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May, 1910 TAE MARINE. REVIEW New Steamers for Department of Corrections of New York le outboard profiles of three wood- en steamers, recently designed by M. C. Furstenau, 80 Broad street, New York, for the Department of Correction, of the city of New York, are presented herewith. The three boats are intended joiner work have been sublet to Robt. Palmer & Sons, Noank, Conn. The hull and joiner work throughout is to be of the very best obtainable material. The frames, keel and keelsons are of oak; planking of long leaf yellow pine, and 181 water to monitors for fire fighting pur- poses are to be fitted. The contract price for the Correction is $98,000. The steamer Riker's Island has a length of 81 ft. on deck; beam, molded, 18 ft.; depth, molded, 8 ft.; draught, 5 ft.; speed, about 12 miles per hour. The contract was awarded to the Waters- Colver Co., West New Brighton, Staten Island, at $30,000. The propelling ma- chinery consists of a two-crank com- for use in the harbor of New York, for transferring passengers, prisoners, sup- plies, etc, for and between the various institutions under control of the de- partment. The steamer Correction has a length OuTBOARD PROFILE OF STEAMER CORRECTION. the joiner work generally of white pine. Commissioner's rooms, captain's room and pilot house are finished in quartered oak. The steamer is fitted with twin screws, driven by two sets of two-crank com- pound engine, with cylinders 9 and 20 in. diameter and 16 in. stroke, with a fire box boiler 7 ft. diameter, 11 ft. long, built for a working pressure of 150 lbs. The same general description as to hull and joiner work of the steam- OUTBOARD PROFILE OF STEAMER RIKER'S ISLAND. of 166 ft. on deck; beam, molded, 36 ft.; depth, molded, 13 ft.; draught, load- ed, 8 ft.; and a speed of about 15 statute miles per hour. The John W. Sullivan Co., New York City, has the contract for building, and the hull and pound engines, with cylinders 15 and 30 in. diameter, 20 in. stroke. There are two boilers, 12 ft. 6 in. diameter, 12 ft. long, built for a working pressure of 150 lbs. A complete electric light plant, as well as a large fire pump supplying et Correction applies to the Riker's Island. The third and smallest steamer, named Hart Island, is also being built by the Waters-Colver Co., the contract price being $20,000. The machinery equip-