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16 : THE MARINE RECORD. water on sill. a Srecialty. JUST PUBLISHED 8vo. Cloth, 428 Pages and 136 Plates. $6.00 net. Modern Seamanship By AUSTIN M. KNIGHT, Lieut-Commander, U. S. N. An attempt has been made by the author to cover a wider field than that covered by most of the existing works on Seamanship. CONTENTS. Chapter I. The Hull and Fittings ofa Ship. Chap. II. Rope—Knotting and Splicing. Chap. III. Spars and Standing Rigging. Chap. IV. Sails and Running Gear. Chap. V. Mechanical Appliances on Shipboard. Chap. VI. Blocks and Tackles. Chap. VII. Handling Heavy Weights. Chap. VIII. The Compass, Log and Lead. Chap.1X. Boats. Chap. X. Handling Boats in a Surf. Chap. XI. Ground Tackle. Chap. XII. Carrying Out Anchors. Chap. XIII. The Stee\ing of Steamers. Chap. XIV. The Rules of the Road. Chap. XV. Maneuvring to Avoid Collision. Chap. XVI. Pilo'ing. Chap. XVII. Handling a Steamer Alongside a Dock. Chap. XVIII. Placing a Ship in Dry Dock. Chap. XIX. Weather and the Laws of Storms. Chap. XX MHandling Steamers in Heavy Weather. Chap. XXI. Towing. Chap. XXII. Rescuing the crew of a Wreck. Chao. XXIII. Man Overboard. Chap. XXIV. Stranding. Chap. XXV. Making and*Taking in Sail. Chap. XXVI. Maneuvring Under Sail. Chap. XXVII. Get- ting Under Way and Coming to Anchor Under Sail. Adopted as the Text Book of the U. S. Naval Academy. Sent to any address, prepaid, on receipt of price. The Marine Record Publishing Co. Western Reserve Building, CLEVELAND, OHIO. Government Proposals. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the office of the Light-House Engineer, Milwaukee, Wis., until 3 o’clock, p. m., July 10, 1901, and then opened, for furnish- ing the materials and labor necessary for the construction of the steel steam light-house tender Hyacinth, in accordance with speci- fications, copies of which, with blank pro- posals and other information may be had upon application to Capt. J. G. WARREN, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., Engineer. 23-24 New Dry-Dock 450 feet long, 110 feet wide on top, 55 feet wide on bottom, 16 feet, TW Repairs to Metal and Wooder Sh'ps Craig Ship Building Co. TOLEDO, OHIO ms! Yy Metal BOE and Wooden The Nickel Plate Road offers low excursion rates to D nver,-Colo- rado Springs, Glenwood Springs, Col.; Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah; Hot Springs, S. D.; St Paul and Duluth, Minn. Tickets on sale from June 18 h to Septem- ber oth, good to return until October 31st. Wri e, wire, ’phone or call on nearest agent, or, EK. A. AKERS, C. P. & T. A., Cleveland, O. 95-36 SHIPMATE RANGES. We make vessel ranges of various sizes, from the large two-oven Shipmate Range down to the two- hole Yacht Range. y The Tinnerman Steel Range Co., 797-803 Lorain Street, Cleveland, have a full assortment of these ranges, and can fill orders for any size. They are sold also by Robt. C. Bialy, 923-925 Water St., Bay City, Mich. Soo Hardware Co., Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. THE STAMFORD FOUNDRY COMPANY, STAMFORD, CONN. Established 1830. SCOTT'S COAST PILOT FOR THE LAKES, PRICE $1.50. For SALE By THE MARINE RECORD, WESTERN RESERVE BLDG., CLEVELAND, O. W. S, JENKS, President. O. L. JENKS, Vice Pres. and T'reas. A. M. CARPENTER, Sec. and Gen’l Mgr. The Jenks Ship Building Co. Office and Machine Shops Fourth Street. Yards i Foot of Lincoln Ave. Steel and Wood Ship Builders. Marine Engines and Boilers, « —STEAM WINDLASSES CAPSTANS AND STEERING APPARATUS—— JuNE 13, Isot.. fee— Ship Builders. Port Huron, Mich. ; hi , A e fe R hy ‘Ss q 3 3