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posing size, having a length of nearly 70 ft. and extending over the entire width of the hollow. Much care and study have been given to the decora- tions, equipments and furniture of this room, which will be done in the L'Art Nouveau style. Massive carved new- els will be at the foot of the Stairc, 4 row of sideboards with artistically paneled doors in quartered oak and finished in forest green, will extend along the entire length of either side of the room and will be in strict keep- ing with the wainscoting, with which they combine. Directly above the sideboards, the walls will be spaced out in panels of carved grills, alternating with attractive china cabinets with 'which they unite. The ground work of the walls, ceiling beams and panels will be a pure china white enamel, ornamented and decorated 'in strong coloring. Beautifully carved pilasters and columns in oak finished in forest green support the massive beam ceil- ing. Much art will be combined with the lighting of this wonderful room; all electroliers will be of a quaint lan- tern design, finished in verd antique and so placed as to throw their soft rays of light upon the tables beneath them. The floors will be laid in large squares of green tile, the exact shade of the woodwork. At either side of the main stairway and opening into the main dining room are private din- ing rooms designed in the Flemish renaissance _ style. Wainscoting in quartered oak, will cover the walls. Quaint cabinets arranged for silver and cut glassware will be sunk into - the walls and form a part of the wall paneling. The floors will be laid in oak parquetry while old brass lanterns of a Dutch design will be suspended from the ceiling. Odd furniture in forest green oak with chairs uphol- stered in bright yellow leather studded with nails will complete the furnish- ings of the main dining room, while that of the private dining rooms will be of oak, finished in silver gray with chairs upholstered in strong green jeather and studded with nails. Directly after the main dining hall and entered by a stairway leading from the main deck will be the buffet. Though last, this room will not be the least in beauty and originality. Here an entirely new departure in steamship decorations will be found. This room will be given a Venetian garden' character. Heavy ceiling beams with lattice work entwined with vines will be supported by massive columns while the floors will be laid in large Venetian red tile. The side walls will be decorated in landscape - recently. "TRAE Marine. REVIEW paintings producing the effect of many different miles and hidden electric lamps of soft blue will cause the blte ceiling to resemble perfectly the fam- ous Italian skies by moonlight, while hidden electric fans will complete the deception of the cooling breeze fan- ning the Venétian- garden. The seats and tables will be of the old mission style and connected with the columns: Add to this the upholstery of soft red leather cushions and one has a com- plete description of the new floating hotel which is to go into commission next June. JOHN McLAUGHLIN. John McLaughlin, who is proprie- tor of the McLaughlin Iron Works at No. 180 Center street, Ashtabula, is one of Ashtabula's.self-made men. He formerly worked at his trade of ma- JOHN McLAUGHLIN. chinist, and -three years. ago. he branched out for himself with a ma- chine shop, which has grown to a pre- tentious and busy iron works. He 'operates a foundry in connection with his iron works and his equipment is complete enough to enable him to do any repair work on lake freighters. He has made many friends since he embarked in business, but he is too modest to discuss this feature of his work. Rear Admiral James B. Coghlan, commandant of the New York navy yard, was placed on the retired list He will, however, remain on his present duty until February, when he will be succeeded by Capt. Ben- jamin F. Tilley, who now commands the battleship Iowa. 1S e122". 21 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Crawford & Reid, Tacoma, Wash, have just finished plans for a lumber barge to be 220 ft. over all, 40 ft. beam and 14 ft. deep. The Hartford & New York Trans- portation Co.,; Hartford, Conn. "4s building a wooden barge 150 ft. long for. its own use. George W. Byles, City Island, New York, is building a 54-ft. yawl with a 15 H. P. motor, and a 30-ft. knockabout with a 5H. P. motor A. J. Whaling, late purchasing agent for the Wisconsin Central railway, has been appointed purchasing agent of the Semet-Solvay Co., Syracuse N. Y. The Canton-Hughes Pump Co., Can- ton, O., announces that it has purchased the business of the Snyder-Hughes Co., of Cleveland and the Canton Pump Co., ot Canton, =) The new Roberts boilers recently sold to Commodore E. C. Benedict have been installed in the Oneida and they are about ready for a trial trip, the piping, etc., being about completed. As-soon as she has the trial she will go out of commission for the winter. Saunders Bros., Saunderstown, R. I., are building a ferry boat to be named Newport for the Narragansett Trans- portation Co. Saunderstown, R. I. The steamer will be 150 ft. long and will be equipped with a simple com- pound engine 17 and 36 in. diameter by 24 in. stroke. Capt. B. D. Wolff, of Kingston, N. Y., is going to install a No. 11 Rob- erts Safety Water Tube boiler in the steamer Morris Block to supply steam for a fore and aft compound 10 and' This boat makes the run from Poughkeepsie to Kingston, touching at all intermediate points. " At the annual meeting of Albany, (N. Y.) Harbor, No. 7, American Associa- tion of Masters, Mates & Pilots . of Steam Vessels, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Pres- ident, Ulster Davis, Rensselaer, N. Y.; first vice president, A. V. S. Craig, Rens- selaer; second vice president, George McCabe, Rensselaer; treasurer, George W. Teeling; secretary, Charles D. Scott, Rensselaer; starboard master, Joseph Smith, New Baltimore, N. Y.; quarter- master, George Bernard, Watervliet, N. Y.; port quartermaster, James Schee- han, Schodack, N. Y.; port quartermas- ter, Edward M. Sickles, Athens, N. Y.; trustees, =F. A. Hitehcock, He 3. Loucks, D. L. Scoville. Mr. Ulsver Da- vis was selected as delegate to the meet- ing of the Grand Harbor at Washington on Jan. 21, and Mr. Charles W. Lodge was selected as alternate.