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328 D. W. Taylor as Consultant with Gibbs Bros. Admiral D. W. Taylor has become associated with the firm of Gibbs Brothers Ine., naval architects and Marine Engineers, 1 Broadway New York City, as consultant. Admiral Taylor’s career and fame are so well known that it not necessary to retell them here. The enthusiasm with which William Francis Gibbs made the announcement indicates his standing ADMIRAL D. W. TAYLOR Admiral Taylor, former chief constructor of the U. S. navy has become associated with Gibbs Bros., Inc., as consultant in the profession of naval architecture. Mr. Gibbs said: ‘We are to be con- gratulated in having consummated this alliance with Admiral Taylor. No man in the world stands higher in the field of naval design and naval architecture and no man has _ had a more brilliant career of expert achievement and authority than has been his. “Admiral Taylor wil be associated with us as consultant and we will have the benefit of his unquestionable abilities and fine achievements in those highly scientific and technical fields of naval architecture and ship design upon which depends the efficiency and success of American shipping.” Old Dominion Elects New Vice President Calvin Austin, president of the Eastern Steamship Line Ince., an- nounced, that effective Aug. 1, 1925 Mr. J. A. Coates has been elected vice president of the Old Dominion MARINE REVIEW Steamship Co. The duties of this office will be in addition to his duties as vice president of the Eastern Steam- ship Lines, Inc., and his status with this company will not be affected. Mr. F. H. Mickens, freight traffic man- ager, who was appointed assistant to the vice president at the time Mr. Coates was appointed to this office with the Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc., will have direct charge of the agency and the terminals at New York, and matters pertaining to the agency and the terminals at _ that port should be handled with him, pier 18 -North river, New York, N. Y. Mr. Coates will be located at pier 25 North river, New York. Death of G. M. Bosworth C.F. Steamships’ Head George M. Bosworth, chairman of the Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines, Ltd., Montreal, died in Hyde Park hotel, London, July 26. He died a week after being operated on for appendicitis. George Morris Bosworth was born in Ogdensburg, N. Y., in 1858 and was educated in the Ogdensburg Col- legiate Institute. He entered the railroad business in 1875 as an em- ploye of the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain railway, of which he was appointed general freight agent six years later. Subsequently he served in an executive capacity with the National Despatch Line. He entered the service of the Cana- dian Pacific in 1882 as. assistant gen- eral freight agent of the Ontario and Quebec subdivision. After sev- eral subsequent promotions he was appointed vice president of the sys- tem in 1910. Six years later when the railway company established its steamship lines he resigned the vice presidency to become the chairman of the subsidiary concern Swedish Shipowner Dies in Auto Accident Dan Brostrom, president and man- aging director of the Swedish-Ameri- can Line, was killed in an automobile accident July 24 near Halmstad, Sweden. Mrs. Brostrom, who ac- companied him, and the chauffeur, escaped with minor injuries. Mr. Brostrom, who at one time was minister of the navy, was the largest ship owner in Sweden and was considered an authority on mari- time matters. September, 1925 Capt. R.D.Gatewood Made District Manager President Palmer of the Fleet cor- poration announced on July 27, the ap- pointment of Capt. R. D. Gatewood as district director for the New York district, with headquarters in New York city. Captain Gatewood as- sumed his new duties on Aug. 1 and in addition to serving as the district director for New York will continue as the head of the maintenance and repair division of the corporation. This is a well deserved recognition of a firm and efficient handling of the extensive and elaborate repair and reconditioning program of the cor- poration. It is to be expected that henceforth all other business of the Fleet corporation in the New York district will be carried on in an hon- est, thorough and intelligent manner. Captain Gatewood is a naval con- structor in the United States navy and has had a wide experience during his career. After graduating from the Naval Academy in February, 1903, he spent about a year at sea and prior to his assignment to the con- struction corps of the navy, attended ’ CAPT. R. D. GATEWOOD Captain Gatewood has been appointed district director for the New York district of the Emergency Fleet Corp. the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- nology, graduating in 1906.. Following graduation, he was as- signed to Mare Island navy yard on shop and outside supervision work and after six years there became fleet con- structor of the Atlantic fleet on the staff of the commander-in-chief. He was next assigned to the Philadelphia