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Hollenden hotel. Mr. Bradley spoke of the early beginnings of the stone trade only 12 or 18 years ago. He outlined briefly the progress which has taken place in the development of the self- unloader boat up to the present as represented in this latest vessel. After the luncheon moving pictures were shown of the launching and of the events immediately preceding and after. Mr. Bradley deserves great credit for the progressiveness he has shown in the development of the self-unload- ing Great Lakes stone carrier. There were times no doubt when opinion was set against the possibility of using this type of drive. The successful performance of the first vessel so fitted, fully proved the correctness of his judgment and made his conviction all the stronger that for his type of vessel the kind of power plant chosen will best serve the purpose. Director of Operations Appointment of E. A. Kelly, vice president in charge of operations for the Clyde line, to be director of operations of the Merchant Fleet Corp., in place of James A. Wilson, was approved by the shipping board. Mr. Kelly entered upon his new duties April 19. Mr. Kelly is a native of Kingston, N. Y. All of his business career has been in the shipping business and he has been associated with the Clyde line more than thirty years. He served as secretary to the general manager, chief clerk to the general manager, assistant to the vice presi- dent. He was general superintendent of the Clyde line, then general agent of the Clyde and Mallory line. Later he served as general manager, and then became vice president of the Clyde and Mallory lines. He is widely known in shipping cir- cles and brings with him not only years of practical experience in ship- ping matters, but the good will and confidence of all with whom he has associated. With his record in re- sponsible ‘positions in shipping Mr. Kelly is well fitted for this position. Proposed Memorial to Famous Shipbuilder c ‘Seal i | ad io i il | | 3 im ( Lim Photo and text by courtesy of Reo Motor Co. Sims, John T. Wheelwright, Benjamin R. C. Low and Roger Griswold. and the other committee members, believe that America owes a debt of gratitude to Donald McKay, whose genius once made the United States su- preme upon the seas. Donald McKay, was an unusual combination of artist and scientist, of idealist and _ prac- tical man of _ business. were alive to him, and when permit- ted to name them he chose names which were fitting and _ beautiful. His masterpiece, Flying Cloud, was the fastest long-distance sailing ves- E sel the world has ever seen. records. world made only 22 passages from an Atlantic port to San Francisco, around Cape Horn, in less than 100 days. several were made by McKay ships. And of the seven McKay passages, two of the fastest ever recorded for any sailing vessel were made by the Flying Cloud, which twice made the long trip in 89 days—a record never surpassed by any sailing vessel. UOOUUDVLV TUESDAY ODA ald McKay, famous builder of the clipper ship, Flying Cloud, is planned at East Boston, Mass., by a committee composed of more than three score distinguished Americans. An architect’s drawing of the pro- posed memorial is shown at the left. The McKay memorial committee in- cludes Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles Francis Adams, Rear Admiral W. S. Robert Grant, Guy Lowell, These, and honest craftsmanship born in 1810, His ships McKay’s supremacy over any other shipbuilder is shown conclusively by N IMPOSING memorial to Don- The sailing vessels of the Of these 22 shortest passages, AOOTULOUUUTOEODDLTADDAAUAU UTE MARINE REVIEW—May, 1927