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MARINE REVIEW. 13 panels. A library is found on the promenade deck. Many are the suggestions for tasteful decoration of passenger boats to be found in this exhibit, which is true to the smallest detail. After reaching the top of this section and entering the gallery of the transportation building, it is found that the stack is 28 feet above the cabins, so that one gets a good idea of the depth of an ocean steamer to the water line. 'The third in line of striking displays is the 30-foot model of H. M. S. Victoria. It is thought to be the most complete model in existence. It cost $7,500. Only halt the vessel is shown, but it is placed againt an immense mirror, so that the other half is reflected and the ship as a whole is presented to view. The ship was built by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co. and is 360 feet long, 70 feet beam and 26 feet 9 inches deep, with displacement of 10,510 tons. Her engines are credited with the development of 14,244 horse power and _ her speed is put down at 17% knots. Every detail is shown large enough to be appreciated. Water surrounding the ship is repre- sented by glass, and at the edge of the glass is the torpedo netting hung out on booms guyed from the upper deck. 'This exhibit is in the center aisle of the building near the elevators feet beam and 116 feet over paddles. Her two engines, with 5 by 11 feet cylinders, turn 30 foot paddles. 'The company has publish- ed a Semi-Centennial Memoir full of interesting facts about the 300 ships they have built and containing a history of navigation from its earliest days. Mr. Lednum is in charge of the exhibit and the striking arrangement of models and paintings is due to his judgment. LAKE MARINE EXHIBITS. It would hardly be expected that the display from the ship yards of the lakes would equal that of the coast yards, which were established when lake commerce was carried on in batteaux and long boats, but in the exhibit representative of the lakes there is a fair illustration of the wonderful strides that have been made in metal shipbuilding since this industry was begun about seven years ago. 'The American Steel Barge Company's three complete models, the Christopher Columbus, Colgate Hoyt and 102, represent the different types of whalebacks, passenger and freight steamers and tow barge. 'Two of Sprague's paintings of the Columbus, and photographs of the yard, with block models EXHIBIT OF THE GLOBE IRON WORKS COMPANY, CLEVELAND, O. and it is worth looking up. 'The fourth exhibit attracting general attention is that of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Com- pany. With the exception of a working model of the City of Worcester, a working model of triple expansion engines and models of the Richard Peck' and New Hampshire, the exhibit is on an immense stretch of wall space surmounted by the largest oil painting at the fair, showing all the different classes of vessels built since the organization of the company in 1836. Interest will center in the model of the Richard Peck, the twin- screw steamer that ran 23 miles an hour in her famous race with the Puritan. Her two engines are 24, 38 and 60 by 30 inches, and she is 315 feet long, 48 feet beam and 18% feet deep. She is not, however, the fastest steamer represented. This distinction is claimed for the iron side wheel steamer New York, a picture of which is accompanied with the statement that she is the fastest steamer in the United States. She has a record of 272 miles an hour between Albany and New York, faster than the famous Mary Powell. And for size, this company presents a picture of the car-ferry Solano, which is in service in South America be- tween Bemena point and Costa. She carries 48 freight cars or 24 passenger cars. She is 424 feet over all, 406 feet keel, 64 adorn the walls, and one of McDougall's patent anchors will also be located soon in the space alotted to the barge company. The greatest exhibit of machinery from any ship yard is made by the Globe Iron Works Company, and the arrangement is car- ried out very conspicuously by a representation of two decks of a steamer and the bridge. The steering engine is on the floor and the steering wheel on the deck above, as are also the capstans. The machinery is operated for the benefit of those who are inter- ested. It is without doubt the-finist finished machinery of its class in the exhibition. The complete model of the package freight steamer Tuscorora is the handsomest model of a lake steamer in the transportation building. A correct painting of one ot the two Great Northern steamers is hung from the railing of the upper deck. This exhibit includes steam capstans, wind- lasses, steam steering engines and photographs of triple expan- sion engines. It is in charge of Capt. Joseph Church. Although Providence is not on the lakes, the Providence windlasses are on more than half the vessels in the business fleet of the lakes and therefore a description of the exhibit of the Ameaican Ship Windlass Company is included here. One of this company's No. 6 steam capstan windlasses, of the same size and