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  WORK 
  OF 
  STEAMER 
  ALBATROSS. 
  51 
  

  

  REELING 
  ENGINE. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  overhauled 
  this 
  engine 
  and 
  have 
  had 
  the 
  lower 
  journals 
  of 
  

   the 
  connecting-rods 
  turned 
  down 
  aud 
  brasses 
  refitted; 
  they 
  were 
  -..'.. 
  of 
  

   an 
  inch 
  " 
  out 
  of 
  round." 
  We 
  have 
  stopped 
  the 
  leaks 
  under 
  the 
  valve- 
  

   bonnets, 
  adjusted 
  the 
  bearings, 
  &a. 
  

  

  SOUNDING 
  ENGINE. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  put 
  a 
  new 
  piston-ring 
  in 
  this 
  engine, 
  to 
  replace 
  a 
  broken 
  

   one, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  draw-tiled 
  the 
  trunk 
  to 
  make 
  its 
  sides 
  parallel, 
  since 
  

   which 
  time 
  the 
  engine 
  has 
  worked 
  better. 
  I 
  recommend 
  that 
  the 
  cylin- 
  

   der 
  be 
  rebored 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  new 
  and 
  much 
  lighter 
  piston 
  and 
  trunk 
  be 
  

   made, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  increasing 
  the 
  speed 
  of 
  the 
  engine. 
  The 
  steam- 
  

   hose 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  on 
  this 
  engine 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  years 
  is 
  much 
  

   deteriorated 
  and 
  must 
  soon 
  be 
  replaced. 
  

  

  STEERING 
  ENGINE. 
  

  

  This 
  engine 
  continues 
  to 
  do 
  its 
  work 
  well, 
  and 
  gives 
  no 
  trouble 
  ex- 
  

   cept 
  to 
  diminish 
  the 
  vacuum 
  by 
  its 
  air-leaks. 
  

  

  STEAM 
  WINDLASS. 
  

  

  This 
  machine 
  continues 
  to 
  give 
  great 
  satisfaction; 
  its 
  convenience 
  in 
  

   enabling 
  us 
  to 
  hoist, 
  cat, 
  and 
  tish 
  the 
  anchors, 
  or 
  to 
  veer 
  one 
  while 
  

   hoisting 
  the 
  other, 
  merits 
  a 
  special 
  mention. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  used 
  to 
  hoist 
  

   bouts, 
  and, 
  in 
  reeling 
  off 
  wire 
  rope, 
  the 
  capstan 
  is 
  utilized 
  as 
  a 
  drum. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  put 
  a 
  new 
  key 
  in 
  the 
  rock 
  shaft 
  to 
  replace 
  a 
  loose 
  one 
  ; 
  we 
  

   have 
  reset 
  the 
  valves, 
  and 
  have 
  divided 
  the 
  lead 
  equally. 
  On 
  exami- 
  

   nation 
  we 
  find 
  the 
  cylinders, 
  valve 
  faces, 
  and 
  journals 
  all 
  wearing 
  

   smoothly. 
  

  

  STEAM 
  PUMPS. 
  

  

  The 
  cast-iron 
  piston 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  circulating 
  pump 
  has 
  cor- 
  

   roded 
  considerably, 
  and 
  we 
  have 
  been 
  obliged 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  hole 
  for 
  the 
  

   rod 
  couuterbored, 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  composition 
  collar 
  let 
  in, 
  for 
  the 
  shoulder 
  

   of 
  the 
  rod 
  to 
  press 
  squarely 
  against. 
  This 
  piston 
  is 
  heavy, 
  and 
  the 
  two 
  

   leather 
  collars 
  (packing) 
  wear 
  away 
  quite 
  fast. 
  Wo 
  will 
  ask 
  for 
  a 
  bronze 
  

   piston, 
  with 
  hemp 
  [lacking, 
  during 
  the 
  coming 
  year. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  put 
  a 
  new 
  set 
  of 
  rubber 
  valves 
  in 
  the 
  boiler 
  feed-pump, 
  and 
  

   have 
  put 
  a 
  safety 
  feed-valve 
  on 
  that 
  pump. 
  The 
  hydrant 
  pump 
  has 
  re- 
  

   quired 
  no 
  further 
  attention 
  than 
  repacking 
  and 
  cleaning 
  during 
  the 
  

   year. 
  

  

  STEAM 
  ASH 
  HOIST. 
  

  

  The 
  engine 
  and 
  chute 
  continue 
  to 
  give 
  satisfaction. 
  The 
  engine 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  overhauled 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  need 
  it. 
  

   It 
  is 
  iu 
  a 
  hot, 
  dark, 
  and 
  dusty 
  place, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  receive 
  much 
  atten- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  require 
  much. 
  

  

  