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26 MARINE REVIEW. CLERGUE ENTERPRISES. Since his return from Europe a short time ago F. H. Clergue, who is the leading spirit in the expenditure of several million dollars in water power canals and other enterprises near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., has given out the details of a charcoal iron project which he has under way. “We are now having prepared,’ ‘Mr. Clergue says, “plans for two charcoal blast furnaces which will be very much larger than any yet at- tempted. The fragile character of the fuel has supposedly prevented the adoption of larger furnaces for charcoal work; we are not convinced that the profitable limit as to size for charcoal furnaces has been reached, but have wondered if the difficulty of obtaining proper fuel has not been the principal restraining influence with every charcoal iron works. The loca- tion of our Algoma Central railway, through 1,000 square miles of hard wood forest, will secure our charcoal furnaces an ample supply of fuel, while our arrangements for the manufacture and sale of our by-products will serve to very largely reduce the cost of our fuel. We have refrained from public mention of this project, for the reason that we have felt it necessary to exhaust the experience of charcoal furnace practice before engaging in so radical an advance. The matter is now fully determined, however. We have on hand 200 carloads of material for another enter- prise, our Bessemer plant, and the foundations are already well under way. The erection of a part of the machinery has commenced. The This illustration represents our 2; om [February 28, Riter-Conley Co. has secured the contract for the erection of the steel structures, but all the walls will be of stone, conformable architecturally to our other works at the Sault. The Bessemer plant will consist of two converters having a capacity for 600 tons daily, besides which there will be two tilting open hearth furnaces with a capacity of 50 tons each daily. The Midland furnace of the Canada Iron Furnace ‘Co. is now producing 125 tons daily of excellent pig iron from our Helen ore, which has proved itself exceptionally desirable in the furnace.” The Hohenzollern of the Nord Deutscher Lloyd, which has just com- pleted a round trip across the Atlantic—Gibralter to New York—is not a new vessel, as some shipping men suppose. She is the Kaiser Wilhelm II, an old friend on the Mediterranean and New York service, which has also plied in the Australian trade. The old Hohenzollern was recently sold, as she was no longer equal to the requirements of the day. The two first-class cruisers Good Hope and Bacchante were launched on the Clyde last week. It is asserted that the Good Hope is the most formidable cruiser in the world. She is 500 ft. long, has a displacement of 14,100 tons and is expected to develop a speed of 23 knots per hour. The Bacchante, which is of the Cressy type, has a displacement of 12,000 tons. PLATE PLANER having capacity to plane the edges of plates any size or thickness. The cutter head carries two tools, one cutting in each direction. Shifting of tools is automatic. thread screw, working in a bronze nut. Girder is raised and lowered by power. Jack screws for holding plate furnished if required. Let us refer you to the users of these ma- chines for an expression as to their capacity for turning out work. Cutter head is driven by a large square | THE CLEVELAND PUNCH AND SHEAR WORKS C0,, cueverano,o.,us.s NEW YORK,N. Y. ALBANY, N. Y. ATHENS, PA. BALTIMORE, MD. BOSTON, MASS. BRANCH OFFICES and WORKS: BUTTE, MONT. American Bridge Co. General Offices, 100 Broadway, We have decided to earry at all our plants a large stock of Raw Material, from which we ean furnish with great promptness any ordinary order for Steel Bridges, Roofs, Buildings, Columns, Girders, Beams, Channels, Angles, Plates, ete., ete. BUFFALO, N. Y. CANTON, OHIO. CHICAGO, ILL. CLEVELAND, O. COLUMBUS, OHIO. DENVER, COLO. DESIGNERS ann BUILDERS OF ALL CLASSES OF =—==MmMETALLIC STRUCTURES. DULUTH, MINN. PHILADELPHIA, PA. EAST BERLIN, CONN. PITTSBURG, PA. ELMIRA, N. Y. ROCHESTER, N. Y. GROTON, N. Y. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. HORSEHEADS, N. Y. LAFAYETTE, IND. LONDON, ENG. MILWAUKEE, WIS. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. NEW ORLEANS, LA. PENCOYD, PA. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SEATTLE, WASH. SIDNEY, N.S. W. TRENTON, N. J. WILMINGTON, DEL. YOUNGSTOWN, O.