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September, 1914 THE MARINE REVIEW | -- PARLOR ROOM ON BOAT DECK WITH SHOWER BATH AND: TOILET STARBOARD SIDE OF ENGINE ROOM LOOKING AFT stroke, and a double auxiliary reverse and turnover engine is provided, having cylinders 44-inch bore and_ 6-inch stroke. This engine is so arranged that it automatically stops when the valve gear of the main engine has reached either full ahead or astern positions. Steam is supplied from three boilers, 14 feet diameter by 12. feet long, allowed a working pressure of 215 pounds. gated furnaces, 42 inches diameter and separate combustion cham- bers. The combined heating surface is 7,293 square feet and the total grate surface 15714 square feet. All pumps are independent. The main air pump is a vertical double-acting pump of the simplex type having a steam cylinder 18 inches in diameter and 24- inch stroke, and the air cylinders, 36 inches diameter and 24-inch _ stroke. Feed pumps are fitted in duplicate, each Pump being 12x8x12. The sanitary and fire pump, duplex 12x 8x 12, the bilge Pump, simplex, 6x8x12, one fresh Water pump, duplex, 5x6x6, one aux- inside Each boiler has three corru-. iliary condenser and simplex air pump, 10 x 14x 12. The vessel carries lifeboat and raft equipment of sufficient capacity to ac- commodate both passengers and crew. | Her wireless equipment has a radius of 250 miles. A Schuette recording com- pass and Nicholson ship log are also fitted. Contract for the construction of the new lighthouse tender Fern has been awarded to the Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Ship Building Co., Wins- low, Wash. The new vessel will be 112 x 22 x 10. feet. 334: inches, and will be equipped with an Almy water- tube boiler furnished by the Almy Water Tube Boiler Co., of Providence, R. I. The engines will be built by the Heffernan Engine Works, Seattle, Wash. Names have been announced by the Navy Department for four of the new VIEW OF: GALLEY battleships now in process of con- struction. Battleship No. 39 will be christened Arizona, No. 40 California, No. 41 Mississippi and No. 42 the Tdaho. The old Mississippi and Idaho were recently sold to the Greek gov- ernment. Bids are now being invited by the Navy Department for the con- struction of battleships Nos. 40, 41 and 42. The Smooth-On Manufacturing Co., 572-574 Communipaw avenue, Jersey City, N. J., manufacturers of Smooth- On iron cements and compounds, have just published Instruction Book No. 7, devoted exclusively to the use of its iron cement for hardening, water- proofing and _ oil-proofing concrete. This book gives full directions for the application of the compound for brick or stone work, stopping leaks in con- crete, and contains many testimonials from users of it. The book is well illustrated and will be sent to any- one upon application.