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SENECA CHAIN CO. Chain Co; creased its capital stock from $100,000 to The Seneca recently in- $200,000, which increase was necessitated They have entirely remodeled 'their plant at Kent, O., equipping same for the manu- facture of dredges, steam shovels, hoist- ing and marine chains of all sizes. They have also purchased the plant known as the American Chain Co.'s plant at Zanes- ville, O., which they now have in "full operation. This gives them an output at both plants of 227 fires, employing at the Kent plant 4oo hands and at Zanes- ville 70 hands and have equipped both plants with the most modern machinery for chain making. This company has secured a contract from the government for all of the chains for light vessels for the different ports for the year 1907, a contract amount ng to approximately $40,000. The specifica- tions for this chain are the severest that are written on either chain or iron, re- quiring an iron averaging from 48,000 Ibs. to 52,000 lbs. tensile, 30 per cent elongation, 60 per cent, elastic limit and 40. per cent contraction of area and the requirements of the chain being in pro- portion to that of the iron, the inspection being exceedingly close and careful, as very much depends upon all these chains in the way of loss of life and property, so that these are among the highest grade chains whicli are made in the world today. by their rapidly growing business. They are also making some heavy ca- TAE MARINE. REVIEW for the Edison Engineering Co. ot New York City of 31%4-in. iron, which will be the heaviest chain ever made in the United States. Each link of this will weigh over 100 Ibs., and the hooks 457 Ibs. each. The Seneca Chain Co. is now in a po- 49 COMPETENCY OF SEA-GOING ENGINES. Editor 'MARINE Review: I nctice in December Engineers' Number mention of a new Dill to regulate the certificates of competency of sea-going engineers under the British Board of Trade rules. é RUDDER AND SCREW OF GASOLINE SCHOONER MARIE GILBERT. sition to furnish any and all kinds of welded chains from the sinallest to the heaviest ship cables and have a strictly up-to-date, modern shop in every respect. ' , BUILDING THE GASOLINE ENGINE IN THE SCHOONER MARIE GILBERT. bles for the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co. of 2% in. and 2 3-16-in. iron, and a chain for a very large crane Their advertisement appears on another page of this issue showing a cut of their plant. This is a step in the right direction. No man should be in charge of a set of engines who is not capable of passing a creditable examination on the construc- tion and handling of, at least his type of engines, and have a good general knowl- edge of marine engines and boilers. If the "engineman" of a small coaster "has served two years in the fire room, and two years as greaser or donkeyman, he ought to be quite efficient in this re- spect. Of course, holding the license may not make him any the better man, but it will increase his self-respect, and may make him a trifle more attentive when he knows he has something to lose besides his job. As to the latter part of the bill--I have always understood that "engineers who contribute to breakdown at sea' do "have their certificates dealt with as se- verely as are those of deck officers, un- der corresponding circumstances" al- though I have never known _ personally, any engineer who was held responsible for a breakdown, and had his license re- voked or suspended. New York, Dec. 23. "Boots." I. L. Snow & Co., Rackland, Me., are building for themselves: a coaster to be 125 ft. long, 3414 ft. beam and 9 ft. depth of -hold.