New-York tribune., 1899-11-17
NAVAL ARCHITECTS MEET.
CLEMENT A. GRIsCOM PRONoUNCEs THE
WAR A BENEFIT TO SHIPPING.
CHIEF ENGINEER MELVILLE TELLS WHAT
MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED WITH WATER
TUBE BOILERS IN USE AT SANTIAGO.


The Society OF Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers began It's seventh general meeting IN tns
city Yesterday at the rooms Of the American DO
ciety OF Mechanical Engineers, No. IL west lhr-
ty-hrst-st. second session will be held III the
same place to-day and banquet VIII he given
tonight at Delmoncos. Sever interesting pa
pers were read yesterday, and similar programme
is arranged for to-day. Owing to the unaVoiuaoie
absence In England OF the president element ~
Griscom, his annual address was read Dy 'he
secretary. MI. Bolles
Mr. Griscom's address In part follows:
Whatever may be the political. moral or con-
stitntIona aspects Of a policy OF expansion, 1t Is
not without advantages TO shipbuiders Inc ne t Is
last year for the use OF the Army. and Navy TO.
gether with the increasing use OF steam can eatess
activity ever seen in coast shipyards' ooth
Atlantic and Pacific .s ,r,nort trade
now carried in American bottoms is too small 70 @ ne
mentioned and last year was smaller smaller tnah @ noni eveL
require ten times the number Of shPyards 80 wS9K Saxs
ing at full time for many years M.cs VINE we htb the
successful building OF modern 1 vessel riamnh IDm '@ Of
which IL includes This stage is yet TO be reached
and only be attained by reguaap ap market and
upon traders who see profit 70 be made In ship
owning under the laws OF tho United states
SAMPSON SUCCEEDS MR.. WEBB.
The following officers were elected:
President. Clement A. Griscom first vice pres, sSo
dent, Rear Admiral SAMPSON chosen sacretsrv TO w Con-
pstructor Francis T. Bowles Of the brooklyn Navy
Yard reelected Executive putnam Lewis
Nixon s2wsd Edwn ii. stevens and Clement A. GrIscom
eEeio The following Gbares f. cramp
Frank Fsrnad Php ml99O95ni W nintard thnIGg irving
Scott and Edwin A. Stevens
IT. Dahoool uas eiected IN the council TO MI
the mace made vacant by Rear Admiral Safnp-
SON. The election OF officers preceded the reading
OF papers Rear Admiral Bunce was the presiding
officer
Among the prominent naval and marine men
present were the following:
Horace See George f. Dickie manager OF tn, the
Union Iron Works. San Francisco; w j. BaococK
OF Chicago Captain ouey; Of the BTltiSh cams Navy
John Hyslop and w P. Stephens
George w Melville, engineer-in-chief. Z. s. NJ
read a paper on Causes for the Adoption OF water
Tube Boilers in the United States Navy" Among
other things he sad
The fact that water tube boilers raise stea.n am
quickly is OF the greatest advantage ! nave sta'eo %
elsewhere that consider the battle OF SsntSH rs ~
have developed the necessity OF water tune Do,e'1
whether 1t taught us anything else or ~ noi Ia ve
would have been OF the greatest advantage 20 nav
had during the blockade Of sabago o Sss an hour
Coal need not have been used to keep all the Doll ,.
under steam all the time. Inc
might have shared In the gories OF the hght II sne
had been fitted with water tube boilers Inc
Indiana might have kept up with the oregon ana
the Texas. The New-York would have developed
at least three knots more speed. and the Navy
would have been spared controversy. / think the
Colon would not have got as far away az she dld
But we did not have the water tube boilers.
As TO tho type of boiler to be used there are as
many to choose from there are fieas on n doR
In the mean time. all that have to say Is that
the use If water tube boilers has been definitely
decided upon for our naval vessels because water
tube boilers give tactical advantages OF great mo-
meut and because. with care in tho selection,
manufacture and management Of water tube boil
ers other disadvantages may be neutralized.