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36 e DEVOTED: TO EVERYTHING AND EVERY INTEREST CONNECTED OR. ASSO- CIATED WITH MARINE MATTERS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. Published every Thursday by The Penton Publishing Co. CLEVELAN Dp: _ BOSTON ME Geb ois Seve ese 6re 73-74 Journal Bldg. BUPPALO (ci ssi sa eee pees 932 Ellicott Sq. CHICAGO: cess bees secs > 1328 Monadnock Blk. CINCINNATI....... First National Bank Bldg. NEW VORB yi ics. ces vic 1005 West Street Bldg. BIPESBURG.. ose pects s veces 510 Park Bldg. i Ae seg cleo oie aie es 302 Pioneer Bldg. Correspondence on Martie Engineering, Ship Building wile Shipping Subjects Solicited. Subscription, 'U. S. and Mexico, $3.00 per annum. ~ Canada, $4.00. Foreign, $4.50. Subscribers can have addresses changed at will. Change of advertising copy must reach this 'office on Thursday preceding date of publication. The Cleveland News. Co. will supply the trade with the Marinz Review through the regular channels of the American News Co. European Agents, The International News Company, Breams Building, Chancery Lane, London, E. C., England. Entered at the Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, as Second Class Matter. _ March 4, 1909. MARINE REVIEW AS A MONTH- LY PAPER. Change seems to be the spirit of exist- ence. The old order giveth way to the new. Evolution marks the progress of Old tools are That which is adequate today may be obsolete tomor- Men 'and be ready to adapt themselves to the man and of: institutions.. scrapped for new ones. row. institutions must ever new order of things. The progress of evolution has no- where been more marked than on the great lakes. The way of doing things has completely changed during the past decade. The docks are not the same, the ee are not the same, and the un- All is new. The great business of the lakes, loading machines are not the same. formerly marked by the most violent fluctuations in. freights, has become as stable in rates as 'the great railroad sys- tems. hibited in the daily charter of steamers The keen and lively interest ex- has entirely ceased. Steamers are now chartered by the eae and the rate is firmly established long before the ice is THe MARINE REVIEW out of the rivers. The wild rate has become a minor matter. Moreover, on the seaboard the changes have been equally significant. The coast- wise carrying trade, especially in rela- tion to bulk freight, which was formerly a sailing proposition, is fast being taken over by steam. Machinery is now al- most wholly employed where formerly hand power sufficed. This is true equal- ly of the terminals as 'well as of the - ships. The modern steamer is a com- plex make of machinery with. auxiliaries, either steam or electric, for every con- ceivable purpose. Docks are fitted with traveling cranes and elaborate loading and unloading machinery. Noting MARINE The change is fundamental. these profound the Review for two years past has seriously considered whether the great field which it occupies could not be more compe- changes, tently covered in a complete, abundant, well illustrated, large monthly edition than in a weekly, which must of ne- cessity be of limited size and somewhat hasty preparation. It has concluded to supplant the present weekly with a monthly edition that will cover exhaust- ively all the issues that have hitherto been handled mary manner by the weekly. in a more or less sum- The first issue of the monthly will appear on April 10. Obviously the proposition is an engi- neering one throughout and the purpose of the Marine Review will be to pre- sent these engineering topics in a man- ner which has not hitherto been ap- proached by any publication devoted to the subject. None of the features of the weekly will be sacrificed, but all of them will find a place in the monthly, affording a more thorough and at the same time a more convenient chronicle of events, both on the lakes and coast and throughout the world. Naturally its. scope will be larger than it has ever been. No phase of marine engineering will be left untouched, no phase of lake or coast development will be neglected, while the departments devoted to the drafting room, both hull and engines, to the machine shop and the mold loft, will be filled with fresh and useful in- formation. The subscription price will be $1 per year. Subscribers who have already paid in advance will have their sub. scriptions extended, -- THE MOTOR BOAT SHOW AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, The fact that every available square foot of floor and gallery space in Mad- ison Square Garden was taken by boat, engine or accessory exhibitors for the New York Motor Boat Show, that the attendance of visitors far exceeded the total of motor boat shows of the Dast, and that the results are reported by the exhibitors and the management as high- ly gratifying is sure proof of the im. portance of this comparatively young industry in the United States. The fact, also, that a considerable number of the visitors made searching inquiries as to the seaworthiness of certain types of craft, looking more to the staunch- ness of the build and strength of the engines than to the elegance of ap- pointments and machine shop _ finish, would point to the awakening of the of the in commercial life, general public to the merits gasoline engine From a 4/-ft. designed for inland water use to an 18-in. the boat exhibits were such that the most rapid gasoline cabin launch electric launch model, type of speed-crank, the lover of lux- the modest runabout seeker could not but be satisfied. Several ury and splendid cruising launches were exhibited, the largest being note- worthy for completeness. of detail in fittings and roomy passenger quarters. This type of craft, though large and of high power, was usually so arranged that one man could control the move- A 20-ft. fishing or especially for . ment of the vessel. shooting: boat, designed those desirous of possessing a craft capable of standing some rough hand- ling and rough weather, proved to be A 3-HY?: the boat be- Every another interesting exhibit. motor supplies the power, ing large of beam and roomy. imaginable type of small craft, down to motor-propelled canoe and dory were exhibited in abundance. The exhibit of racing and speed boats the other the was quite in keeping with exhibits of the show, one vessel,