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18 S A RS OSUUN UB BR 2 OY Eh UE. UW | On the water line belt her armor is 7 ft. 6 in. in width, extending the entire length of the vessel, and that covering the space occupied by the engines and boilers, will be 6 in. thick. From there it tapers to a thickness of 3% in. For a length of 232 ft. above the main beit line the side will be protected by 5-in. armor extending vertically through the main deck. At the ends are transverse armor bulkheads 4 in. in thickness, 5-in. armor protecting the 6-in. guns, 6-in. armor the 8-in. turret, except the port plates, which are 6% in.; 6-in. barbettes, a conning tower 9 in. thick, and a protective deck of nickel-steel extending throughout the vessel, 114 in. on the flat, 4 in. in thickness on the slope. LAUNCH BUILDERS ARE BUSY The launch builders report that they are quite busy. Small Bros. of Boston have an order for a new power craft to cost $14,000. She will be 60 ft. on the water line and wiil be quite a seaworthy boat. She is for one of the officials of the Napier Co. and the engines are building in England. Small Bros. also have an order for a 21-footer for C. F. Beyere of Erie, Pa., and a 12 and 22-footer for H.-L. Bowden of Boston. The Matthews Boat Co., Bascom, O., are also busy with orders and are reaching customers over a wide territory as the following list of persons especially interested in their launches will testify: Wm. Allen, 73 Forest street, New Bedford, Mass.; J. A. Atwood, Waukegan, Conn.; George L. Aumoch, 40s N. Aurora street, Ithaca, N. Y.; Arthur. D. Beach, 61 Woodside avenue, Gloversville, N. Y.; Otto Biederstaedt, care of Capital hotel, Madison, Wis.; J. c Boobyer, 245 Fourth - avenue, Pittsburg, Pa: Wm. H. Booth, Walker, Minn.; R. K. Chrisman, 526 Columbus avenue, Syracuse, N. Y.; C. S. Crawford, 601 Bakewell building, Pittsburg, Pa.; S. H. Day. © 338 South Grand avenue, Los Angeles, Cal.; Will L. Droyer, Box 143, Greenville, O.; E. S. Fidler, Pestiligo, Wis.; Wm. H. Field, 416 First: street, Evansville, Ind.; G: C. Finley, Clifton, Tex.; J. E. Fitch, 2841 Magazine street, New. Orleans, da.; Prank J. Goetz, 05 'Kely street, Rochester, N. -Y.: Sigurd Holm, Sauk Center, Minn.;, Jos. A. Horlick, Jr., Dekorau avenue, Racine, Wis.; F. S. Lawson, 1417 Edgecomb place, Chicago, Ill.; B. J. McNeil, 704 N. First street, Richmond, Va. ; E. Leonard, Box 720, Portland, Ore.; A. F. Meyer, 3107 ee avenue, Milwaukee, Wis.; John A. Nutter, 56 Heard street, Chelsea, Mass. -R. J. ae 251 Third avenue, Detroit, Mick 3 AoC, evmsend, New Brighton, Pa. a ENGINE AND BOAT MANUFACTURERS At the last meeting of the executive committee of the Na- tional Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers, it was decided that sanction would be granted for only one show during 1905 and that would be the affair to be held in con- junction with the sportsmen's show in February.. For that occasion, water space has been reserved for the boats and has almost all of it been sold. This being the first national show, the interest taken insures one of the most interesting exhibits of this industry. It was decided to have the annual meeting of the association during the first week of the show. The following were elected active members: James A. Reeves, representing the ,Western Launch & Engine Works, Inc.; Everett Hunter, representing the Hunter-Wechler Boat Co.; John A. Murray, representing Murray & Tregurtha Co.; L D. Huntington, Jr., representing Huntington Mfg. Co.; Frank A. Brockway, representing the Lake Shore Engine Works; Thomas Stone, representing Thomas Stone & Co.; C. D. Holmes, representing the Auto Boat Co.; John W. Wevoure representing Newbury & Dunham; H. E. Danzenbecker, rep- resenting the Yacht, Gas Engine & Launch Co.; W. H. Mul- lins, representing the W. H. Mullins Co. The following were appointed a membership committee: Messrs. H. Newton Whittelsey, chairman; Albert E. Eldredge and J. S. Bunting. ANNUAL REPORT OF LIFE-SAVING SERVICE The general superintendent of the life-saving service has rendered his report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904. During the year assistance was rendered by the life-saving crews of 1,061 vessels of all kinds, ranging from small pleas- ure craft to the larger ocean going vessels, involving the lives of over 3,300 persons, and property to the value of nearly seven million dollars. The crews also rescued 103 persons not on board vessels from various perilous situations, and through the signal warnings of the beach patrols, saved from possible disaster 161 vessels which were discovered running into dan- ger of stranding. A comparison of the year's work with that of former years shows that the number of disasters occurring within the effective range of operations of the service was the same as in 1901, which is the largest in its history, while with the exception of that year, the number of vessels totally lost was the smallest since 1877 when the whole number of dis- asters was only about one-sixth as many as during the past year. While the number of disasters was greater, the num- ber of lives and value of property imperiled were considerably smaller than for several years past, due to the fact that the vessels wrecked were generally of small tonnage. There were 359 casualities to registered vessels, involving 2,525 persons, of whom twenty-one were lost. The estimated value of these vessels was $4,698,855, and that of their cargoes $1,757,925, making the total estimated value of property im- periled, $6,456,780. Of this amount there was saved $5,089,950, and $1,366,830 was lost. Of the 359 vessels which suffered disaster, fifty were totally lost. Among the smaller craft, not registered, such as sail boats, row boats, pleasure launches, etc., 411 casualties occurred, im- periling the lives of 803 persons, thirteen of whom were lost. The value of these vessels with their cargoes was estimated at $248,750, with a loss of $8,620. This makes the total number of disasters to vessels of all kinds 770, with a valuation of $6,705,530, of which $5,330,080 was saved and $1,375,450 was lost. The total number of persons involved was 3,328, of whom thirty-four lost their lives. These figures do not include the 103 persons saved from perilous situations, not on board vessels, nor the 161 vessels saved by timely warnings from impending danger. The net expenditure for the maintenance of the service dur- ing the fiscal year was $1,766,446.82. At the close of the year the service embraced 196 stations on the Atlantic and Gulf coast, sixty on the great lakes, one at Louisville, Ky., (falls of the Ohio river), and sixteen on the Pacific coast, making a total of 273. This does not in- clude three new stations authorized by congress at Fishers island, N. Y., Old Topsail Inlet (Beaufort), N. C., and Bogue Inlet, N. C., the construction of which was commenced during the year, and all of which have since been added to the active force of the service. New station buildings to replace old and inadequate stations at Racine, Wis., Sabine, Texas, and Long- branch, N. J., and a new station on Great Wass island, Me., to replace the old one on Crumple island, were also completed and occupied during the year. Work on the new station authorized for Ocracoke island (near Ocracoke Inlet), N. C., was considerably delayed by difficulties encountered in secur- ing title to the required site. These, however, have now been overcome, and the construction of the necessary buildings is under way. Work was also commenced on new stations at Little Kinnakeet, N. C., and Cape Henry, Va., during the year, and the former is now completed and hous to be oc- cupied. Steps were taken looking to the erection of modern stations at Muskegon and Grande Pointe au Sable, Mich., and extensive repairs have been made at Charlotte, N. Y.,