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1903. ] MARINE REVIEW. AND MARINE RECORD. 3 Merchant Ship Building in Coast Ship Yards. The William Cramp & Son Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia.: Single screw steel steamer, oil carrier Col. EK. L. Drake, for the Standard Oil Co.; length, 360 ft.; single triple-expan- sion engines; two steel Scotch boilers. Twin-screw bay steamboat (New York to Atlantic High- lands) for the Central Railroad of New Jersey; 297 ft. 3 in. long; two sets engines, triple-expansion ; Scotch. boilers. Single screw steel steamer for coastwise service, an exact duplicate of steamer Huron just delivered to owners, for Wil- liam P. Clyde & Co.;. length, 300 ft.; one three-cylinder triple- expansion engine; two single-ended boilers of the return-tube, cylinder marine type. See naval table for naval work. This company is also building a cruiser for the Turkish government. New York Ship Building. Co., Camden, N. J.: Cargo and passenger steamers Massachusetts and Mississippi for the Atlantic Transport Co. of New York, duplicates; 505 ft. 6 in. long; 8,100 gross tons; twin-screw, triple-expansio engines; four Scotcn boilers; 5,000 H. P. ae ou Cargo and passenger steamers Minnekahda and Minnelora for the Atlantic Transport Co., duplicates; 13,370 gross tons; 615 ft. 3 in. long; quadruple-expansion engines; eight Scotch boilers; 10,000 H. P. Oil steamer Legonier and oil steamer No. 10 for the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. of Pittsburg, duplicates; length 375 ft. 5 in.; gross tonnage 3,660; triple-expansion engines; two Scotch boilers; 2,500 H. P. Oil barges Nos. 11 and 12 for the J. M. Guffey Petroleum Co. of Pittsburg, duplicates; 134 ft. long; 220 gross tons. Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News. Va.: Single-screw steamship Monroe for the Old Dominion Steamship Co.; 366 ft. over all; triple-expansion engine; six Scotch boilers; 4,500 H. P. Lumber steamer Francis H. Leggett for the Hammond Lum- ber Co.; 259 ft. long; triple-expansion engine; two Scotch boilers; 1,100 H. P. Oil steamer for the Saginaw Steel Steamship Co.; 399 ft. long; triple-expansion engine; three Scotch boilers; 2,500 H. P. For naval contracts see naval table. The Neafie & Levy Ship & Engine Building Co.. Philadelphia: Ocean tug Honeybrook for the Central Railroad of New Jersey; 135 ft. long; triple-expansion engine; one Scotch boiler; 800 H. P. Ocean tugs Nos. 14 and 15 for the Standard Oil Co.; each too ft. long; compound engine; one Scotch boiler; 475 H. P. Harbor tugs Radiant and Brilliant for the Standard Oil Co.; each 80 ft. long; compound engine; one Scotch boiler; 250 H.-P. Ocean tug Gulfport for the Texas & Gulf railroad; 112 ft. long; compound engine; one Scotch boiler; 550 Pp, Ferry boat Ocean City for the Philadelphia & Reading rail- way; 156 ft. long; single jet condensing engine; lobster-back boiler; 650° H. P. Passenger and -freight side-wheel steamer Middlesex for the Weems Steamboat Co., Baltimore, Md.; 207 ft. long; inclined compound engine; two Scotch boilers; 1,300 H. P. Machinery for ocean tug Paul Jones; triple-expansion en- gine; two Scotch boilers; 1,600 H. P. Ocean tug for New York parties; 109 ft. long; compound engine; one Scotch boiler; 550 H. P. This company also has three other tugs under way. Its total horse-power at present under construction is 27,000; its total output of horse-power in 1902 for merchant work only was 12,852. : Fore River Ship & Engine Co., Quincy. Mass.: Passenger steamer for the Fall River Line; 307 ft. over all; cost $1,000,000; two inclined compound engines; Scotch boilers ; 800 et. PP. ; : Freight steamer for the Fall River Line; triple-expansion engines; Scotch boilers; cost $450,000. Six-masted steel schooner for Capt. J. G. Crowley and others; 339 ft. long. For naval work see naval table. Crescent Ship Yard, Blizabethport, N. J.: Tampico and Vera Cruz, two twin screw gunboat troopships for the Republic of Mexico; 201 ft. 6 in. long; two triple-expan- sion engines, 14, 22 and 36 in. diameter by 24 in. stroke; twa Mosher water-tube boilers; 2,200 H. P. Czarina, steam yacht for Charles F. Bryan of New York; 166 ft. 3 in. long; one triple-expansion engine, 14, 22 and 36 by . 24; two Mosher watcr-tube boilers; 1,200 Hy PP, Eurana, paddle steamer for Charles M. Schwab of New York; 211 ft. long; engines building by W. & A. Fletcher Co., Hoboken, N. J. Steam launch for Brazil; 30 ft. long; one compound engine, 4 and 8 in. by 5 in. stroke; one Roberts' boiler; 25 H. P. Ferry steamer for the Central Railroad of New Jersey; 207 ft. long; one triple-expansion engine 19, 30 and 35 by 30; three gunboat boilers, 8 ft. 9 in. diameter by 20 ft. long; 1,800 H. P Approximate value of all craft $1,250,000. For naval work see naval table. Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Cal.: Steel freight steamer Arizonian for American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. of New York; 486 ft. long; cost $850,000; twin- screw quadruple-expansion: engine; three Scotch boilers with Howden's draft; 3,000 H; P. Steel oil tank steamer No. 82 for Union Oil Co. of San Francisco; 251 ft. long; cost $220,000; twin-screw triple-ex- pansion engine; two ~cotch boilers. For naval work see naval table. Maryland Steel Co., Sparrow's Point, Md.: Twin-scerew freight steamships Missouri and Maine for the Atlantic Transport Co. of New. York, duplicates; 507 ft. long; triple-expansion engines and Scotch boilers; 5,500 H. P. Passenger and freight steamer Virginia for the Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Ry. of Baltimore, Md.; 188 ft. 4% in. long; beam engine; one les boiler. This company is also supplying a new set of boilers for the N. Y. P. & N. steamer New York, and the Merchant & Miners' Transportation Co.'s steamer Gloucester, Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co., Consolidated, Morris He ghts, N. Y.: a Steam composite yacht Cherokee for S. H. Vandergrift ; 115 ft; Seabury triple-expansion engine and one Seabury boiler. Wooden steam yacht Inia for H. S. F. Davis; 103 ft. long; Seabury triple-expansion engine and one Seabury boiler. Steel steam yacht Aria for FE. H. Blake; 165 ft. long; Sea- bury triple-expansion engine and one Seabury boiler. Wooden steam yacht Corinthia for J. A. Mollenhauer; ao ft long; two Seabury triple-expansion engines; one Seabury boiler. Wooden yacht for H. B. Gilbert; 65 ft. long; one Seabury triple-expansion engine and one Seabury boiler. Wooden yacht Myhisana for M. Goldsmith; 54 ft. long; one Seabury compound engine and one Seabury boiler. _ Yacht Velthra for S. Parker Bremer; 110 ft. long; two Sea- bury triple-expansion engines and one Seabury boiler. Wooden yacht Niagara IV. for Howard Gould; 110 ft. long; two Seabury triple-expansion engines and one Seabury boiler. Wooden yacht for W. E. Duryea; 65 ft. long; one Sea- bury triple-expansion engine and one Seabury boiler. Wooden yacht for Alfred Marshall; 90 ft. long; one Sea- bury triple-expansion engine and one Seabury boiler. William R. Trigg Co., Richmond, Va.: Revenue cutter Mohawk; length 205 ft.; cost $210,000; triple-expansion engines and four Scotch boilers; 2,400 H. i. Sea-going dredge Benyuard for the war department; length, 375 ft.; cost $300,000; two compound engines and four Scotch boilers; 1,300 H. P. Tank steamer Capt. A. F. Lucas for the Standard Oil Co.; length 272 ft.; cost $450,000; triple-expansion engine; two Scotch boilers; 2,000 H. P. Ferryboats Bristol and Chester for the Pennsylvania rail- way; 105 ft. long each; compound engine; one Scotch boiler. Tug Cape Charles for the N. Y. P. & N. Ry.; 122 ft. long; cost $75,000; compound engine and Scotch boiler. Townsend & Downey Ship Building & Repair Co., Shooter's Island, N Y.: Two bulk oil steel barges for the Standard Oil Co.; length, 375 ft.; cargo capacity 2,000,000 gallons. Steel tug boat Cornell for the Cornell Steamboat Co.; length, 150 ft.; machinery to be supplied by owners. Lighthouse tender Crocus; length, 164 ft. 7 in.; twin- screw compound engine; two straight tube boilers of the gun- 'boat type. T'wo-masted auxiliary steel schooner yacht for John W. Mason; single-screw 60 H. P. Globe gasoline engine. Three-masted auxiliary steel schooner yacht for Wilson Marshall; 185 ft. long; compound engine; pair of Almy water- tube boilers; 33 H. P. Twin-screw ferryboat for Townsend & Downey; 100 ft. long; one high-pressure engine and Scotch boiler. Burlee Dry Dock Co., Port Richmond, S. I.: Steel steam yacht Noma for W. B. Leeds of New York; 226 ft. long; two four-cylinder, triple-expansion engines and six Almy water-tube boilers; 3,800 H. P. - United States liohthouse tender Sumac; 160 ft. long; two compound engines and two gunboat boilers; 750 HP. United States lignthouse tender Sumac; 160 ft. long; two compound engines and three Scotch boilers; zoo H. P.