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104 Death of Walter A. Post Walter A. Post, who succeeded the late Calvin B. Orcutt as president of the Newport News Ship Building & Dry Dock Co., in February, 1911, died very suddenly at Newport News, Va.j..on -Feéb. :12. (He was. born: at Kingston, (N. -¥:; Jan. <7; -1857,.' and was oi English ancestry. His first engineering work was in the employ of E. I. White, in 1880, who at that time had the contract for the terminal] improvements of the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, at Newport News, Va. He remained in this position for ten years and was engaged in this work _ when Collis P. Huntington began the establishment of the great ship yard at Newport News. Naturally, Mr. Post's experience in terminal work peculiarly fitted him for en- gineering work in connection with the construction of the new ship yard. He entered the employ of. the New- port News Ship Building Dock Co. in 1890 as its civil engineer, and in that capacity had charge of the erection and equipment of the entire plant, carrying it out so satisfactorily that in 1898 he was made general manager of the company. The success of the Newport News Canipany is history. [thas buiit nearly one-fifth of the battleship construction of the United States navy, as well as-a great number of splendid merchant ships. As _ stated, upon the death of Mr. Orcutt, Mr. Post was made president of the ship- yard. His activities, however, were not altogether confined to ship build- ing. He was also president of the Old Dominion Land Co. the Newport "News Light & Water Co., the Cit- izens Railway, Light & Power Co., the First National Bank jof Newport ' News, and a director of the Newport News & Old Dominion Railway & Electric Co. He was a member of the American Society of Civil En- gineers, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, The Engineers' Club of New York and, the New York Railroad Club. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society of Tondon. Congress of Navigation Reports which are being received from European countries regarding the appointment of delegates to the Twelfth International Congress of Navigation, which will convene in Philadelphia on May 23, indicate that the attendance will be in excess of expectations, and that the congress, including the American attendance, will in all probability be the largest ever held. & . Dry THE MARINE REVIEW WALTER A. Post Besides the official delegates from the various countries, a large num- ber of foreign engineers will attend - the congress in a non-official capaci- ty. Germany will unquestionably send the largest single delegation and this will include in round num- bers, 100 engineers. These will rep- resent the leading thought in Ger- many on all engineering subjects that have to do with water-borne commerce. One or two names alone are sufficient to indicate the char- acter of this delegation. It will in- clude Herr Johann Friedrich Buben- dey, head of the Hamburg harbor works, the most notable in the world. Herr Bubendey is_ recog- nized throughout the world as an authority of the highest standing. Among other members. of the Ger- man delegation are Georg de Thierry, who is a member of the Suez com- ission of consulting engineers, and Dr. Leo Sympher, an inland water- ways expert, known throughout the world. Already about 85 German engin- eers have signified their intention of attending the congress and _ others will unquestionably be added. The second largest delegation wwill] be that from France, which will number considerably more than half as many as the delegation from Ger- March, 1912 many. The head of the delegation, M, Vetillart, is inspector general oi rounds and bridges. M. Vetillart is a doctor of :science of the University of Pennsylvania. Among other dis- tinguished French authorities are M. Charguerand, state councilor, who is director of roads and navigation at the ministry of public works, and M. Mahieu, a noted authority on the subject of roads. : Great Britain will send among its delegation Lieut. Col. H. A. Yorke. chief inspector of railways, a world famous railway authority. Felgium will send a large delega- tion headed by G. Helleputte, who is the first president of the Permanent In- ternational Association of Navigation Congresses. Included in this delegation also is A. Dufourny, inspector gener- al of bridges and roads, who is the second president of the International Association. Mr. '(Durourny ds..3 widely known waterway and railroad expert who some years ago was sent to China at the request of Li Hung Chang to make an investigation into the railroads of that country. Included in the Hungarian delega- tion is M. Zolton de Kohanyi, chiei naval inspector of the ministry of commerce. Russia will send a large delegation headed by M. V. E.de Timonoff, a dis tinguished engineer of ways of com- munication. Another distinguished engineer of this delegation is E. F. de Hoerchelmann. The Swedish delegation will in- clude Colonel Frederick Wilhelm Hansen, of Stockholm, president of the Royal Administration of Hyd- raulic Power. --_----_____ Reorganizing Seattle Dock Co. Philip D. Sloan, who for the past five years has operated the shipyard of Sloan Bros. & Co., at Seattle, is at present on the lakes interesting capital in the construction of a new floating dry dock at Seattle. The plans call for a dry dock with steel sides and wooden pontoons capable of lifting 8,000 tons. Mr. Sloan's pur- pose is to reorganize the Seattle Dry Dock Co. to operate the plant, having a capital stock of $1,000,000, of which $400,000 will be preferred and $600,000 common. It is under- stood that Mr. Sloan has already sold the majority interest in preferred among lake men. It is the intention to begin work upon the dock at once and to have it in commission by Jan. 1 next year. Mr. Sloan was formerly in the shipbuilding business on the lakes.