. American engineer and railroad journal . e of general traffic, adapted for passengers as well asfreight. There is now but one ferry running across Lake Eriebetween Conneaut and Port Stanley, having a capacity oftwenty-six to twenty-eight loaded cars, and makes twelveround trips per week; but it is proposed to add severalsteamers of equal or greater capacity, sufficient to meet all thedemands of the new line. The distance from Port Sarnia toConneaut. Ohio, is about 150 miles, half by land and half bywater. WATER TUBE BOILERS IN MARINE PRACTICE. The following quotation from the report of the c

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. American engineer and railroad journal . e of general traffic, adapted for passengers as well asfreight. There is now but one ferry running across Lake Eriebetween Conneaut and Port Stanley, having a capacity oftwenty-six to twenty-eight loaded cars, and makes twelveround trips per week; but it is proposed to add severalsteamers of equal or greater capacity, sufficient to meet all thedemands of the new line. The distance from Port Sarnia toConneaut. Ohio, is about 150 miles, half by land and half bywater. WATER TUBE BOILERS IN MARINE PRACTICE. The following quotation from the report of the committeeappointed by the lords commissioners of the British Admiraltyto consider certain questions respecting modern types ofboilers for naval purposes may be of interest to our readers: In the course of their investigations the committee havewatched the Babcock & Wilcox boilers fitted in the steamshipMartello of the Wilson line, employed in the Atlantic tradebetween Hull, Boston and New York, and copies of the reports r-^-i K-^->1. The Vanderbilt Brake Beams.

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