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New Offic es Charles Cory & Son, Inc., New York, manu- facturers of ships' electrical equipment, etc., haye opened branch offices in Philadelphia at 207 Market street and in Seattle at $3 Columbia street. The Heppenstall Forge & Knife Co., Pitts: burgh, has opened an office at 704 Keith building, Syracuse, N. Y., with J. D. Weeks in charge. Daniel H. Bender, consulting accountant and former comptroller for the United States ship- ping board, has opened an office at 136 South Sixteenth street, Philadelphia. The Lidgerwood Mfg. Co., New York, manu- facturer of ship winches, etc., has opened an office in the Hammond building, Detroit, with R. §. Hutchinson in charge. The Chesapeake Iron Works, Baltimore, manu- facturer of traveling cranes, has opened a branch office in the Woolworth building, New York, in charge of H. L. Mode. Caldwell & Co. and the Caldwell Shipping ' Co. have opened. an office in the Audubon building, New Orleans. _ Laing & McKay, Philadelphia, have opened a _ branch office in New York at 16 William street for handling general shipping business. The France & Canada Steamship Corp. now occupies offices at 602, 603 Bourse building, Philadelphia. The Lidgerwood Mfg. Co., New York, manu- facturer of hoists, cableways, ship winches, steering gears, etc., has opened a branch office in Detroit with R. S. Hutchinson in charge. The Poole Engineering & Machine Co., Balti- : more, has opened an office in the Engineers building, Cleveland, in charge of Frederick Baker. et ors, Export Co., which was incorporated in Delaware with $950,000. capital. The Interstate Park Navigation Corp., New: York, has been incorporated with $5000 active capital, by §. B. Howard, G. V. Reilly and R. K. Thistle, 65 Cedar street, New York. The Sidman Lighterage & Transportation Co. has been incorporated with $10,000 capital, by J. F. Brown, J. H. Wilkinson and R. L. Sidman, 15 White- hall street, New York. A. Y. Laigne and Horatio L. McKay have opened offices at 16 William street, New York, with a branch at 421 Chestnut street, Philadelphia, and will conduct a general shipping business. Extensions proposed by the Union Shipbuilding Co., Baltimore, will cost about $8,000,000 it has been estimated. The company is said to be planning the erection of six concrete ways. Frank I. Cowan, H. W. Baston and Clement F. Robinson were named as the incorporators of the - Penguin Co., which recently was incorporated as a shipbuilder at Portland, Me. The company is capi- talized at $50,000. The Jacksonville Utility Co. recently was incorpo- tated in Delaware to own and operate steamships, etc., by M. 8. Kelly, S. L. Mackey and J. D. Frock, all of Wilmington, Del. The company is capitalized at $100,000. Henry P. Malloy, F. X. Hennessy and Wallace Ingram, all of New York, were named as the incorpo- rators of the Delco Steamship Co., Ltd., which was recently incorporated in Delaware with $500,000 capital. A charter recently was granted the Peninsula Ship- ping Co. in the state of Delaware. The company, which is capitalized at $50,000, was chartered by Ff. L. Mackey, J. D. Frock of Wilmington, Del., and others, W. F. O'Keefe, George G. Steigler and J. H. Dow- dell, all of Wilmington, Del., recently were named as the incorporators of the Bethlehem Steamship Corp., which was incorporated in Delaware with ~ $1,000,000 capital. At a special meeting of the stockholders of the Cast Steel Ship Corp., held in' New York recently, THE MARINE REVIEW it was voted to increase the capital stock of the company from $250,000 to $600,000. The money raised by the sale of new stock will be used to extend the operations of the company. The American Steamship Navigation Co. established to carry freight, has announced that it will go into the passenger business also. The company is said to be negotiating for two British built vessels of 9000 tons each, which are designed for passenger and cargo traffic. . The Roman Steamship Co. recently was incorporated in Delaware with $400,000 capital, by D. W. Noel, George §. Brengle and Frank H. Gerrodetta, all of New York. These men were also named as_ the incorporators of the Warren Steamship Co., which was also incorporated in Delaware with $400,000 capital. . Incorporated last April in New York to manufacture motors, the Zobell Eféctric Motor Corp. has estab- lished a plant at Garwood, N. J. The company is capitalized at $25,000. Officers are: President, Fred G.:Bell; treasurer, A. I. Zoebisch and secretary, F. E. Bucker. The present equipment of the plant is designed for an output of from two to three hundred motors a month. >. Capitalized at $250,000, the New York Oceanic Co., New York, recently was incorporated to engage in transportation and navigation, by J. H. Torney, G. W. Clackner and C. G. Appleton, 3750 Broadway. The Albina Engine & Machine Works, a shipbuild- ing plant at Portland, Oreg., has been sold for $200,000. The plant originally cost $1,000,000. It will be dismantled. Capt. J. H. Rinder, natuical adviser to the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. and Charles W. Cook, former chief of the traffic department of the American Hawaiian Co., have entered into a partnership under the firm name of Rinder & Cook with offices on California: street, San Francisco. The firm will con- duct. a general business of marine surveying, broker- age and shipping. The French-American Line, owned by Abraham Frankle and associates, has purchased a 4-story build- ing. at 62 Broad street, New York, which will be remodeled. When improvements have been completed the building will be occupied as the permanent home of the line. According to a current report in shipping circles, the line has purchased a number IY UII "ill 3 RECORD REPAIR JOB.--The Todd Shipyards Corp., New. York, recently issued a booklet describing re- pairs to the steamer LorD DurreErRIN, which was rammed by the AquiTaNia last February. The book- let contains 26 illustrations showing how the big repair job progressed. Repairs to this vessel were de- scribed in THE MARINE Review for October. MARINE FITTINGS.--The Thacher Propeller & Foundry Corp., Albany, N. Y., is issuing an illustrated catalog devoted to its marine fittings. Over 50 items are given including anchors, grapnels, cleats, chocks, mooring posts, bitts, snubbing posts, mooring rings, capstans, deck scuttles, ventilators, fair-leaders, hawse reels, hawse pipes, water-deck irons, air-deck irons, spud points, propellers and grates. DROP FORGE TOOLS.--A = 160-page _ illustrated catalog describing drop forgings and drop-forged tools is being issued by J. H. Williams & Co., Brooklyn, IN oY: The tools. described include turning-tool holders, set-screw pattern boring-tool posts, forged- cutter tool - holders and_ several assortments of drop-forged wrenches. The book also contains a desciption of the drop-forging process in simple, non- technical language for the benefit of those not con- versant with its details. VALVES.--A catalog describing valves used aboard ships is being issued by the Schutte & Koerting Co., Philadelphia. Among the valves illustrated and de- scribed are: Stop, stop check, check, triple-duty, and extra heavy flanged valves. Several illustrations are in ITT New Trade Publications HINT December, 1919 of steamers from the government and contemplates the ownership of a fleet of 20 large vessels. Two large repairing contracts recently were obtained by the Baltimore Dry Docks & Ship Building Co., Baltimore. For the purpose of being reconditioned and converted from a troopship to a cargo-carrying vessel, the British steamship Eurana of the Green Star Line, is enroute to the docks of the company. The steamer BRAMMEL Point is -to be equipped with three diesel engines, replacing the present engines. The Groton Iron Works, Groton, Conn., has received an. order for six additional steel boats. The New London Ship & Engine Co., New London, Conn., recently received a large order for internal combustion engines for commercial use. The new engines are to be twice the size of any made by this company during the war. : The United States shipping board is about to con- struct a drydock at Portland, Me., according to reports in marine "circles. The proposed Canadian government ownership of the Grand Trunk railway will mean that Portland, Me., will virtually become the winter port for Canada. The Maine Fisheries Corp. is building what is said to be the largest fish freezing plant along the Atlantic coast at Boothbay Harbor, Me. The Judge Engineering Co., Boston, is handling the construction. The copartnership between Philip Cohen and Max Torbin, known as the Savoy Importing Co., Boston, has been dissolved. The Albina Engine & Machine Works, a shipbuilding plant at Portland, Oreg., has been sold for about $220,000, according to a recent announcement. The original cost of the plant is said to have been $1,000,000. It is understood the plant will: be dismantled. President William Cornfoot will operate a marine repair plant at Portland. Extensive new terminals in _ Seattle planned by Frank Waterhouse & Co., one of the most active shipping firms at that port. Mr. Water- house purchased the site on the West waterway some some ago and has just had plans drawn for the improvement. A pier and transit shed 900 feet in length and 150 feet wide are included, back of which there will be a reinforced concrete warehouse of the same dimensions. The site lies on deep water and is considered ideal for a modern terminal. harbor are UUIUULUICA UL | zl half sections showing the the valves while included which give the principal dimensions. The company also is issuing another booklet describing how its products were used during the war. CONTRACTORS' EQUIPMENT.--The Dake Engine Co., Grand Haven, .Mich., recently issued a 64-page - catalog describing contractors' equipment, steam mo- tors, air motors, pneumatic hoists, marine machinery, etc. The catalog is profusely illustrated and con- tains complete descriptions of the various devices listed. One of the units featured is a square-piston engine which is said to be an advantageous prime mover in cases where the motion to be converted is in one direction only. It is. pointed out that- these engines take up but little space and that they can be operated by semiskilled labor for long periods without attention. : STOCKLESS ANCHORS.--A bulletin describing cast steel stockless anchors recently was issued by the Penn Seaboard Steel Corp., Philadelphia. It 44s pointed out that the anchors comprise but five parts, all made of acid open-hearth steel, with a tensile strength of 60,000 to 7°,000 pounds to the square inch. It is said that the design of these anchors insures good gripping power and that they house close to the vessel's sides in the hawse pipes. These anchors have been approved by the American Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas and Lloyd's Register . of Shipping.