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COLUMN. COLUMN, N. as “CoLuMN, NUMBER MATERIAL, pecws: CLASSIFICATION. SYSTEM OF ENGINES. TYPE OF BOILERS. Capal Boat. |Am, American,| Bir. Birch. ; itt. Class Suspended. | Ann'ir Comp. Annular Compound. Inv'rtd Osc Hor Oscillating | Drybt’m. Dry Bottom, YVeSsel fitted|Can. Canadian. . ‘Beeth, (Survey Not Com-|Beam Comp. Beam Compound, Cond. with Suffi- cient Sailto Navigate . Cedar. 5 Class Withdrawn. | Dble. Stple. Comp. Double Steeple Compound. Osel. Oscillating. Water-tube. Water-tube. — Under Own : Condensing. Fire-box. _ Fire-box. Eng. English. . Composite. Bi iv t plied With. Comp. Cond. Compound Condensing. - L.P. Low Pressure. Scotch, Scotch. ry Elm, Dble. Horiz. Comp. Double Horizontal Compound. | Quad. Exp. Quadruple Expansion. For particulars of Clas- Tron. sification see Rules Page 1g | F- & A. Comp. Fore and Aft Compound. Stple Comp. Steeple Compound. Larch. for Steel Vessels, and Page | 17, P. Cond. High Pressure Condensing. Triple Exp. Triple Expansion. id 49 for Wooden Vessels, | Oa Pee 8 e) . cust. . P. Non Cond. ‘igh Pressure Non Condensing,| 4 Bees , St..W. ‘Stern Wheel. C.F. Coarse -Freights sf s. Mixed Wood. Horiz. Cond, Horizontal Condensing. Propeller. Only. E. A Incl’d. 4 ing. econo Mahogany. nel’d. Cond. Inclined Condensing. Navigate Oak, Incl’d, Non Cond. _Inclined Non Condensing. ‘Except in Mitow of Steamer. . Pitch Pine. Incl’d. Tan. Comp, _ Inclined Tandem Compound. Pine. Incl’d. Comp. Inclined Compound. Spruce. Inv'rtd. H, P. Inverted High Pressure. Steel. Inv'rtd. H. P. Non{ Inverted High Pressure Non Cond. Condensing. SYMBOLS OF CONSTRUCTION: AND ABBREVIATIONS *" Awning or Hurricane Deck Vessel. . .Ea] Bottom Sheathed with Iron for Winter Service. A Bow Strengthened for Ice. Steel Tank Top where no Wood Ceilings are Fitted. Btm. clk. Bottom Calked. Special Supervision, Vessel Built Under. clk, Calked all Over. Spar Deck Vessel. Comp. ‘Cargo Compartments. » Shade Deck Vessel. oH Copper Fastened. Steam Pump Wells. ‘ Ch. Ss. Channel System, Built on. Steel Boiler House, Fr.&Pass. Freight & Passenger. Single Deck Vessel Whose Sides have been Built up Connecting Fore- Gv. Galvanized Fastenings. castle and Poop. ‘ Gd _Bulkheads, not Watertight. Ly Canvas Sufficient to Work the Vessel. Corsiposite Built Vessel. t2-1i1@@ Center Board. Hatches 12'¢. Weil Deck Vessel. Hanae ; Indicates the Spacing of Hatches from Center Diagonal Strapping on Frames Double Bottom for Watertight Ballast. WBalebask eat } MRM _Double Bottom not Watertight. Electric Light Plant, ' :. Iron or Steel Hull with Wood Upper Works. “i fost Lined Boiler House. {X] BMachinery and Boilers of a Novel posed LA “Steel Arches. Steam Towing Machine, j Pe Whaleback Barge. Yellow Metal. Windlass Between Decks with no Efficient Bulkhead Abaft Same. 4 Passenger Vessel. ‘Wooden Boiler House. . D. Raised Quarter Deck, ‘Wooden Arches. .P. Raised Poop. Wooden Sheathing on Stee! Bottom, R [3 Wooden Vessel with Bow Sheathed Orysdoeer ,