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438 the federal trade commission and the navy department. The Lake Torpedo Boat Co., the California Ship Building Co., and the Electric Boat Co. offered to build the two 800-ton submarine boats, the limit of cost of which was fixed by congress at $1,200,000 each. The Lake Torpedo Boat Co. offered to build one of these submarines, if it is awarded a contract for the coast defense submarines for which it also bid. The price quoted was $1,195,000. The Electric Boat Co. _offered to build one of these submarines at $1,168,000 or both at $1,148,000 each, deliveries to be made within 26 and 27 months. If constructed upon a modified design, this company would build one of these submarines at $1,189,000, or both at $1,167,000 each. These same two companies offered bids on the 27 coast defense .subma- - rines, for which congress fixed the cost limit at $700,000 each. The Electric Boat Co. would build 24 of these sub- marines of 570 tons displacement each at amounts ranging from $697,000 to $835,000 each, according to design, or these same submarines of 530 tons dis- placement at amounts ranging from $668,000 to $812,400 each, according to design. Deliveries would begin in 18 RESIDENT WILSON’S ruling in P extending the suspension of sec- tion 2 of the act approved Aug. 18, 1914, entitled “An Act to provide for the admission of foreign-built ships to American registry for the foreign trade, and for other purposes,” is as follows: 1. That the provisions of the law prescribing that the watch officers of vessels of the United States regis- tered for foreign trade shall be cit- izens of the United States, are here- by suspended so far and for such length of time as is herein provided, namely: All watch officers now em- ployed on foreign-built ships which have been admitted to United States registry under said act who, hereto- fore, have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States and watch officers on such ships who, within six months from this date, shall declare their intention to be- ‘come such citizens, shall be entitled to serve on foreign-built ships so registered until the time shall have expired within which they may _ be- _come such citizens under their dec- larations, and shall be eligible for pro- motion upon any foreign-built ship so registered, 2. That the provisions of law re- quiring survey,,inspection and meas- American labor and materials. urement, States, of foreign-built ships admitted to United States registry under said act are hereby suspended so far and for such length of time as is herein THE MARINE REVIEW months after letting the contracts. The Lake Torpedo Boat Co. offered to build six of these submarines of 485 tons’ displacement at amounts ranging from $692,000 to $694,000 if constructed according to the department designs, or at $689,000 each when constructed ac- cording to modified designs. Deliveries would begin within 21 months. Schneider & Co., of Paris, said that they could not submit lump-sum _ bids because of the difference in cost of It said, however, it would lease to the United States government the designs of sub- marines it had built for the French at the Creusot works to be built in United States government yards. The license fee asked was for Class A, $68,000 for the first submarine, or $38,000 each for more than one; Class B, $57,000 for the first, or $33,000 each for more than one; Class C, $70,000 for the first, or $40,000 each for more, than one. The California Ship Building Co. offered to build five of the submarines of 495 tons displacement at $698,000 each on the department’s plans, or for $696,000 on modified plans. It also offered to build five submarines of 485 tons dis- placement at $693,000 each. Deliveries would begin in 23 months. by officers of the United provided, namely: The said _ pro- visions shall not apply to any such foreign-built ship during the period of one year from this date provided the secretary of commerce is satis- fied in. the case of any such ship that the ship is safe and seaworthy and that proper effort is being made to comply with the said provisions. New,Orders at Panama The captain of the port at the Panama canal has issued the following orders: Whenever in the judgment of the receiving and forwarding agent, or port captain, it is deemed advisable to shift any vessel in order to accom- modate other vessels, or for any other reason, shifting will be made by direc- tion of the captain of the port, and the towing and other expenses thereby incurred will be charged against the vessel so shifted. 1. No charge will be made for the storage of transfer cargo held on piers or in cars for 35 days from the date same is ready for delivery. | December, 1916 On cargo, both routed and unrouted, held for a longer period than 35 days, storage for the first 30 days will be charged at the rate of 3 cents per bill-of-lading ton per day, and there- after at the rate of 5 cents per bill-of- lading ton per day. 2. All cargo routed and unrouted, shall be removed in the order of ar- rival. 3. No storage will be charged on cargo for local delivery for ay period.,of 72. hours. from ~ the’ time the steamer has completed cargo, but on any cargo not ac- cepted by consignees within that time, a charge of 3 cents per 100 pounds per day, or $5 per car per day or fraction thereof, at the option of the company, will be made, the mini- mum charge to be 15 cents, Re-Examinations Allowed The steamboat-inspection service, in conjunction with the public health service, in a recent circular letter is- sued instructions to supervising and local inspectors of the steamboat-in- spection service, that in cases where an applicant for license, as an officer in the deck department of vessels, has been rejected for visual defects, or where an applicant for certificate of service as able seaman has been rejected for visual or other physical defects, and any such applicant de- sires to be re-examined by surgeons of the public health service, he may do so upon request to the local in- spectors to whom he made application for license or certificate: Government Rulings The following is a summary of rul- ings recently made by the steamboat- inspection service, relating to the trans- portation of certain articles on steam vessels carrying passengers: Non-inflammable metal polish may be transported on steamers carrying pas- sengers and may be used as stores on passenger and pleasure steamers. In- quiry presented by the George Wm. Hoffman Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Murrays Bed Bug .Doom may be transported on steamers carrying pas- sengers under the same conditions as refined petroleum, but shall not be used as stores on passenger or pleas- ure steamers. Inquiry presented by the Radio Mfg. & Sales Co., Balti- more. The following described article may be transported on steamers carrying passengers: Pluvinox roofing cement. — Inquiry presented by the Hydrex Felt & En- gineering Co., New York City.