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é October, 1910 "TAE Marine REVIEW 401 STEAMER CURRIER, OF THE CUBA DiIsTILLING Co.'s FLEET, TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER LAUNCHING FROM THE YARD OF THE Fore River SHie Burtpinc Co., Quincy, Mass. ' the vessel at a mean sea speed of 10 knots per hour. Altogether the Currier is a notable addition to the American merchant marine and on account of her adapt- ability to such varied trades as those mentioned should prove a _ valuable asset to the company operating her. ---_ An Enviable Record A letter of endorsement recently given by an official of the Isthmian Canal Commission to the operator who had charge of the eight Lidger- wood cableways used in building the Gatun locks during the preceding eleven months contains incidentally a remarkable record of efficiency of the cableways. This passage read as fol- lows: "These cableways so far as delays from breakage or repairs were con- cerned, while working 1214 hours per day, have been kept up to an ef- ficiency of 99 per cent." That is to say, that during this whole Period only 1 per cent of time was lost on account of making repairs. The cableways referred to are eight of the 13 cableways designed and built by the Lidgerwood Mfg. Co. for the Isthmian Canal Commission. The Other five are used for handling the broken stone and sand for the con- Crete, taking it from barges and deliv- ering it to the storage yards some 600 ft. away on the average. The total to be handled will be 2,000,000 cu. yds. of broken stone and 1,000,000 cu. yds. of sand. The eight cableways for building the locks are used for placing the concrete and reinforcement and also for hand- ling forms. They are traveling cableways of 800 ft. span, operated electrically. They are handling on every working day more than 3,000 cu. yds. of concrete. Up to June 4, there had been placed in the Gatun locks and its auxiliary plant, 437,46134 cu. yds. of concrete. The amount placed in the five days from May 31 to June 4 inclusive was 16,809 yds., an average of 3,361 cu. yds. per day. It is understood that the New Eng- land Coal & Coke Co., which three years ago began the transportation of its own coal in its own vessels, the Melrose, Malden and Everett, built for it by the Fore River Ship Building Co. is en- deavoring to secure the fleet of the Bos- ton Tow Boat Co., and has made an offer of $80 a share for the $1,250,000 worth of outstanding stock of the Tow Boat Co. : SHIP BUILDING IN THE UNITED STATES. ~~ The buseau of navigation reports 376 sail and steam vessels of 95,137 gross tons built in the United States and officially numbered during the quarter ended Sept. 30, 1910, as follows: Wood. Steel. Sail. Steam. Steam. Total. No. Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. 4 "Aviantioand Gulf. eee 9029865 «162 «585d. 20 ARNG Oe aa as Porto' "RiCOv- as oes oe eae ees eee a eaea 3 26 es S bintenee 3 26 Pacihie. ee sicis Sika Lae oie wt ee Orie 3 703 60 2,310 2 2,810 65 5,823 Great "lakes. 2 seers ee 2 ay 45 821 £7, 36,942 64 37,818 ' Western rivers ....----2esreseee St eee 41 1,243 1 12 42 1,255 thetal #6244 ae T2500 Woes 311... 10,254 |: 40... Base0 . ste Waar 4 During the corresponding quarter ended Sept. 30, 1909, 347 sail and steam vessels of 48,914 gross tons were built in the United States and officially numbered, as follows: ~ 4 1 is Wood. Steel. Sail. Steam. Sail. Steam. Total. No.- Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. No. Gross. Atlantic and Gulf ......--. 34 3,170 115 2,984. 1 1,034 14 18,363 164 25,551 Potto Rico. vse esses 3 17 1 S255 dies is a Fila. o 25 Pacific ice bao eee 8 5.471,090 65 72;190 4 32 1 67 72 3,345 Great Lakes: ...2¢--s--- +> . cues 46 1,102 Lee & AZ,327 54 18,429 Western riverS .---+-+++-:+: 49 1,461 2 103 S| 1,564 Totals ove ttn 42 A287 6276 (2751. 241,066. 23, 45,860 dee da aa