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12 MARINE ps rrilanseperosuTnducram gH rXAa Judges Wallace and Lacombe of the circuit court of appeals Second circuit, a few days ago affirmed the decree of the district court, eastern district of New York, in a case of collision be- tween sailing vessels. The collision was on the high seas on a clear morning between the ship Rolf and the bark Boyd... The Rolf was bound to New. York and was sailing at least two points free, with the wind on-her starboard side. The Boyd, bound from New York to Hong Kong, had the wind on her port side. Her contention was that she was sailing close-hauled. The Rolf's witnesses asserted that the Boyd also was sailing iees The Boyd did not alter her course. The Rolf put her helm up after collision was inevitable, but was struck on her star- board side. 'The decision which the higher court affirmed was to the effect that on the evidence the Boyd, as well as the Rolf, was sailing free, and hence, under the international collision rules, the Boyd was bound to avoid the Rolf, which had the wind on her starboard side, and was liable for her failure so to do. Middleton vs. the John F. Winslow and the Moonlight is the title of a case decided recently by Judge Brown of the United States court, southern district of New York. The court's con- clusions in the case were as follows: '"Ihe landing of a heavy vessel in a strong current or tideway outside of a light vessel, which is lawfully moored at a bulkhead, is wholly at the risk of a vessel so attempting to land, and she is liable for any injury she may inflict on the vessel at rest. Where a tug with a tow alongside attempts to land outside another boat, and both tug and tow concur in making the attempt, anda bad landing is made through the influence of both, both are responsible for any damage such landing may occasion."' F. W. WHEELER, President. E. T. CARRINCTON, : Vice-President. Pressure Regulators. Herewith is shown a cut of the Foster pressure regulator in useon the Virginia and other lake steamers. In addition to a large number of valves re- cently furnished for the battle- ship Maine, the Foster En- gineering Company has just received an order for 21 of their steam pressure regu- lators for service on the armored cruiser New York. They are to be applied as follows: Six 2-inch for ash hoist, eight 2-inch for jackets, three 3-inch for winches, one 4-inch for vent blow, one 4- inch for steering engine, one 5-inch for dynamo and one 5- inch forsteam windlass. These with the valves that are to be constructed for the coast de- oe / fence ram and two cruisers Ma y under construction at the Bath im Iron Works, together with large orders they are receiving from railroads and _ other sources, will task their new factory at Newark, N.J., to the utmost. It is significant that the contemplated improvements to cer- tain of the Liverpool docks include the enlargement of their en- trances to 100 feet wide and an increase in their size sufficient to accommodate vessels 700 feet in length. The tendency of the times is continually to build larger vessels. F. L. CILBERT, Secretary. 97 Bay Oiry, Mien. e Builders of all kins of METAL AND WOODEN SHIPS, e