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Intimate Gossip About What Leaders in ihe | : Marine News 1 In a Personal Way : a I eee enna dent of the New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co., has been elected president of the Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Steamship: Lines, suc- ceeding A. R. Nicor. Mr. Nicol re- mains as a director. Other officers of the company, re-elected, are: Chairman of the board, GaLen L. SToNnE; vice president, Ricuarp F. Hoyt; treasurer and secretary, R. C. McBaIN; assistant treasurer, Wuitson C. PEEK; assistant secretary and secretary of executive committee, C. H. Wonacortrt; clerk, Aar- on CoLE; members of executive commit- tee, E. J. Berwinp, F. C. Fietcuer, R. F. Hoyt, F. D. Mooney, A. R. Nico, and GaLen L. STONE. wo a Frep A. BrapbLey, freight manager of the Polish American Navigation Corp. until Jan. 15, has rejoined the staff of the company. Bisse D. MOONEY, presi- * * * Cuartes Haypen of Hayden, Stone & Co., has been elected a member of the board of directors of the American Ship & Commerce Corp., New York. * C. K. West has organized the North- west Shipping Co., Portland, Oreg. He formerly was with the Globe line and later manager of the Oconee Steamship Co. + ¢ & T. O. Mutter has been elected presi- dent of the Atlantic Fruit Co., succeeding N. A. McLeod, resigned. A. H. Ricu- ARDSON has been promoted to the vice presidency. x ks SAMUEL C. STOCKING, assistant gen- eral freight agent of the Admiral line, has resigned after twelve years of con- tinuous service with the Pacific Steam- ship Co. to become manager of the Ter- minal Dock Co., Tacoma, Wash. ee OR ok W. P. Corrincs, for five years senior surveyor in the northwest for Lloyd's, has been recalled from Seattle and as- signed to Sunderland, Eng, During his work at Seattle, Mr. Collings supervised the construction of 65 steel steamships and 108 wooden carriers. * * * WintHrop L. Marvin has retired as editor of the Marine Journal and is Maritime World Are Doing succeeded by HENRY WILTBANK, formerly of the staff of the New York Tribune. Mr. Marvin is-general manager of the American Steamship Owners' associa- tion and author of The American Mer- chant Marine. koto OK Capt. Atpert F. Brown for the fifth successive term has been elected presi- dent of the Vessel Owners and Captains association, Philadelphia. Cuartes E. HARRY W. COWAN Davis was elected vice president, MAURICE E, GErRHARD, secretary, THEODORE B. PALMER treasurer and Howarp M. Lone solicitor. me Capt. CLARENCE C. DeEcKER has been appointed port captain at New York for the United States shipping board, succeeding Capt. J. N. Patten, resigned. x, OR oe Susumu TaKkAmatsu, general man- ager of the International Steamship Co. of Japan, is on tour' of the gulf ports, inspecting the steamship service of his company between those ports and Kobe, Yokohama and other points of Japan, with a view to adding more steamers to the service. xk x eB. Hr elected : vice president of the Borate Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., succeeding J. W. Powett, has heen eee ted a member of the administrative coun- cil of the Atlantic Coast Shipbuilders' 286 ' made association, representing the New Eng- land section and also succeeding Mr, Powell who resigned. ce J. G. MILLeR, assistant treasurer of the Baltimore Dry Docks & Ship Building Co., Baltimore, has been placed in charge of purchases and stores, in addition to his other duties. xe. W. A. HarriMan recently was elected chairman of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. the American Ship & Commerce Corp., and the American Ship & Commerce Navigation Corp. He is also chairman of the United American Lines, Inc., and the Merchant Ship- building Corp. R.H.M. Rosrnson was president ofithe American Ship & Commerce Corp., and of the American Ship & Commerce Navigation Corp. Henry DEARBORN was elected president of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., suc- ceeding his father, George S. Dearborn. J. D. Tomiinson, who has been operating manager of the United American Lines, Inc., was chosen vice president of the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. and E. C. Tosey, vice president of the United American Lines, Inc., was placed tem- porarily in charge of operations. Harris LIVERMORE continues as_ president of the United American Lines, Inc. * * K Harry W. Cowan, director of opera- tions of the Canada Steamship Lines, Ltd., of Montreal, rapidly has assumed a leading position in Canadian shipping affairs. Though only 35 years of age, he is identified, through directorships, with some of the dominion's chief ship- ping interests. These include the Can- ada Steamship lines, Collingwood Ship- building Co,, .Ltd.,. Tidewater © Ship- builders, Ltd., and Ogdensburg Coal & Towing Co., Ltd. His first activity in the line of trans- poration was with the Grand Trunk railway, whose employ he _ entered in 1902. From 1904 to 1909 he was agent of the Montreal & Lake Superior Steam- ship line at Toronto and later of the Merchants' Mutual line at Toronto. He became operating superintendent of the Canada Steamship lines in 1914 and later director of operations. His headquarters are in Quebec, where he makes his home.