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300 STEAMER L. C. HANNA'S PLIGHT. The steamer Leonard C. Hanna had the misfortune to run ashore on the outer edge of Kettle Point at the foot of Lake Huron during a dense fog caused by smoke, on Sunday morning, July 3. This location is about as nasty a one upon which to strand as is to be found on the chain of lakes, as the rocky ledge extends for several miles into the Heavy lake and is entirely exposed. . gas THE Marine REVIEW sanct'oned the use of Thermit process for. repairs to fractured stern posts, lower portions of rudder frames and damages of a similar character. The Williamsport Gas Engine Works have reopened the plant of the Wil- liamsport Gas Engine Co. which has been shut down during the past year, and will continue the entire line of and gasoline engines formerly manufactured by the old, company. The American Specialty Co. of THe STEAMER L. C. HANNA on THE Rocks orF KETTLE Point, Lake Huron, WITH THE WRECKER FAvorRITE ALONGSIDE. seas would speedily do great damage to a steamer stranded there. was released after the Favorite had jettisoned 4,000 tons of her ore cargo. She was released before the lighter Rescue reached her. The steamer's No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 tanks were filled with water and her bottom was in bad shape. Two air compressors and a pump were placed aboard her and she proceeded to: Cleveland, where she unloaded the bal- ance of her cargo. She was docked at Lorain, where it was discoyered that forty bottom plates were damaged and several frames broken. ee 2 ie k TRADE NOTES. |: .' The George Stratford Oakum'Co., J@usey. City, N. J has just issued-a calendar, the pictorial part of which is a reproduction of an excellent pho- tograph of the non-magnetic yacht Carnegie. _ The Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. Chicago, has just issued a bulletin descriptive of the Franklin tandem gasoline engine-driven air compres- sors. They are high speed compres- sOrs and are claimed to be reliable and efficient. The, British Corporation for the Survey and Registry of Shipping of Glasgow, after exhaustive tests has The Hanna Chicago, has recently been appointed sole export agent for the line of port- able electric drilling machines man- ufactured by the Van Dorn Electric & Mfg.Co., Cleveland. The Amer- ican Specialty Co. alsohas the agency for 'these tools in the Chicago and central. western districts. John D. McRae, Oswego, N. Y., has sent out announcements to the effect that the Morison and Fox corrugated furnaces made by Schulz Knaudt, the largest makers in the world, can now be furnished for marine and_ station- ary purposes and are guaranteed to meet all government requirements. In- quiries concerning . the furnaces are 'solicited. The H. W. Johns-Manville' Co., 100 William street, New York, has just issued a bulletin on pipe cover- ings for various purposes. Efficient pipe coverings are fuel savers, the company claiming to have made as large as an 85 per cent reduction in the fuel burned in some plants where the pipes were formerly bare, and as large as 26 per cent where pipes were already supposed to be lated. The Dixon Co. recently took up a belt in its mill rooms for the first time in eighteen years. For eighteen years. about thirty belts in that room insu- -cible Co. July, 1910 have been run constantly. The belts are about 25 ft. in length and 6 in, in width and have run satisfactorily for eighteen years without breakage, The belts are regularly treated with Dixon's traction belt dressing which the. Dixon company claims is one of the very best leather preservatives. A little booklet of twenty-four pages under the above title has just been gotten out by the Joseph Dixon Cru- As the name indicates it deals with the use of graphite about the ship, and points out the advantages that graphite offers as a lubricant for various parts of machinery. The booklet specifically deals with the lubrication of marine engines, thrust and stern bearings. The information is specially valuable because of its definiteness, the booklet describing exactly how graphite is applied for the purposes mentioned. A fertile source of fire in manufac- turing, power and similar industrial es- tablishments is oil--not illuminating oil, but that used for lubricating purposes. The impossibility of absolutely confining oil within any but the most exquisitely ground type of bearing .results in a goodly amount of oil dripping or splash- ing out of the bearing and on to the floor. If the latter is of concrete, the oil saturates it, thereby weakening the mass and making the floor unsafe. lf the floor is of wood, the dripping oil renders it highly inflammable. Only a spark is needed to start combustion. That fire insurance companies recognize this fact is evidenced by the higher rate charged on buildings containing oil- lubricated machinery than on buildings housing machinery lubricated with plas- tic lubricants, grease, for instance. The ability of grease to "'stay where it is put," to use an apt phrase employed by Adam. Cook's, Sons, manufacturers of "Albany Grease," prevents either splash- ing of 'dripping of the lubricant. 'Con- sequently, the. fire risk is. considerably decreased, to say nothing of the consid- erably increased cleanliness secured. One of the reasons for the widespread use of "Albany Grease" is the recognition by thoughtful engineers of the freedom from fire risk- that its use insures. PROPOSALS.--SALE OF U. S. S. HOR- net.--Sealed proposals wil be received at the Navy Department until noon of July 12, 1910, at which time and place they will be opened for the purchase of the U. S. S. Hornet, which may be examined at any time after the date hereof by applying to the Commandant, Navy Yard, Norfolk, Va. The vessel Will be sold for cash to the highest bidder regard- less of its appraised value, which is $7,000. Prospective bidders should apply to the Navy Department for forms of bids and bonds, to- é gether with terms and conditions of sale; also a printed list giving general information to bidders. The Department reserves the right to withdraw the vessel from sale and to re- ject any or all bids. Beekman Winthrop, As- sistant Secretary of the Navy. PAR En RT rey Ss