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34 NAVAL APPROPRIATIONS. The annual Navy Year Book has just been issued and gives much in- _ formation concerning the navy and appropriations for naval purposes since 1883, when Mr. Whitney, during Cleveland's administration, began the construction of our "new navy." The following table shows the amounts of the various naval appropriation acts for each year from act of March 3, 1883, to and including act of June 29, 1906: AMOUNTS OF NAVAL APPROPRIATION ACTS FOR EACH YEAR FROM ACT OF MARCH 3, 1883, TO AND INCLUDING ACT OF JUNE 29, 1906. POOR a . $ 14,819,976.80 ihe. RU ea Seb Gia cnr a ier 15,804,434.23 Tee Roe eG ok 14,980,472.59 TOO ere ees 15,070,837.95 TO ee ee ans 16,489,907.20 OR eee 25,767,348.19 Pe ee 19,042,835.35 Pe ee 21,602,510.27 DO ee eS - 24,136,035.53 POOS 5 a ks Sela 31,541,054.78 TOO8 foe eee ess ae 23,543,385.00 TOGA Soe eee ss OG 22,104,061.38 MGR cre keke Ves 25,327,120.72 MOOD ae ae hee. Raa 20,416,245.31 Deg io Pee yes 30,562,660.95: Oe ho ts he ea 33,003,234.19 TR es rey 56,098,783.68 TOO ee es 48,099,9690.58 100 ee eho : 65,140,916.67 TOO ec ae ; 78, 101,791.00 1008. ets Paes 81,876,791.43 TODA ee a 97,505,140.94 IQS ie eee eee sy 100,336,679.94 WOOO 2 oe ek. 102,091,670.27 MOA ee a i See $993,544,469.95 The cost of all vessels since the inauguration of the "new naval pol- icy, showing the cost completed of each battleship, armored cruiser, pro- tected cruiser and unprotected cruiser is given in the accompanying table. The greater cost of building vessels in navy yards as compared to their construction in private yards is well illustrated by the statistics of expend- itures on vessels under construction prior to June 30, 1906. The Connecticut, which was built at the Brooklyn navy yard, cost $6,- 071,066.68, as compared with $5,746,- - 313.49, the cost of the Louisiana, a sister ship, built by the | Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va. The total cost of all vessels of the new navy, built and building, is $277,-. 326,859.82. - The cost of maintenance of the var- ious types of vessels, comprising cost of commission--including pay of offi- cers, repairs--hull, machinery and equipage--is interesting. The first- class battleship Maine cost to main- tain, $624,935.48; second-class battle- ship Texas, $341,282.90; armored cruls- er. West. Virginia, $544,399.92; pro- tected cruiser Minneapolis, $375,537.13; THE Marine REVIEW COST OF ALL VESSELS Hull and machinery including armor and BATTLESHIPS. ° f armament. Texas, eas. ores Wogelass . $ 3,638,284 99 Avidiatia ~in. s. Meee ees Bree 553385708 OS Massachusetts © oss eiescie c'sa's o's see 5,401,844 97 QOLECON Aisa seas sie nes cols neste oon 5,914,021 90 TOWA er ak Pa bee uessus 5,162,587 12 WeATsAreGG, ovens ssh kacrpelee seta. 4;429,890 69 Kentucky Alabama Wisconsin Illinois . WIRING 6b ol sce os een ne toe ae Missouri OHIO aise be ore oh Kc sGlele ecccapm ls Ota ses eicce de ss POOR SS ty $60,092,237 68 ARMORED CRUISERS. ) Brooklyn sais Ces ce a ep cece w cose ae $ 3,944,820 73 MEW OPK. 2 me as ot om aien neice 3,897,840 32 G@OlOT AMG eee io ee ek wn anne 4,809,606 09 Penisylvamian v6 accuveis sas aie eo ecen coi 4,831,807 94: Matviand. cicrt. kee ese cree s Waet ws 4,866,839 34 Wrest < Virbinia <4. 56% icy seeks ae 4,876,580 16 NOtAl Goleas gue ba rw leiee os wails $27,227,494 58 PROTECTED CRUISERS. Newark (4. si vedere ste ch ke $ 1,439,382 20 Balmoral ores sine so shes 1,554,483 94 Pitiadelphig occa a csices ce se : 1,561,392 47 San Ufancisco aciias ose ote cite w sa ae 1,738,257 82 Olympia en es oe wees ce es 2,484,027 54 Cincinnati ao ess eis eerie eve oe i 2 23,023,326) OF Raletrh eee oie ies Wy civis Weis sae brake 1,867,934 32 @oliumibia eset eee neers 3,461,960 26 IVEIMMCAP OMS, oa eecise 6 chats oo ese aece 3,403,707 07 MACOMA <2, oes kilos Con as oe eae seo 1,113,395 45 GlEVGlANG se eeeiere eee as bs tite 1,098,320 33 MICTIVER Races Ce sr ara iicicie fe widens Waake 1,135,853 66 Des MOINES hie beck es se se ee wee 1,156,256 68 GhattamOOga: sau'e cases vise etele's's aoe oes 1,377,941 56 Civarleston ee. as ek ee eee 3,102,582 00 GAIVESEOIN GS 5 Sees oiely Sibi d sine sere tos elee 1,426,366 06 OLA ee a shore wine Bilis sie eal $29,945,188 27 UNPROTECTED CRUISERS. Marblehead' sce ce. Cen Wie hee vie ore $ 1,061,426 30 Wonteomery: 0s ten oe seas soars 1,050,933 54 DICEEOIC ins OS sche core Pies oC potas AG Violas 1,004,711 65 LOLA ad 4 oe Se dbase oes ans $ 3,117,071 49 OF THE NEW NAVY. Equipage. Total. $ 563,836 50 $ 4,202,121 49 649,663 93 5,983,371 98 645,272 98 6,047,117 95 661,010 86 6,575,032 76 708,619 20 5,871,206 32 613,700 99 5,043,591 68 580,024 44 4,998,119 43 588,810 13 = 4,665,820 22 561,276 75 4,723,894 28 547,979 56 4,621,408 82 814,439 09 5,381,081 78 819,335 47 5,258,260 55 790,129 39 5,265,309 71 $8,544,099 29 $68,636,336 97 $ 478,969 36 $ 4,423,790 09 448,802 07 4,346,642 39 611,417 81 5,421,023 90 622,381 58 5,454,189 52 600,476 25 5,467,315 59 615,918 50 5,492,498 66 $3,377,965 57 $30,605,460 15 $ 390,735 00 $ 1,830,117 20 422,245 41 1,976,729 35 397,267 91 1,958,660 38 397,045 49 2,135,303; 31 495,255 84 2,979,283 38 348,577 61 2,371,904 52 331,795 48 2,199,729 80 447,051 00 3,909,011 26 446,289 37 3,849,996 44 285,386 30 1,398,781 75 276,488 77 1,374,809 10 278,914 08 1,414,767 74 269,844 74 1,426,101 42 308,148 45 1,686,651 74 550,566 16 3,653,148 16 263,285 68 1,689,651 74 $5,908,897 29 $35,854,085 56 $ 229,736 63 $ 1,291,162 93 216,176 17 1,267,109 71 228,328 25 1,233,039 90 $ 674,241 05 $ 3,791,312 54 monitor Florida, $170,286.70; gunboat Princeton, $110,332,43; torpedo boat | destroyer Bainbridge, $94,944.97; tor-- pedo boat Dupont, $36,172.40; subma- rine Porpoise, $62,778.62. HERMAN BIEDER. Herman Bieder is a native of Swit- zerland, but for twenty-seven years he has held the fort at Ashtabula. He 9 HERMAN BIEDER. has prospered in that time, but his first: job. only paid* him $5.50. for: a year. He turned his hand at every- thing before he started the store that is now known as the H. Bieder Co. The store was burned out twice in six months, but this and other disas- trous business ventures did not daunt Mr. Bieder. The business was turned over to a stock company a year ago, Bieder retaining the largest interest. Mr. Bieder has a model machine shop in the building he erected for his store. It is there that he worked out the principles of a patent key ring, cream whipper, soft drink mixer and horizontal ice cream freezer, which works by means of compressed air. He is now working on a machine which he expects will freeze the ice cream as it is being poured in. This he figures on putting on lake freight- ers. Mr. Bieder retired from active connection with the H. Bieder Co., Jan. 1, William Christianson becoming principal stockholder. Both men are known by all the captains, engineers, and sailors on the lakes. This summer, Mr. Bieder will visit his mother in Switzerland. The new subsidized steamship ser- vice between British Columbian and Mexican ports is to be maintained by the steamers Georgia and Lonsdale, owned by Harris & Dixon, London. The steamers are capable of steam- ing 12 to 13 knots, but the subsidy re- quirement is only 10 knots.