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264 by M. J. Gondstein, Harold W. Danser and M. D. Daumosl. A contract for the construction of the quarter- master dock on Vashon island, Seattle, has been let to C. C. Snyder & Co., Pacific block, Seattle. The name of the Advance Machine Co., Los An- geles, manufacturer of cast iron fittings, ete., has been changed to the Los Angeles Valve & Fittings Co. The Southern Shipyard Corp., Newport News, Va., recently increased its capital from $100,000 to $200,000. The Terry Shipbuilding Corp., Savannah, Ga., wants bids on steel castings, gray-iron castings and ~ forgings. ; The Marine & Commerce Corp. of America has been incorporated at Dover, Del., with $500,000 capital, by T. L. Croteau, M. M. Clancy and H. E. Knox, Wilmington, Del. The Great Western Transit Co. recently was incor- porated at Dover, Del., with $600,000 capital, to own and operate vessels, by Samuel: C. Wood, Arthur M. Brody, Chicago, and L. B. Phillips, Dover. : A general engineering business will be engaged in by the Marine Engineering Mfg. & Supply Co., Wil- mington, Del., which was recently incorporated with $100,000 capital. j Gustave E. Atkinson Jr., John A. Popp, Chicago, and others recently 'incorporated in Delaware the Great Lakes & Ocean Transportation Co. The capi- talization of the company was placed at $2,009.0u0. _ The Argos Steamship Corp., capitalized at $100,000, recently was chartered' at Dover, Del., by- Andrew Foulds, William F. Ashley, Justin §. Galland, Daniel J. Dowling and Clarence §. Ashley, New York. Work in preparation for building. steel barges at the Stillwater, Minn., plant of the Twin City Forge & Foundry Co., St. Paul, has been practically com- pleted. : J. F. Stambaugh & (Co., McGuffey, 0., is in- ' stalling equipment at their hemp plant, for the manu- facture of oakum, which at. present is in great de- mand by shipbuilders. The Northwest Steel Co., Portland, Oreg., has ~ com- pleted its new ship outfitting plant, which will be equipped with all necessary equipment for the fitting out of steel ships. - : The New Republic, American & European Shipping Corp., New York, has been incorporated with $50,000 capital, by M. Wapnowski, L. Kaezynski and. A. Dambrowski, 111 North Sixth street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Capitalized at. $50,000 the Swedesboro Wharf & Transportation Co,, Swedesboro, N. J., has been in- corporated to build wharves and 'engage in a general transportation business. The Commonwealth Steamship Corp. of Delaware re- cently was incorporated in Delaware with $10,000 capi- tal, to build and operate ships, by Charles Hollander, John Kemp and Edward J. Reilly, all of New York. H. M. Lucey, C. Hollig and &. V. Felton, Wil- mington, Del., recently incorporated the Delaware Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co. with $1,000,000 capi- tal. The company will build wharves, ships, docks, ete. A general freighting business will be engaged in by 'the Savannah Dry Dock & Repair Co., which was recently incorporated at Dover, Del., with $1,200,000 capital, by C. L. Rimlinger, M. M. Clancy and P. B. Drew, Wilmington, Del. A number of New York men recently incorporated in Delaware the Tambler Corp., which will build and operate vessels. The company is capitalized at $20,- 000. Among the incorporators are James A. Martin and Patrick J. Dobson. Nineteen barges for use on the upper Mississippi river are under construction, according to Chairman Hurley of the shipping board, but no ~ contracts as ~ yet have been let for the construction of towboats for which an allotment of $3,360,000 has been made. A recent New York incorporation is that of the George P. Brown Corp., which plans to engage in shipbuilding. The corporation is capitalized at $5000. G. P. Brown, B. F. Parks and F. W. Fielding, 245 West Fifteenth street, New York, are the jncor- porators. : ; o : A recent New York incorporation is that of the Clinton Dry Docks, Inc., New York, which will en- gage in contracting and shipbuilding with $2,000,000 THE MARINE REVIEW capital. The incorporators are C. R. Delmage, H. R. Dawson and E. Vandewater, 177 Montague street, kiyn, Nc Ye > 8 ze ees at $50,000, the Watercraft & Dock Con- struction Corp., New York, has been incorporated to construct tugs, barges, etc., by A. MeWhirter, 45 West Forty-second street. W. Goodman, 911 Park avenue, New York, and H. Goodman, 128 Kent street, Brooklyn, N. Y. The Interboro Dock Corp., Brooklyn, N. Y., has been incorporated with $250,000 capital, by C. H. Rogers, 643 Smith street; J. E. Whalen, 1513 East Twenty-third street, and A. M. Frost, 55 St. Marks place. 'The company will engage in a general dock- ing,- storing and warehousing business. The Cochran Pipe Wrench Mfg. Co., Chicago, has begun manufacturing at its new plant located at Seventy-eighth street and Woodlawn avenue. The com- pany manufactures wrenches of various types and spring oilers. Increased business made it necessary for the company to seek larger quarters. The business of building and operating vessels will be engaged in by the Scotia Corp:, which was re- cently incorporated at Dover, Del., with $20,000 capi- tal, by James A. Martin, Lawrence N.. Martin, Charles P. Schroetter, Patrick J. Dobson and Maxwell L. Kerpel, all of New York. Construction and operation of boats will be the business. engaged in by the Logue Transportation Co., which was recently incorporated at Dover, Del., with $10,000 capital. The incorporators are Charles H. Lawson, Brook'yn, N. Y.; Albert R. Palmer, Madison, N. J.; Henry C. Wenzel Jr., Woodhaven, N. J. The San Frane'sco Open Dry Dock Co.,- capitalized at $2,000,000, has filed articles of incorporation at San Francisco. and designated a site near the eastern end of the old exposition site as the location of its dock. The company plans to erect a wharf 58 x 1100 feet, two slips 200 feet wide, an 8000-ton floating drydock of wood and concrete,' a warehouse, iil ADJUSTABLE WRENCHES.--The Riflay Wrench & Tool Co., Pittsburgh, recently issued a leaflet deserib- ing an adjustable wrench that can number of purposes. It is said that this tool , elim- inates the inconvenience of carrying a large assort- ment of wrenches and that it is adaptable to all kinds of nuts. It is provided with a right and left hand ratchet and the jaw unit can be set at eight different angles from the handle to grip nuts in con- fined places, - ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.--The Westinghouse Elec- tric & Mfg. Co., East Pittsburgh, Pa., has issued a complete catalog of all the electrical supplies which it produces. Over 1250 pages are required to list the various articles and describe them. A complete cross index, an index to style numbers and a table of approximate cost multipliers from which to obtain a close estimate of the cost of each article listed, Serve to make readily accessible the information con- tained. Although primarily a catalog, the volume contains much practical information for the engineer, particularly that portion which is devoted to sugges- tions for the use of apparatus described. The com- pany plans to issue a similar catalog each year. FEED WATER FILTERS.--A_ booklet describing feed water filters and grease extractors has recently been issued by the Griscom-Russell Co.,. New York. The booklet is illustrated and contains much information regarding the device. It is pointed out that the apparatus effectually removes oil from water and mud and sand from river and lake water. The filtering elements are interchangeable cartridges of heavy cloth mounted on individual wire mesh rectangular frames. These cartridges are designed to present a maximum filtering surface in a given space. By-pass valves allow an uninterrupted flow of water to the boiler while a manhole in the top of the filter makes the removal of the cartridges an easy operation. Several _inerease in operating facilities. 5) JAA be used for a May, 1919 office and machine shop. The incorporators are Ww. H. Kearney, F. P. Parker, C. H. Kearney, J, w. Machado, A. 'J. 'Briggs, P. A. Breen and I, 1, Steinman. : T. L. Croteau, H. E. Knox and M. Clancy, Wi. mington, Del., recently incorporated the Macirema Steamship Corp., to build and operate ships, with, $500,000 capital. The same men also are the incor- porators of the Brooklyn Steamship Corp., which ig a'so capitalized at $500,000 and will engage in the same business. Shipbuilding may become an important industry at Tampico, Mexico, as the result of the establishment of a shipbuilding yard there by the Laguna Transporta- tion Co. A shipway has been built as well as ma- chine shops, etc., and the necessary equipment pur- chased. According to an announcement, in addition to building and repairing its own vessels, the com- pany will do general contract shipbuilding, The bureau of yards and docks, Washington, has: awarded a contract to M. H. McCloskey Jr., 1620 Thompson street, Philadephia, for constructing ship- building berth extensions at the League Island navy yard. The structures will be of reinforced concrete and steel, 122 x 169 feet and 128 x 148 feet. The work .will include extension in crane runway and an A reorganization of the Anchor Shipbuilding -Co., "Washburn, W/'s., which was organized several months ago under the direction of Wildmar Nicolaysen, Duluth, has been effected by George F. Morgan, William Mes- senger, W. Gunn Smith ana others. The company has completed plans, and is now preparing to go ahead with the construction of sii marine ways, -- structural and boier shops, machine shops and other buildings, The new yard will be capable of accommodating boats up to 600 feet. The company plans to specialize in turning out steel trawlers and small freighters of 1000 to 2000 tons. The company expects to lay the first keel about June 1. Yj p y) : @ : . @ Publicatic 1S Sill HIUINUUUUNUUUUUUNLUUUULL i illustrations are included, among them being -- two which show . typical installations. COMPRESSORS.--The Norwalk Iron . Works Co., South Norwalk, Conn., has published a 16-page bul- letin deszribing its compressors for oxygen and_hydro- gen. Points of design developed to attain high speed, with light weight, and compact but accessible con- struction are outlined. The compressors shown vary in capacity from a displacement of 12 to 196 'cubic feet per minute. The cooling system used, embodying water jacketed cylinders and special intercoolers is de- scribed and illustrated. The intercoolers divide the gas_.from the first cylinder into a series of thin streams which pass around pipes in which water is circulating. All details of construction even to the method of bearing adjustment and packing of joints ave outlined in .this bulletin, LOCOMOTIVE CRANES.--In' a illustrated catalog, the profusely Brown Hoisting Machinery Co., Cleveland, treats exhaustively of its locomotive cranes. The many uses of these cranes are fully and graphically set forth by action photographs. Some of these uses include loose material, heavy excavating work, handling of castings, structural material hand- ling, heavy sheets, plates, etc., manipulating pile drivers or shovel dippers, shunting cars about the storage yard and terminal hoisting and unloading. The mechanical features are treated in detail and fully illustrated. Dock installations, among which is the one at the port of Cherbourg, France, with 18. raised- pier types, and a number of 4-wheel standard types are shown. Special wharf-type cranes spanning four railroad tracks were installed by this company in American terminals in France to aid the handling of miscellaneous materials for the army. These are de- scribed. The extensive use of locomotive cranes in shipbuilding is indicated by a number of illustrations. Numerous foreign installations are shown. 96-page 4 oe 4 :