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6 MARINE REVIEW. [November 16, NEW STEEL LIGHT-SHIP. PLANS FOR ANOTHER FIRST-CLASS VESSEL TO BE CONSTRUCTED FOR THE UNITED STATES LIGHT-HOUSE SERVICE--A CRAFT IN EVERY WAY EQUAL TO THE BEST OF HER KIND: A steam light-vessel, for the construction of which the United States light-house board has just advertised for bids, will be of steel 112 feet in length between perpendiculars, 28%4 feet molded beam and 14 feet 10 MIDSHIP SECTION ef: 41 frames spaced }8 ¢ tog ; Frames to extend alternately to §, ar Belt frames at frames 24 ana 37 a and Maw Decks. Reverse frames to extend alternately to marn deck beam and 12 inches aheve turn of bilge. Zao fe, 2, MIDSHIP SECTION OF THE NEW LIGHT-SHIP, inches depth of hold from top of keel to top of main deck beam amid- ship. The vessel will have three decks, main and spar decks being con- tinuous and the lower deck extending from the stem to the coal bunker by steam. All sronanaestitp is to be fully up to the requirements of the i i ers' Association. ; Ae eee be fitted with one vertical, inverted, direct-acting, open-front, surface-condensing, fore-and-aft compound engine with cy- linders of 15 and 30 inches diameter and a common stroke of 22 inches, driving one right-hand four-bladed cast iron propeller of the solid type, about 7 feet 6 inches in diameter and of suitable pitch of screw. Steam will be supplied from two boilers of the gunboat type, designed for a working pressure of 100 pounds per square inch, with a mean diameter of 9 feet, and 16 feet 4 inches length. The crank shaft will be forged in one piece and made of the best quality of steel, 7 inches in diameter. Each boiler will be supplied with two Fox corrugated furnaces, fitted so that they may be removed, with a diameter inside the corrugations i PERE ceuibrabt of the vessel will be modern in every respect. The steering gear will be of the Robinson make or equally good, and there will be a steam windlass. There will be fitted twenty-two water tanks of an aggregate capacity of about 18,000 gallons. Six tanks will be stowed in the after hold, twelve tanks in the forward hold and four on the k, forward. : : ea Cliby chime whistle and a Crosby automatic clockwork will be installed and the vessel will be heated throughout by steam. In addition to the necessary trials of the machinery at the dock, the specifications stipulate that there shall be held a trial trip of twelve hours duration, during which the engine must develop 400 indicated horse power with a steam pressure of 100 pounds per square inch. SYSTEM IN ADVERTISING. Mr. B. Harding, who is connected with the publishing department of the Westinghouse companies, Pittsburg, was in Cleveland a few days ago. An idea of the magnitude of Westinghouse interests may be gained from the statement that some fifteen or twenty men are constantly em- ployed in the department to which Mr. Harding belongs. None of them are printers and none engaged in mechanical work of a publishing kind. Their work is the preparation of catalogues, pamphlets, articles for the technical press, etc., and the force is growing all the time. Mr. Harding talks very interestingly of this feature of Westinghouse enterprise and of the great future of electricity, especially as applied to manufacturing plants. His mission to Cleveland was to write of a great outfit of elec- trical machinery recently installed at the works of Cleveland Twist Drill Co. "I am not an engineer," he said, in answer to a question, "and that was one of the reasons why I was hired for this work. I was engaged on the principle that the man without a knowledge of electricity but who possessed other necessary qualifications, could soon learn enough of the business to write for the general public more interestingly than the elec- trical engineer." Reports from Washington concerning the bids for the construction of the six new cruisers are to the effect that the bureau chiefs think more OUTBOARD PLAN OF THE NEW STEEL LIGHT-SHIP TO BE BUILT FOR THE UNITED STATES LIGHT HOUSE oe bulkhead and from the sternpost to the engine bulkhead. Steel bulk- heads will divide the hull into five watertight compartments. Accommo- dations for the crew will be forward on the main deck. There will be five staterooms with two beds in each room, pantry, galley, lockers, wash- room, water closets, etc., with mess room amidships, between the state- _tooms, There will be two hollow steel masts and a fog signal operated favorably of the Wm. R. Trigg company's design for a 19-knot cruiser Are oh ihe other builders' designs. It is probable, however, that department ee will be awarded on the navy department's designs, as the ni At anaee fete given the design of these vessels great attention, and if a Sin ag epee speed the increased weight of machinery necessitates les- sening 'or eliminating other advantageous features. { ' | . | E | | --