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SS ROR PRO ERE TREE EE? BOTT EERO RRS POR NPR oN Me April, 1913 with cylinders 13% in. by 15% in, and weighing 15,000 pounds. This engine is the product of the Corliss Engine Co. of San Francisco, and ie 4 kerg- sene burner. Incidently, this is the first engine of this type to be placed in service in Atlantic coast waters. The Corliss was adopted upon recommenda- tion of Melbourne Crisp, assistant superintendent of the Lighthouse Sery- ice, who was formerly attached to the Pacific coast and who was much pleased with the service of engines of that type in hundreds of craft in those waters. The Woodbine will work on the THE MARINE REVIEW part contains the cargo hold, a space about 9 x 20 ft. Then comes the crew's quarters. engine space. ait. adhe Fulton. 'Mfg... Co., Erie, « Pa.; make an engine 5-6-H. P. and 7%4-9- H. P., single cylinder, which has proved quite popular for fishing boats and yawl boats. They also make a type . 10-12-H. P and "15-18-H.. P., for small boats suitable for passenger, mail and freight service in shallow waters. The group of photographs accom- panying this article shows the type of The officers' quarters are Aft of this is the 145 with sponges. These boats are about 28 ft. long by 9 ft. beam and are usually equipped with a 7%4-H. P. engine. The Lorena JI is a. typical North Carolina fishing boat, used in Pamlico Sound and the Neuse River. The Lo- rena T. is equipped with a 10-H. P. self-sparking Fulton engine, and is 30 ft. long by 9 ft. beam. Her cruising area averages 40 running miles per day. The Daisy is a tow boat, owned by C. C. Stewart, New Bern, N, ©. and is used for towing schooners and _ flats about the harbor. The Daisy has been in continuous service for nearly three FIG. 1--_LORENA T, A TYPICAL NORTH CAROLINA FISHING BOAT. FIG. 2--SPONGE FISHING BOAT OF TARPON SPRINGS, FLA., WITH LOAD OF SPONGES. FIG. 3---THE MAKEADNIA, A TYPICAL' GREEK FISHING BOAT. FIG. 4--THE DAISY, A NORTH CAROLINA TOW BOAT. FIG. 5-- THE HYDE EQUIPPED WITH TWO SELF-SPARKING Chesapeake Bay, in the Fifth District. She is a sturdy little vessel, 9414 ft. over all, 15%4 ft. beam, 7 ft. depth and will draw 5 ft. loaded. Her light draught will enable her to go anywhere on the bay and to reach many beacons direct. Many of these beacons have been beyond reach of the steam ten- ders and supplies had to be transferred in row boats. The Woodbine is to be equipped with a mast and derrick, the latter to be operated by a_ hoisting machine that will be geared to the main engine. The vessel is furnished for her crew. The forward to be comfortably FULTON ENGINES boat in which the Fulton engine is em- ployed. The Hyde, a 52-ft. x 15-ft. freight boat, equipped with two 15- H. P., self-sparking Fulton engines, runs between Washington, N. C., and Wysocking, Hyde County, N. C., a dis- tance of 75 miles. The Hyde maintains a schedule of nine miles per hour on this run and makes from two to three trips a week. The Fulton engine has also proved a popular type in the sponge industry in the Gulf of Mexico. The Makeadnia is a typical Greek sponge fishing boat, operating from Tarpon Springs, Fla. One of the views shows a boat loaded years without trouble of any kind. The Fulton engine is a three-port, two- cycle engine of medium weight and speed. The design admits of extreme compactness and simplicity along with large crank shafts and large bearings without the weight of the motor being excessive. On account of its self-spark- ing waterproof ignition system, it is especially adapted to open boats of all kinds. The Fulton company has recently also developed a self-sparking kerosene en- gine to meet the big advance in the price of gasoline. The engine starts up on gasoline and as soon as it is hot