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SHIPPING MATTERS IN SCOTLAND. Tee Glasgow, Aug. 29, 1902. . A rather absurd paragraph has been going the rounds of the papers in England. It is to the effect that the Morgan combine are going to make a new departure with their fast steamers. After a certain speed is reached it is said every additional knot in- volves not only enormous coal consumption, but also "rackets" a steamer so severely that the necessity for repair and overhaul is greatly increased which adds to the cost of maintenance.. (But everybody knows that speed must be paid for). The policy of the Morgan combine it was announced, will be to reduce the speed of the "flyers" to a moderate and uniforni rate. The saving in- expenditure thus secured was estimated at 50 per cent. The German lines in the combine have, it was stated, agreed to this policy, but they deny it and marine men generally are much amused. Among the many proposals for the new Canadian fast mail service is one advocating Milford as a terminal port. At the half yearly meeting of the Milford Docks Co., Mr. C. E. Newton, the chairman, said the negotiations for the steamship service with Canada were now prominently before the public. All that they had ever asked for Milford as the terminal port was that it might have due consideration on its merits, but they knew that merits were not the sole qualification for advancement in this or any other age, and that the motive power was money. 'They were told a few years since that America had no money, but it had now bought up some of our finest liners and given point to the Prince of Wales's advice, "Wake up, England." Canada was awake, and with statesmen like Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Lord Strathcona it meant busines now. With regard to the Atlantic fast line, Milford would not be overlooked in the selection of the terminal port. It was not afraid to enter the ring promised by Lord Onslow but there was.a citadel of vested interests to be stormed, and Liverpool would say with the chairman of the North Western railway, "to take our traffic away would be rob- bery." Then they had the mistaken pclicy of the South Wales ports to weaken them--Newport, Cardiff, and Swansea--with no more chance now of being chosen as the terminal port for the fast line than Llanelly or Neath. Liverpool, Southampton and Milford, he said, were the only ports in the running. It is how- ever, doubtful if Milford 7s in the running, with all respect to Mr. Newton. ; The mail and passenger service carried on between Fleet- wood and Belfast by the large and fast vessels sailing under the joint ownership of the Lancashire & Yorkshire and London and "North Western railway companies, requires an addition to their fleet, which has just been built by John Brown & Co. (Ltd.,) Clayebank. This vessel is of the following dimensions: Jength between perpendiculars, 315 ft; breadth, molded, 38 ft.; depth, molded, 17 ft. 6 in., and gross tonnage about 1,800 tons. She has been constructed to Lloyd's highest classification, and to the re- "quirements of the board of trade for passenger certificate. In addition to large spaces for cargo, accommodation is provided amidships on the main, upper and promenade decks for about 400 first-class passengers, and in the poop for about 400 steerage passengers. 'The first-class dining saloon is a large and hand- some apartment on the upper deck, and occupies the full width of the ship, and on the promenade deck above is a well appointed smoking room. The spacious promenade is under shelter of a long boat deck, part of which is also given to the use of first- class passengers, and the fore part of which is railed off for the navigating staff. The engineers and officers are berthed in a deckhouse on the poop, and the crew's accommodation is in the forecastle. The propelling machinery consists of a pair of twin- screw, vertical, triple-expansion engines, each operating four cranks, and specially designed in the matter of balancing, so as to reduce vibration to a minimum. Steam is supplied by four large single-ended boilers fitted with forced draft and there is, in addition a powerful donkey boiler for use with the windlass, winches and other deck machinery. A complete equipment of electric lighting has been installed, and the ventilating and sani- tary arrangements are well planned and up-to-date in all respects. The vessel is rigged as a two-masted, fore-and-aft schooner, and has been built on very fine lines, with a view to high speed. It is only a few years since it was decided to abandon the side- _ wheeler on this route, and adopt twin-screw boats, of which the ~ Duke of Connaught is the fifth. A few days ago Barclay, Curle & Co. (Ltd.,) launched from their Clydeholm ship building yard the twin-screw steamer Com- -monwealth, built to the order of Mr. W. Lund, London, for his Blue Anchor line for passengers and goods to Australia. 'The Commonwealth is 'built of steel throughout to Lloyd's highest class, and under their special survey. Her principal dimensions are as follows: Length, 466 ft. over all; breadth, 52 ft. 3 in.; and depth, molded, 33 ft. 6 in. to the upper deck. She is de- signed to carry about 8,000 tons deadweight,-and to steam about 14 knots. Accommodation is provided for about seventy-five first-class passengers amidships in specially large and well lit and ventilated staterooms; the saloon, which is situated at the fore- end of the bridge, extending the full breadth of the vessel, is tastefully fitted up in polished oak and teak.wood. A large music room, panelled in oak, and a smoke room in mahogany are fitted on the bridge deck. A boat deck is fitted over the full 20. MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. [Sept. 11, length of the bridge, forming a fine sheltered promenade for passengers. Third-class passengers to the number of seventy are accommodated in a long pcop. The upper 'tween decks fore and aft are arranged to accommodate about 1,200 troops when required. The foreholds and "tween decks are insulated for the carriage of frozen meats, and to reduce the air to the necessary temperature a large installation of refrigerating machinery has been fitted. There are six large cargo hatchways, the arrangements for discharging cargo being.of,the most modern description, including twelve heavy.derricks fitted on derrick posts, worked by twelve powerful steam winches. The machinery consists of two sets of triple-expansion engines, and four boil- ers, fitted with Howden's forced draft, capable of developing over 5,000 I. H. P. Bronze propellers are fitted, and an unusuy- ally large and complete outfit of spare gear and auxiliary ma- chinery is provided for the engine room. The Commonwealth is the 439th vessel built by Barclay, Curle & Co.--a firm which dates from 1818, has built 750,000 tons of shipping and expended £16,000,000 in wages and material. A new cable-laying steamer built by David J. Dunlop & Co., Port-Glasgow, has just been. launched from their yard, viz., the steel twin-screw steamer Iris. . This vessel has the appearance of a handsome and finely-lined yacht, her design being smart and rakish. Her dimensions are:. Length on load line, 285 tts breadth, molded, 4o ft. 6 in.; depth, molded to spar deck, 25 ft.; gross tonnage about 2,300 tons. When the order for the con- struction of the vessel was placed in Messrs. Dunlcp's hands by the Pacific cable board it was because it was recognized that the builders had already produced, with the most successful results, many steamers for cable laying and repairing purposes--notably H. M. S$. Monarch, for the British government; the twin-screw steamer Tutanekai, for the New Zealand. government; and the first cable laying and repairing..steamer employed in German waters--the twin-screw steamer Von Podbielski. The Iris has been built to Lloyd's highest class.as a spar-deck steamer, and is fully equipped beyond their outfit requirements. Four cable tanks are provided for the required cable capacity. 'The cable gear, viz., picking-up gear forward, bow and stern sheaves, and paying-out machinery aft--is all arranged for, and everything necessary for a vessel of this class. There was launched recently from the Meadowside ship building yard of D. & W. Henderson & Co. (Ltd.) a finely mod- elled twin-screw steel steamer built for Messrs. Alfred Holt & Co.'s eastern trade. This vessel's dimension are: Length, 480 ft.; breadth, 58 ft. 3 in.; depth, molded, 35 ft. 10 in., and she is of about 9,000 tons gross. She is fitted throughout with electric light, and is replete with the most approved gear, including eighteen powerful winches, for the rapid handling of a large cargo. The machinery, constructed by the builders, consists of two sets of triple-expansion engines, each having cylinders of 23 in., 38% in. and 6534 in., with a'stroke of 48 in., and working ata pressure of 200 lbs. The new vessel was named Ning Chow. It will interest all nautical readers to know 'that wireless telegraph stations have been established by the Marconi company at the undermentioned places, and that messages can be received at these stations and forwarded to their destinations: Approximate Position. 1, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex. - jatar So oN long. t ¥4at4 Bf 2. NorthForeland, Kingsgate . lat. 51 23 N. long. 1 26% E. 3. Niton, near St. Catherine's Point 1 or WW ? lat. so' 3H14-N. long tT i OW. 4. Haven, northern entrance to Poole, anor... ....... lat:so 41...N. long. 1 3634 W. 5. Lizard, a quarter of a mile westward of Lloyd's Sig- mal Siation..... ..., . lat. 40 5734 N. long. § ic Wo 6. Holyhead, im the town . ... lat.53 18: N. long. 4 38 W. 7. Rosslare, three-quarters of a mile north of railway SIGUOU 4 oe a. Jat S217. N.. long..6 24 .W. 8. fepolnaver halt a mile west- : Wale OF village) ..... lat tr 38. oN. lone YW. 9. Malin Head, Lloyd's Signal : aoe iaOR 7... ... lat, e6.2234 N. long. 7 2214 W. TO. puisizemall Lloyd's Signal HAMON ae a lab 20- WN. lone: 7.194 W. 11. Borkum River, Ems. Ger- » oe Mey ee. lat, 53-3434. N.. long..6 40. WW. 12. Borkum Light Vessel, Ger- aay es Mey Jat. 53.49. N. long. 617. Be 13. Nieuport, Belgium. .... lat: Si 0...N. long. 2.45 14, Belle Isle, Labrador . . . . lat. 51.53 -N. long.ss 22° W. 15. Chateau Bay, Labrador . . Jat: 51 50 .N. long.s5 52. W. 16. Sagaponack, near Sag Har- bor, Long Island, U. S. A. lat. 41 0. N. long.72 18 W. "he success of the two turbine passenger steamers on the Clyde is calling forth various projects for the further utilization of this class of sea motor. One is with regard to: the Dover and Calais cross channel service. Messrs. Denny of Dumbarton have, it is reported, received from the South Eastern & Chatham Railway Co. an order for a turbine steamer which is to be de- livered for next season's traffic, and which for speed, comfort, and convenience will revolutionize the cross-channel passage. Z