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jo THE MARINE RECORD. THE “PROVIDENCE” PATENT CAPSTANS, The capstans shown below are among the increasing list of articles of American manufacture which have forced their way on their merits into general adoption in Great Britain and other foreign countries. They were patented Oct. 19, 1886, and Nov. 12, 1889. That this design should have attracted the attention and commanded the admiration of the British ship owners is vot of itself at all remarkable, as, like the other ma chinery put upon the market by the same company, it has attained instant and lasting popularity wherever it has been known. Knowing the reputation that the American Ship Windlass Company has gained and muintained through forty years experience in their special line of business, we should not have been sur- prised to hear that the manifest merits of their capstans, their simplicity of construction, ease of manipulation, strength and reliability had broken down British preju- dice, and won over the ship owners and captains to call for “ Providence’’ machines and to insist upon having them. : More remarkable. however, is the information that this change in the temper of the British nautical public has been brought about not alone by merit but by a re- gard for economy, and this not only in the long run but on first cost. The enterprising Providence firm are underselling the foreign capstan manufacturers right in their own cities, and at the same prices that the Provi- idence’’ machines can be bought for in America. to this is added the fact of their durability and freedom from repairs, it will be seen that the American Ship Windlass Company’s capstans are the best and cheap- est in the world. This capstan by the test of long and severe service has been found perfectly adapted to the work for which it is designed. The gears are large and strong, the studs and shaft are of steel, and the shaft has no shoul- ders to weaken it, being the same sizeits entire length. It can easily be taken apart for cleaning or repairs and put together again by any laborer, and is readily oiled from the outside. All parts are made to gauge and tem- plet, insuring a smooth running capstan, with gears working to best advantage, exactly on the pitch line, thus reducing the friction to a minimum. Duplicate parts can be furnished any time at an hour’s notice. | The large numbers of these capstans which are sold annually, and the steady and increasing demand, have enabled the company to fit’ up with expensive gauges and special machinery to manufacture in large quanti- ties, and to take every advantage in economical pro- duction. These capstans are carried in stock by nu- merous agents scattered all over this country, and in Canada, England, Scotland, and Wales and other for- eigncountries. Thechange from speed to power in the bar capstan is made bysimply reversing the direction of motion of the bars. A double set of safety pawls is provided, inside and outside, so that if either should give way there is still no danger to the men on the bars. By throwing a pawl tripper the capstan barrel may be rotated in the reverse direction. The utmost care is usedin the manufacture of these capstans both in respect to materialand workmanship, and the fact should be considered that loss of life and property is sometimes occasioned by the use of weak or defective capstans of cheaper and less reliable makes. These capstans are employed on most of the vessels of the U. S. Navy, on government and private dry docks, and for a large variety of uses. They are built to oper- ate with cranks as well as bars, and hundreds of steam capstans are furnished annually for various uses. They are also employed in connection with electric motors and with hydraulic motors, several of the latter having been installed lately at the St. Mary’s Falls Canal and at Cascade Locks, Ore. Anyone interested is invited to visit the works, near Red Bridge, Providence, R.I., and.see for himself the capstan taken apart, and examine the design, work- manship and material of any of the ‘‘Providence’”’ cap- stans. ————— iss i NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. The North American Review for March opens with an important paper on ‘‘America’s Interest in Hastern Asia,” by Hon. John Birrett, U.S. Minister to Siam. Mr. George Horton, American consul at Athens, dis- cusses the forthcoming ‘‘Revival of the Olympian Games.’’ Charles Dudley Warner presents an admir- able article upon ‘‘Our Foreign Trade and our Consular Service”’ ‘Free Silver and the Savings Banks”’ is the topic of papers by J. P. Townsend and C. H. Smith, presidents ofsavings banks in New York and Denver respectively. ‘‘Congress and its Critics’? forms the title of a timely symposium by Senator Hansborough and several Representatives. The Excise Question forms the theme of two contributions by Hon. Warner Miller and BishopDoane. Another attractive feature is the third installment of ‘‘The Future Life and the Condi- tion of Man Therein,”’ by Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone. Dn I 8 Re 0 MANITOWOC STEAM BOILER WORKS. Among the industries that cater to marine trade on Lake Michigan territory the Manitowoc Steam Boiler Works, which opened for business in 1890in a small way, has wonderfully increased its product. Its present quarters are 150 by 250 feet in size ; it gives employment to about fifty men, and its output is by no means con- fined to marine or repair work. Although during the GENERAL MANAGER HESS. past six years the bulk af their work has been in the steamboat line, they are now turning their attention to the manufacture of pulp digestors for paper mills, and have only recently completed one for the Badger Paper Mills,-of Kaukauna, Wis., which, by the way, is the first one ever constructed in the West. Sinceits erection it has given complete Satisfaction, and Mr. William J. Hess, the bright and active president and manager of the works, is promised more orders of a similar char- acter. Mr. Hess has been athoroughly practical boiler maker for twenty-three years, and is credited with being one of the foremost of skilled workmen in the country to- day. The growth of this enterprise is wholly due to the untiring energy of its founder. Nothing but the most accurate work either in the building or repairing of series of stories and sketches by the painter Vibert THE PROVIDENCE BAR AND CRANK CAPSTANS. boilers will satisfy Mr. Hess, a rule which has give him the confidence of his many patrons of the past. ; noticeable feature in connection with these works is t bright little office, which is separated from the dirt an noise that pertains to the trade. The writer, when ca ing on boiler men has often wondered why so many put up with a corner of the main shop for office purpose place in which, in most cases, one can scarcely ‘th himself think.” ‘ «Bz OEE — ee APRIL CENTURY. aa The Century plays two of its best cards in the Apr number, the frontispiece bring a beautiful engraving t Cole after George De Forest Brush’s painting entitled ‘‘Mother and Child,’ and Mr. Castaigne furnishing the illustrations for a timely article by Prof. Allan Mar- quand, of Princeton, on ‘‘The Old Olympic Game apropos of the revival of the Olympic festival at Athens. Prof. Sloane’s Napoleon is particularly rich in illustra- tions. He treats of Napoleon as the assailant of na- tionality, of the Spanish campaign, and of the rise Germany under the lead of Prussia. A notable: article by Victor Louis Mason, an attache of the War Dep: ment, is entitled ‘Four Lincoln Conspiracies,” and makes record of the three: attempts to murder and o to kidnap, and includes new particulars of the fllght and capture of the assassin. The illustrations are chiefly from archives of the War Department. Mr. D. P.B Conklin contributes an article on ‘Japanese War Posters,” with four illustrations. Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, author of ‘‘English Cathedrals,” contributes a paper on ‘The Churches of Perigueux and’ Angou leme,’’ with illustrations by Joseph Pennell, and the comes to a conclusion with three diverting examples. oO a LIVING TOPICS MAGAZINE. © ° A really unique publication, of rare interest and value to all intelligent readers, as a free sample copy which the publisher offers will quickly convince you. It deals only with such facts in current events and the world’s progress in all departments of knowledge as one would — expect to find recorded in a first-class cyclopedia wereit — up to date—which no cyclopedia is or possibly can be, because of its magnitude and cost; and yet the average reader inquires more concerning things of the past three years than concerning the preceding threé centuries. Topics are treated in alphabetical order, and as often as the alphabet is covered a new series will begin and the same course be resumed. ‘The first series will be com- pleted within the present year—approximately 1,000 pages, all for the surprisingly low price of $1.00. John B. Alden, publisher, New York. — ws OEE Catalogue No. 10, just issued. by Page Bros. & Co., is an art book of a rich type—thirty-six handsome lithograph plates, each the size of a page of THE REc- ORD, on which are shown some 200 or more specimens of marine light fixtures of all descriptions, both for oil — and electricity, including side light and mast head lan- terns. A complete price list is sent with the book. ON-8C,