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resigned as vice president of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. to_ be- come assistant to Horace S. Wilkinson, chairman of the board of directors of the Crucible Steel Co. of America, has devoted practically his entire business carees-to iron ore shipping on the Great By eet C. COLLINS, who has Lakes. His first contact and experience with shipping conditions on the lakes was gained with the firm of M. A. Hanna & Co., Cleveland, with which he started as an office boy in 189%. When the Carnegie Steel Co. i 1897 under- took to handle its own ore ‘he joined that organization. The Carnegie Steel Co. then had become an operator of lake vessels through its ‘acquisition of a three- quarter interest in the Lake Superior ‘Tron Co., carrying with-it-a fleet of four .. boats. In 1899 the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. was organized as a’ subsidiary of the Carnegie Steel Co. The fleet of this company was originated by the buying of several vessels and the building of others. Operations were car- ried on under the direction of E. S. Mills as general manager of the Pitts- burgh Steamship Co., and Mr. Collins worked under his, direction. When the Steel corporation was formed in 1901 and the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. be- came a separate subsidiary, Mr. Collins was given the title of general agent. In 1904 he was made traffic manager and several years later, vice president in charge of traffic, the position which he has held up to the present time. Mr. Collins has been prominent in the or- ganization affairs of lake vessel operators. He is chairman of the welfare plan com- mittee of the Lake Carriers’ association, and alternate member of the executive committee and’ a member of the board of directors of that organization. Mr. Collins will take up his new duties about Aug. 1 and will have his head- quarters at New York. His offices will be in the National City building. * * x SAUNDERS WriGHT, formerly manager for Callaghan, Atkinson & Co., Norfolk, has been appointed manager for Harriss, Magill & Co., in succession to VIHL DICHMANN recalled to New York, where he will take active charge of the opera- tions of the company: Mr. Dichmann, vice president of Harriss, Magill & Co., has been manager of the Norfolk of- fice for the past two years. His re- subsequent — Marine News in a Personal Way Intimate Gossip About What Leaders in the Maritime World Are Doing turn to New York was due to the death of President LaFenta of the company. Mr. Wright has been assistant to Mr. Dichmann since the closing of Callaghan, Atkinson & Co.’s_ Norfolk office about four months ago. ee ge ALFRED W. PEELER has been advanced to the presidency. of the Overseas Cor- poration, Ltd, succeeding the late E. C. COLLINS Charles F. Hebenstreit who was _ recent- ly killed in an accident. The company maintains headquarters in Seattle with branches in the Orient and New York. ae, ge F. T. Satrerrorp, until recently man- ager of the lumber export department of Carstens & Earles, Inc., importers and exporters, has resigned to organize the Satterford Export Lumber Co., with headquarters in Seattle. This firm will specialize in the Japanese lumber mar- ket. ae oe W. H. Peters, formerly superintendent of the Rainier National park and for several years connected with the army engineer’s staff at Portland, has been selected as manager of the port of Grays Harbor, assuming his duties May 29. _ oe oe M. D. Keeney, Seattle shipping man, has organized the National Commercial 289 ~-tended. vacation. _ mlarine ‘This company succeeds the Inter-Ocean Trad- ing Co. and represents Mikama & Co., Corp. of which he ‘is president. Japanese: ship owners. Branch _ offices are established in Kobe, Tokio and Shanghai. eet, So H. M. GAtriaGcueEr, chief assistant to ‘the general. manager of the port of New Orleans, has resigned and will go to Charleston, S. C.,.to be manager of the port. Mr. Gallagher served a short -time as chief engineer for the New. Orleans port commission. ee owe” Harry Brown resigned as a director and as technical manager of the Bethle- hem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., effective June 1, 1922, and has left for ‘an ex- His resignation has been accepted with regret by his associ- _ ates in the Bethlehem company. Ce Ee ' “Wittiam H. Wooptn, president of the American Car .& Foundry Co. who recently returned to this country after attending the International Railways con- ference at Rome, has been elected a di- rector of the American Ship & Com- merce Corp. iia meray eee Henry Penton, naval architect and engineer, Cleveland, has been made a member of the committee on engineering of the American Bureau of Shipping, especially representing the Great Lakes. He was in charge of the lake shipbuilding district for the govern- ment during the war. a ee MicHaeEL J. Donauue, for the past 15 years identified with the Cunard Steam- ship Co., Boston, tendered his resignation recently. as eee Witrrep O. WuHite of Kelvin & Wil- fred O. White Co., Boston, is a mem- ber of the directorate of the newly or- ganized firm of Kelvin, Bottomly &. Baird, Ltd, of : Canada. * *k 2k HucuH McKenzie has been promoted from assistant general passenger agent to — general passenger agent of the Pacific Steamship Co. with headquarters at Seattle. Mr. McKenzie succeeds E. G. McMtckEN recently advanced to the position of passenger traffic manager of the same organization.