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will be collected at in 274 $1.30 per ton. It is expected to make the water rate $1.20 a ton, which would show a profit of 37 cents a ton, exclusive of the toll of 10 cents which Lake Borgne canal. It is the expectation also to build up a return freight in scrap iron and 'Cuban ores, as well as to engage in the business of bunkering ships at New Orleans, which will, of course, involve the construction of a fueling barge. Officers of the company are: Pres- ident, Phineas W. Sprague, Boston, one of the largest coal shippers of New England; treasurer, Vincent Goldthwaite, Boston, a director in the Massachusetts Gas & Electric Co.; vice president and general man- ager, John H. Bernhard, engineer from 'Amsterdam, Holland, who orig- inated the project.. Directors of the company include also H. H. Mel- wile. New York, director, in. the Lake Superior Iron & Chemical Co.; Cecil A. Grenfell, London, Eng.; H. S. Fleming, New . York, associated with the Berwind, White Coal Co.; Charles R. Dunn, Detroit, vice pres- ident and treasurer of the Union dust Co,; George R. Carr, Chicago, vice president of the Dearborn Drug & Chemical. Co., Breck Musgrove, Birmingham, Ala., coal dealer; A.. S. Lyons, Mobile, Ala., director of the City Bank & Trust Co. - Steamer for Canadian Pacific The Western Dry Dock & Ship Building Coe which is the Canadian yard of the American Ship Building Co., is building a very interesting little stern paddle-wheel steamer for the Canadian Pacific Railway for. ser- service on Kootenay lake, near Nel- gon, &. C. The steamer is 227 it.. 6 in. over all, 200 ft. keel, 40 ft. beam and 8 ft. deep, and is designed to draw 4 ft. 6 in. of water. Her en- gines. are twin tandem compound, 163g and 3534 x 96 in. stroke, driving a stern paddle wheel 24 ft. 6 in diam- ier. 10e engines are 75 ft, long from end to end, mounted on steel girders. A novel feature is that the connecting rod is built of channel end [ irom, 35 {t- centers. The en- gine was made as light as possible, as weights naturally have to be kept at a minimum. The main steam pip- ing is of steel tubing %-inch thick for 200 lbs. pressure. The main wheel shaft is 13 in. diameter of hollow forged nickel steel. The engine was built at Cleveland and shipped to Port Arthur where it was erected and shipped in an erect condition on two cars to Nelson. The hull itself will be shipped to Nelson in a loading was THE MARINE REVIEW -knocked-down condition and it is es- timated that it will require twenty- eight cars to transport it. D. Stev- ens, marine superintendent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, is superin- tending the construction of the steamer. Dispatch in Ore Unloading A record for dispatch in ore un- made by the steamer Wi, Po 'Palmer, at.. Conhedut,..on July 26, when 11,044 gross tons of Group 3 ore was unloaded in 3 hours 15 minutes. The unloading began at 7:53 a. m. and was finished at 11:08 a. m. The machines employed were four 10-ton steam Hulett machines, one 15-ton electric Hulett machine and four 5-ton Brown electric ma- chines. The detail per machine was as follows: : 'Hulett steam machine: No. 1, 3 hrs. 6 min., No. 2, 3 hrs. 10 min., No.' ao tts. 15min, .No. 4.3 hrs. 4 min: total four machines, 12 hrs. 35 min. Brown electric "machines: No, 1, o-hrs. 14min. No: 2 3 hrs: 12 min.) io. 3, o hte. 15 min No, 43. fre 11 min.} total four machines, 12 hrs. 52 min. Hulett electric machine: No. 1, 2 hrs. 56 min. 'otal nine: machines: 28 hrs. 23 min.; tons per hour, gross time, nine machines, 3,398. In unloading the steamer J. P. Mor- gan in 3 hours 12 minutes at Con- neaut on July 10, 'a record. for dis-. patch was achieved without intention. No special preparations were made for unloading the boat in quick time, but it so happened that the conditions on the dock permitted all the ma- chines to begin unloading simultan- eously. This condition does. not al- Ways arise because as a rule the ma- chines are divided among different boats. The unloading commenced at 1:11 P. M. and finished at 4:23 P. M., the elapsed time being 3 hours and 12 minutes. The tonnage was 10,291 gross tons of Group 4 ore. The tons per hour for nine machines, start to finish, was 3,347.5. This grade of ore, Group 4, is bulky and is not favorable for rapid unloading as it sticks to the bucket. It is reasonable to as- sume that if the boat had contained an ore that handled freely that 20 minutes would have been clipped off the unloading time. Steamer Bellechasse The steamer Bellechasse, designed as a survey and inspection steamer for the St. Lawrence ship canal serv- ice, was recently launched from the August, 1912 yard of the Kingston Dry Dock Co., Kingston, Ont. The steamer is 140 ft. long over all, 130 ft. long, 27 ft. beam and 13% ft. deep. The hull is of steel divided into five watertight compartments and has been specially strengthened to operate in light ice. The propelling machinery consists of two sets of triple-expansion engines with cylinders 12%, 21 and 34 in. diameter by 21, in. stroke, supplied with steam from.two cylindrical boil- ers, allowed 180 lbs. pressure. The bunkers are placed longitudinally on each side of the boiler room and have a capacity of about 100 tons. Trials of Battleship Arkansas During the trials of the battle- ship Arkansas she struck a reef off Rockland, Me., while proceeding at about 13 knots. She struck under the port bow, just under the turn of the bilge and close to the keel, scrap- ing along the reef for a distance of 44 ft., denting her 34-in. plates and shearing off a number of rivets. Af- ter anchoring and examining the damage, it was decided to proceed with the trials as the injury was not serious. Her contract speed is 20.5 knots. On her highest run she made 21.493 knots. The table herewith gives the results of her various trials. Trial. Speed. RiP.M, | S:H:P: PA he Okt ooo: 11.993 175.70 4,354 gaol Okt es 19.410 291.32 20,592 4-hr full. scsed-.... 21.051 323,83 28,534 2-hr. burning : Coal «and. oil. Aus. 20.989 322.13 28,043 Average five highest standard- runs 21.20 $28.00: > 28,751 ization Comparative Naval Strength Herewith is published a diagram showing the naval strength of Great Britain, Germany and the United States in capital ships, On Jan. 1, 1912, Germany had nine capital ships November 1, 1909 Great Britain: Germany: United States: December 1, 1911 Great Britain: Germany: United States: January 1, 1915 Great Britain: CER SEALE SEL Germany: TTC ARB SO RY EE TERROR United States: === and the United States six, but on Jan. 1, 1915, according to the program laid down, the United States will have only 12.and Germany 21.' The diagram includes the cruisers Mich- igan and South Carolina. The Manitowoc Ship Building & Dry Dock Co. has received contract to build a tug for the Milwaukee Tug Line,