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Tae Marine REVIEW 19 NEW WATER LIGHT. Mr. Carl Virgin, general manager of the Marine Torch Co., Baltimore, Md., is at present in the great lakes dis- trict in the interest of the water light which is manufac- tured by this company. He has visited a number of ves- sel owners who are quite favorably impressed with 'the extraordinary merits of this light. A demonstration of it was given at No. 1 fire engine house, Cleveland, on Mon- day night to the entire satisfaction of the fire department, and it will be installed on the wagons for further experi- mental purposes. The gas for this light is generated by water and in combination with another element is also ignited by water. Nothing can extinguish it so long as there is water available. If completely submerged it instantly relights itself upon coming to the surface. It is very compactly carried in a can about 9% in. high and 5 in. in diameter. Such a can has a capacity of about 300 candle power for one hour, The extraordinary utility of such a light in ship wreck or in time of distress is well understood. The water light has been generously adopted by the United States navy and. is being installed on a great many wooden vessels. It has also been put aboard the fleet of the Merchants & Miners' Transporta- tion Co. and the Bay line along the Atlantic coast. Chief Croker, of the New York fire department, ordered 500 of the lights at the first demonstration. The light is also put up in the form of an ordinary projectile so that it can be fired out of a gun any distance over land or sea, There is practically no limit to the: utility of this light, as it is available both for railroad and steamship use as well as for use in emergency cases when no other light could possibly burn. The gas is non-explosive as there is never more than two ounces of pressure on the can. The Ma- rine Torch Co. will send its literature descriptive of this light to anyone desiring it. Probably an experimental test will be held by some of the lake vessel owners within a few days. LAUNCH OF THE J. PIERPONT MORGAN. The freight steamer J. Pierpont Morgan, building for the Pittsburg Steamship Co. at the South Chicago yard of the American Ship Building Co., was launched prompt- ly at noon on Saturday last and was christened by Miss Blanche Banks, daughter of the president of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railroad. Work was suspended for the day at the ship yard so that all employes might witness the launching and special trains from Chicago and Pitts- burg took large numbers of railroad and steamship men to the plant. The J. Pierpont Morgan is a duplicate of the four steamers which were built last year for the Pittsburg Steamship Co. She is 600 ft. over all, 580 ft. keel, 58 ft. beam and 32 ft. deep, having thirty-six hatches -- spaced 12-ft. centers. She' will be equipped with triple- expansion engines, cylinders 24, 39 and 65-in. diameters by 42-in. stroke, supplied with steam from two Scotch boilers, 15 ft. 4 in. by 11 ft. 6 in., fitted with Ellis & Eaves draft and allowed 180 lbs. pressure. The H. H.° Rogers, the second of the 600-footers building for the Pittsburg Steamship Co., will be launched from this yard in about a month. After the launching of the Morgan luncheon was served at the Auditorium annex and was attended by President Marvin Hughitt and Vice President McCullough, of the Chicago & Northwestern railway; Pres.dent E. J Buffington, of the Illinois Steel Co.; Mr. R. C. Wetmore, of the American Ship Building Co.; and Mr. Harry Coul- by and A. F. Harvey, of the Pittsburg Steamship Co. LAUNCH OF THE OGDENSBURG. The first of the two package freighters building for the Rutland Transit Co., of Ogdensburg, was launched at the Cleveland yard of the American Ship Building Co. on Saturday last and was named by Miss Helen Owen, of Ogdensburg, grand-daughter of Mr. Frank Owen, gen- eral agent fo the line. The Ogdensburg is of Canadian canal size, being 256 ft. over all, 242 ft. keel, 43 ft. beam and 26% ft. deep. She will be equipped with quadruple- expansion engines with cylinders 17%, 2514, 37 and 54 in. diameters by 36-in. stroke, supplied with steam from two Scotch boilers 12% ft. diameter and rr ft. log, fitted with Ellis & Eaves draft. The Ogdensburg will be com- pleted in about a month and the Rutland, her sister ship, building at the same yard, will be launched in about three weeks. Those on the launching stand with Miss Owen were: Mr. Frank Owen, Mr. H. H. Owen and Miss Boardman, of Ogdensburg; Mr. W. H. Cassidy, of Rut- land, Vt.; Mr. W. J. Klingman, Mr. J. €. Wallace, Mr. W. C. Richardson, Mr. Robert Wallace and Mr. D. €. Tucker, local agent of the Rutland line. BUSY REPAIRING WOODEN SHIPS. Abram Smith & Son, Algonac, Mich., are extremely ABRAM SMITH & SONS' PLANT AT ALGONAC, busy in-making repairs and alterations to wooden boats. The following photograph of their plant at Algonac shows that they have good slips and abundant room for attend- ing to lake vessels. FIRST AMERICAN-BUILT TURBINE STEAMER. The first turbine ship to be built in the United States was launched at Roach's Ship Yard, Chester, Pa., on Saturday last and was named the Governor Cobb. This steamer is building for the Eastern Steamship Co. of Boston, for the route between Boston and St. John. She is 300 ft. over all, 290 ft. on the water line, 51 ft. beam, 55 ft. beam over guards, 20 ft. 6 in. deep, load draught 14 ft. In outer appearance she is similar to the steam Governor Dingley and the Calvin Austin belonging to the Eastern Steamship Co. She is a double bottom steel ship, having main, saloon, guard and dome decks, She has accommodations for 175 staterooms and 200 berths.. The dining room is on the mail deck over the quarter deck. The interest in this steamer is centered in her propelling power, which is to consist of Parsons steam turbines driving three screws, the center one being driven by the high pressure and the outside ones by the low pressure turbines. Steam will be supplied by six Scotch boilers. The W. & A. Fletcher Co., Hoboken, N. J., who are the contractors for the ship complete, are building the turbines. The contract for the hull was © sublet to Roach's Ship Yard.