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1898. ] | 1 2 IMEAWRSIEINGE sR Vib We 89 MARINE ENGINES, PROPELLER WHEELS, * DECK HOISTERS, - MARINE REPAIRS. § s20ATWATER STREET, DETROIT, MICH. After 20.000 miles of almost continuous steaming since going into commission, including her remarkable trip from San Francisco to Key West, the U. S. Gunboat MARIETTA, equipped with Babcock & Wilcox water tube boilers, ordered the following repair parts. or. B.S.--W. D. L. NAVY DEPARTMENT, In reply refer to No. 29181. Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Gentlemen: Washington, D. C. June 10, 1898. : 1. Please forward to the Commanding Officer, U. S. S. 'MARIETTA', Key West, Fla., 8 fire bricks, 4 rights and 4 lefts, No. R, 3440, Babcock & Wilcox boilers, to replace broken bricks between furnace doors. Your bill for these articles should be sent to the same officer and should refer to Steam Engineer- ing Requisition dated June 1, 1898. Respectfully, 7 THE BABCOCK & WILCOX CO., (Sig.) EDWIN STEWART, Paymaster General, 29 Cortlandt St., New York." U.S. N. On her long voyage the MARIETTA was not detained an instant on account of boilers. | THE BABCOCK & WILCOX CO., WATER TUBE BOILERS, 29 Cortlandt St., New York. ite | 4 THE IMPROVED f° ANNULAR STEAM JET. FOR INDUCED DRAFT. 1 i ip ( Ha s CLEVELAND,O.2* IRON OR STEEL FORGINGS FINISHED COMPLETE, ROUGH MACHINED OR SMOOTH FORGED ONLY, OF ANY WEIGHT. COUPLING LINKS AND PINS, . PRESSED WROUGHT IRON TURNBUCKLES. CAR IRON SPECIALTIES. AMERICAN STEEL BARGE CO. STEEL and METAL SHIPS Of all classss built on the Shortest Possible Notice at our yards at POWERFUL, 1] bait ECONOMICAL. k 3 West Superior, Wis., and also at Everett, Wash. ee cae IN POWER. Cut on the right shows a section of Jet Castings, Plates & Best wiion ate attached to Spider in stack, as shown by aoe Quality Requires No Attention. 6 ee gitak Always Ready for Use at a Moment's Notice. KY] on hand instock if ( pats a weiss | HoDUOOMSBUREY UD. newrrttews Va, pair all pairiug ' i" VV kinds of Wooder: Patentees and Manufacturers. Newport News, Vis le Metal Vessels : Ships in of all CHICAGO 8S test , a Clases | BARRY BROS. INDEPENDENT TUG LINE, oor citaco. T RITA McDONALD, G. A. TOMLINSON, WM. DICKINSON, COMMODORE, T CRAWFORD, D. P. HALL, IRA D. SMITH, WELCOME, Cc SIZE OF DOE: a 55 feet 9 in s C. M. CHARNLEY, PRODIGY, JAMES A. QUINN, JACK BARRY. | g§ Length, extreme......... 537 feet. . NIFANCE, LOPsercscereoreeee . germ ee Breadth, TOPs aseeec os ay ait Batranoss 8 See soar. a & CHICAGO OFFICE: SouTH CH10AGO OFFICE: Bena ottont ase-+-<(92 Soe ae ae eee Telephone 278. 240 South Water St. 92d Street Bridge LARGEST DRY DOCK ON THE LAKES. Prices for Repairs and Docking same as at lower lake ports SUPERIOR, WIS. A number of Provellor Wheels in stock at Dry Doek. Tugs G. A. TOMLINSON, D. P. HALL and PRODIGY in service at SOUTH CHICAGO at alJ times. (@- 8 long whistles call our tugs. Offices open day and night. --axy