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_une, 1914 Canadian Customs Cruiser The revenue cruiser Margaret, built to the order of the Canadian customs department for patrol service on the Atlantic coast, by. John 1. Thorny- croit & Co., Ltd. of Southampton, England, illustrated in the photo- graph on this page, is of the follow- ing principal dimensions: Principal dimentions. Length overall 200 ft. Length between perpendicualrs, 185 ft. Breadth, molded, 32 At: Depth, molded, Leite The dratit is limited to 10° ft:-6 in. THE MARINE REVIEW cutter and a 16-ft. dinghy. For armament the vessel carries, mounted on the forecastle deck, two 6-pdr. quick-firing guns of the Vickers latest improved type, with telescopic sights. She-is; fitted' in 4 = moee up-to- date manner, carries a wireless telegraphy outfit, is electrically lighted, and has a 24 projec: tor searchlight of 25,000 c. p. fitted in the crow's nest on the foremast. <A refrigerating plant is installed, and a complete cold store below contains separate' rooms for meat, vegetables and other provisions. The vessel is heated by steam throughout. The when carrying a load of 175. tons. A Tam stem and cruiser stern add to the appearance of the boat, which indeed Is a fine-looking craft. A double bot- tom is fitted under the engines and the hold forward and the hull is stiffened to resist ice, the propeller shafting being also housed in the hull for the whole of its length to re- vent damage by ice. Watertight bulk- heads divide the various compart ments, and the 'bunkers are water- tight also. Sliding watertight doors of the quick-closing type are fitted to be worked from the upper deck. The bunkers have a capacity of 200 tons, Siving a radius of action of nearly 2,000 miles at full speed, and about 4,000 miles at economical speed. The ves- sel is rigged as a fore and aft schooner, and has an outfit of boats asi of 30-ft. Thornycroft motor aunch, a 26-ft. lifeboat, 22-ft. captain's CANADIAN CUSTOM CRUISER MARGARET | propelling machinery consists of two sets of vertical reciprocating engines running at 180 r. p. m., and having a combined i. h. p. of 2,000. The low pressure cylinders exhaust each into a separate condenser to which the circulating water is delivered by inde- pendent centrifugal pumps. A 15-ton evaporator, by Messrs. Weir, is in- stalled, and the main and auxiliary feed pumps are also of Weir's make: Steam is supplied by two watertube boilers of the watertube type. New Dry Dock at Sault Ste. Marie The by-law which was passed re- cently by the rate-payers of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., to subsidize the building of a dry dock there, provides for a bonus of $20,000 a year for 20 years, for a fixed assessment on the pro- perty for school taxes of $750,000 for 20 years, for exemption from general 2a7 taxes for five years, and for a fixed assessment of $500,000 for general taxes for 15 years. The agreement provides that work shall be commenced by April 1, on the laying out and construction of the dry dock and shipbuilding plant, and the equipment is to be completed to the satisfaction of: the Dominion public works department so as to earn the annual government subsidy of 3 per cent for 20 years on an expenditure of not less than "$1,338,026.76, the whole to be completed and equipped ready for operation by April 1, 1916. The dry dock is to be built of con- crete, and is to be not less than the following dimensions: Clear length inside gate sill ..... : 650 ft. Clear «width Sat: gate. <sillio, 6. 0s cise 65 ft. Width at: coping level @.3 6c aves. 90 ft. Width in dock chamber at coping level ; cH E sce aie a ean og aig Mie 106 ft. 8 ins. Width at sill: level -...232%.23 2 @ .93 ft. 4 ins- Width at bottom <5 fe care eee 80 ft. Depth on sill below ordinary low water level of St. Mary River.........18 ft. 6 ins. Payments of the corporation subsidy will be made annually on Nov. 1, the first of such payments being due on Noy. 1, 1916, provided the plant is completed and ready for operation at the time stated. The site for the plant comprises a water lot of about 5 5-10 acres. The agreement with the city was made with F. H. Clergue, and the Lake Superior Dry Dock and Con- struction Co., Ltd., has been formed for the purpose of carrying on the work.