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14 MARINE REVIEW. Why Sailors Like It. The reason sailors like the "Proyidence" windlass, made by the American Ship Windlass Co. of Providence, R. I., is because it is so simple, so efficient and so durable. The design of the windlass is such, with the tandem engines, that every part is accessible to the operator. It is so simple that the operator can always see exactly what he is doing in locking and unlocking the windlass. It can be done in- stantly with one motion of the hand on the locking lever, so that in case of emergency it avoids the trouble which a delay in lock- ing would entail. It is durable and reliable, because the wild cat or chain wheel and the friction band are close up against the side bitt, so that they get a solid support, and the liability of any bending of the shaft or breaking of the windlass is gr eatly reduced. The engines are all made to gauge and templet, and working i in a vertical position the wear on all sides of the cylinders is equal, so that the engines will last longer than with inclined cylinders or horizontal cylinders. The windlass has been constantly improved during all the forty years it has been manufactured by the American Ship Windlass Co., and during all these forty years it has always been regarded as far in advance of any windlass made anywhere in the world. It is owing to these facts that more than seven-eighths of all the steam windlasses in use in this country are of this pattern. While it may be possible to buy a slightly cheaper windlass, the difference in first cost is so slight that in the life of a windlass this slight difference soon disappears, and in an emergency it disappears at once and saves many times the whole cost of the windlass in a few minutes' time. Ship owners and builders may depend upon it that the best is the cheapest in the end. The American Ship Windlass Co. can refer with pride to the record which it has established during the forty years that their machines have been before the public. G. M. Davis & Co., 96 to 100 N. Clinton street, Chicago, manu- facturers of the well-known Dayis balanced piston frictionless valve, have issued a catalogue that contains, in addition to advertising fea- tures, about twenty pages of carefully selected engineering information, reference tables, ete. This company deals in all kinds of devices for regulating steam, water, gas or air pressure. - Around the Lakes, The Bethlehem Iron Co. has issued on a small card a handy table giving weights of round steel per running inch. A copy of it may be had from Mr. H. F. J. Porter, western agent of the company, Mar- quette building, Chicago. ae Cleveland offices of the United States weather bureau are to be en- larged and improved upon an extensive scale. Kdward A. Beals, an inspector in the service, has taken up headquarters in Cleveland and will give a large part of his time to special matters on the lakes, Capt. Richardson and Capt. Geo. McLeod are to be congratulated upon their success in getting the steel steamer Wm. Chisholm into: dock within such a short period after her collision with the Oceanica, The job of repairs will be an extensive one, however, as about fifty plates must be taken off, some to be fae by new ones and others to be rolled and put back into place. Capt. John Fitzgerald, president of the Milwaukee Ship Yard Co. who died in Milwaukee, Saturday, was sixty-three years of age and belonged to the old line of vessel captains who gained wealth and pro- minence through steady and careful application to business. He Was in command of sailing vessels as late as 1872. Long service and i in- tegrity had made an honored place for him among vessel owners. He is survived by four brothers, R. P. Fitzgerald, Milwaukee vessel agent; Wm. Fitzgerald, inspector of steam vessels, and Edward and M. Fitz- gerald of Port Huron. His son, Wm. E. Fitzger ald, is secretary and treasurer of the Milwaukee Dry Dock Co. General Passenger Agent A. A. Heard of the Northern Steamship Co. announces a low schedule of special excursion rates on the North Land and North West, in closing the company's third season before Sept.15. The big passenger ships are to make two trips in September, and rates are marked down on a basis of $20 from Buffalo to Duluth, and $18 from Buffalo to Chicago. The sudden suspension of tourist travel about Sept. 1 probably prompts these reduced rates. Everybody acquainted with the climate of the Lake Superior country will agree, howeyer, that the early part of September is the most delightful period of the year in that region, and it is strange that passenger travel is largely cut off so early. Vessel masters never cease talking of the clear air of Lake Superior in September. Air is Gheap--Cheaper than Dirt! FUEL IS DEAR=VERY DEAR! - Six Boilers with Howden Hot Draft dopuithicss now in Side-Weeel Steamer City of Buffalo. Dimensions of each boiler--12 ft. 6 in. diameter by 12 ft. length. HOWDEN "USE AIR AND SAVE FUEL! oN in operating expenses on Lake*Ships must come from reduced coal bills. No great saving can be made in labor cost, and provisions are already low. But fuel bills can be lowered and cheap coal used to advantage by adopting Modern Methods of making -- steam at low cost. ng No manufacturer of pig iron would to-day think of running his furnace without a hot blast. Competition would not permit it. This same competition demands advanced practice in the operation of shine The same principle is applied in the ii HOT DRAFT Now in use on Lake Steamers aggregating over 40,000 Horse Power. CAN BE APPLIED TO OLD SHIPS AS WELL AS NEW ONES. No complicated machinery. Cool engine rooms and cool fire holds. Estimates readily furnished for application of this draft to any steamer. - Dry Dock ENGINE Works, DETROIT, MICH.