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Mr. Frank S. Manton, manager and sales agent of the American Ship Windlass Co., which manufactures _ and owns all rights connected with the Shaw & Spiegle steam towing machine, now so extensively and exclu- sively used on the Great Lakes, has just been awarded a * patent (No. 562,316) on another type of towing machine. the claim being as follows: 1.) The combination of a ship’s windlass for handling the anchor chains, with a towing-machine having its engines geared to said windlass-shaft, and a pressure- / regulator for controlling the steam-pressure in the cylinders of said engines and operatively connected with the towing-drum shaft, thereby enabling the wind- lass to be operated by the towing machine engines. 2. The combination of a ship’s windlass, a towing machine having a drum for the towing-line and provided with means for connecting and disconnecting the towing-drum to and from its engine, an automatic pressure-regulator located in the admission-passage to the engine, means for regulating said pressure-regu- lator, and gearing, whereby the strain upon the cable, when the ship is riding at anchor, may be taken upon the engine cylinder or cylinders, so as automatically to pay out cable when a sudden shock comes upon it, and to take it up again when the strain is relieved. 3. The combination of a ship’s windlass, an engine, the shaft of which is geared to said windlass, a pres- sure-regulating valve, located in the admission-pas:age to the engine, and a capstan, with means for operatively connecting the same with the engine-shaft, whereby both the windlass and capstan are operated by the same engine under the control of the pressure-regulating valve. 4, The combination of the drum for the towing-haw- ser, a windlass, a capstan for operating said windlass by hand, an engine, the shaft of which is geared to said windlass, a pressure-regulating valve, and gearing and locking devices whereby the towing-drum may be oper- ated by hand or by the engine. i 5. ‘The combination of the drum for the towing- hawser, a ship’s windlass, an engine geared to said windlass, a capstan, an automatic pressure-regulating valve, a reversing mechanism to change the direction of rotation of the engine, anda gypsy end or head whereby hoisting or warping may be effected by the same engine which controls the windlass with a yielding power. 6. The combination with a towing-machine, the en- gines of which are connected to the towing-drum shaft ‘and are controlled by a pressure-regulating valve, of a capstan, and gearing and locking devices for connect- ing the capstan to, and disconnecting the same from, the drum-shaft of the towing-machine. 7. ‘The combination with a towing-machine, the en- gines of which are connected to the towing-drum shaft and are controlled by a pressure-regulating-valve, of a windlass, geared between the windlass-shaft and the drum-shaft of the towing-machine, a capstan geared to the windlass-shaft, and means for connecting and dis- connecting the windlass-shaft to and from the drum- shaft of the towing-machine. 8. The combination of a towing-machine, the engines THE MARINE RECORD. of which are controlled by a pressure-regulating valve operatively connected with the towing-drum shaft, a ship’s windlass arranged close to and substantially par- allel with the drum-shaft of said towing-machine, and gearing and locking devices between the windlass-shaft and the drum-shaft for connecting and disconnecting the engine-shaft and said windlass-shaft. 9, The combination with a towing-machine having a loose drum, and an engine-shaft, of driving-gears on said towing-drum shaft, provided with means for lock- ing them together or for locking one gear to the towing- drum, and a windlass geared to one of said driving- gears. 10. The combination with a towing-machine having a loose drum, a windlass, and an engine-shaft, of driv- ing-gears loosely mounted on the towing drum-shaft, one of which gears is connected with the engine-shaft and the other with the windlass-shaft, and means for locking the driving-gears together or for locking one of said gears to the towing-drum. 11. The combination with a towing-drum shaft carry- ing a loose drum, a windlass, and an engine-shaft, of driving gears 4, g, loosely mounted on said towing-drum shaft and meshing, respectively, with the engine-shaft and the windlass-shaft, and a locking-key reversibly fitted in said gearg to engage with the gear Jor with the towing-drum. 12. The combination of a towing-machine, the en- gines of which are controlled by a pressure-regulating valve operatively connected with the towing-drum shaft, a Ship’s windlass arranged alongside of and substan- tially parallel to the towing-drum shaft, a capstan hav- ing gearing and locking devices for connecting the capstan-shaft to the windlass-shaft, and gearing and locking devices for connecting and disconnecting the windlass-shaft through the towing-drum shaft with the engines of said towing machine. The American Ship Windlass Co. is in receipt of the following letter: AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION Co., 317 Fourth Ave., t PITTSBURGH, PaA., June 19, 1896. Frank S. Manton, Esq., Agent American Ship Windlass Co., Providence, R. IL.: Dear Sir:—On my return home I find your valued favor of the Ist inst. In reply thereto beg to advise that the working of your Steam Towing Machine on the schooner Tyrone has so far been most satisfactory. and fully carries ont all that you have claimed for it. Very truly yours, G. E. TENER, President. Da FOUR-MASTED SCHOONER HONOLULU. This novel vessel has just been built by Messrs. R. Duncan & Co, Port Glasgow, to the order of Mr. John End, of Honolulu, for the lumber traffic. Sheis 225 ft- long over all; 210 ft. between perpendiculars; 42 ft. beam ; and 18 ft. 6 in, depth cf hold. She has sufficient internal capac ty to stow one and a quarter millions of superficial feet of timber. There is no obstruction what- ever in her hold from stem to stern, excepting her collision bulkhead. ‘The illustration here given shows the Honolulu with all plain sai! set. The masts, four in number, are of uniform length, and are made of steel; they are 140 ft. long from heel to truck. It is asserted that for an equal displacement she can spread more canvas than any square-rigged vessel afloat. Her sails are hoisted, anchors weighed, timber stowed and dis- charged and all warping done by steam. Compara- tively few hands are required to manage her. EEE OD = CHANCE FOR EXCURSION BOATS. The Toledo International Yacht Race Association is prepared to contract with steamboat owners for the carrying of passengers to the lake from Toledo, during the series of races which will be held for three or four days, beginning August 24. Address W. H. Porter, sec- retary, Chamber of Commerce, Toledo, O. Sh os eee The town council of Manitowoc, has decided to dredge the river around the peninsula to the new Wisconsin Central coal docks to twenty feet, at a cost of $25,000. NEW PROPELLER WHEELS. Troubles never come singly. During the past week two more inventors have been granted letters patent on inventions of as many new types of propeller wheels, and another genius is getting ready to put a new boat propeller on the market. : Patent No. 562,190, which was awarded to John R. Miller, of Thompsonville, Ga., protects a screw propel- ler on which the claim is for the combination, with a propeller-shaft, of a propeller, consisting of a hub com- posed of two parts, said parts being mounted upon the shaft obliquely with relation to the longitudinal axis thereof, blades having tenons terminating in semi-ellip- tical or curved ends fitting in sockets in the opposing faces of the sections of the hub, said blades being ar- ranged at an angle corresponding to that of the hub rela- tively to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and bolts se- curing the blades to the hub-sections. Robert S. Peabody, of Philadelphia, was awarded patent No. 562,020, on a screw propeller, his claim being as follows: 1. The combinatioi with a screw-propeller and an im- perforate tubular rim surrounding the same, of front and rear walls applied to said rims near the respective faces of the propeller and provided respectively with in- let openings near the hub of the propeller. 2. The combination with a propeller and an imperfor- ate tubular rim surrounding the same, of, a front wall applied to said rim near the face of the propeller-blades and provided near its center with inlet-openings, a rear wall applied to said rim and provided near its periphery with outlet openings, and curved inclined blades carried by the inner face of the rear plate and extending into proximity with the outlet-openings. The patent on a boat propeller (No. 561,956) was given to Charles B. Augur, of Turin, N. Y., his claim being as follows: 1. The combination in a hand propelling device for rowboats, of a yoke B and B’, the journal-box EF integ- ral with the part B, the shaft carried therein, recesses D in the yoke-section B’, designed to be clamped over the ribs of the boat, and the screws to clamp the yoke-sec- tions to the gunwale. 2. In combination with the yoke-sections as described, the integral journal-box and shaft carried therein, the paddle-blades held between the plates K and L, the longitudinal corresponding edges of said blades turned up at an angle. 8. In combination with the yoke-sections designed to be clamped over the ribs to the gunwale of a skiff, the steel rods S secured to the yoke, and a screen T having pockets ¢ designed to receive said rods. EEE De The battleship Massachusetts is now in commission,