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y 276 DEVOTED TO EVERYTHING AND EVERY INTEREST CONNECTED OR_ ASSO- CIATED WITH MARINE MATTERS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. -Published monthly by Penton Publishing Co. CLEVELAND. BUFFALO.....:.... eee-s9o2 Bilicott: Square. GHICAGO.....>).2...(1328. Monadnock © Bik. CINCINNATI... ... First National Bank Bldg. NEW YORK.......---1005 West Street Bldg. PITISBURG ie ieee ck 510 Park Bldg. SP le eee ess see 5 5 e's 942 Henry Bldg. Correspondence on Marine Engineering, Ship Building and Shipping Subjects Solicited. Subscription, U. S. and Mexico, $1.00 per annum. Canada, $1.50. Foreign, $2.00. Single copies, U. S. and Mexico, 10 cents. Elsewhere, 15 cents. Back numbers over three months, 25 cents. Change of advertising copy must reach this - office on or before the first of each month. _ The Cleveland News Co. will supply the trade with the Marine Review through the regular channels of the American News Co. 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Secretary of the navy Meyer is ei- the most persistent self-adver- ther tiser in public life or else he should pray for deliverance from his friends. A statement recently given out in Washington claims for him credit for economy in the use of coal which has been brought about by systematic fir- ing, and economy of steam, replacing defective joints and journals and stop- ping leaky valves. On the Montana a saving of 15 tons of coal daily is claimed as being due to the system- atic firing introduced by Secretary Meyér. With reference to oil, the Saving has peen as great. . On the battleship Georgia, also, improved evaporators have reduced the cost of making fresh water 40 per cent. It is also claimed -for the much advertised reorganization plans that they include the systematic overhauling of the ves- sels at the navy yards after each cruise, which permits the continuous of 'many of whom formerly would be dis- employment expert machinists, missed after a piece of work was done and needed again; also that thousands of dollars not be available when have been saved in repair work by having repair shops on_ shipboard. Credit is also claimed for Secretary the school of marine engineering at An- Meyer for establishment of a napolis, wherein it is hoped to train for special work engineering officers who give promise of being of special value in that branch of the service. There is just as much truth in the foregoing as in most of the reports that have emanated from the depart- took In 1905, at least four years ment since Secretary, Meyer charge. before Mr. Meyer became secretary of the navy, the question of fuel econ- omy was actively taken up and an ex- pert civilian was sent with the battle- ship fleet to teach the so-called engi- neers the elements of proper firing in order that they might effectively su- pervise their own stoke holds. It will further be remembered that this ques- tion of competitive economy was a strong feature of the famous cruise around the world, alt the dated. from which events in navy are now July, 1910 ~ The congressional record of April 4, 1910, in the discussion on the naval bill, shows that as far back as 1905 an appropriation was recommended by the secretary of the navy for the em- H. Baker, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a civilian and an ex- ployment of George pert in the matter of economical boil- er management, for the purpose of go- ing aboard and cruising with the ships of the navy and giving instructions in firing and general boiler management, and both Mr. Foss, of the naval com- and Admiral testified to the value of Mr. Baker's services. The what Mr. Meyer now seeks to ap- mittee, Evans results of this instruction are propriate the credit for. It was then asked on the floor of the house why it was necessary to employ'a civilian in order to instruct the engineer corps how to fire boilers economically, and why the country was paying for the education of men at the naval acad- emy if civilians had to be employed to carry on the work for which they were trained. This competition in fuel economy, while desirable and praiseworthy, has led, in the hands of the present in- competent force, to some startling re- sults. For instance, one chief engi- neer discontinued the use of his sur- face blows, giving as his reason that he did it to save water and coal, and that very shortly afterward a very se- rious explosion occurred in the boil- ers of this very ship with the loss of several lives as an inevitable result. No one will deny the possibilities for oil economy. We have heretofore drawn attention to the oceans of oil reported as used on the machinery of naval ships, reports which actual ob- servation have proved to be fully con- firmed. The discovery of an evapor- ator which has reduced the cost of making fresh water 40 per cent will to the news of the first importance. come world as Prob- ably, however, the facts of the mat- engineering ter are merely that the cost of mak- ing fresh water for the navy has been reduced 40 per cent, which is a very different thing. As to the systematic overhauling of vessels, there has been no change whatever from the old