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530 be started in the fall. manager of the plant. The Foundation Co., New York, is said to be ar- ranging for the sale of its shipbuilding plant at Port Huron, Mich. The company purchased the yard during the war and erected additional buildings, in- cluding machine shops, etc. The yard includes a drydock and repair facilities, and was operated for this character of work for many years. Since it was purchased by the Foundation company it has been used for building oceangoing tugs. The Atlantic Ship Service Corp., Newport News, Va., recently was incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000 to operate a shipyard. The company will engage principally in repair work. Frank Richard- son is president and H. R. Lackey is secretary. The Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp., Manitowoc, Wis., has been organized under the laws of Wisconsin with a capital stock of $1,500,000, by A. L. Nash, -Lawrence W. Ledvina and E. L. Nash, all of Mani- towoc, and the company will engage in a general shipbuilding, drydock and dockage business. The corporation is formed by interests which have ac- quired the bulk of the property of the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co. The National Oil Co., 621 Mason building, Gal- yeston, Tex., is reported arranging for the establish- 'ment of a marine repair works at Galveston, to consist of machine shop, forge shop and other struc- tures. The buildings will be equipped with machinery Frank W. Smith is genezal now in use at the shipyards at Orange, Tex., accord-. ing to the report. The Twohy Bros. Co., Seattle, owner of the North Pacific Shipbuilding Co. plant, is said to be con- sidering the establishment of a plant on the shipyard site, for the manufacture of railroad equipment, such as freight cars, gondolas, etc. James F. Twohy is president of the company. The John Baizley Iron Works, 514 South Delaware street, Philadelphia, is said to have abandoned plans for the construction of a new shipbuilding plant and drydock. The project was estimated to cost in the neighborhood of $6,000,000. The Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, Pa., has started construction on a new wet basin, 960 feet long, with deep water frontage of 385 feet, as part of its expansion program, which will involve an expenditure of $1,500,000. The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., South Bethlehem, Pa., vlans the erection of a 3-story . building at its yards on Front. street, Elizabeth, N. J., formerly the plant of the Samuel L. Moore & Sons Corp. The bureau of yards and docks, Washington, plans the erection of a new power house at the govern- ment works at Cape May, N. J. The Amalgamated Scaling Co., New York, recently was incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000, by J. Elligers, G. A. and F. A. Percival, 14 Butler place, Brooklyn, N. Y., to operate a ship con- 'struction and repair plant. : At a recent meeting of stockholders of the Wil- diam Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, the proposed increase in the company's capital stock from $6,250,000 to $20,000,000 was ratified. e The plant of the St. Johns (Fla.) River Shipyard Co. has been sold to the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., which has been building wooden vessels and pleasure craft at its South Jacksonville plant. Assembly of the big, new drydock of the Globe Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., at Fairfield, Md., is well under way. When the six sections of the dock are ready, they will have a lifting capacity of 9000 tons. B. C. Cooke has been elected president of the company. The Gilray Transportation Corp. recently was or- ganized to engage in a general transportation busi- ness by inland water routes to Philadelphia, Wilming- ton, Baltimore and points beyond. The offices of the company are at 25 Beaver street, New York. The Fishing Vessel Owners Marine Ways, Inc., Seattle, owning and operating the repair yard on Salmon bay, has decided to build a 40-foot extension to the plant's machine shop and will install lathes and other equipment. : : The New Jersey board of commerce and _ navigation has deferred action on the application 'of the Luckenbach Terminals, Inc., for several hundred feet THE MARINE REVIEW Business Changes Martin & Gardner, New York, naval architects and appraisers, have opened offices at 1015 Carondelet street, New Orleans, in charge of William B. Ferguson. The company has taken charge of all vessel surveys at gulf ports for the shipping board and for American marine insur- ance companies. The New York, New England & Pennsylvania Lighterage Co. has established a branch office in Philadelphia for handling general lighterage and transportation in the harbor of Philadelphia and vicinity. The chartering department of Davis & Gil- christ Inc., New York, has become sole repre- sentatives in the United States for McG egor, Gow & Holland, Ltd., Fenchurch avenue, London. The Wilson Welder & Metals Co. and_ the Wilson Welding & Repair Co. have removed their offices from 2 Rector street, New York, to 253 Thirty-sixth street, Bush terminal, Brooklyn, N. Y., and 263 First street, Jersey City, N. J., respectively. The Titusville Forge Co., Titusville, Pa., has opened a sales office at 1836 Scranton road, Cleveland. The publicity department of the Chicago Pneu- matic Tool Co. is now located in the Chicago Pneumatic buiiding, 6 East Forty-fourth street, New York. The Moore & McCormack Co., New York, has opened an office at Gothenburg, Sweden, under the name Aktichbolaget, Mooe & McCormack. Swayne & Hoyt, San Francisco, and the J. H. W. Steele Co., New Orleans, are to be the managing agents of the new shipping board freight service from New Orleans to the Pacific coast via. Colombian and Central Ameri- can. ports. Hind, Rolph & Co., New York, -have become general agents for the Rolph Mail Steamship Co., San Francisco. John Bloomer is_ traffic manager. The Quaker City Steamship Co., Philadelphia, has opened an office in the Board of Trade building, Norfolk, Va., to. act as general steam- ship agent and bunker supplier and to furnish coastwise transportation, steamship and barge service. Capt. Inslee I. West is in charge. The firm of Duncan, Jackson & Duncan, New York, has been reorganized as Duncan & Dunh- can, Inc., and will continue as marine insur- ance brokers and adjusters. A. C. Elliott & Co., ship agents and for- warders, New York, have established a branch office in the Virginia National Bank building, Norfolk, Va. The Charles T. Megee Co., Philadelphia, has become agent at that port for the vessels owned by James W. Elwell & Co., New York. Lane & Brussel have taken over the export freight forwarding business of Collins, Lane & Moore, New York. The firm of Martin & Gardner, New York, has established a branch office at Seattle, be- cause of its contract to survey United States shipping board vessels. The district comprises Washington and Oregon. David C. Young is in charge. The Oxweld Acetylene Co., New York, has established Pacific coast sales and distributing headquarters at 1077 Mission street, San Fran- cisco. Lee Romney is Pacific sales manager. Additional sales representatives' offices are lo- cated at 646 Maple avenue, Los Angeles, 908 Kearns building, Salt Lake City, Utah; 90 First street, Portland, Oreg.; 433 Pioneer build- ing, Seattle. The Italian Star line has moved its offices from 405 Lexington avenue to 44 Whitehall street, New York. - blowpipes, September, 1920 of land along the Hudson river at Bull's Ferry. It jg understood that the company plans to erect a large terminal for the use of the Luckenbach Steamship Co.'s_ vessels. The Rose Castle Steamship Co., Montreal, Que., has been incorporated to build and operate drydocks, shipbuilding plants, ete., with a capital stock of $1,500,000, by -Arthur E. Holden, Herbert W. Shearer, Alfred B. Wright and others. The city government of Camden, N. J., will aq- vertise for bids through George N. Bradley, chairman of the harbor committee, for erecting two ware- houses, bulkhead and pier, to be built at the foot of Spruce street, that city. The warehouses will be each three stories, 100 x 500 feet. The Marine Auxiliaries Co., New York, with an active capital stock of $8000, recently was incor- porated to engage in the manufactuve of aux'liary » machinery for ships, etc., by W: H. Scott, 253 _ Bightieth street, New York, and others. The Borough Terminal Co.. Inc., New York, ship- building' and dryduck business, recently was incor- porated by C. K. McGuire, 203 West LHighty-first street, New York, and others. Charles E. Egan & Ce., New York, have been in- corporated with a capital stock of $10,000, to pre- pare ships for sailing, by J. A. Walsh, T. Niven and C. E. Egan, 283 Garfield place, New York. The Federal Shipbuilding Co., Kearny, N. J., plans to erect a floating drydock, capable of lifting a 12,000-ton vessel. About $1,500,000 will be in- vested in the addition. \ The Canada River Steamship Co., Ltd., Kingston, Ont., recently was incorporated to build and operate shipyards, drydocks, etc., with a capital stock of $1,700,000, by Harold Fisher, L. P. Sherwood, Stan- ley M. Clark and others. Sorrentino Bros. & Co., New York, ship cleaning, recently were incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000, by A. E. Rahm, T. and C._ Sorrentino, 1125 Forty-first street, New York. The Trans-Marine Motor Corp., New York, recently was inco-porated with a capital stock of $100,000, by 0. Sperling, J. A. Lee and G. Pfell, 149 Broad- way, New York. The Harbor Scaling & Paint Corp., New York, recently was incorporated to do ship. repairing, with a capital stock of $5000, by M. C. Ochs, C. E. Milbury and J. Sullivan, 21 State street, New York. The Northport Shipyards, Inc., New York, recently was incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000, by H. KE. Bogdish, M. D. Flomenhaft and G. N. Dorney, 244 West 134th street, New York. Capitalized at $150,000, the Jacksonville Port De- velopment Co. recently was incorporated in Delaware, by William F. O'Keefe, E. E. Aberle and S, L. Mackey, Wilmington, Del. The Fort Steamship Co. recently was incovporated in Delaware with a capital stock of $136,000, by T. L. Croteau, M. A. Bruce and A. M. Hooven, Wil- mington, Del. New Trade Publications WINDLASSES--Spur geared windlasses manufactured by the §S. Flory Mfg. Co., Bangor, Pa., are de- scribed and illustrated in a smal] pamphlet now being distributed. In designing these windlasses, several innovations in the details of construction . were introduced. The company aimed to construct a windlass to withstand heavy duties but at the same time permit ease of handling. Steel gears with machine cut teeth are used. All levers and handwheels for operating the reverse valve and brakes, are on the aft side of the windlass. The gears are proportioned to obtain the required pull at a speed of about six fathoms per minute. WELDING AND CUTTING.--The Oxweld Acetylene Co., Chicago, is distributing a new catalog. This is issued in sections, each devoted to a particular phase of equipment such as. welding and _ cutting, regulators, accessories, etc. These prod- ucts formerly were manufactured by the Prest-0-Lite Co. The Oxweld company took over the production and sales early in 1920, incorporating certain im- provements in design lately developed in oxy-acetylene engineering.