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Appoint Traffic Manager United States Lines HE United States lines continues to strengthen its position by add- ing to its personnel, in responsible positions, experienced transportation men. The latest addition along this line is E. Grant McMicken, as vice president in charge of traffic. Mr. McMicken came to the United States lines from the west coast where he E. GRANT McMICKEN had been the successful passenger traffic manager of the Pacific Steam- ship Co. Mr. McMicken was born in Minne- sota and began his transportation career with the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway Co. in Decem- ber 1890. He served with several rail- roads, finally going to the Seattle of- fices of the Great Northern Railway Co. In 1899 he became the general freight and passenger agent of the North American Transportation & Trading Co. and in September 1901 he was appointed general passenger agent of the Pacific and Alaska Steamship Co. In 1905 he became general freight and passenger agent of the Northwestern Steamship Co. In November 1916, when Mr. Mce- Micken was general passenger agent of Pacific Alaska Navigation Co., this company, headed by H. F. Alex- ander, absorbed the old Pacific Coast Steamship Co., and he became pas- senger traffic manager of the reor- ganized company, known as the Pa- cific Steamship Co., with headquar- ters in San Francisco. Later he be- came passenger traffic manager of the company at Seattle where he organ- ized the transpacific service for the 32 Admiral Oriental line with the five 535-footers allocated by the ship- ping board to the North Pacific. His attitude is well illustrated . by the following statement: ae | have always been an enthusiast and an opti- mist regarding the American mer- chant marine and naturally have every confidence in its future, par- ticularly on the north Atlantic.” Lar ge Russian Freight Contracts Let Contracts for the transportation of $350,000,000 worth of freight to Rus- sian ports this year have been made by the American Export and Ameri- can Scantic lines, doubling the volume of 1929. The contract with the Export line has been in effect since last September and another contract with Moore & McCormack, agents for the American Scantic line was made dur- ing the week of Feb. 9, to be effec- tive as long as the Export contract. Early in February two Russian groups arrived in the United States with commissions to spend $8,000,000 and $10,000,000 respectively for power plant and chemical plant materials which will be shipped in American bottoms from Staten Island. At present 1500 men are employed at the Tompkinsville piers in the han- dling of the freight and _ shipping men predict they will be kept busy for several years in view of the contracts already made and those pending. The name of the Heppenstall Forge & Knife Co. has been changed to Heppenstall Co. The general office and works of the company are _lo- cated at Pittsburgh. Pensacola Commissioned The U. S. S. PENSACOLA, first of the 10,000-ton treaty cruisers to be laid down under the terms of the Wash- ington conference was commissioned on Feb. 6 at the New York navy yard. She will leave on a shakedown cruise within six weeks. The PrENsSA- COLA’S keel was laid in May, 1926, and she was launched in April, 1929. She is 550 feet long and 64 feet beam at the waterline, has a speed of 32% knots and costs approximately $11,000,000 to build. At the annual meeting of the share- holders of the Wellman-Seaver-Morgan Co., Cleveland, held Feb. 18, 1930, an amendment to the articles of incor- poration was adopted, changing the name of the company to the Wellman Engineering Co. MARINE REVIEW—March, 19380 American Scantic Line to Extend Service The United States shipping boarg was advised on Feb. 7 of the ex. pansion of the American Scantie line through an arrangement made between the line and the Am-Derutra Trans. port Corp., which will further expang American shipping. The arrangement provides for regular sailings from New York to the northern ports of the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics, The vessels will go to Leningrad when that port is ice free, and to Mur- mansk during the remainder of the year. The regular weekly service of the American Scantic line from New York to Scandinavian and Baltic ports will also include Leningrad in its itinerary. The 10,000-ton light cruiser CuIcago, seventh of the vessels authorized in the navy’s 1924 building program, will be launched at the Mare Island navy yard on April 10. She will be christened by Miss Elizabeth Brit- ten of San Francisco, sister of Repre- sentative Britten. To Handle Yale & Towne Equipment Sales James C. Morgan, who 10 years ago became affiliated with the Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford, Conn, has been placed in charge of all ma- terial handling equipment sales, in- cluding chain blocks, electric hoists, industrial trucks, hand lift trucks, skid platforms, etc. He was formerly connected with the C. W. Hunt Co. JAMES C. MORGAN