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September, 1920 THE MARINE REVIEW 529 Back Gears>f-- = Driving Shaft Bevel Pinion Si Driving Motor Intermediate Double-Faced Spindle Beyel Pinion Spindle Gear Intermediate | -Double-Faced | Bevel Pinion ps4 -- Driving Shaft Bevel 2 Pinion FIG. 4--SIMPLE DRIVE FROM MOTOR TO SPINDLE WHICH CONSISTS OF A HORIZONTAL SHAFT structed on the same site and around the old shop. Late Marine Patents Copies of any one of the following patents can be obtained by. forwarding 25 cents in stamps to Siggers and Sig- gers, National Union Insurance build- ing, Washington, -and mentioning MarINE REVIEW: 1338530--Means for protecting ships, John P. Roe , London, England. 1338706--Protecting device for ships, E. A. Smith, New York. 1338815--Conerete vessel, Lionel Coke-Hill, Mont- real, Que., Can. 1338816--Salvage apparatus, Henry D. Beam, Ben- ton Harbor, Mich. 1339293--Ship launching control Sjoberg, Oakland, Cal. 1339321--Buoy, William §S. Crouch, Tacoma, Wash., assignor to Line Carrying Buoy Co., a corporation of Delaware. 1339372--Protection of ships against torpedo at- tack, L. E. Whiton, New London, Conn. 1339532--Mechanism for turning ships davits-- Axel Welin, London, England, assignor to American Balsa Co., 'New York. 133928--Automatie ballast shifting device--Howard A. Selah, Newark, N. J., assignor of one-half to Albert C. Pedrick, Newark, N. J. 1339717--Salvaging apparatus--Charles Sanger, Bay St. Louis, Miss. 1339755--Ship's hull construction--Fred W. Gore, Huntington, N.Y. 1340002--Anchor shank and Bateman, Chester, Pa. 1339647--Boat launching device, John G. shackle--William M. apparatus--Charles_ H. The Newburg Shipyards, Ine., Newburgh, N. Y., has had plang prepared for erecting a fabricating Plant. The structure will be two stories, and it is nig to have it ready for occupancy by Oct. 1. Shaped 1S completing its last vessel for the handle Se Fleet corporation, and in the future will € private work, Bite ttt Chapman Derrick & Wrecking Co., 17 On the a New York, has acquired a shipyard 250 x a at Rosebank, Staten Island, about 0 feet. 8 & ship repair plant. by the White estate. tae Jersey board of commerce and navigation, os : has granted permission to the '0 construct % Corp., 24 State street, New York, ing 1] Se erminal at Weehawken, N. J., utiliz- fet along the Hudson river, in addition e The plant was formerly operated -- Fuller, Portland, Oreg., assignor to Fuller Davit Co.; Portland, Oreg. 1340309--Air navigating vessels--Henry (C., Woerx, New York. _ 1340441--Sheet metal boat or other vessel--Wil- liam Gardner, Broomhill, Glasgow, 'Scotland. eo ee ES OUTLET SINGLE-UNIT STRAINER Business News for the Marine I'rade to 3900 feet of land, previously obtained by the company. Plans cal) for the construction of elght pie.s, two stories, eight . 5-story warehouse buildings, each 525 feet wide; 11 main railroad tracks, two switching tracks and two fer.y slips. The project with full equipment will cost in the neighborhood of ,000,000. aes Elliott Bay Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, plans to install new equipment and enter the ship repair pusiness. C. 0. Morrow is head of the company. The plant of the Bertelsen & Peterson Enginee*- 256 Border street, Boston, manufacturer of ing Co., The marine engines, recently was damaged by fire. loss was estimated at about $25,000. oe The Automobile Boat Co., 407 Shubert building, Philadelphia, is having plans prepared for erectirg a plant on Audalusia street. It will be 'one. story, FOUR GEARS AND A DOUBLE-FACED PINION Strainer For Pipe Lines Strainers are required on the suc- tion and discharge lines of lubricating | oil, fuel oil and quenching oil sys- 'tems, for the removal of solid foreign Material in suspension. Also power plants which secure their raw water supply from such sources as rivers or lakes, require strainers to prevent weeds, sticks, marine plants and small fish from entering pipe lines. For this purpose, the Russell Co., New York, has devel- cped the strainer shown in the ac- companying illustraticn. The body is cast iron and the strainer basket of perforated sheet steel, lined with wire mesh when the strainer is to be 'used on an oil line. The strainer is of the single type and may be installed cither as a single whit, or as.a strainer set. This get consists of two. strainers connected complete, including two °3-way valves and necessary connecting elbows, unions and nipples. This set permits the cleaning of either of the two units without interruption of the service. 250 x 500 feet, and will be equipped for manufac- turing and assembling.. KE. S. Napolis is head of the company. The ship repair plant of James Shewan & Sons, Ywenty-seventh street, B-ooklyn, N. Y., recently was damaged by fire. The loss was said to be in excess of $100,000. The Milwaukee Dry Dock Co., Milwaukee, subsidiary of the American Shipbuilding Co., Cleveland, has an imp:ovement program involving an investment of $1,250,000. The program embraces the construction of a new drydock capable of handling vessels up to 625 feet. house and a new office building. Later on, additional machine shops and auxiliary buildings will be con- structed. Work on the new dydock is expected to 'Griscom--- Work has already started on a new pump -