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to sign on as a sailor he became pri- vate secretary to Mr. Newell, then president of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad. Leaving this position because his salary of $40 a month was hardly sufficient for living expenses, he became private secretary to Col. John Hay, now one of the great characters in American history, as secretary to Lincoln, secre- tary of state under McKinley and Roosevelt, and ambassador to Great Britain. .At the time Coulby got his job with Colonel Hay, the latter was busy, in conjunction with Nicolay, in the prepa- ration of their famous life of Lincoln. That a man so well known later in life for vigorous action should have been in his youth in contact with a noted scholar and diplomat, famous for his personal charm, is an odd cir- sumstance, and it is likely that this association in the formative years of his life helped to give him that breadth of vision and sense of humanity which have always characterized him in his dealings with the problems of business and in his attitude toward men. Becomes a Lake Vessel Operator At -the age of 21, after having served three years as Colonel Hay’s private secretary, Coulby went to work as a clerk for the then re- cently established firm of Pickands, Mather & Co. The company at that time had one room for an office and the staff consisted of the two active partners and three clerks, including Coulby. From this humble position at a salary of $50 a month he rose to active partnership and to a dominant TABLE I General Particulars S. S. Harry Coulby Length overall, ft., ins Length between p. p., ft., ins Breadth molded, ft., ins Depth molded, ft., ins Displacement on 20-foot draft, i short tons Block co-efficient at 20-foot W. L..... Deadweight in‘long tons at 20-foot draft Capacity, cargo holds, cu. ft Bunker capacity, tons of coal Gross tons, U. S. measurement Net tons, U. S. measurement Official number : Depth of water bottom, ft., ins Deadrise in inches Tumble home in inches Number of hatches, spaced 24 feet between centers Width of hatches, clear opening, ft., Nmber of cargo holds Number of double bottom tanks.... *A statement by Harry Coulby, reprinted from an article by James B. Morrow in the Philadelphia ‘Record for July 19, 1912. ‘MARINE REVIEW—October, Harry Coulby UTVTLUMU URC LLATACOTRTU UREA TLOCELOLOVUVRUA EA URUOUROOPACOTU LUO MEMOT COURT LEA ETE A Sense of Fairness ALL of the great corpora- tions must hereafter think of the man who is on the firing line. He does not ask for favors but he demands opportunity and justice. He should be kept moving on- ward—moving for himself and thereby for his em- ployer. We study machinery, finance and processes. Man is more important—and in- finitely more interesting.* IVUTERAVOROTECATUTUOTEUUOUAUOLUAUOLOUOLOMEUOLELOVEATOPUA UOTE LAVO OA LOTUA TOA UATE 1927 position as a lake vessel operator. In 1904 at the age of 39 his reputation as an organizer and manager of vessel property was so firmly established that he was summoned by the Steel cor- poration to take active charge as president and general manager of the large fleet of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. Under his manage- ment this company grew and prospered to such an extent that in 1912, eight years after he took charge its fleet numbered 102 vessels transporting in that year around 23,000,000 tons of ore and 1,000,000 tons of coal. All through this period Mr. Coully continued his interest in Pickands, Mather & Co. In 1924 after 20 years of successful management of the large fleet of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., he retired from the presidency and active management in order to resu 1e completely his old association with the firm of Pickands, Mather & Co.. le continued for a time as chairman of the board of the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. After a period 6f comparative leisure in which he traveled exten- sively, making a trip around the world, he was elected president of the In- terlake Steamship Co., succeeding his old friend and associate for many years, H. G. Dalton; who eontinued ds a director. He took over the pie of president, the office she now holds, on Jan. 1, 1926. Such in brief is the history of the man after whom this newest and largest American lake freighter is named. The ‘keel of the steamer HARRY COULBY was laid Feb. 7, 1927, at the ‘Lorain, O., plant of the American SUN PARLOR FOR THE USE OF GUEST PASSENGERS ON THE §&. S. HARRY COULBY 13