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42 THE MARINE RECORD. Truscott VAPOR MARINE MOTORS. HIGH GRADE PLEASURE CRAFT. é EF h Russian, Italian aiid sh. da, ao FEA STREET MARKET Adopted by the English, German, French, s wae iy Al ALO, ANY. pikes. ae {eee ee TRUSCOTT BOAT MFG. CO. ST. JOSEPH, MICH. SEND &6 STAMPS FOR CATALOG. THE —~> \ | Ihe MD, | Ih SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS. The eighth general meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers [will take place in New York city, at 10 a. m., Thursday, November 15, 1900. Through the courtesy of the president and managers of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the meetings will be held in the auditorium of No. 12 West 31st street, the sessions centinuing through Thursday and Friday, Nov. 15 and 16. There will be a banquet at Delmonico’s at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 16, to which members and their guests are cordially invited. Tickets exclusive of wine, will be $5 each, and they can be obtained at the society’s office on Nov. 14, 15 and 16. The council will meet at No. 12 West 31st street, New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, at]3 p.m. The follow~- ing papers will be read: ' Thursday, Nov. 15, 1900.—Capacity Test of a Unique Form of Air Pump. Interchangeability of Units for Marine Work. The United States Experimental Model Basin, by Naval Constructor D. W. Taylor, U.S. N. The Coniposition and Classification of Paints and Varnishes. Tests of the Electric Plants of the Battleships Kearsarge and Kentucky, by Naval Constructor J. J. Woodward, U.S.N., member. Coaling of the U. S. S. Massachusettsfat Sea. . Friday, Nov. 16, 1900.—Notes on Recent Improvements in Foreign Shipbuilding Plants, by Assistant Naval Con- structor H. G. Gilmor, U.S. N. Can the American Ship- builder under Present Conditions Compete with the British and German Shipbuilders in the Production of the Largest Class of Ocean Passenger and Freight{Steamships? Classifi- cation Rules. Recent Designs of Battleships and Cruisers for the U. S. Navy, by Chief{Constructor Philip Hichborn, U.S. N., vice-president. A Comparison'of the Contract Prices of Our Naval Vessels. Launch of a Cruiser and a Battleship. The Safety of Torpedo-boats at Sea and in Action Under Various Conditions, by Naval Constructor -Lloyd Bankson, U. S. N., member. ; - rr EASTERN FREIGHT REPORT. Messrs. Funch, Edye & Co., New York, report the weekly condition of the Eastern freight market as follows: - As owners have latterly been freely offering their tonnage and met the continued decline in our freight market, we can report an active week in fixtures, especially for grain, as declining rates appear to have brought shorts to cover, as well as enabled the transaction of fresh business. Shippers of coal meeting with little competition in their bids from other trades, have been quick to take advantage of this fact by reducing limits, in consequence of which, in spite of good enquiry, charters for coal have decreased of late. With the exception of some further fixtures from the Gulf, cotton charterers have withdrawn from the market, whilst the en- quiry for timber has narrowed down quite considerably. Time charterers are now generally unwilling to pay over 6s. lighting. Bliss Pintsch Gas Lighted Buoys. United States Light-House Departments for channel and hatbot Over 1,000 gas buoys and gas beacotis in service. Burn Continuously from 80 to 365 days and nights without attention, and can be see a distance of six miles... .... Controlled by THE SAFETY CAR HEATING AND LIGHTING CO. 160 Broadway, New York City. LIQUID cit COMPASS on vessel’s dead weight capacity; this having been acceded to by owners, fixtures below this figure are now anticipated. At the time of writing, we regret to say, prospects point toa further decline in freights unless owners should now begin to withdraw from the market and allow their boats'to be- come prompt. Business in sail tonnage remains inactive on account. of continued scarcity ot vessels offering, particularly as regards case oil shipsfor the Far Hast and general cargo room for the colonies: As a consequence, rates still show gteat strength, HOW NOT TO DO IT IN WHEAT. Nothing is more unreasonable, deceitful and cruel than the wheat markets. They delight in unexpected and inex- cusable changes that rob its friends one day and its enemies the next. There are times when its future is as unfathoma- ble as the deepest ocean. Supply and demand is the mod- est, conservative expression of market values, and disclos- ing just how to do it, but in daily practice is a blind leader of. ‘‘how not to doit.”’ Supply and demand is a popular theoretical phrase, but who can adapt it to the exigencies of the present? Itisa good theory next year. For example, what level of prices can safely be counted on upon the theo- ry and fact that stocks of wheat and flour on both sides of the ocean, October Ist, were 25,000,000 greater than Oct. Ist, 1899, and the world’s crop 150,000,000 to 200,000,000 bushels less than then? We wait to hear from the dealers of “wide as well as wise vision.—Toledo Daily Market Report. OO SO Oe Evidence of Bad Steering—The only evidence of bad steering of the R. being that of the mate of the C., who was in bed at the time of the maneuvers which caused the colli- sion, that the R. was steering wildly, because she was some- times astern of the C. and sometimes well off her port quar- ter, while the officers of the R. testified positively that they were alert, and constantly observing the tug ahead of them, and following her, and that they observed the signals given by the tug when she changed her course, the evidence is in- sufficient to show that the collision of the two vessels was caused by the negligence and bad steering of the R. The Ravenscourt; 102 Fed. Rep. (U. S.) 668. SO SD Collision—Steam Navigation on Canal—Care Required.— A steam canal boat, with three other steel boats heavily laden in tow, was passing eastward through the Erie canal, and on rounding a bend, which obscured the view ahead, came in collision with a horse boat, which was proceeding westward, and which had passed over toward the berne bank, and stopped about 350 feet from the bend, to allow overtak- ing boats to pass her. Held, that the steam vessel was in fault for the collision in moving around the bend at such speed that she could not be stopped in such distance, and especially for failure to give any signal of her approach be- fore entering the curve, which, though not required by any conventional] rule,‘was required by custom, which should aye been held obligatory. The Gamma, 103 Fed. Rep. (U. -) 703. ings, and the best material to use.’ 3% & ‘Clevelatid Telephone; Glen. 87 ‘F. CHAS. R. DITTRICK, SUBMARINE DIVER ~™~v5 2i Everton Streets ér Night Cail Day or Night Calis GLENVILLE, 0. Answered Protiiptly. Made in Seven sizes by JOHN BLISS & CO, 128 Front Street, New York, is fifiely finishéd sensitive, accurate ahd durable. Moves quickly and is extremely steady. Is the bést Liquid Com: pass ever made in this or any country. For sale — by ship Chandlers generally. ‘ ‘ NOTES. OtOBER 25, 1908, ra ahs ae, Y CoNSuL-GRNERAL GUENTHRA reports froin Frankfort; August 9! Mr. Carl Linde, who is giving special attentloti to machine’ for producing liquid air, describes in the jour- nal of the Association of German Engineets, a firrnace de: signed by Mr. Henipél for an ingeniotis application of thi8 stibstahce, The flirnate is intended to butn low class fuels; stich as lignite and peat: The combtistion is intensified by turnitig the gaseous mixture obtained by evapotating liquid air on the fire. Nitrogen is first set free; after which thete _ _ tetnains a gds contaitiing at least 5U per cent. of oxygen: The price of this gaseous mixture is said not to exced 8i cents for 1,000 cubic feet. THE Secretary of the Navy has recently refused the request made by Lewis Nixon that an extension of four and five months, respectively, be granted on the contracts for the tor- pedo. boats Nicholson and O’Brien, which were to have been finished Oct. 1. The Naval Board on Construction took up the matter, in view of the fact that the navy does not at present need the vessels and that it would be an expense to the government to keep them at the navy yards, recom- mended that the request of Mr. Nixon be granted. The Secretary, however, having already given a year’s extension, from Oct. 1, 1899, declined to grant the request. An earnest effort will be made to secure the reversal of this decision, a8 it affects many builders. NINTH annual convention of the Association of Railway Superintendents of Bridges and Buildings, Detroit, Mich., October 17 and 18, 1899. Discussion: ‘‘What is the most economical method of painting Railway Bridges and Build- Mr.’J. Y. Hill, road- master Southern Railway, Knoxville, Tenn., said. ‘Since I have been on the Southern Railway system I think I have used about five or six different kinds of paint for bridges. We have used Mexican Graphite, Superior Graphite, Dixon’s Graphite, and are now using **Paint. It seems to be the standard to use nothing but graphite on our road. About a year ago I ordered some paint, and our general superintend- ent furnished me with a barrel of Dixon’s Silica-Graphite paint for testing. I painted a structure, an overhead bridge, — where we have about 12 tracks running underneath, and are constantly switching night and day, which is a pretty severe test forany kind of paint. That paint has been on there one year now, and has given good satisfaction so far. I had about twenty gallons of this paint left; and where I am using **Paint at present is on a bridge of ten spans. It takes about twenty-six gallons of **Paint to a span, and I painted one span with Dixon’s Graphite, which was the twenty gallons I had left, and I think there is a saving in Dixon’s paint of about, well, 15 per cent.; and from my own observation Iam very much in favor of that kind of paint, It covers better and leaves a well filled-in surface, ae ought to. I am very much pleased with Dixon's paint.