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20 the pouring gate of the mold, and, as soon as the sections were red hot, the torch was extinguished, the preheating hole plugged with a dry . The Marine REVIEW of this repair was the rapidity with which it was effected, the total time required for preparing and making the welds, completé, amounting to STEAMER D. R. HANNA--FRACTURE IN BOW OF RUDDER FRAME, sand core, and the Thermit in the crucible ignited. The superheated Thermit steel, produced by the reac- tion in the crucible, was then tapped into the mold, filling the space for- merly occupied by the wax. Hor the center brace weld 200 pounds of Thermit, 40 pounds of mild STEAMER D, R. WITH RUDDER PLATES IN POSITION. HANNA--COMPLETED JOB steel punchings, and 3 pounds of metallic manganese were used, while for the smaller weld 150 pounds of Thermit, 30 pounds of punchings and 3 pounds of metallic manganese were required. An important feature only two and one-half days. The repair was executed by the _ Gold- schmidt | hermit Co, af 90. West street, New York. LLOYDS REGISTER OF AMERI- CAN YACHTS. The sixth annual volume of Lloyds Register of American Yachts for 1908 is now ready for delivery to subscrib- ers. The book, which shows a mate- rial increase in size over last year, has been thoroughly revised in all particulars; especially in those relat- ing to the engines of, the rapidly growing fleet of cruising launches. Thete are listed 'a total of 3,670 yachts, both sail and power, owned in the United States, Canada and the West Indies, with a total of some 3,500 yacht owners. The color plates give 2,013 private signals of Ameri- can yachtsmen and the burgees of 365 yacht clubs. One of the most interesting fea- tures of the book as showing the growth of American yachting, is the list of yacht clubs. The first Ameri- can yacht list, published in .1874 by the late Neils Olsen, listed a total of 32 yacht clubs, and the greatest num- ber listed prior to the establishment of Lloyds Register of American Yachts was about 170. Lloyds club list has grown steadily since 1903 un- til it has now reached a total of 386 clubs distributed in all parts of the Waited States: and British North 'commission America. Not a few of these clubs have been established during the past winter. 2 This great increase is made up in three ways: First, of yacht clubs es- tablished in new localities, as in the states of Washington and Oregon, in- British Columbia and in Southern Cal- ifornia; second, of new clubs estab- lished to meet the recent growth of the sport in localities where many clubs already exist, as in the vicinity of New York and Boston; the friend- ly rivalry apparently benefiting both old and new. The third class of clubs, a large one and distributed in all parts of the country, is made up of the so- called "power boat,' "motor boat" and "launch" clubs, organized 'by men who had no special interest: in the older forms of yachting but are en- thusiasts in the cause of the modern power boat. As many of these clubs are located on narrow inland waters where sailing is out of the question, they appeal to an entirely new class from which in the future the ranks of American yachtsmen will be large- ly recruited. In that long-distance cruising which is now such a conspicuous feature of modern yachting the Register will prove a most useful guide; especially in its complete details of all clubs which the cruiser is likely to visit. TO REVISE PASSENGER STEAM- SHIP LAWS. President Roosevelt has appointed a to examine the laws of the United States for the better secur- ity of lives of passengers and. crews on board vessels with a view to their revision and to recommend -- such changes as in their judgment the pub- lic interests may require. mission consists of Capt. Adolph Marix, chairman of the lighthouse board; Charles Earl, solicitor of the department of commerce and Labor: Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, commis- sioner of navigation; George Uhler, supervising inspector general, steam- boat inspection service; and Command- er Wm. Strother" Smith U.S. N, Steamship interests in. general are in- vited to make such suggestions and comments to the commission as their experience prompts. ~~ The com- The new schooner Horatio G. Foss has been chartered to load a cargo of case oil at Point Breeze for Havana. The Foss was recently launched at Cooper's Point, Camden, and is the largest sailing vessel that has been built in New Jersey for years.