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WORK ON BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA. The Marine Review in its issue of Jan. 16 detailed the progress tof work upon the battleship North Dakota now "IAE Marine. REVIEW gives a description of the various features of electrical equipment fur- nished by that company, one of the most interesting of which is the sys- tem for speed variations. The gen- BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA ON JAN, 14, construction at the yard of the Fore River Ship Building Co, Quincy, Mass., illustrating it with photographs up to Jan. 8. Herewith are published two photographs taken on Tuesday, Jan. 14. The work pex- formed during 'the intervening week comprised a large number of water- tight frames put in place, some non- all of the' inter- under the armor shelf; docking keel brackets; many top and bottom bars; longitudinals; additional deck plates, while a large under water-tight frames; mediate brackets number of additional deck frames, deck and bulkhead plates were put through the shop. About 20 shell plates lare in place. The riveting and caulking of the ship is proceeding rap- idly. FORE RIVER SHIP BUILDING COu'S YARD. The ship yard of the Fore River Ship Building Co. of Quincy, near Bos- ton, Mass., although opened on'y a few years ago, has already become one of the most important plants on the Atlantic coast for the construction of large ships. It would be difficult to find one equipped more completely and embodying more of everything that is latest and best in engineering practice as will be seen from a read- ing of Allis-Chalmers Co.'s_ bulletin No. 2034, which, besides containing lilustrations of motor applications, erator is operated on the two-wire plan, supplying the highest voltage, 240 volts, and on this voltage are op- 19 tained. the upon The system is one in which impressed electro-motive force the atmature of a motor is changed to meet the requirements of speed regulation; or, in other words, change of speed is secured by increas- ing or diminishing the pressure and not by varying the resistance, as is more commonly practiced. REORGANIZATION OF CONSOL- IDATED LINES. The reorganization committee of the Consolidated Steamship Lines, the $60,000,000 combine, organized by Charles W. Morse last year, has been increased to eight members by the addition of three practical shipping men. This course was adopted to in- spire the confidence of some of the bondholders who had shown an un- willingness to co-operate with the re- Organization committee until greater assurances were forthcoming that the rehab:litated company would be free from the Morse influence. The earnings of the company during 1907, according to a semi-official state- ment, were sufficient to leave a sur- plus of $443,800 after paying all fixed charges and interest on the bonds of the controlled underlying companies, and allowing for the deduction of the ~/ 4 BATTLESHIP NORTH DAKOTA ON JAN. 14. erated all the constant speed motors, the crane motors and the lighting sys- tem of the yard. For variations of speed, this voltage is divided into three, by means of a balancing trans- former, and by proper combinations a number of pressures may be ob- interest due on the $60,000,000 4 per cent bonds passed on Jan. 1, as well as the $680,000 actually paid on the bonds July 1, 1907. The net income applicable to the bonds after deduct- ing fixed charges and interest on un- derlying bonds was $2,363,800.