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THE MARINE RECORD. if LITERARY NOTICES--NEW PUBLICATIONS. The February number of the Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, published quarterly by the so- ciety at Washington, is fully up to, if not slightly in ad- vance of some past issues, inasmuch as it contains articles on most important and imminent subjects to the marine engineering community. There is also forwarded a gen- eral index of the Journal volumes from 1 to 8 inclusive, which is. invaluable for reference and will be forwarded to members post free for $1.25. The council of the society, under whose supervision the Journal is published, are to be congratulated on the make-up of the current quarterly. Weare indebted to Capt. C. W. Woolsey, of New York, for duplicate copies of the proceedings of the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the National Board of Steam Naviga- tion, held in St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 13, 1806. We note among others that Capt. George L. Norton, editor of the Marine Journal, New York, is one of the prominent mem- bers and was last year elected chairman of the executive committee. The contents of the annual make very inter- esting reading and we will be pleased to further review the work of the board as opportunity offers in the near future. In an article in the March Harper’s, entitled “Prepared- ness for Naval War,’ Capt. A. T. Mahan, U.S. N., con- siders the event of a war with Great Britain as calmly as if our hopes had never been flattered by an arbitration treaty. He agrees with Von Moltke that war is an ele- ment of order, and inevitable where national individuality and national honor are strong. The sensible way to come happily out of it, he argues, is to have a force capable of grappling on even terms with the greatest force likely to be brought against us, and this he proposes to do by developing a large body of seamen in actual service. ? “Navigation, Steam Power and Electricity,’ London and Newcastle-on-Tyne, No 1, Vol. 1, comes to our ex- change table this week as a welcome guest. The new marine monthly is a clean, interesting and valuable illus- trated journal, 12x9, twenty-four pages and cover. It is palpable, though, judging only from the current issue, that “Navigation, Steam Power and Electricity,’ will soon grow in favor and become a power in the land. We wish its editors and proprietors much success and hope to see each succeeding number as well worthy of commendation as No. 1, Vol. 1. VISIBLE SUPPLY OF GRAIN. As compiled for The Marine Record by George F. Stone, Secret ry Chicago Board of Trade, | Cities WHERE WHEAT, | Corn. Oats, | Ryz. | Barry. STORED. Be tele. | Bushels. | Bushels, | Bushels | Bushels. | | | AIDANy ee rae Jerseeseeee| 50,000} 100,000 }.......... | 10,000 Baltimore ........... | 410,000 | 2,414 000 431000 | 245,000 Jiederse bie e's « Boston. haere... 721,000 | 1,053,000 | 285 000 | 1.000 16 000 Buttalov gee Se. 1,487,000 | 112000; 220,000; 126000) 1,117,000 a afloates |, <; 246,000 | 225.000 | 261.000 | 05 (00 a ae Chichgor ee. |11,436,000 | 7.274 000 | 5 798 000 | 1,480,000 136,000 Me afloat 200,000 | 3,065,000 O155000 sic. sissvaete 97,000 Cincinnati . 6,000 1 000 9,000 | 8.000 | 129,000 Detroit .... Pe 315,000 98,000 2% 000 50,000 | 41,000 Ae PLOMGS tin cl see cles cafes coca l| b> ge a ae ene me fone Seen Duluth and Superior] 4,072,000 31,000 | 1,888,000 714 000 927,000 2 afloat... 0... | 402; 000g cae ens 1s cick scenes enue eee Sree ara eee Indianapolis ........ 124,000 46 000 [ieee neees [owe seers selves sagenes Kansas City ......... 421,000 163,000 185, 000 MT OOOS ace cs tenes Milwaukee..........| 279,000 4,000 7,000 10),000 ay DUOAS Somali eC EMSS ces acd aal teh eee cs 95 000 Minneapolis......... 17,547,000 54 000 726 000 81 000 Montreal... .... ee) 450,000 24 000 351 000 | 41 000 New. Mork a2. Pas 6 3,068 000 | 4,575,000 | 1,899,090 | 364 000 Ss afloat...... 1,028,000 382,000 | 31,000 82,000 OBS WEZO? Sora. ouk eae O18 50S | 7 epee eer Bae eae 40,000 BGO Bases patens fa oes 147,000 395.000 | 232,000 59,000 Philadelphia........ 519,000 | 1,776.000 TH OOD cacrteeetonn|ca.sust teenie SleOUISi es ae acess 1,048.000 | 2,859,000 328 000 4,000 3 DIBIO00:,|. .. ak 1,550,000 | 80 000 2 | 64,000 Ona kes eo sees a n6sb gene ow etfeae ice gach an 9 SAR ns SO gen aR Rap Hap REN On Mississippi ......)/.........! 84,000 | 14,000 Grand.Total..... 45,215,000 |26,413 000 |13,565,000 | 3 726,000 | 3,396,000 } Corresponding Date] | NS OG eS ie cs es \65,011 000 |11 516,000 | 6 918 000 | 1 541,000 | 2,130,000 | i or OILING SHIPS’ HULLS. Experiments are to be made to determine the value of an invention by Rudolph Altschul, designed to increase the speed of vessels and to prevent corrosion and the growth of barnacles by coating the submerged portion of the ship with crude petroleum. The system is so ar- ranged that in rough weather a large quantity of oil can be discharged along the sides of the ship and distributed over the surface of the water, thus providing a more ef- fective method of greasing and smoothing high seas than any yet devised. The covering composition is an oleagin- ous preparation of tallow, calcined carbon and ‘several other ingredients which the inventor keeps secret. “It is said that it hardens in the water and cannot wash off, and can be applied to submarine war projectiles, permit- ting double velocity. A series of iron flanges are fast- ened along the bottom and sides of the ship below the water line, in which are inserted sheets of woven wire netting, lathing or sheet iron, covered with an absorbent composition saturated with oil. The flanges have a semi- circular covering on top, below which runs a finely per- forated pipe, which ejects a fine spray of oil against the inside of the flange and on to the sheets, from which it spreads downward. The oil is not carried away by the water, but through capilliary attraction is spread, thus keeping the ship’s hull greased without any waste of oil. It is said that the composition is a perfect carrier of oil under the surface of the water, a feature which has never before been achieved and which will make oil perform be- low the water line the same service that it does in quelling a rough sea. It is claimed that, applied to any vessel, either steam or sailing, it will increase the speed by at least 25 per cent. without augmenting the amount of machinery or the expenditure of fuel. Queen City Hydraulic Steerer. THE BEST AND MOST ut POWERFUL STEERER FOR vt TUGS, STEAMERS, ETC. vt vt Bd MANUFACTURED BY Queen City Engineering Co, BUFFALO, N. Y. 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