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through the throng on the dock, am- bled up the gangway and, stood. 'yn- steadily on the deck. The second was sent for, and, though inwardly re- lieved to know that the men were not to be left derelict on a foreign shore, frowned severely upon them. "Get for'ard to the fo'castle," he snarled, "I'll want to see the three of you when you sober up." As the men started forward along the deck one of them turned to the second, and, pulling a watch and fif- "TAE MarRINE. REVIEW teen dollars from his pocket, held them out toyyagd shim. "D'ye mind lookin' after. this, mis- ter," he said thickly, "till we get to N° oYorer bi On hearing his mate's request, one of the others staggered back to his side and gazed with bulging eyes at the money. He was the hardest of hard cases, and the second knew what was troubling him. '"What's the mat- ter, Murphy?" he asked sharply. "Matt'r," whined Murphy, looking reproachfully at. the owner of the _ gmoney, "he's a fitie shipmate fer a man to be ashore wit', fifteen bones in his clo'es an' us comin' aboard the ship fer good. T'ink of it--fifteen dollars." ee eS ; He turned on his heel and wabbled his way after the other two, and as he wabbled he muttered "Fifteen dol- lars--t'ink of it!" bee : THE "Stanp-By" Man. SUCTION DREDGES FOR MISSISSIPPI RIVER The Dubuque Boat & Boiler Works is building at its yards in Dubuque, Ia., two hydraulic dredges for the gov- ernment engineers' department at St. 8 10 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 82 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 62 54 06 58 60 62 64 66 68 _ LONGITUDINAL Louis. One is to be delivered this fall and the other next spring. These dredges will be self-propelling; with stern-wheel tow-boat machinery, - and of the following dimensions: Length between perpendiculars, 197 ft. 0 ins; beam, molded, 45 ft. 0 ins.; depth, molded, at sides, 7 ft. -6 ins.; depth, molded, at centre-line, 8 ft. O ins.; length of suction well, 32 ft. 6 ins.; width of well, forward end, 31 ft. 0 MAIN DECK PLAN OF ins.; width of well, after end, 16 ft. 0 ins. The hull will be of steel, with- out overhanging guards, and with twin bows connected at their forward ends Length 197 : 0" ro Beam™ 45'0 Peete. 'Depth 8 0 sist of, twin propelling engines coupled 'at right angles to a stern-wheel shaft, each to have a single cylinder, 24-in. inside diameter by 8-ft. stroke of the a 4 a 0 2 : aN MARINE REVIEW SECTION OF HYDRAULIC DREDGES FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. by a bridge. or girdér.:. The sand- pump suction-head will be. operated in the well or opening between the bows, from a hoisting frame spanning the well. The hull will be. framed transversely and _ stiffened by five transverse and four longitudinal bulk- heads, and by intermediate longitudi- nal rows of stanchions and _ lattice trusses. The machinery installation will con- © 2 & 3S Aa z A 3 2 o oS usual Mississippi river type, with bal- anced puppet valves, arranged for working full stroke, and provided with adjustable cut-off. Each pitman will be 32 ft. in length between centers of wrist-pins, built in the usual man- ner, with a total depth at the middle of length of 31 ins. over the strap- bolt heads: The piston rods. will be 6% in. diameter, the wheel shaft being solid, with the diameter of the -in- Machine SUCTION DREDGE § FOR MISSISSIPPI RIVER.