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. THE MARINE RECORD. Wheeler Condenser & Engineering Co., NEW YORK. WHEELER’S IMPROVED SURFACE CONDENSERS ae = WHEELER SURFACE CONDENSER, Mounted on Combined Air and Circulating Pumps. 39 & 41 CORTLANDT STREET, Mounted upon Combined Air and Circulating Pumps. Sole Proprietors and Manufacturers of the WHEELER STANDARD SURFACE CONDENSER. WHEELER ADMIRALTY SURFACE CONDENSER. WHEELER LIGHT HALL SURFACE CONDENSER. VOLZ PATENT COMBINED SURFACE CONDENSER Aanp FEED-WATER HEATER. WHEELER FEED-WATER HEATER, AIR anp CIRCULATING PUMPS. Rs EDMISTON PATENT FEED WATER FILTER. Send for Pamphlet, ‘‘Machinery for Small Boats, etc.’’ PATENT COMBINED SURFACE CONDENSER AND FEED-WATER HEATER. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., May, 27, 1895. Sealed proposals are hereby invited and will be received at this Department until 2 o’clock P. M., on Thursday, June 20th, 1895, at which time and place they will be opened in the presence of attending bidders, for the construction by contract of one steel steam propeller for the Revenue Cutter Service of the United States, for service on the Great Lakes, to be known while in course of construction or until launched, as ‘‘No.1, R.C. S.’’? The limit of the appropriation for the construction and completion of this vessel is $175,000, Said. vessel is to be constructed in accordance with plans and specifications provided by the Secretary of the Treas- ury. Plans and specifications for the construction of said vessel may be seen and examined at this Department at any time after the 1st day of June 1895, and blue prints will be furnished to bidders upon application to this Department at any time after that date, and printed specifications a few days later. Instruc- tions to bidders and contractors, forms of proposals and contract, bond and bondsmen’s oath, may be obtained at any time after June 1st, 1895, on applica- tion to the Division of Revenue Cutter Service, Treasury Department, where all information essential to bidders can also be obtained. Proposals for con- struction of said vessel will be considered only from such ship-builders as can show _to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Tressury that they are possessed of the necessary plant and facilities for the performance of the work. Evidence as to this ability must be submitted to the Department at time of filing the pro- posal or not later than 2 P. M., June 20th, 1895. Kach proposal must include the construction of both the vessel and her machinery, complete in all respects as required by the plans and specifica- tions. The said vessel must be com- pleted and delivered at some Port on Lake Michigan that may be designated by the Secretary of the Treasury on or before July 1, 1896, and bidders.are in- formed that because of the urgent need of speedy delivery of said ship, the ele- ment of time to be consumed in the con- struction of said vessel will be given due consideration in determining the award of the contract. Hach proposal must be accompanied with a cash deposit or cer- tified check payable to the order of the Secretary of the Treasury in the sum of $5,000.00, which shall become the prop- erty of the United States, in case the successful bidder shall fail to enter into the requisite contract and furnish the requisite security on the acceptance of his proposal. Bids must be addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, and be endorsed on the envelope ‘‘Proposal for building a steam revenue vessel for the Great Lakes.’? The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and to waive de- fects if deemed for the interests of the Government so to do. S. Wik, Acting Secretary. ROBERT E. HILLS; TELEPHONE 3321. STEAM FITTING and HEATING, Wrought Iron Pipe & Fittings, Engineer’s Suppites. GENERAL JOBBING WORK DONE PROMPTLY. Aliso Proprietor of North Side tron Works. 57 & 59 North Wells St, OHIOAGO, ILLS, T. R..TEARE. M. THOMAS. River Machine & Boi_ER Works MARINE AND STATIONARY ENGINES, BOILERS, AND . . DECK HOISTING ENGINES. Starting, Stopping, Reversing and Lowering all done by working one Lever. SOLE AGENTS FOR « | St. John’s Self Adjusting Cylinder Packing, CLEVELAND, O. 171 RIVER STREET, THE CHASE MACHINE COMPANY, MACHINISTS, ENGINEERS AND BLACKSMITHS, MANUFACTURERS OF Land & Marine Engines & Steam Pumps, SOLE OWNERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE CHASE AUTOMATIC FOG WHISTLE MACHINE, IN USE ON NEARLY ALL LAKE STEAMERS. Agents for AsBestos Steam, BorLeR AND Piper CovERING. Telephone 994, tl Elm Street, CLEVELAND, 6. 4 JACKSON & CHURCH, BUILDER OF DUPLEX HOISTING AND DECK ENGINES. Plain Finished ENGINES, From Heavy Patterns and Automatic at Moderate Prices. tical, Horizontal Strictly First-Class el Marine and Locomotive BOILERS and Highest Test, SEND FOR OIRCULAR AND PRICES. SAGINAW, MICH. BARTLETT DECK HOIST. In use on the ollowing vessels: Steamers—Roumania, Bulgaria, Germanic, Brittanic, George G. Hadley, S. S.Wilhelm, Majestic, Alex. Nimick, John Harper, Walter Vail, Panther, City of Berlin, City of Paris, City of Glasgow, City of London. Schooners— Tokio, Asiatic, Baltic, Celtic, Aberdeen, William D. Becker. Stopping, Starting, Reversing and Lowering, all done by work- ing one lever. A. F. BARTLETT & CO., - East Saginaw, Mich. § DECK AND DOCK HOISTS Our Hoists will be found on the following boats: Tugs— Sumner, Sweepstakes, Winslow, J. K. Emmett, Acme, Mockingbird, Waldo Avery, Reliance, John Owen, Charlton, Howard, Duncan City, Chamberlain, Balize, Sampson, Westover, Gladiator, W. B. Castile, Home Rule, Robert Weideman, Boscobel and Peter Smith; Propellers—J. J. Mc- Williams, I. W. Stephenson, John W. Pauly; Barges— Jenness, Noquebay, Manta ee. Also in use by F. W. Wheeler & Co., W. B. City, Mich., Blood and Hart, Marine City, Mich., Michigan Salt Works, Marine City, Doty Bros,, Pile Drivers, Toronto, Canada. MARINE IRON CO., - - _— Bay City, Mich. PROPOSALS. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Washington, D. C., June 6, 1895. The time named in Department advertisements of May 27, 1895, for receiving proposals for the con- struction of two steam propellers for the United States Revenue Cutter Service, for the Great Lakes and the New Eng- land coast, is hereby extended, and bids for the same will be received at this De- partment until 2 o’clock p.m., Wednesday, June 26, 1895. S. WikH, Acting Secre- tary. 24 To Bur_DERS. Office of Light-House Engineer, Tenth District, Cleveland, O., May 27, 1895. Proposals will be received at this office until 12 o’clock noon, of Thursday, the 13th day of June, 1895, for furnishing the materials and labor of all kinds necessary for the construction of crib and stone foundations for front and rear beacons of Sandusky Bay Range Light Station, Ohio. Plans, specifica- tions, forms of proposal, and other infor- mation may be obtained on application to this office. ‘The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and to waive any defects. JARED A. SmirH, Lieut. Col. Corps of Engineers, U.S. A., Engineer 10th Light-House District. 22-23 To BuirpERS. Office of Light-House Engineer, Eleventh District, Detroit, Mich., May 31, 1895. Proposals will be received at this office until 3 P..M., of Wednesday, the 26th day of June, 1895, for furnishing the materials and labor of all kinds necessary for the construction, erection and delivery of the Round Island Light Station, Straits of Mackinac, Michigan. Plans, specifications, forms of proposal, and other information may be obtained on application to this office. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and to waive any defects. M. B. Apams, Major, Corps of Engineers, U.S. A., Light-House Engineer. 23-24 To IRON MANUFACTURERS. Office of U. S. Light-House Engineer, Eleventh District, Detroit, Mich., May 31, 1895. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 3 o’clock P. M. of Wednesday, the 26th day of June, 1895, for furnishing the materials and labor of all kinds nec- essary for the completion and delivery of the metal work for the Round Island Light Station, Straits of Mackinac, Mich- igan. Plans, specifications, forms of proposal and other information may be obtained on application to this office. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids, and to waive any defects. M. B. ADAMS, Major, Corps of Engineers,- U. G. A., Light-House Engineer. 23-24 P. M. CHURCH & CO., SAULT STE, MARIE, MICH, SHIP CHANDLERY, HARDWAKE, PAINTS, OILS, AND ALT, CLASSES OF VESSEL SUPPLIES. Coppersmith Shop inconnection. Corner Portage and Ashmun Sts. OFFICE No. . 7. TELEPHONES, RESIDENCE No. 4,