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#4 RESULTS OF CATTLE EM- BARGO. New York, Philadelphia and Bal- timore, the ports concerned in the re- cent embargo laid upon the shipping of cattle owing to the prevalence of foot and mouth disease, were hard hit by this ruling of the quarantine authorities at Washington. At least seven lines of steamships were deprived of their usual cargo, viz: White Star Liverpool line, At- lantic Transport London line, Lam- port & Holt Manchester line, Wilson line Hull service, Phoenix line, Red Star line, Philadelphia Trans-Atlantic line. New York sends out on an average of 2,000 cattle weekly, - the freight charges on amount to about $16,000. Philadelphia ships 1,500 cattle weekly and Balti- more 1,200. At $8 per head freight the direct loss per week for these three ports amounts to more than $23,000. Some of the cattle vessels have been sent to New Orleans and _ other southern ports for cargoes, but the rule enforced by the British govern- ment .that no cattle will be admitted on a ship which has touched at a quarantined port within 21 days pre- vents a speedy compensation for the loss of cattle freights from northern ports. The hardships of the embargo have affected others than the shippers of cattle, as will be seen in the wording of the original order issued by the United States department of agri- culture, bureau of animal industry, which became effective on and after Nov. 29, 1908, quarantining the states of Pennsylvania and New York for the preventiom of the spread of the foot and mouth disease, the "interstate 'or foreign transportation of hides, skins and hoofs of cattle, sheep and other ruminants, and of hay, straw or similar fodder, trom a point in the quarantined territory, is abso- lutely prohibited unless the said hides, skins and hoofs of cattle, sheep and other ruminants, and all hay, straw or similar fodder be disinfected prior to shipment under the supervision of an inspector of the bureau of animal industry." The railway and steamship com- panies have taken the orders very literally and as a consequence much delay of goods packed with hay and straw has been experienced. PLANS FOR HUDSON PAGEANT. At a recent meeting of the Hudson- Fulton Celebration Committee, in New York, Acting President Herman Ridder announced the committees which would. THe MarRINE REVIEW which are to have charge of the pre- paratory work, of which there are $2. -in - all. William H. Parry, former stage manager of the Metropolitan Opera House, and A. H. Stoddard, manager of the New Orleans Mardi Gras, will have charge of the pageantry of the celebration, and B. A. Wilk- strom, an artist, has also been en- gaged. Among the committees is one on aeronautics, which is to endeavor to. arrange for an exhibition of flying machines. There are committees on different kinds of sports. The committee on the reproduction of the Half Moon, the ship in which Hendrick Hudson sailed up the river which bears his name, reported that Holland had supplied data as_ to the construction of Hudson's ship which had enabled work to. be begun on her. The keel has been laid down at the Royal Naval dock yard at Amsterdam and the vessel will be completed next May. The Half Moon was a three-masted vessel, the fore and main masts rigged with yards, and the mizzen mast with a lateen sail. The measurements of the original ship, which have been found in the archives of the East Indies Co., and 'are being reproduced, are: Length, 63 tt} beam, 17 4t; and a tonnage of 89 tons. The armament will con- Sist of tour euns, . The vessel is built of oak, and will be quite sea- worthy, but in view of the length of the voyage to America she will be navigated to Rotterdam and shipped thence on the deck of one of the Holland-America liners for New York: Owing to the lack of such data concerning Robert Fulton's steam- boat Clermont, plans have not as yet been formulated for reproducinz that vessel. It is believed that the state legis- lature will appropriate $300,000 for the celebration on the Hudson river below Newburgh, and $150,000 for the celebration above that point. The following were made members of the general committee: Cleveland H. Dodge, James Douglas, Commo- dore William B. Franklin, Charles H. Heitman, John J. McKelvey, Capt. Aaron Ward, and Major Gen. Leon- aca A. Wood. A new committee on _ hospitality was appointed as follows: George C. Bacheller, W. A. Mahley, D. Leon- eet Varick, and LS. A: De Lima. Daniel T. Wella and George N. Mor- an, former newspaper men, were ap- pointed assistant secretaries. The celebration is to begin on Sept. 25, 1909, and close on Oct. 2. There will then be an ~"old-home week," lasting until Oct. 9. SUBMARINE CONTRACTS. Secretary of the Navy Newberry awarded contracts Dec. 10, for the construction of eight submarine tor- pedo boats provided for by the last Congress, bids for which were op- ened: Nov. 2. The awards were made in aecordance with the recommen- dation of the board of construction of the navy department. If a satisfactory agreement can be made with the owners of the sub- marine patents it is the intention of the department to construct two of the craft at the Norfolk navy yard. While battleships, cruisers and col- liers have been built at the navy yard, the construction of submarines by the government is an innovation. The type of submarines to be built at Norfolk will be determined by the arrangements which the navy depart- ment is enabled to make with the owner of the patents. Four of these new vessels are to be built and delivered on the Pacific coast and it is probable that in case two of the craft shuutd be built at the Norfolk yard they too will be sent to the Pacific coast: The awards of the contracts were as follows:« The Electric Boat Co., Bayonne, N. J., two boats at $450,- 450 each, two boats at $438,900 each, all 10. be. delivered on the. Pacific coast; Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridge- port, Conn., one boat at $410,000, to be delivered on the Atlantic coast; American Laurenti Co., Philadelphia, Pa', one boat at $437,500, to be de- livered on the Atlantic coast. The boat to be furnished by the Lake Torpedo Boat Co., is: to be built at the yard of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., New- port News, Va., and that to be sup- plied by the American Laurenti Co. will be built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co.,, Philadelphia, Pa. BIDS FOR SUPPLYING TOWING MACHINES. Bids opened at the office of the general purchasing agent of the Pan- ama Canal Commission at Washing- fon, W. ©. Dec. 9, for supplying 12 towing machines, delivery at Colon on the Isthmus, were as follows: Amer- ican Ship Windlass Co., Providence, me. f.. $21,875; Chase Machine Co., 2313 Elm street, Cleveland, O., $22,- 950. a ih cas