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1901.1 : MARINE REVIEW. | ai A 2 oo NNT SL SSS SS SSS SS LAKE BUILT VESSELS FOR OCEAN SERVICE. _ Since the first description of the four steam cargo vessels which are being built at the Chicago yard of the American Ship Building Co. for the Northwestern Transportation Co., of which Charles Counselman and others are the prime movers, was published in the Review, certain changes have been made in them. The accompanying plans show the vessels as constructed. They are of Canadian canal size, and are of the following dimensions: 256 ft. long, 42 ft. beam and 26% ft. deep. Their capacity in gross tons is about 2,900. They are equipped with triple expansion engines, having cylinders of 20, 33 and 54 in. diameter, with 40 in. stroke, and have two Scotch boilers 12 ft. 9 in. by 11% ft. They are designed for the carrying of package freight. They have three gangways on each side and have steel main decks. Machinery, as is usual in vessels of lake con- struction, has been placed in the stern with pilot house well forward. Ocean freight steamers usually have their cargoes hoisted from hatches and the gangways in these vessels will therefore be something of an inno- Al EK ly SK ee 7 wid A poner : q ah pen - aie woe x ais 5 =r PP Coco oe Sr Ct . \ =k | thine ae bree) REA LN fees have been as second mate of such vessels. Applicants for license as sec- ond mate of ocean or coastwise steam vessels must have had at least three years’ experience on such vessels—one year of such service to have been as: quartermaster or third mate on such vessels. Applicants for li- cense as third mate of ocean or coastwise steam vessels must have had at least three years’ experience on such vessels as a mariner or quarter- master. It is provided, however, that persons whose experience at sea has been on sail vessels of over 700 gross tons may be licensed on the following conditions, namely: “Master.—Any person who has had five years’ experience on such sail vessels, two years of which must have been as master of such sail vessels, may be licensed as master of ocean and coastwise steam vessels. “Chief mate.-Any person who has had five years’ experience on such sail vessels, two years of which he has served in the capacity of chiet mate, may be licensed as chief mate of ocean and coastwise steam vessels. “Second mate.—Any person who has had three years’ experience on — > 4 BA Ty — We sl ali i. ae | 1 ELEVATION Hl | No | SPAR DECK. vation. These ships are built for transatlantic service. It is expected to have them deliver in Liverpool cargoes direct from Chicago. Of course, they may be changed to Atlantic seaboard or lake trade if the foreign trade does not prove profitable. The peculiar appearance of their spars is due to the face that they are made to comply with requirements of the Manchester canal service. CHANGES IN STEAMBOAT RULES. An official report of the annual meeting of the United States board of supervising inspectors of steamboats, held in Washington recently, has just been issued from the office of James A. Dumont, supervising inspec- tor general. The following named devices were approved by the board, and have also received the approval of the secretary of the treasury: Mayo rescue lifeboat, presented by the (Mayo Lifeboat Co., R. D. Mayo, president, Muskegon, Mich.; Carley life float, presented by the Carley Life Float Co., M. T. Whiton, president; life-preserver presented by J. B. Hamilton, Springfield, Mass. The board approved coil and pipe boilers presented by the following named persons and firms, when such boilers are constructed in all their parts of wrought iron, steel, or cast steel, in the manner as provided in the general rules of the board: L. Boyer’s Sons, New York; Bugbee & Laycock, Chicago (Authentic water-tube boiler); Chas. R. Cowley and Howell C. Cooper, Everett, Mass. (Cowley & Cooper boiler); Henry Ernst, New York; A. C. Evans, Norfolk, Va.; George L. Haman, Detroit; Ernest N. Janson, Washington, D. C.; L. A. Langmaid, Bath, Me.; Marine Boiler Works, Chicago; F. W. Ofeldt & Sons, Brooklyn; Parker Engine Co., Philadelphia; Thomas B. Perkins, Grand Rapids, Mich., and George S. Wolf, West Dover, O. Changes made in the general rules and regulations of the board are few in number. Probably the most important change as to licenses is in rule 5, section 14, the third paragraph of which has been amended so as to contain the following provisions: “No original license as master of ocean or coastwise steam vessels shall be issued (except as hereinafter provided) to any person who has not had at least three years’ experience on seagoing or coastwise steam vessels, one year of such service to have been as chief mate of such vessels; nor shall any person receive an original license as chief mate of ocean or coastwise steam vessels who has not served at least three years in the deck department of such steam vessels, one year of such service to MAIN DECK, ELEVATION AND DEOK PLANS OF NORTHWESTERN TRANSPORTATION 00.’S VESSELS. such sail vessels, one year of which has been in the capacity of second eee may be licensed as second mate of ocean and coastwise steam vessels. “Third mate-—Any person who has had three years’ experience on sail vessels as mariner may be licensed as third mate of ocean and coast- wise steam vessels.” Among new rules adopted, and which, alike to amendments, have all the force of-law, are the following: : Rule 2, section 40.—‘‘Throttle or stop valves attached to steam chests of steam engines, boilers or superheaters, also casings of slip joints in steam pipes, may be made of cast iron when made of suitable thickness and proper material for pressure allowed on boiler.” Addition to section 14, rule 5, at end of ninth line of the section.— “Tt being further provided that masters of barge consorts on the great lakes having had three years’ experience as such master and who hold license as first-class pilot may be examined and licensed as master of steam vessels.” Rule 9, section 8, new paragraph.—‘“‘It shall be the duty of local in- spectors to insert in blank spaces provided therefor in the authorized certificates of inspection (new form being printed) of all steam, gas, fluid, naphtha or electric motor vessels a sufficient number of licensed officers, firemen and deck crew to at all times manage the vessel; also the proper number of watchmen in the cabins and upon deck to guard against fire and other disasters and to give alarm in case of accidents.” Two paragraphs in which important amendments have been made are printed in full herewith: Rule 2, section 38, fifteenth paragraph—“No connection between shell of boiler and mud drum shall exceed 9 in. in diameter and the flange of the mud drum leg shall consist of an equal amount of material to that cut out of the shell of boiler.” Rule 9, section 8, fourth paragraph—‘“It shall be the duty of all in- spectors, before granting an original license or renewing an existing one to a master or pilot of steam vessels for any waters, who has not been employed as master or pilot of steam vessels on such waters during the three years preceding the application for renewal, to satisfy themselves by an examination in writing, or orally to be taken down in writing by the inspectors, that such officers are thoroughly familiar with the pilot rules upon the waters for which they are licensed.”