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34 TAE Marine REVIEW APPLE STORAGE BATTERY CHARGER. "The illustration below shows the new Apple automatic storage battery charger for 1900. This charger is a dy- namo of the well known Apple . type, completely enclosed, there- fore, water, dirt, dust and oil proof. In size it is a trifle larger than the old style Apple ignition dynamo and gives a considerably greater output of current than the old machine. The Apple automatic storage battery charger will give a 3 am- pere charging rate on an 8 volt battery at 1,400 Kk. Fr. M., a 3. am- pere charging rate on a 6 volt bat- tery at 1,200 R. P. M. and the same rate on a 4 volt battery at 1,000 R. P. M. The charger, as shown herewith, is fitted with a 4-in. Apple bevel friction gover- nor, and the machine can be driven by belt, chain or gear, if so desired. The armature is wound with best insulated wire, ad- ditional insulation being forced in by the vacuum im- pregnating system. 'The discs of the electrical iron are japanned and then squeezed together to form the arma- ture core under tremenduos hydraulic 'pressure. The armature core is fitted on a brass sleeve, which in turn is fastened by a key to the tool steel shaft. The fields are electro magnets excited by current gen- erated by the machine itself. There is, therefore, no pos- sibility of their losing their magnetism as so often hap- pens: with the so-called permanent magnets of high or low tension magnetos. The commutator is built up of segments of the best drawn copper with amber mica as insulation. There are no threaded parts to the commuta- tor to loosen as the segments and insulation are forced together in assembling under great hydraulic pressure. The Apple automatic storage battery charger will be furnished with two types of bearings, the plain bearing type with.renewable phosphor bronze bearing, lubrication being provided by a felt wick oil cup, which feeds the oil by capillary attraction; the other the ball bearing type, which will be fitted with Hess-Bright ball bearings, carrying the well known Hess-Bright guarantee. Among the claims made by the Dayton Electrical Manufacturing Co., who make Apple ignition apparatus, are these: That the new machine will give a maximum output at a minimum speed and that there will be no drop in voltage from no load to full rated capacity. The Apple automatic storage battery charger should prove a boon to the automobilist or launch owner who wishes to have a perfect charging plant for his storage batteries as practically an integral part of his engine. TO RAISE THE ELDER AT LAST. 'Capt. H. Baker, representative of the Reid Wrecking Company, of Detroit, Mich., has'just arrived in Portland, Oregon, and has signed a contract with J. H. Peterson to raise the steamship Geo. W. Elder that went ashore in the Columbia river during a heavy fog Jan. 21, i10905.. This comes as a climax of a series of negotiations pending since last fall, when Peterson, after buying the stranded vessel from the underwriters, abandoned his plan of raising the steamer and floating her to Portland on immense pontoons. The Elder apparently will present no formidable difficul- ties to a company with the equipments of the eastern wrecking firm. She lies in. the water without any appear- ance of having changed her position since she went on the. rocks. Yet, first the owners (Harriman System), and then the underwriters, and finally Peterson had to give up the attempt to raise the steamship. A few months ago the government authories made a move to have something done with the vessel which it was claimed was a menace to navigation. However it is thought that the Reid Wrecking Co. will not have much difficulty in rais- ing the Elder. SAULT CANAL IMPROVEMENTS DELAYED. Litigation between the United States government and private interests, which are seeking to divert water from the rapids of St. Mary's river, has held up an appropriation of $1,200,000 for improvements to lockage facilities at the Sault. It is planned to double the width of the canal above the locks, but this has waited a year and may be delayed another season by the present litigation. It is desired to determine the title to islands Nos. 1 and 2 in the St. Mary's rapids where the Edison Sault Electric Co. owns permits to carry on certain operations and desires to obtain additional permits. Judge Wanty failed to pass on this point, but decided that the con- necting stream known as St. Mary's river is a river and not merely a connecting link in the chain of lakes. This, if up- held, would give. owners of land along the bank rights out to the center of the stream. This was obviously not satisfac- tory to the government nor to the Lake Carriers' Association which is taking the stand that all land from the Poe lock north to the international boundary be acquired by the govern- ment. Nor is it altogether pleasing to the rival power com- panies, inasmuch as title to the islands is still clouded. STEEL STEAMERS FOR ORIENTAL TRADE. Within two months, the Dollar Steamship Co., of San Francisco, announce that that firm will have two large steel steamships in the Oriental trade--plying from Puget Sound ports. The steamer Hazel Dollar, sailed last week from Muckilteo, Wash., with a full cargo of lumber consigned to shippers at Tsintau, on the northern coast of China. By the middle -- of February the company's new steamer Bessie Dollar will reach San Francisco from Glasgow, Scotland. The Bessie Dollar is the latest addition to the company's fleet and cost about $250,000. The vessel is a sister ship to the Hazel Dollar. Both steamships will be capable of carrying about 3,000,000 ft. of lumber each on a voyage. During the past two or three years the Dollar Steamship Co. have been sending steamers to the orient with lumber; but it is now very evident that the company expect to go into the trans- Pacific business on a much larger scale. The steamer Bessie Dollar will be used to carry freight exclusively, and no pas- senger accommodations have been provided. DECISION REVERSED IN PART. Recently Local Inspectors Bolles and Bulger, of San Francisco, suspended the licenses of Capt. H. Weber and Chief Engineer Jas. M. Spencer of the steamer Dispatch for three months. These officers were charged with. neglect in failing to notify the proper authorities of the condition. of the oil tanks and the boilers. A: fire occurred as a result and a lad named James Mitchell lost his life, and several other boys were severely injured. The men appealed to Supervising Inspector Birmingham who reviewed the testimony. He reduced the term of suspension one-half--suspending the licenses for 45 days. The steamer building at the Wyandotte yard of the Ameri- can Ship Building Co. for the L. C. Smith Transportation Co., will be named in honor of Harry Coulby, president and gen- eral manager of the Pittsburg Steamship Co. The steamer is a duplicate of the Gary, and is 569 ft. over all, 549 ft. keel, 56 ft. beam, and 31 ft. deep.