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1901.) MARINE REVIEW. id —————_—_—_———_—_—————— SSS SHIP YARD OPERATIONS AT NEWPORT NEWS. [Special correspondence to the Marine Review. ] Newport News, Va., Feb. 26.—The announcement of the date for the preliminary trial of the battleship Illinois, now nearing completion at the plant of the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., is being awaited here with a good deal of interest. It was at first thought that the trial would take place Feb, 15, but the builders were unwilling to stop work on her then. Very rapid progress on important portions of her equipment was being made at that time and it was thought best to put off the preliminary run until the ship was practically ready for commission. Supt. Post thinks that the trial spin will take place some time in March unless there is some unforeseen hitch inthe program. Several of the officers for the new vessel have arrived here and are watching the work with a good deal of interest. None of the sailors has yet appeared. but it is expected that the jackies will begin to arrive as soon as the trial trip comes off. The Chicago and Illinois people generally are taking a good deal of interest in the affair and it is expected that they will make the namesake of their state a present of one of the handsomest silver services ever given to a ship, if she comes up to their expectations, Supt. Walter A. Post expresses himself as well pleased with the prog- ress upon the immense repair job on the burned North German Lloyd steamer Main, which has been at the ship yard for several months being rebuilt. Most of the work done thus far has been down in the holds of the immense transatlantic liner. Nothing official has yet been received concerning the contract for the woodwork on this big repair job. If the ship yard secures this part of the work too the North German Lloyd peo- The Marine Review wants a representa- tive in every city on the Creat Lakes. Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Light-house Engineer, Detroit, Mich., until 12 o’clock M., March 14, 1901l.and then opened, for furnishing the material and labor of all kinds necessary for the erec- tion of a combined light tower and fog sig- nal house on the South Pier at entrance to Duluth Harbor, Minn., in accordance with specifications, copies of which, with blank proposals and other information may be had upon application to Major Thos. H. Handbury, Corps of Engineers, U. es - a eb. 28. U. S. Engineer Office, 1637 Indiana Ave., Chicago, Ill., February 4, 1901. Sealed pro- posals for dredging in Chicago Harbor will be received until 12 noon, central time, March 12, 1901, and then publicly opened. Informa- tion furnished on application. J. H. Willard, Maj., Eng’rs. 28. ~ ple will pay the company something like $1,000,000 when the big ship is once more ready for service. Everything is being placed in readiness for the launching of the Pacific Mail steamship Siberia, which is expected to go overboard about the middle of March. Her sister ship, the Korea, will go overboard a few weeks later. ‘Much interest is felt here in the constant rumors concerning the sale of the ship yard or its consolidation with some of the other great ship building interests of the country. The officials of the company invariably pronounce such rumors as groundless, but a bill which was passed by the recent special session of the Virginia general assembly is regarded as significant in this connection. The measure authorizes the company to dispose of its business and real estate holdings to any corporation now formed or which may be formed in the United States or in a foreign country. Settlers’ rates via the Nickel Plate road—Beginning with Tuesday, Feb. 12, low rate settlers’ tickets will be on sale every Tuesday to and including April 30, to Oregon, Montana, Washington and all points in the Northwest. Write, wire, phone or call on the nearest agent, C. A. Asterlin, T. P. A., Ft. Wayne, Ind., or E. A. Akers, C. P. & T. A., Cleve- land, O. 10 April 30. ‘* Seaboard Steel Castings.”’ MANUFACTURERS OF A GUARANTEE OF QUALITY. “THE ADMIRAL” ANCHOR. OPEN-HEARTH STEEL CASTINGS — OF THE HIGHEST GRADE. THE LATEST AND BEST FACILITIES FOR CASTINGS UP TO STOCKLESS ANCHOR. 80,000 POUNDS WEIGHT. APPROVED BY LLoyp's. MACHINE WORK AND PATTERNS Se FURNISHED WHEN REQUIRED. ANCHORS CAST AND TESTED ON ae RAIL OR WATER DELIVERIES. ORDER, OR STOCK ORDERS CAPACITY, {503 TONS PER MONTH Seaboard Steel Casting Co., CHESTER, PA. Contains NO ZINC nor any weaken- | ing metal. . Send for Booklet with treatise on ‘‘Electrolysis of Condenser Tubes.” Benedic New York, 253 Bd’wy. . NY BELLEVILLE GENERATORS Grand Prix 1889 Originated 1849 Mors Comcours 1900 Latest Improvements 1896 Number of Marine Leagues made each year by Steamships of the Messageries Maritimes Co., Provided with Belleville Generators—Since their Adoption in the Service. Year. Australian| Polynesien el ee EERE ore Abeer: Rs 22,576 oii adaiaipiateoniss sent 22,749 22,777 68 NN Boao. cade ccneenes seo 22,749 22,801 23,274 7,753 Nc oon dn cane cas cos 22,793 22,781 22,762 22,749 We ibe wnccncesiis«cceceae? 22,813 22,789 22,858 22,813 nn naunannans 22,891 22,922 22,913 22,936 oe Bea a eae 23,178 30,906 23,232 23,183 eros cca a nn cansnab enn 22,750 23,202 30,912 23,185 i, aioe dk 23,646 23,178 23,184 23,199 ali o 0. cae nsedendvsvons 23,178 23,205 22,477 30,135 AEE ssiecerssicsvevessecwss 229,323 | 215,381 | 191,680 | 175,953 Ernest ore Simons Chili 12,567 20,735 20,745 20,842 20,082 108,600 Cordillere Tonkin Annam 13,629 9,571 21,051 | 13,572 25,370 | 21,119 21,080} 21,080 21,318] 7,569 20,926 | 20,956 18,285 | 14,669 7,628 97,998 | 76,727 39,603 | 22,238 7,628 ATELIERS ET CHANTIERS DE L’ERMITAGE, A ST. DENIS (SEINE), FRANCE. WORKS AND YARDS OF L’ERMITAGE ST. DENIS (SEINE), FRANCE. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: BELLEVILLE, SAINT DENIS, SUR SEINE.