August, 1910 GRADES BEST, U. S. NAVY and NAVY BOTH SPUN and UNSPUN ALSO PLUMBERS' SPUN OAKUM AND COTTON Established 1840 OUR MOTTO: "QUALITY, FIRST, LAST, ALWAYS" Nearly 70 years of active business made possible only by "Square Dealing" W. 0. DAVEY & SONS Offices and Factory 164 Laidlaw Avenue JERSEY CITY, N.J. Geo. L. McCurdy 169 Jackson Boulevard CHICAGO ILLINOIS INSURANCE HULLS and CARGOES DIRECT REPRESENTATIVE OF LEADING AMERICAN AND FOREIGN UNDERWRITERS Pe i i AAI MOOR AEDES LESLIE, THE Marine Review "WE HAVE SHOWED YOU" how, with the aid of UPSON'S IM- PROVED SOUNDING MACHINE, your boat can be kept from grounding, but if you have not yet installed a machine, or if for any other reason, have AN ACCIDENT You Will Want GOOD LIFE BOATS We carry all sizes, 14 to 22 feet, with independent tanks, in stock. All boats approved and passed by U. S. Inspectors, Rush orders our specialty THE UPSON-WALTON CO. CLEVELAND \\-'s. BROKEN STERNPOSTS AND --="/." RUDDER FRAMES. WELDED IN. PLACE '> e Process sanctioned by "the British Corporation for the Survey and Regis- try of Shipping. The Thermit Process enables you to weld brok- en sternposts, rudder frames, shafts, etc., without removing them from the vessel. All of our appli- ances are portable and may be brought to the job. No outside power is required with the exception of a small supply of compressed air. Thermit is a mixture of finely divided aluminum and iron oxide which burns up and _ produces liquid steel at a temperature of 5,400°F. Thisis poured into a mould surrounding the broken sections and the intense heat of the Thermit steel causes it to dissolve the metal with which it comes in contact, amalgamating with it to form a homogeneous mass when cool. Pamphlet No. 20-E tells all about it. Write for a copy and for "Reactions", the Thermit Quarterly Coldschmidt Thermit Co. 90 West Street, New York 432-436 Folsom Street, San Francisco. 103 Richmond Street W., Toronto, Ont.