gr N Atlantic and Gulf ...... 3 850 38 1,573 6 12.314 47" fo Behe 1 37 18 955 ie ee 19 "992 Great Lakes eau aie estae ete ake 12 318 3 12,839 15 135157 Western, rivers... 2 35, Bian 11 239 cs i A "239 Motel 4 887 79 3,085 9 25,153 92 29,125 » Lorain, SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED BY the Director of Public Service of the City of State of Ohio, at the office of said Director until twelve o'clock, noon, May 26th, . 1910, for furnishing the necessary labor and materials for the improvement of the water works system. according to plans and_ speci- fications on file in said office, as follows: By furnishing and laying a new 48-inch cast iron or 51-inch steel intake pipe from the present filter house to a point about 2,800 feet in Lake Erie; furnishing and placing the neces- sary specials, valves and fittings; furnishing and placing a new intake crib, together with the necessary excavating, filling, etc. Each bid must contain the full name of every per- son or company interested in the same, and be accompanied by a bond in the sum of 10 per cent of the amount of the bid to the satisfaction of the Director or a certified check on some solvent bank of the City of Lorain, Ohio, as a guarantee that if the bid is ac- cepted, a contract will be entered into and its performance properly secured. Should any bid be rejected such check will be forthwith returned to the bidder, and should any bid be accepted such check will be returned upon the proper execution and securing of the contract. Bidders are required to use the printed forms which will be furnished unon applica- tion. Bids must be for either labor or ma- terial or both, and if for both, each bid: must be stated separately with price. The Director of Public Service reserves the right to reject any or all bids. By order of the Director of Public Service. L. B. Johnston, clerk. PROPOSALS--SALE OF U. S.°S. HOR- net.--Sealed proposals will be received at the Navy Department until noon on June 1, 1926, at which time and place they will be onened for the purchase of the U. S. S. Hornet. which may be examined at any time after the date hereof by anplying to the Commandant, Navy Yard, Nerfolk. Va. -Aporaised value, $7,000. Prospective bidders should apnly to the Navy Department for forms of bids and bonds, together with the terms and conditions of sale; also printed list giving general in- formation to bidders. The Department re- serves the right to withdraw the vessel from sale and to reject any or all bids. Beekman Winthrop, Acting Secretary of the Navy.