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August, 1922 Alumni Endows Institute for Naval Architects Presentation of a trust agreement covering a fund of $250,000 was one of the features of the annual commence- ment exercises of the Webb Institute of. Naval. Architecture held in New York in June. Speakers included Wal- ter M. MacFarland, president of the American Society of Naval Architects and vice president of the Webb board of trustees; Alfred W. Kiddle, presi- dent of the Engineers’: club of New York; Commander Gatewood of the United States navy,-.and Joseph Hus- son, president of the Webb Alumni as- sociation who presented to the board of trustees the trust agreement. The Webb institute is an endowed college where high school graduates may obtain a 4-year education in naval architecture and marine engineering, to- gether with room and board during the school terms of the four years, without cost. ‘Nine students were graduated at the 1922 commencement. Competi- tive examinations for entrance will be held in September for 20 vacancies existing next fall. The Webb institute was endowed in 1891 and opened in 1895 by William H. Webb, one of New York’s shipbuilders in the days when American clippers ruled the seas. The $250,000 fund, to be known as ‘the Webb appreciation fund, was con- ceived by Morris R. Machol, a gradu- ate, and gets its name because it ex- presses the appreciation of more than 100 graduates for the free education they received. Each graduate joining the fund has voluntarily signed a series of 20 $25 notes, held by a special trust agreement with the National City hank. The notes are payable yearly, so that at the end of 20 years each graduate will have paid $500. Another unusual feature of the fund is that members of each graduating MARINE REVIEW class will sign their series of notes upon graduation. Other members of the board of trustees who were present in addition to Mr. MacFarland included, Louis Nixon, shipbuilder, who spoke briefly; Gilbert P. Taylor, secretary of the Am-. erican Bureau of Shipping; W. J. David- son, president of the Staten Island Ship- building Co.; F. A. Goetze, treasurer of Columbia university; P. J. McAuliffe of P. J. Auliffe Co. naval architects, and C. A. McAllister, vice president of the American Bureau of Shipping. Issues Reports on Ports The (board of engineers for rivers and harbors, war department, in co- operation with the bureau of research of the United States shipping board, has just issued Port Series No. 2, de- voted to Boston, Portland, Me., was No. 1. The complete series as pro- posed will comprise 71 reports on the principal ports of the United States, prepared to meet the needs of the war department in its development of harbors and its encouragement of port facilities, of the shipping board in its promotion of an American mer- chant marine, and of commercial and shipping interests. The report includes chapters on port and harbor conditions, port customs and regulations, port services and charges, fuel and supplies, port and harbor facilities, communications, the freight rate situation, the commerce of Boston, and the territory tributary to that city. Of special interest are the tables and maps showing the ori- gin and destination of imports and ex- ports through the port. Doullut & Williams have secured a con- tract from the New Orleans port com- missioners to place the back fill for the locks on the industrial canal. Jol Assigned Shipping Board Vessels EASTERN Crown, 8860 tons, assigned Mallory Transport Lines, Inc., Baltimore, managing agents, for Gulf-North Atlantic-South and East Africa service. ALEDO, 7249 tons, assigned C. H. Sprague & Son, Boston, managing agents, for Montreal-Scandinavian service, LIBERTY, 9669 tons, assigned Cosmopolitan Ship- ping Co., New York, managing agent, for New York-Boston-French Atlantic service. BELLINGHAM, 7493 tons, assigned C. H. Sprague & Son, Boston, managing agents, for Baltimore- Boston-Scandinavian service, WarRWICK, 6000 tons, assigned McAllister Bros., New York, management operation. AEOLUS, 12,350 tons, assigned North Atlantic & Western Steamship Co., Boston, managing agent for one voyage from New York to Los Angeles only. Crry or HonoLuLu ex-Huron, 8910 tons, assigned North Atlantic & Western Steamship Co., Boston, managing agent for one voyage from New York to Los Angeles only. EASTERN Sun, 9066 tons, assigned Mallory Trans- . port Lines, Inc., New York, managing agent, for its Gulf-New York-South and East African service. Shipping Board Has 393 Vessels Allocated J. Barstow Smull, vice president of the Emergency Fleet corporation, in charge of charters and allocations, re- ports that on July 1 there were under assignment to the traffic department 327 steel cargo and 29 steel passenger vessels. There were 31 cargo vessels under bareboat charter to private com- panies and 6 steel cargo vessels to United States and foreign governments, making a total of 393 vessels in the allocation division. There are under bareboat charter 3 tugs, 1 tanker of 1200 deadweight tons, 1 passenger steamer of 4030 deadweight tons and 30 cargo vessels of 124,961 deadweight tons. The ManzaniLto, a Ward liner, is be- ing repaired at the Johnson Iron Works plant in Algiers, La. ‘ 1922 Cone Lakes Red Book Now Ready OMPLETE with the names and addresses C of engineers, and owners. of nearly 1200 ves- sels, the Great Lakes Red Book now is off the press and is being distributed. teenth edition of this book, the present volume, continuing in pocket size as its predecessors, rep- resents the last word in handy information about The vessels are alpha- betically indexed with a number indicating the fleet to which the ship belongs. Consecutively numbered, the fleet lists contain the names of the owners, masters and engineers and tell whether the vessel is a steamer, tug, barge or other type. The super- Great Lakes shipping. As the nine- chased. Space is intendent of each operator also is named with the fleet listing. Supplementing this is an alphabetical list of bulk freighters with gross tonnage of each on about a 19-foot draft. to whether steam, sail or tow barge. feature of the new issue, and which has been popu- lar in earlier issues, is the port directory and listing of companies by ports where supplies may be pur- Designation is given as Another provided also for memoranda, such as changes in ownership, masters, names, ete. Printed on heavy paper, bound in a heavier red cover, the book contains 160 pages. It is dis- tributed by the Penton Publishing Co., Cleveland. a LK