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ey fet "TAE MaRINE. REVIEW he A Fic. 4--Turet-Yarp,: Type A, Bucket on Coat Horst, Untoapinc Suir. ° entirely without the use of compound motions. : With the older types ara es it is claimed that only a portion of the weight of the grab is effective in opening and that a large portion is carried directly by the opening line, including the top frame and brace links and a considerable portion of the weight of the scoops. In the An- dresen-Evans grab, not only all of the weight is carried by the opening line but this weight is effective in opening, due to the positive pull caused by the toggle action on opening chain and which results from simply releasing the brake on the closing line. With the flat path followed by the scoop jaws in opening, it is not neces- sary to hold the grab high above the hopper or stock pile when dumping. In fact, when delivering to stock pile, it is possible to lay the coal on the 'pile without altering the usual method of operation, thus eliminating another factor in coal breakage. When open the center of gravity of the bucket is low down and it is possible to work successfully on the side of. .a pile, there being little tendency to tip over. In this position also, the head room required is small and it is therefore easjly swung between the decks for winging or cleaning up between hatch- es or for clearing out track hoppers, bins or similar spaces where super- structures prevent direct vertical dig- ging. In marine work this feature is of special value, as the wide opening enables the grab to reach well from one hatch to another and eliminate most if not all hand shoveling. Since economical operation demands that the weight of material. handled shall bear a high ratio to the gross weight, special effort has been made to secure maximum capacity with minimum weight of construction, and it is claimed that in this bucket the proportion of net load is higher than in any other. Of course the same advantages with October, 1910 respect to digging, clearing out and net load are true in the case of ores and other materials as well as with coal. The type A bucket described herein is designed for two-line opera- tion. Type B is for three or fourlline operation, and both are built in three different weights for each size, rang- ing from 1 to 7% cubic yards. Trade Shows Improvement H. E. Moss & Go.,.of: Liverpool, in. their semi-annual...steamship circular, have the following 'to say concerning trade in general: Since the issue of our last semi- annual steamship circular, the unex- pected has again happened. There "was a marked improvement in the prospects of steam-shipping during the early months of this year; freights had sensibly advanced, especially from the east, and were on a payable level. Unfortuntely, there has been what -we hope is only a temporary set-back, in our opinion, of two : *s--the principal one being the Sede pecec failure of the harvests in. La Plata, which suddenly necessi- phe result tated' over 100 large steamers being forced to seek employment 'in' other directions and causing a general de- cline in. .freights; the other factor may be attributed to the troubles at home in the. coal trade (now happily ended) which contributed largely to the dis- _location of business, and delayed the improvement we had all expected. The coming harvests, at home and abroad, it is anticipated will this season be most bountiful, and it is hoped, with cheaper breadstuffs and the continual increase in the volume of. our trade, we may look forward to a gradual improvement. from this autumn on- wards. The amount of tonnage under con- struction in the United Kingdom is large. According to Lloyds' returns for the quarter ending March 31, 1910, it amounted to 1,057,636 tons compared with 912,272 tons for the correspond- ing quarter of 1909, and there was also a similar increase, say about 150,000 tons, as compared with the same period ending. Dec: 31 last. .;For' the quarter ending June 30 we anticipate the tonnage under construction will prove to be about the same as on March 31. These figures are much less than they have been in former years, but are still too large for pres- ent requirements, as the amount of tonnage launched from Jan. 1 to March 31 this year was about 50 per cent greater than for the correspond-