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a i i a el June, 1919 THE MARINE REVIEW 285 cage es DECK D "fee Ta PS eS eb ot ee Bee oe ta ee Pe td eS © ¥ | : | yO PLAN AC 'o s : | D x Z7 ° 8 x . | | | | WATER + 3 : fee a 1a waren _ e Ly 7 chy 8 « 3 eas: Sr at HNN N Bo & | | ~ NKR OS RS ) < : | eee os s 3 AN wa < wi VW Paton as = | 4 1 Ali _{| s Ea ry 2 PLANK Ses ---4t--- -e-52 hee WATER TIGHT JOINTX + BOTTOM. SIQES ) : A EV ee ee le |e Ne eee a ar a oe oe Te CROSS SECTION OF TIMBER CAISSON DETAILS IS ILLUSTRATED IN FIG. 2 WHILE FIG. 3 SHOWS THE SHAPE AND DIMENSIONS OF THE PATCH afloat. A diver would have located the hole and 'thoroughly. examined it and a timber air chamber' or pontoon could have been low- ered into position over the outside of the hole and a watertight con- nection. made 'to the «bottom It would have then been possible to pump out the compartment and apply a concrete patch in much the same manner as described. A puncture through the plates of a steel hull usually damages the rivets throughout a large surrounding area and in many cases damages the ad- jacent frames. The same condition is true of a wood hull. A very careful investigation of the concrete side beams of this car float failed to reveal a single crack or other damage and proved beyond a doubt that the dam- age was confined to the reinforced concrete skin. The reinforced concrete car float re- paired is one of six now being built by the Liberty Shipbuilding & Trans- portation, Co: for the: embarkation service, war department. Two of these floats, each of 1500 tons dis- placement, have been launched and are now ready for delivery. The re- maining four will be turned' over to the war department before Aug. 1. Changes Firm Name The Gas Engine & Power Co. & Charles L. Seabury. & Co, Conscli- dated, Morris Heights, N. Y., has changed its name to the Consolidated Shiphuilding Corp. The company . has been in business for over 35 years during which time it has launched more than 3000 craft of various types. In 1885, the company under the name of the Gas Engine & Power Co., was founded by Clement Gould and F. W. Ofeldt. The company engaged in building naphtha launches, the engine being an invention of Mr. Ofeldt. It derived its power through lot iabout the expansion of naphtha gas on pis- tons much after the principle of a steam engine. These engines were equipped to condense the vapor and tO. Vise 36. over again. In the late eighties, naphtha launches were.a pop- ular form of pleasure craft. During the latter part of 1894, the company began to build electric launches for the Elco Co., Bayonne, N. J. The two companies werked together producing this type of craft Six. yeats: In 1896, the company purchased the stock of Charles L. Seabury & Co.,, FIG. 4--HOLE READY FOR PATCHING the consolidation of the two com- panies being known as the Gas En- gine & Power Co. & Charles L. Sea- bury. & Co., Consolidated. The Sea- bury company had been organized in 1889 to build yachts, engines and boilers. The company continued to launches, yachts and propelling equip- ment and also built on2 of the first torpedo beat destroyers for the Unit- ed States navy, the Bartrey, for several years the fastest boat in the navy. The company also built two other craft of this type for the government, the Stewart and the WILKES. The company subsequently took sev- build launches, life boats, engines and boil- | ers. It also built the gunboats Duv- BUQUE and PapucaH. Later the com- pany began the construction of marine type internal combustion engines. The company has also built many speedy powerboats and famous yachts, among which are the Kanawna, VITESSE, VIxEeN, NraGaraA IV and the HELenita. When the war broke out the com- pany immediately turned its attention to government work. It converted sev- cral yachts and other craft for gov- ernment work and also built five 1900- ton steel ocean-going mine sweepers, 175 flying boat hulls and nine tug boats. The company is now reverting to peace time pursuits. It has a_ well equipped plant and yard for the con- struction of smaller tyne vessels. It has now under construction steel steain yachts, steel and wooden tugs, gasoline yachts, power boats, yacht tenders, steam and gasoline engines, boilers aud other equipment. The officers of the company are: John J. Amory, president; William J. Parslow, vice president; Bruce Scrim- geour, secretary and general manager and Clement G. Amory, treasurer. Jo- ceph S. Potter is superintendent, J. M. Forhenbach assistant superintendent, Al--- bert Christen mechanical superintendent, H. W. Patterson chief constructor, H. E. Fromme chief engineer, and J. E. Lowery head boat builder. : A record for the government-operated barge line on the Mississippi river was made late in April when the towboat Oscar Barrett, towing three barges, loaded to capacity, made the trip from St. Louis to New Orleans in five days. Two of the barges carried wheat for export and one carried miscellaneous merchandise for New Orleans. Total amount of export wheat shipped over this waterway to New Orleans in the last three months of 1918 was 9000 eral government contracts for steam tons.