16 MARINE Oil and Electric Equipment for Steamships, Yachts, etc. Signal Lights, Saloon Fixtures, Cabin Lamps, Lanterns, etc. Wm. Porter's Sons. 271 Pearl St., NEW YORK CITY. Insurance Company of North America. $3,000,000.cO0 9,686,808 08 CAPITAL, PaidupInCash, = = ASS ETS, a s 2 = 2 _ = = CHARLES PLATT, President. GREVILLE E. FRYER, Seo'yv. & Tre EUGENE L. ELLISON, Vice-President. T, HOWARD WRIGHT, Marine Sec'y. JOHN H. ATWOOD, copra Secretary. Lake Marine Department, SEL asueo.xume CHICAGO, ILLS. SEABURY'S Safety Water Tube Boiler For all types of Steam Vessels and Stationary Plants. Reliable, Safe, Durable, Com- pact, Light Weight, Econ- omical, Easily Managed. Tubes may be readily cleaned, in ternallv or externally. Marine Engines, STEAM and SAIL - YACHTS, THE ONLY NAPHTHA LAUNCH. Gas Engine & Power Co, ana Charles L. Seabury & Co. consorsstes MORRIS HEIGHTS, NEW YORK CITY. REVIEW. *'s ech FERRALL'S PATENT .... Long Bearing Self-Adjusting 5 Roll sheave Has norivetsinits construction, therefore is made stronger, hay- ing an interior separator to pre- vent the rolls from touching ¥ Ls each other, and an interior rail to guide the rolls. BACNALL-LOU D BLOCK Co. 162 Cemmercial Street, : - & OSTON, MASS The Roberts Boiler Co. Have built, 90 BOILERS TO DATE tor about__." Launches, Yachts, Passenger and Freight Steamers, Dredges, Tugs, Stern- Wheelers, Canalers; also for Navy Department, War Department, Treasury Department, Light-House Board and Revenue Cutter Service; also for N. Y. Dock Department and U. S. Supervisor, Harbor of N. Y. SAFETY AND ECONOMY. Never killed a man or had a serious accident. $250,000 capital. Works covering 29,000 square feet of ground. Never had a boiler returned on account of dis- satisfaction. Every Boiler Warranted. All material made specially for our use. All boilers tested at 500 pounds hydrostatic pressure and 259 pounds of steam before ship- ping. Workmanship strictly first-class. All joints screwed and reliable. No expanded sea putts your requirements and we will furnish specifications. Correspondence solicite THE ROBERTS SAFETY WATER TUBE BOILER CO., 39 and 41 Cortlandt Street, New York City. Works, Red Bank, N. J. AVEC? PATENT UPRIGHT WATER TUBE BOILER. Chief Engineer Skelton of Steam Yacht Enquirer writes: "T can honestly say, that the Tay- lor boiler is the best boiler I ever handled, and I have been in the business 18 years. It is light on fuel, carries steady water line and steam isdry. Youcan refer any person to me wishing to in- quire into the merits of the Tay- lor boilor, for she is a dandy." (Signed) WuILLIAM SKELTON, Jr. The Taylor boiler is in the three fastest boats of their re- spective classes on fresh water, viz., Yacht Enquirer of Buffalo. W.Ji Connors owner; in a 29% Wea race with Say When made 18.78 miles per hour; Yacht Azalia, late Edward Henkel owner, in a race with the fast Side-Wheel Steamer Frank E. ; Kirby, 1896, made 18 miles per hour; Launch Dream, 63 feet long, 9 feet beam, with only 350 square feet heating surface, makes 17 miles per hour. MANUFACTURED BY DETROIT SCREW WORKS, DETROIT, MICH, U.S.A ROBERT CURR, SURVEYOR OF IRON & STEEL HULLS, Plans and Specifications furnished. Telephone 472. 409 Perry-Payne Bldg. CLEVELAND, O. Chain Department * P. Our Chain In use on the Largest Steamers en the Lakes: The Zenith City, Victory, North West and North Land, and many others, HAYDEN 5. H. CO. * Columbus, Ohio. All kinds of Chain-- Stud and Close Link, Cable Chains, EW rite for Prices. W, A. COLLIER, Sec. & Treas. CAprT, PHILIP SHIED, Marine Supt The ASHADUIA THY C0. sur sr envce CLEVELAND, 0. C. E. GROVER, Prest. D. R. HANNA, V. Prest. Incorporated. W. A. COLLIER, Cen. Mer. CLEVELAND, Tel. 409, ASHTABULA, Tel. 149. a li i i i il