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20 . © Rt oN. OE R £ .V.--1.. 2. WwW. won for record breaking ships on the North Atlantic, and nas ordered from the Vulcan company of Stettin, a ship which is designed to go one better than the two new express tur- bine Cunarders now building. The keel of this ship is said to have been already laid, but beyond the fact that she is to be a very big vessel, no particulars as to her construction have been allowed to transpire. Whether she is to nave the ordinary reciprocating engines or steam turbines is not yet known. The directors cf the Canadian Pacific railway, in the course of their annual report for the year ending June 30,- include the following: The net earnings of the Atlantic Steamship Line amounted to about $200,000 for the first six months; but this profit was practically absorbed by the shrinkage in net revenue during the last half of the year, due to the de- moralized state of the Atlantic trade. . Nevertheless, the steamship line has, as was anticipated, proved a valuable auxiliary to the railway. The revenue and expenses are not taken into the accounts for the year; but the interest on the debenture 'stock, issued for the purchase of the vessels, is in- cluded in the fixed charges. It is desirable that the directors be authorized to arrange for the construction of two addi- tional passenger steamships. with a. sea speed of about 18 knots per hour and ample cargo capacity. These will be use- ful and profitable ships on the Atlantic, and they will be ad- mirably adapted to the company's Pacific: trade if, at a later date, the company should determine to replace them on the Atlantic with a fleet of larger and faster vessels. SCOTCH SHIPPING LETTER. Glasgow, Sept. 8--Some orders for new vessels were placed with Scottish ship builders during August, but nearly all of comparative small tonnage. The total bookings of the month add less to the work on hand tnan the deficiency caused by ~ recent launches. The only orders of special interest are those for turbine steamers, which Denny & Bros. have received. Apart from these, the total of 30,000 tons is made up of a few cargo steamers, some river vessels, ice-breakers and trawlers. Most of the Port-Glasgow and Greenock yards are pretty brisk, but the slackness in some of the upper yards continues, and in one case all the hands, except the foremen, nave been discharged. Denny & Bros.' new turbine steamers number three, two of 1,676 tons each for the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Co. and one 400 ft. in length for the Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand. Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, are to build two ice-breakers for the Canadian government for use on the St. Lawrence; Mackie & Thompson two large trawlers, one for Nantes owners and another for Ostend owners; the Grange- mouth & Greenock Co., a sailing barge of 1,000 tons dead- weight for the River Plate; Murdoch & Murray, Port-Glas- gow, a large twin-screw steamer for service on the Amazon; John Brown & Co., Clydebank, two paddle steamers for an English railway company; A. Rodger & Co., Port-Glasgow, a steamer of 7,000 tons cargo capacity for Glasgow owners; Wm. Hamilton & Co., Port-Glasgow, a cargo steamer for Mel- bourne; John Fullerton & Co., Paisley, a light draught steamer for the River Plate; R. Duncan & Co., Port-Glasgow, a large cargo steamer; Scott & Co., Kinghorn, two steamers for Buenos Ayres; and the Dundee Ship Builders' Company, a water-tank steamer. There were twenty-four launches in August, and a total of 32,011 tons. In July the total was seventeen vessels of 33,879 tons, and in August, of 1904, thirty-four vessels of 73,585 tons. The total for the eight months is 267,523 tons, as com- pared with 299,341 tons in the first eight months of last year. The eight months' total is the lowest since 210,362 tons in 1897. Up to last year there was an almost continuous in- crease, but now the effect of the lack of orders is telling. The Clyde output during August was twenty-two vessels of 29,996 tons, as compared with thirteen of 32,869 tons in July and twenty-five of 69,018 tons in August of last year. The great bulk of the tonnage came from lower-reach yards, Port-Glasgow and Greenock contributing 15,994 tons. The de- tails were as follows: Vessel. Tons. _ Builders. Registry. Ghazel (SEGA eee #000: Russell 8 C0... 44. London Martaban (s. s.).....--5,000 W. Denny & Bros... .Glasgow Cape Breton (s.'si)<.- 28 4,000 Russell & Co... 52.4 Glasgow Gladiator: (ses)... 2 "423,230 > C. Connell & Co.... Liverpool Wimmera (6) S$.) 0... 2 at00. Card (& Co. oe. Melbourne H. M.S: Forward....:. 2,850 The Fairfield Co...Brit. Gov. Silvia CS. ba mo30 The Clyde Co. +... Glasgow Khargpur (p. s.).-.....1,500 The Caledon Co::.: .. Bengal Prospero' (ssi)... 978 Murdoch & Murray Liverpool Emerald' (6.8) -.v0. 736 ~=©A. Rodger & Co.....Glasgow Kyanite (60'S) 1.00055: 700 J. Shearer & Sons Glasgow Tryst (s°8))......007... $80 Ailsa' Co.,' Troon, .- .Glasgow Minnie Hinde (s.s.).... 515 The Caledon. Co.... -Belfast - S. Barbara Cighter....- 465 Barclay, Curle & Co. Liverp'! S. Helena' (lighter)... . 465 Barclay, Curle & Co. Liverp'l Vigtlant (4S) 280 Mackie & Thompson....Hull Nathaniel Dunlop (s. s.) 150 G. Brown & Co.....Glasgow Swit 66)... 130 =J. Fullerton & Co....Ipswich Ailsa (s. s. lighter)...: 70 W. Denny & Bros....Glasgow Garmovle (s. s. lighter) 70 W. Denny & Bros....Glasgow Steam Barge ........... 138 Ritchie, Graham & Milne, [Egypt Wallale (is) oe. 56 2 - [D'm'rara Steam launch .. eg : : [Egypt No. 142 (is tug)... ar We Chalmers & Co; Foreign A steamer has left Port-Glasgow with several boilers, con- structed for service at Sheerness docks, made by the Clyde Ship Building & Engineering Co.: This firm, who will launch during next week a steamer they have on hand, besides build- ing have a good deal of repair work to do. The steamer Induna is receiving new boilers and engine overhaul, and the - coasting steamer Dunard is awaiting a new condenser. A further large amount of repair work is expected. This firm are also busy with the construction of four ships' engines for Port-Glasgow builders. A series of demonstrations were made.on board the steam trawler Banffshire, with Stewart's new marine economizer last week, when the vessel was eight hours at. sea each day. On the first day the party consisted of forty gentlemen, many of them engineering experts and those interested in: shipping. On the second day, in order to verify the results obtained on the previous day which the overcrowding of the engine and boiler rooms made it difficult to obtain with exactitude, a smaller party was taken. The Banffshire is the first vessel on which the installation has been made complete up to date, and the results obtained were in every way satisfactory, the tem- perature of the feed-water delivered to the boiler being main- tained at 260 degrees Fahr., as against 145 degrees without the economizer, and the engines running at the same number of revolutions per minute with and without the economizer, the vacuum in the former case being 26 in. and in the latter 23, and the speed of the ship as shown by the log being equal in both cases. The tests on the second day were left entirely in the hands of three independent members of the party. The tests yielded as a result an absolute saving of 28 per cent, and that on a vessel much more easily steamed and coaled than the vessels previously. fitted with the economizer. The makers have in hand a complete installation for a large cargo steamer for a Greenock firm. The British government's attitude with regard to contra: band of war has eased risk rates decidedly. For instance, tne cargo of a British steamer was insured with the vessel. for £100,000 against war risks, and was reinsured for ten guineas per cent, but the price has now declined to five guineas, This ae