The Works Of Messrs. Schneider And Co.

THE CHALON-SUR-SAONE YARD. 127 “ Alexander III.” bridge, over the Seine, in Paris, one of the monumental features of the 1900 exhibition. The building section has delivered a large quantity of frame work for mines, trusses for works and factories, the most remarkable being the Creusot rolling - mili building; the Forges and Chantiers boiler shops at Mouisséques ; the coal-sorting and washing sheds for the Montceau mines, near Creusot ; and lastly, the railway station at Santiago (Chili), consisting of a truss without tension-rods, of 50 metres (164 ft.) spån, and 25 metres (82 ft.) high. The Public Works section has constructed a large number of caissons for compressée! air foundations, notably in 1893, those for the Borcea bridge above-mentioned, which were sunk 31 metres (114 ft.) deep; in 1897, those for the Tonkin bridges, which were sunk to depths varying from 12 to 24 metres (39 ft. to 78 ft.) ; those for the Hué bridge (1898), &c. There have also been delivered from this section, huils for tug-boats, slush-boats, a huil for a twin- ment(1887); a tug-boat for the Blanzy coal mines; two steam water-boats, “ Oasis ” and “ Filtre ” (1886) ; a double- berthed floating dock for docking torpedo-boats in Toulon Harbour (1888) ; a floating dock gate for Toulon (1888) ; 14 towing barges, and four tugs of 1,000 horse-power for the Rhône Navigation Company; transportable lighters for the Madagascar campaign, and numerous other classes of work. Abstract of Shipbuilding Work in Hand.—Messrs. Schneider and Co. have now (1899) on their slips, and in course of completion :— Nine first-class torpedo-boats, 37.500 metres (123 ft. | in.) in length, of 24 knots speed, for the French Navy. Six hoisting torpedo-boats, 18.200 metres (50 ft. 8| in.) in length, of 18 knots speed, for the French Navy. Two screw slush boats, 43.900 metres (144 ft.) in length, of 900 tons displacement, for the Russian Govern- ment. Two paddle tugboats, 60 metres (196 ft. 10 in.) in Fig. 357. Plan of Engineering and Shipbuilding Yard, Chalon-sur-Saone. screw dredger of 400 horse-power for Rochefort Harbour, the huils for three suction-dredgers of 250 cubic metres <8,830 cubic feet), and for two slush carriers of 350 cubic metres (10,595 cubic feet) for Russia, &c. The following list shows the successive development of this department of Creusot works : Y ears. Area Covered. Motive Power. Number of Workmen. Ratio between the Engine Horse-Power and the Number of Workmen. acres horse-power 1839 2.471 0 40 1843 3.707 10 150 1 li.-p. for 15 workmen. 1854 4.942 30 300 1 ,, 10 1863 5.684 50 400 1 8 1867 5.684 80 450 1 6 187(5 7.414 1(10 500 1 ,, 5 1885 12.356 130 500 1 4 1898 16.557 310 900 1 „ 3 Besides the torpedo-boats above-mentioned, the marine section has delivered a large number of other work, such ■as 50 and 16-ton floating shears for the French Govern- length, of 1000 horse-power, for the Rhône service above mentioned. One floating dock gate, of galvanised steel, for the Saigon graving dock. Two floating dock gates, of galvanised steel, for the Missiessy Docks, Toulon. Two inilitary masts for the battie,ship “lena.” One backing of the Gueydon type for firing experi- ments for Lorient Harbour. The most important Works at Clialon are tbose of Messrs. Schneider and Co. They are exceptionally well situated, as regards the transport of raw material and finished products. Placée! as they are at the junetion of the Saone and the Canal du Centre, tliey are within easy reach by water of Havre and Marseilles. They are served, moreover, by a siding line of the Paris, Lyons and Medi- terranean Railway. Arrangement of Works.—Fig. 357 shows the arrange- ment of the bridge and shipbuilding yard of Messrs.