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28 MARINE REVIEW. [June 12 SKETCH OF MR. JAMES GAYLEY. The New York Evening Sun contains the following sketch of Mr. James Gayley, first vice president of the United States Steel Corporation and in direct charge of the corporation's department of iron mining and transportation, which includes the operation of the iron ore railways and the great fleet of lake vessels: "One of the new men elected to the board of directors of the United States Steel Corporation is James Gayley, who, since the formation of the corporation, has acted as its first vice president. There are few in the steel and iron industry so well known. He is a sci- entific metallurgist, and judges metals and ores with a perfect knowledge, the result of earnest study and long familiarity with their use. He began his education at West Nottingham academy, Cecil county, Maryland, and completed it at Lafayette college, where he was graduated in 1876 with the degree of mining engineer. His first active work was done as chemist for the Crane Iron Works at Catasauqua, Pa., at a salary of $500. He spent three years with the Crane company, going from there to the laboratory of the Missouri Furnace Co. at St. Louis, eventually becoming superintendent of the works. He came east later and was engaged to manage the blast furnaces of the E. & G. Brooke Iron Co. at Birdsboro, Pa. It was in 1885 that Mr. Gayley first became connected with the Car- negie interests. He was placed in charge of the blast furnaces of the Edgar Thomson Steel works, and directed his efforts with great success to instituting economies in all the departments. He introduced many furnace appliances, saving time and money. His energy and ability was appreciated and rewarded, and he was made general manager of the Edgar Thomson plant. He was promoted later to managing director of the Carnegie company, then became first vice president of the United States Steel Corporation, and he is now one of its directors. Many useful appliances have been invented by him in connection with American blast furnaces, bronze cooling plates and carbon bricks for furnace lining, and he has also perfected and patented a process for producing a dry-air blast. He has invented an auxiliary casting stand for Bessemer steel plants, which enables two converters to do the work formerly done by four." LORD BRASSEY DISCOUNTENANCES ALARM. Lord Brassey made an address along industrial lines before the annual meeting of the London chamber of commerce last week. In this address he urged the improvement of the London docks on the lines of those at New York and Hamburg and said that he believed that the British, on even terms, were well able to hold their own in industrial struggles, proof of which he asserted was furnished by the fact that the exports per head of Great Britain were nearly double those of the United States. Dealing with the shipping combination, Lord Brassey said that it was idle to ex- pect or claim a monopoly of the North Atlantic. It was certain, sooner or later, that some movement similar to that initiated by J. Pierpont Morgan would be brought about by the United States. "Let us not. lose our national dignity in unavailing and groundless alarms," the address continued. "Our position as a maritime nation is assured beyond the reach of competition, and we shall hold our position against all comers, because we build ships more cheaply, and, with or without foreign crews, sail them more cheaply than any of our rivals." Lord Brassey admitted, however, that British ship builders must look to their laurels in the construction of ocean greyhounds of the type of the Deutschland, and he urged more liberal subsidies for mail carrying. He concluded by referring to the desirability of an imperial customs union, though he pointed out the great difficulties in the execution of such a plan, and by touching upon the increasing friendship between Great Britain and the United States. BRITISH EXPORT COAL TRADE REVIVING. It would appear that the British export coal trade is recovering from the temporary check which it experienced in consequence of the im- position of an export duty of one shilling per ton. The shipments in April were 3,661,691 tons, as compared with 3,653,073 tons in April, 1901, and 3,448,517 tons in April, 1900. The following were the largest exports of the month under review: April, 1902. April, 1901. April, 1900. Country. Tons. Tons. Tons. Germany. ...... a9%:« 598,524 633,631 552,576 Prance j2..00..0 5.5.7. -.. 621,915 698,029 651,591 Ltalve spa Oe AE eS. 486,891 439 843 374,058 The aggregate exports for the first four months of this year were 13,280,079 tons, as compared with 12,973,124 tons in the corresponding period of 1901, and 13,723,262 tons in the corresponding period of. 1900. The largest exports were: 1900. 1902. 1901. Country. Tons. Tons. Tons, Germany 3.05660. oor 1,577,393 1,546,152 1,654,046 PranGe@ ta... .e snake 2,444,715 2,722,789 2,851,652 Ttaly 6 one a a 2,064,978 1,797,570 1,736,910 Sait wiss ea es eee cs 963,246 967,024 885,568 The compound marine engines, both fore and aft and vertical tandem, as built by Marine Iron Works, station A, Chicago, have met with con- siderable favor on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts, that company having built eighteen sets of them for those waters so far this year. 4 Wanted--Position by Sub-Marine Diver. Permanent position wanted by practical experienced submarine diver, Address Box 29, Marine Review Pub. Co., 39-41 Wade Bldg., Cleve- land, O, June 12. BELLEVILLE GENERATORS Grand Prix 1889 Originated 1849 Hors Concours 1900 Latest Patents 1902 Number of Nautical Miles made each year by Steamships of the Messageries Maritimes Co., Provided with Belleville Generators--Since their Adoption in the Service. Year Australien | Polynésien see otal Sea Chili Cordillére Laos © Indus Tonkin Annam Atlantique veces 67,728 2,460 | 1691.43.35. 68,247 68,331 204 EL Pa 68,247 68,403 69,822 23,259 1G9S. oc... 0555: 68,379 68,343 68,286 68,247 $804 oss sects 68,439 | 68,367 68.574 68,439 37,701 B00 oio.s.: 68,673 68,766 68,739 | 68,808 40,887 28,713 F396. is .-s- 69,534 92,718 69,696 69,549 62,205 63,153 40,716 DO occsctp ses, 68,250 69,606 92,736 69,555 | 62,235 76,110 63,357 43,146 a ee 70,938 69,534 69,552 69,597 62,526 63,240 63,240 62,553 63,954 22,707 1399........ periey 69,534 69,615 67,431 90,405 60,246 62,778 62,868 52,344 54,855 44,007 22,884 MOOG is us ioe ens: 69,534 67,494 69,744 69,564 61,719 62,382 62,502 51,471 53,373 62,016 63,066 52,140 PE oie 44,220 69,627 69,594 66,948 51,057 62,460 62,490 61,743 62,688 43,866 62,466 63,126 TOtAL....-.05: 801,723 | 783,264 | 714,378 | 664,371 | 438,576 | 418,836 | 355,173 | 271,257 | 234,870 | 172,596 | 148,416 | 115,266 ATELIERS ET CHANTIERS DE L'ERMITAGE, A ST. DENIS (SEINE), FRANCE. WORKS AND YARDS OF L'ERMITAGE AT ST. DENIS (SEINE), FRANCE. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: BELLEVILLE, SAINT-DENIS-SUR-SEINE.