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1900] MARINE REVIEW. 23 te NEW USES EVERY DAY FOR PNEUMATIC TOOLS. “We are finding new uses almost every day in all branches of manu- facture, says one of the officers of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co. The.great flexibility of air as motive power and the ease with which it can be applied to all work, especially in places that seem inaccessible, and the facility with which this power is distributed to any desired point, have given it a commanding place among the best labor-saving inventions. Our increase of sales with the opening of 1900 is very large, the tools going to all parts of the world and into every variety of uses. We are now receiving returns from a general letter to all our customers and the , flattering responses show that the tools and appliances have met with the highest and continued favor everywhere. As new demands arise, new tools are produced to meet such demand and the high quality of material and workmanship gives these tools a standard of excellence which is recognized the world over. Among later tools, the Boyer long-stroke riveting hammers are found to meet the requirements on all classes of riveting, particularly on ship and boiler work, where the best results are attained with a great saving in labor and expense. ‘We are ready to fur- nish catalogues and full information at all times and will soon issue a new series of catalogues, showing our full line of pneumatic tools and appli- ances. Officers have just been chosen by the American Society of Naval ° Engineers as follows: President, Commander Harrie Webster (re- elected); secretary-treasurer, Lieut. Commander G. S. Willits (re- elected); council, Lieut. Commander F. H. Bailey, Lieut. B. C. Bryan and Lieut. R. L. Griffin. The financial report of the organization was a most satisfactory one, and the statement of the secretary shows a gratify- ing increase in membership, despite the operations of the personnel bill. The competition during the past year for a prize essay was won by Prof. W. F. Durand, the second prize being awarded to B. C. Ball. THE KENNEY FLUSHOMETER FOR FLUSHING WATER-CLOSETS. | THE BEST SYSTEM EVER INVENTED FOR USE ON STEAM VESSELS. NO CUP LEATHERS OR SPRINGS. Owners and Constructors of Steamships, ~ = Yachts and Steamboats have found proms ape cevon it indispensable. : Used by the U.S. War and Navy Departments—Transports Grant, Sheridan, Burnside, Terry, Hooker, Thomas, Sedgewick, Meade, Crook, McClellan, Sherman. Also Albany Day Line Steamers, and others. THE KENNEY COMPANY, : [Patented.] Catalogue? 72 to 74 Trinity Place, NEW YORK. = SS, INSPECTION OF ARMOR. An inspection of the Krupp armor plate, which the Carnegie Steel Co. is manufacturing at its plant at Pittsburg for use in the construction of the Russian battleship Retvizian, now building at the yard of the Wm. Cramp & Sons Co., Philadelphia, was made last week by a party of offi- cials, which included Col. A. Bryuk, minister of the Russian navy and chief of the board of inspection of armor plate, and two lieutenants. They inspected the method of manufacture in all its details and expressed them- selves as very well pleased both with the work being done by the Carnegie company and by the 'Cramps. The Russian armor contract aggregates 2,730 tons and will represent an expenditure of something like $1,500,000. There has just been issued in pamphlet form the rules of the com- petition for the best life saving device in case of disaster at sea to be held at the Paris exposition for the Anthony Pollok memorial prize. Secre- tary William Ker requests that prospective competitors forward detailed plans and specifications of apparatus for the prize competition to John H. McGibbons, director of exploitation, Paris exposition commission, whose address is Equitable building, 120 Broadway, New York city. Small models may also be sent there and all should be marked plainly “Pollok Memorial Prize.’ If a decision as to the merits of apparatus cannot be reached ‘by the committee, the competitors will be asked to send such additional matter as may be necessary, including larger models, and in certain cases, the apparatus itself. ne U.S. Engineer Office, 57 Park St., Grand Rapids, Mich., January 24, 1900. Sealed pro- posals for Extension and Repair of Piers at White Lake, Mich., will be received here until 8 p. m., February 28, 1900, and then publicly opened. Information furnished on application. Chester Harding, Capt., Engrs. Feb. 15. rt SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Light-house Engineer, Buffalo, N. Y., until 12 o’clock m., March 5, 1900, and then opened, for furnishing the la- bor and materials necessary for completely constructing and erecting a steel frame keepers’ dwelling, and tower with lantern and fog-signal house at entrance to Maumee Bay, Ohio, in accordance with specifications copies of which, with blank proposals and other information, may be had upon appli- cation to T. W. Symons, Major, Corps of Engineers, U.S. A. Feb. 8. CAPT. GEO, A. SIMPSON, Exrert Compass Adjuster Yearly Contracts Solicited. Nautical Instruments Repaired. OLD ’PHONE No. 319. SAULT STE. MARIE, MICH. PANEUMZNME TOOLS [FOI /NUL a bon hcg ee —SSSSSS———————SS———S A SPECIALTY: Nu-=IM GS 2 i=] Qo92Z2-f£04 om 2-0 QOQUMNSrHI a 0 2 a i THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING CO. 65 Wa LL STREET, NEW YORK. THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF FIBER IN THE WORLD. A SPECIALTY: 4-STRAND PLUMBAGO 02-30-02 ROPE CARGO FALLS