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as feed water purifier built by the Har- mon Feed Water Furifier Co., Cleveland. The steamer Colonel, of the Mich- igan Steamship Co.'s fleet, Detroit, was docked at Buffalo during the winter for repairs to her bottom, made necessary through her ground- ing in the Straits of Mackinac last summer. It was also found that the tail shaft was bent and had to be straightened. The pintle bushing for the rudder was badly worn and had to be renewed and a plate had to be fitted under the riding collar to raise Ol. THE MARINE REVIEW it to its original position. The Montreal & Cornwall Naviga- ton Ce, Ltd, Cornwall," Out. are making a few alterations on the steam- er Britannic, putting in a new com- bustion chamber in the boiler and new bulwarks. This company has also begun to rebuild the wreck 'of the steamer Filgate, which was burned last summer. The steamer Minnetonka, of the Chicago & Duluth Transportation Co.'s fleet, will receive a new stack before the opening of navigation. The schooner Major Ferry, belong- © _ British-Built Diesel HE credit of taking delivery of the first British-built Diesel marine en gine belongs to Messrs. Job Broth- ers, ship owners, Liverpool, whose vessel Netherton has just been engined by Messrs. J. I. Thornycroft & Co., Ltd., of Southampton. The Northern wil! trade between Newfoundland = and South America. The past year. has seen some re- markable strides made by the Diesel engine in its adoption for marine and shore purposes. It can further be said that the extraordinary success achieved by this particular type ot engine overshadows that made by any other. Certainly in the modern his- tory of engineering and mechanics the Diesel engine stands out with marked prominence... Both on land and sea it has--by reason of economical and easy working and _ good results-- proved popular to a degree, and is rapidly and in no small measure en- March, 1912 _ing to the fleet of J. Sowards, Kings- ton, Ont., has been practically rebuilt, having received new port and star- board bows, new bowsprit and jib boom, and four strakes, new planking on both sides from bow to stern. The schooner Mazie, of this fleet, has re- ceived new planking on both sides from the water up, and the steamer Sowards has received a new shear strake and covering board, new guard and rail, boiler and engine thoroughly overhauled and an independent air pump connected to her engine. Engines croaching on'the steam engine. Of late there has been quite a demand for this oil engine, particularly for marine purposes. After Germany,other countries have not been slow to recog- nize the possibilities likely to accrue irom the adoption of the Diesel type. of engine, and in this respect Great Britain is prominently to the fore. A still more important Diesel en- gined vessel is the 7,400-ton dead- weight ship, Selandia, which, on Feb. [ Tank Nol0\ TarkNo lath No 8\ Janko 7\TankNo 6 Tank Wo.5 \ Tarh No. 4\ Taro. 3 Tart No.2 \ Tarik No./ ltt Ballas), fin cmp am 4 + | ! c= oD cm eae al "SN Sore Engineers' eee . Cabs MAIN DECK GENERAL ARRANGEMENT oF 14,000-Ton BuLtk Oit Carrier witH DIksEL ENGINES