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S e ee SSS SSS SS lari e Fi R. McWANE, president of the J American Cast Iron Pipe Co,, ° Birmingham, Ala., Has been ap- pointed chief of the operating standard- - jation staff of the Emergency Fleet corporation with headquarters in Phila- delphia, and has assumed his duties. Mr. McWane has been most successful in the pipe business, the plant of the Amer- ican Cast Iron Pipe Co. being one of the largest in the country. Some time ago Mr. McWane was considering enter- ing the government's service in the ordnance department and went to Wash- ington to make preparations. eee JAMEs CARRUTHERS, Montreal, Que., has been elected chairman of the board of the newly organized Hal- Va omipyards, Ltd. Halitax, NS. The other officers: of the company are: J. W. Norcross, president; Roy M. Wot- vin, Montreal, vice president and man- aging director; M. J. Haney, Toronto, Ont, second vice president, and F. S. Izarp, treasurer. * * * W. H. Carian, general manager of plants, and W. P. Pressincer, general manager of sales, have been elected vice presidents of the Chicago Pneu- matic Tool Co.,, Chicago. * 2K 2k W. B. Grorce, who was formerly con- nected with the Greenwald Foundry Co., Cincinnati, has recently acquired an in- terest in the Frisbie Engine & Machine Works, 33 East Water street, of that city. Mr. George 'will also represent the Hartweg estate which acquired posses- Sion of the Frisbie works some years ago. The name Frisbie is well known among river engineers and steamboat Owners through the development some years ago by the company of a valve gear, oe x WP Sirs has heen made president of the Chester Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pa T, KNISKERN, superintendent of Construction, now is general manager; Lirprncort, his chief clerk, is office manager, ee a a G. Pew became vice president se cca manager of the Sun Ship- a ng Co., Philadelphia, upon his re- | a tion as president of the a We am Natural Gas Co., and Home . tal Gas Co, Pittsburgh. He served uC vec Maritime World Are Doing ET tHVti?iii2i tel: tTtTtT ttt Gs the companies for 32 years and a fare- well banquet was tendered him in Pitts- burgh recently by 75 employes. ee ke Frep A, BALLIN was elected president of the Supple-Ballin Shipbuilding Corp., Portland, Oreg., upon the retirement of Joseph Supple as president. Mr. Ballin J. R. McWANE has been serving the company as secre- tary and treasurer. %* 2k bs Davin Hottywoop, formerly general manager of the Ames Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Seattle, and latterly. with an Oakland, Cal., concern, has been ap- pointed works manager of the new Southwestern Shipbuilding Co., Pedro, Cal. Koko oe J. H. Hutt, vice president of the Wil- liam Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building. Co., Philadelphia, was recently elected president to succeed Harry W. Hand, resigned. x *K *K LawreNce H. SHEARMAN, vice presi- dent. of W:.R. Grace & Co., 1s now in London acting as shipping advisor to Raymond B. Stevens, vice chairman of the United States shipping board. Mr. Stevens is the American member of the inter-allied chartering committee, which meets 'at London and Paris, and has control over all American, British, 345 nia ie News ima Perso n Intimate Gossip About What Leaders in the 'San INT ail French, Italian and neutral tonnage under charter to the allies. Mi ee J. H. Simmons, for some time with the Baldwin Shipbuilding Co. as vice president and general manager, has been appointed vice president of the Pioneer Shipping Co., with offices in New York, Seattle and San Francisco. Mr. Sim- mons will have charge of the Pacific coast agencies. Epcar JoHNsToN has resigned from the engineering department of the Sub- marine Boat Corp., Newark, N. J., and has joined the contractors who are con- structing the huge piers and _ miscel- laneous buildings at the embarkation point in Brooklyn. ke ok W. R. CoyLe, general sales manager of Weston Dodson & Co., Inc., Bethlehem, Pa., is now in the marine service of the government, having received the commis- sion of captain. Mr. Coyle's first posi- tion will be at Paris island, near Charléston, S.-C: ee Roy S. Bonsts, formerly at the head of the safety, welfare and employment department of the United States Metals Refining . Co.,. Chicago, has. been ap- pointed 'safety engineer for District No. 7 of the Emergency Fleet corporation which includes all of California and part of Oregon. * * * WALKER C. ConneER Jr., New York, who was recently appointed assistant manager for the New York district of the United States shipping board, will look after the handling of ship sup- plies and materials through the various terminals. cok ok GrorceE B. Matone has received a commission of captain in the engineer' reserve corps and will be assigned to the duty of organizing welding schools in Washington, as well as.at the various cantonments. Mr. Malone formerly was superintendent of the welding and tur- bine blade department of the Reming- ton Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Bridgeport, Conn. * * * Oscar J. Beyruss, a San Francisco shipping man, has joined the shipping board's operating division on the Pacific coast as a dollar-a-year man.