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Marine News in a Personal Way Intimate Gossip About What Leaders in the N RECOGNITION of his successful direction of the affairs of the Todd Drydock & Construction Corp., Ta- coma, Wash., and the Todd Dry Docks Inc., Seattle, C. W. Wirry has just been made chairman of the boards of both com- He has been president of both panies. firms since their organization. Several of the younger executives have been promoted. J. A. Eves, formerly vice president and general manager of the Todd Drydock & Construction Corp., becomes president. In the same organ- ization, W. C. NickuM, naval architect, and JoHN GARDNER, engineer, have been elected vice prisedents. In the Todd Dry Docks Inc., H. W. Kent, formerly vice president and treasurer becomes president. A. R. Hunt, who has been general manager of the Seattle plant, becomes also. vice president. O. A. Lunp, one of the youngest of the Todd executives, has been named secretary and treasurer. He has been secretary and assistant treasurer. Mr. Wiley has directed the two com- panies during the war as well as in the past readjustment period. He became associated with William H. Todd in July 1916, when the Todd Shipyards Corp., New York, bought the Seattle Construc- tion & Drydock Co. He served as presi- dent until May 1918, when this plant was purchased by the shipping board. The Todd interests retained the plant’s three big drydocks and organized the Todd Dry Docks Inc., to operate them under Mr. Wiley as president and general man- ager. This plant and the Tacoma yard have been aggressive both in construc- tion and repair work, including three of the fast scout cruisers now being com- pleted for the navy. H. W. Kent has been associated with Seattle shipbuilding and repair work for 21 years. In July 1901, he entered the employ of Moran Bros., founders of the Seattle steel shipbuilding industry. In 1906, this company was purchased by the Moran Co., representing New York in- terests. In January, 1912, the company was’ bought by the J. V. Paterson in- terests and reorganized as the Seattle Construction & Drydock Co. Mr. Kent continued through each change of owner- ship and with the entrance of the Todd interests was made vice president and treasurer of the Todd Dry Docks Inc. A. R. Hunt joined the Seattle firm -in 1912, serving in the shipping board staff during the war. He is an experienced Maritime World Are Doing marine engineer. ©O. A. Lunn began with the Moran Co. in 1909 as a steno- grapher, becoming assistant treasurer in 1916 and secretary in 1918. ee ae. Wu.ram H. McCrovup, formerly. di- rector of traffic for the John L. Willys Export Corp., has been appointed manager of offices opened at 607 Press building, C. W. WILEY Chairman of the Boards of the Todd Companies at Seattle and Tacoma Detroit, by the Black Diamond Steam- ship Corp. x Ok Ok R. B. VANpDERGRIFT has been added to the staff of the Williams line, Philadel- phia, as assistant traveling freight agent. ea Ropert HAas_er, senior partner in Hasler & Co., Norfolk ship operators, is on a 3-months business and pleasure trip to Europe. i ee Oe CHArLES A. TucrK has received the appointment as general freight agent at Cleveland for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Co. Pe, see DonaLtp A. McPHERSON has succeeded P. H. Topp, deceased, as secretary of the North Atlantic eastbound confer- ence with headquarters at.San Francisco. he A. Ro. -LInNtNER; 254 formerly assistant the construction department of the Emergency Fleet corporation, has manager of been named as executive assistant to R. M. Semmes, director of the shipping board’s Northwest division with head- quarters at Seattle. ee et HucH GALLAGHER has been appointed assistant general manager of the Ad- miral line with headquarters 112 Market Street, San Francisco. Re ae Me F. N. BusH, recently with the Admiral line, has been appointed manager of the office at Portland, Oreg., opened re- cently by Sudden & Christenson. Pe ee Grorce J. YAter has resigned as di- rector of traffic of Dunham & Moore, New York, to become traffic manager of Norton, Lilly & Co. at San Francisco. Orto OLseN, who had been with the M: ie Tracy :Co,, 17 ‘State. street New York, has joined the chartering depart- ment of A. C. Elliot & Co., 16 Beaver street, New York. MicHAEL J. BUCKLEY, recently appoint- ed assistant traffic manager of the Rob- ert Dollar Steamship Co., with jurisdic- tion over the California district, for years was with the Pacific Mail Steam- “ship Co. * * Ks M. Watanabe, for several years man- ager at Seattle for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, has been promoted to a_ higher position at the company’s headquarters at Tokio. He has been succeeded by _ T. Ishizawa, transferred from Tientsin. © Fy: Riker CEARK, © secretary of -P. Kleppe & Co. Inc. and the Kleppe Lines Inc., both of 11 Moore street, New York, has been admitted to partnership in both organizations. He has. served both as general traffic manager since their organization and_ will that capacity. continue . in * * * J. P. Powe tz, editor and publisher of the Weekly Review and honorary secre- tary of the American Chamber of Com- merce of China, at Shanghai, sailed re- cently from Seattle, after a year in Washington, D. C., in behalf of the China Trade act, the proposed bill permitting the federal incorporation of American. firms in China. :