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Marine News in a Personal Way Intimate Gossip About What Leaders in the cently was elected vice president of the United American lines, is con- sidered one of the most competent of American steamship operators. Mr. Tomlinson is a native of New Jersey. He began his career in shipping in 1887 with the firm of Peter Wright & Sons, Philadelphia, one of the most influential and widely known shipping houses in those days. This firm was agent for the Atlantic Transport Co., was managing agent for the American and Red Star lines, and owned the In- ternational Navigation Co., of which the late Clement A. Griscom, .a partner in the firm, was president. Mr. Tomlinson served his apprenticeship in the freight traffic department of Peter Wright & Sons, When the International Naviga- tion Co. took over the management of its own business, he continued in the freight department with that company. When the International Navigation Co. was merged into the International Mer- cantile Marine Co., he was transferred to the operating department. Mr, Tom- linson remained with the (International Mercantile Marine Co., until 1907, when he joined the American-Hawaiian Steam- ship Co. as assistant manager, and served under Capt. W. B. Burnham, who was the manager. When Captain peer D. TOMLINSON, who re- Burnham retired in 1914, Mr. Tomlin-. son became superinterident of the Amer- ican-Hawaiian line, the title being later changed to operating manager. During the war Mr. Tomlinson served the ship- ping board in an advisory capacity on operations. After the war, when W. A. Harriman purchased an interest in the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., and the United American lines were organ- ized to operate the fleets of the Ameri- can-Hawaiian and the American Ship & Commerce Navigation Corp. another Harriman company, Mr. Tomlinson was selected as operating manager for the United American lines. He resigned from that position at the time of his election as vice president of the Amer- ican-Hawaiian in) 1921. His recent elec- tion as vice president of the United American Lines connects him intimately with the affairs. of that company once again. heh ike C. C. WarpLow, assistant to R. H. M. Robinson, president of the United Cs ab eto <2 Maritime World Are Doing American Lines, has been made sec- retary and a director of the Atlantic Mail Corp., a subsidiary of the Amer- ican Ship & Commerce Corp. which has been formed to take over the New American liners REsoLUTE and RELIANCE. a ee Homer L. Fercuson, president and general manager of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. Newport J. D. TOMLINSON ~ News, Va., has been elected a director of the Hampton Roads Maritime ex- change, succeeding Capt. W. E. GrirFritH, who resigned following his transfer to’ Washington by the shipping board. Wee Ree me Cyrus A. ANDERSON has become Pa- cific coast manager for the Davies- Turner Co., one of the oldest freight- forwarding corporations in the country. He succeeds Joun W. CHAPMAN, who resigned to handle the Pacific coast af- fairs of the Williams Steamship Co. Both men will have headquarters in San Francisco. * ok x C. O. Burcin has been named general freight agent for the Pacific coast dis- trict of the Atlantic, Gulf. & Pacific Steamship Corp., with ‘headquarters at San Francisco, R. E. Divinney is the new assistant general freight. agent in charge of eastbound traffic and H. R. 211 Dork assistant general freight agent in charge of westbound traffic, ee, eae Georce H. Wetts, formerly in charge of the European section of the New York office of the shipping board, has ‘become traffic manager of the United States lines and Stewart Roserrson has been made his assistant. W. L. Butt, head of the Mediterranean divi- sion at Washington, succeeds Mr. Wells and ALLEN PRANGNELL, formerly with the S. O. Stray Co., succeeds Mr. Bull. ee es F, G, FRrieser, who has been made special assistant to W. B. Keene, traf- fic manager of the Emergency Fleet corporation, formerly was in charge of the European division of the shipping board at Washington. He will have supervision of homeward rates and traffic. J. E. ANprews, who has been assistant to Mr. Keene, succeeds Mr. Frieser. eee R. H. M. Rosrnson, chairman of the executive committee, and during the past year actin president of the United American Linies, Inc., has been elected president. J. D, Tomziinson has been elected vice president. Mr. Tomlinson is vice president of the American- Hawaiin Steamship Co., for which the United American lines are managing agents. : eae K. E. Hurisurr has been appointed acting manager of the new office of the , Luckenbach Steamship Co., at 131 Board of Trade building, Boston. The com- pany operates an express freight serv- ice with 12 large freighters between At- lantic and Pacific coast ports, and this expansion is designed to give shippers on both coasts a special direct Boston- San Francisco service. ee ek Capt. Francis H. Roprnson has been appointed general agent for the Williams line, with headquarters in New York. He was for many years connected with the San Francisco offices of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., and also was identi- fied with the California-Atlantic Steam- ship Co. He served as captain in charge of marine labor, army transport service, at port of embarkation, during the world war, acting in that capacity until the armistice was signed.