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August, 1919 Draftsmen Meet The revival of the American mer- chant marine was the subject of a stirring. address. by. A. H. Plage. na tional president of the American Society of Marine Draftsmen, at the seventh annual convention of the society held at Boston recently. "In 1916 the waterborne commerce of the world was approximately $85,000,000,000," he said. "The import and export commerce of the United States was approximately $4,500,000,000, of which 9 per cent was carried in American ships, and. the other 91 ptr cent in foreign ships. Recent figures show 979 vessels built for the United States shipping board reaching a deadweight tonnage of 5,491,456 were built. : "Two vital points should be consid- ered in the building of a new marine," continued Mr. Hagg, "underwriting and inspection must be controlled by this country. Naval architects and marine engineers of the highest caliber abound in this country; but we humbly acquiesce to the demands of competitors in instructing us as to how our ships should be built. "What we need is American-de- signed ships built in American ship- yards, under American classification and carrying American exports." Mr. Hagg feels that the near fu- ture will see 50 per cent of United States commerce carried in American bottoms, instead of the 9 per cent before the war. Other speakers at the convention were: Harry E. Gould, superintendent of the Fore River shipyards; Lieuten- ant Gorkey of the Charlestown navy yard, and J. B. Saddler, treasurer of the society. ' ey Building Marine Engines (Concluded from Page 392) more liners are placed in position. The valve is now set correctly for both go-ahead and reverse motions. Setting the valves on an engine equipped with a stephenson link mo- tion is largely a matter of good judg- ment. It is always to be borne in mind that moving the eccentric does one thing only, that is, to retard or advance the lead. Setting the valve On its stem equalizes the distance it travels on each side from the center but in the case of engines like the one under consideration, the high Pressure and intermediate valves have no provision for centralizing, so that the use of liners for this purpose is necessary. Minor operations such as installing the lubricating system, air pump, lag- ging the cylinders, etc., next follow after which the engine is given a THE MARINE REVIEW thorough test to see that it works right. In this test it is turned over by the turning engine only. A test under steam is not made until . the engine has its dock trials, after being put aboard the vessel. All cast iron surfaces are given a coat of filler and several coats of paint after which the engine is taken apart for shipping. After the engine is dismantled, the eccentrics are carefully scribed for their keyways, the location being derived from the keyseats already in the crankshaft. The keyseats are now cut in the eccentrics. This work is generally done on the slotter. The cylinders are taken off and shipped as a single unit on one flat car. To transport the remainder of the engine, four other flat cars are re- quired. The bed plate is shipped in- tegral with its crankshaft while the columns are shipped separately. All steel parts are given a liberal coating of slush to prevent rust while the smaller units are packed in boxes. The operation of dismantling and packing the engines is carried out in remarkably short time. As a matter of fact, it takes less than a day and a half completely to dismantle and pack one of these engines for ship- ment. The assembly is carried out in an average of two days. To Make Propellers To meet the expansion of its mar- ket, the Thacher Propeller & Foundry Corp., Albany, N. Y., has recently been incorporated to take over the business of George H. Thacher & Co. The com- pany will conduct a general foundry business but will specialize on modern propellers of approved design. A fire- proof plant will be constructed at a cost of approximately $200,000. The number of employes will expand from 165 to 400. The incorporators of the company are: George -H... Thacher,. Thomas -D, Thacher, Horace S. Bell, William S. Hackett and John A. Delehanty, all of Albany. The capital stock of the com- pany is placed at $1,200,000 with paid up capital of $1,000,000. The company will open offices in New York, Chicago and London, England. Lloyd's Elects At a special meeting of the general committee of Liloyd's register, held recently. Sir Thomas L. Devitt was re-elected chairman of the committee for the ensuing year, Sir John H. Lus- combe was elected deputy chairman and treasurer and Sir Thomas J. Storey was re-elected chairman of the subcommit- tees of classification. Sir Thomas Devitt has held his office since 1909. 397 Upon the retirement' of Sir Edward Cooper from the office of deputy chair- man and treasurer, the committee passed a resolution recording -its. sense of the great ability and unremitting care and attention which he has devoted to the affairs of Lloyd's register during his tenure for the past two years of the office of deputy chairman and treasurer. Sir John Luscombe. held the office of deputy chairman and treasurer from 1904 to 1906. Lord Inchcape and Sir James Hills were re-elected, and Sir Kenneth S. Anderson and Lieut. Commander August B. T. Cayzer, R. N., were elected mem: bers of the committee. Shipping Firms Increase During the month of June, 21 new shipping companies were organized with an aggregate capital of $55,550,000, ac- cording to the Journal of Commerce, New York. This is the largest indi- cated investment for any month since June, 1917. The following table gives the names, state of incorporation, and authorized capital stock of the new companies organized during the last two months: MAY, 1919 American Steamship Navigation Co., Del..$ 100,000 Argonaut Salvage Corp., The, Me........ 10,000,000 Globe; Ship *Supply. Co:, Passes e os oe: 50,000 Haines Ship Agency, Inc., Del.......... 100,000 Houghland Boat and Barge Lines Co., Ind. 150,000 International Transport Co., Del......... 200,000 Marine Traveling Co., Mass............. 200,600 MacLean Navigation Corp., Del.......... 200,000 New York & Norwalk Line, Del......... 100,000. Overseas Sailing Ship Corp., Del......... 500,000 Omega Steamship Corp., Del............ 250,000 Polish-American Steamship Corp., Del.... 4,000,000 Queen Steamship Line, Inec., Del........ 100,000 Ramsay Navigation Co., Del............ 100,000 Rourke, John, & Sons, Ga............. 800,000 Safety. Kirst Bodt Co.) Del... (2: 100,000 Steward Davit & Equipment Corp., Del... 550,000 Valentine... C;. Gi, & 300.) (Nic Wine 100,000 Van Praagh Steamship Line, Inc., Del... 50,000 World Steamship Line, N. Y............ 50,000 Total yn ieiies suk Meee eee $17,200,000 JUNE, 1919 American - French - Mediterranean Steamship CorpjcNe WN. s cee ides Rees $ 200,000 American Shipyard Co., N. J........... 100,000 Atlantic Navigation Corp., Del.......... 1,000,000 Arsenio Jose Froes & Co., Del (engage in Ocean > COMMEPCE): os is es sa 26,400,000 American Steamship Corp. (operate)..... 10,000,000 Cuban Atlantic. Transport Corp., Del. (build. ant Operate) cea asc is tc es 1,000,000 Eldorado Steamship Co., N. Y. (build ORS, (REC) siden Ropar oe eae 50,000 Gratia Navigation Co., Del............. 250,000 Italian: Star Line, Ine. 7. Deli .:24 4.6. 0:2. 1,200,000 Kajetan Blaszkiewicz Polish Steamship Co., RONG onc yeah 5 Hd ec Pes ee eee 250,000 Kanabeck Steamship Co., Del........... 300,000 Landis Navigation Corp., Del............ 200,000 Lineoln Steamship Corp., N. Y. (naviga- TOD) eee cease beer ae es 100,000 New York & China Transportation Co. (ONCRSER) Gog eg eee oh a 4 ee es 10,000,000 Polish Navigation Enterprises, Inc., Del.. 3,000,000 Portuguese-American Navigation Co., R. I. 100,000 Red Cloud Steamship Co., Del. (build and OMCTBLO). <4 ie va wo tica sews oc bas obs okie 300,000 Sea Carriars, ie, I haa 6s ce 500,000 Triton' Shipping Corp.; Ni Ys. ee 2 ise. ~ 100,000 Victory Céfriers, Ine. Yi ieie tae: 400,000 Wells, Geo. H., Steamship Corp., Del... 100,000 Totals. eas ae «aa tna ee ae $55,550,000 The Pensacola Shipbuilding Co., Pen- sacola, Fla., launched the 10,000-ton steel steamer Escampstia, recently.