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1901.] MARINE REVIEW. 15 en a ft. draught. The draught of hull is 24 in. The framing is of white oak teak plank shear, double planking of cedar with broken eae il pine decks and white ash cockpits; steel bulkheads fore and aft of machinery. The launch is equipped with a Seabury water tube boiler and Seabury triple expansion engine, cylinders 41%, 634 and 10% in., with a stroke of $ in. She attained a speed of about 18 miles an hour and has been found The Morris Heights company also has on the stocks now a twin- screw steam yacht for Leonard Lewisohn of New York. The hull will be of steel throughout and will be of the following dimensions: Length over all, 155 ft.; length on water line, 180 ft.; beam, 18 ft.; depth, 10 ft.; draught, 7 ft. 6in. She will have a flush deck and will be schooner rigged with pole masts. There will be a mahogany deck house forward, which Steam Yacht Elfrida, for Built by the Gas Engine & Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated, Morris Heights, N. Y. will be used as a dining saloon. This will be paneled and fitted with plate most satisfactory for the purpose designed, namely coaching the rowing crews of the college. : ec A twin-screw naphtha launch was also one of the outputs of the year. The hull was of oak frame, cedar planking and yellow keel and keelson. The interior. was in mahogany finish. The launch is equipped with two 12 H.P. naphtha motors, complete with tanks, feed and condenser pipes, pumps, propeller wheels, shafts and stern bearings. 25-ft. Naphtha Launch at Detroit. Dr. Seward Webb of New York. glass sliding windows. There will be a buffet and butler’s pantry adjoin- ing. Below deck, starting at the bow, will be the chain locker, followed by a boatswain’s locker and the crew quarters. The officers’ staterooms come next, and then the galley, which is the full width of the ship. Next aft will be the boiler and engine spaces. Aft of the machinery space will - bea large bath room, the full width of the yacht, and connecting with this bath room will be two large state rooms, each fitted with a double brass iy Built by the Gas Engine & Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated, Morris Heights, N. C. With the exception of the raw material the company makes everything that goes into its boats. It makes the hulls, machinery, fittings and up- holstery. The plant covers a territory of nine acres and gives employ- ment to 600 to 950 men, depending upon the amount of work at hand. The company is now building three torpedo boats for the navy, Bailey, Wilkes and Stewart, the latter coming under the destroyer Class, 4.ne Bailey is completed and on a recent trial over the government knot course at Newport, R. I., under calculations of the government trial board, made the knot at the rate of 30.88 knots per hour, the highest speed ever attained by an American craft. bedstead, dressing table, upholstered divan and a full length beveled mir- ror. These rooms will be finished in white mahogany and lighted and ventilated by ports and skylights. Aft of these rooms, which will be for the owner, will be two more staterooms with a passageway between them. Bath rooms connect between them. Next aft will be the main saloons, finished in white and gold. The motive power will consist of two triple expansion engines, driving twin screws. Steam will be supplied by a Seabury safety water tube boiler. There will be an electric light plant, a 2,500 candle-power search light, steam steering gear and steam windlass. and the vessel will be steam heated throughout. The yacht is designed for a speed of 18 miles an hour and is to be ready by May 1. The comnany is also building for a Boston yachtsman, from designs ‘by Arthur Binney, a yacht 86 ft. over all, 78 ft. on the water line, and 12 {t. beam. The machinery will consist of a Seabury triple expansion | engine with cylinders 7, 11%4 and 17% in. diameter by 10 in. stroke, and a |} water tube boiler designed for a speed of 12 knots. The new steam yacht Cherokee is fast approaching completion at these works. The vesselis of steel. 85 ft. long. 14 ft. beam. and is for Samuel H. Vandererift of Pittsburg, Pa. A complete list of vessels under way will be found in the resume devoted to ship building. Petersburg Iron Works Co. The Petersburg Iron Works Co. of Petersburg, Va., during the past year, in addition to greatly enlarging the long established business of its shops and foundry, has entered the field of marine work and added a ship yard to its plant, which is already in successful operation and promises steady enlargement for the future. The company built last year two 800- yard dump scows for ship channel work on Chesapeake bay, and now has under construction one of the new light-ships for the government, which will be completed the present year. They have also been lately awarded by the government a contract for a seagoing, self-propelling. suction dredge complete, which will be 200 ft. in length and 40 ft. beam. The com- pany will for the present restrict its work to wooden vessels. Among the navy orders of the past week is one of special interest in shipping circles. It is the announcement that Capt. W. Maynard is to be detached from duty as member of the examining board in the Wash- ington yard and ordered to duty with the United States licht-house board as naval secretary upon the detachment of Capt. Perry. Capt. Perry will probably go to sea.