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Will Direct Work of New Export Case Association NNOUNCEMENT was made re- cently of the formation of the Export Fibreboard Case association with headquarters at 155 Montgom- ery street, San Francisco. Sponsors of the new organization include prominent American fibreboard case manufacturers and the purpose of the association is to foster the use and acceptance of fibreboard ship- ping cases in export trade. Plans eall for development on a national and international scale. H. L. Stilwell, packaging engineer, is head. of the new association and as managing director will devote his en- tire time to promoting the work of the organization. Climaxing a sales career of over 20 years, Mr. Stil- well’s appointment to his present post is in recognition of ability. He has served as salesman, ad- vertising exe- cutive, mer- chandis in g and sales exe- cutive and packaging en- gineer. His influence in developing the use of fibre- board cases in export trade has been particularly effective One of the chief duties of the as- sociation will be to set a standard of merit for all export fibreboard cases manufactured by members. A trade mark has been designed and its use will be licensed to any member for export cases which meet the associa- tion’s standards. Through experi- ence gained in shipping raisins and canned goods over a period of nearly two years, specifications have already been determined for fibreboard cases. H. L. Stilwell At the annual meeting of Cutler- Hammer, Ine., manufacturers of electric control apparatus, Milwau- kee, Wis. on April 14, Frank R. Ba- con, former chairman of the board, was elected president to fill the va- cancy caused by the death of Bever- ly L. Worden. The office of chair- man of the board was abolished. Other officers and directors were elected as follows: Vice presidents: Fda. Pleres, J.C: Wilson, treasurer, H. F. Vogt, secretary, W. C. Stevens. Directors elected were F. R. Bacon, F. L. Pierce, J. C. Wilson, H. F. Vogt, W. C. Stevens, T. Johnson Ward, of Cassatt & Co., Philadel- phia; Carl A. Johnson, president of the Gisholt Machine Co., Madison, Wis.; L. A. Lecher, of Bottum, Hud- nall, Lecher, McNamara & Michael, Milwaukee; G. S. Crane, general sales manager of Cutler-Hammer, Ine.; E. A. Bacon, vice president of the First Wisconsin National Bank. Vice-President of I.M.M. Dies in New York John H. Thomas, 62, vice-president of the International Mercantile Ma- rine Company, died at his home in New York on May 17. He had tend- ered his resignation and planned to retire to his estate in Maryland at the end of this year. He was born in Mattapany, Md., and his entire business life was iden- tified with shipping. He began in Baltimore with Furness, Withy & Co. and went to New York with them in 1896. In 1898 he became associated with the Atlantic Transport Co. as as- sistant to P. A. S. Franklin, at that time manager of the New York office. Later he became New York man- ager for the line and when the At- lantic Transport line was absorbed by the I. M. M. Mr. Thomas became freight, and later operating manager of that company. In 1910 he went to Boston as manager of the com- pany’s offices there, but returned to New York in 1917 on his election as vice president. He had been a di- rector since 1921. During the war he acted as direc- tor of the port of New York, super- vising the loading and dispatch of supply ships. His wife Mrs. Margaret Hale Thomas, and a daughter, Miss Anne Thomas, survive. Bunker Prices Leader in Package Freight Trade Dies in Buffalo AMES CAREY EVANS, 69, presi- dent of the Great Lakes Transit Corp., Buffalo, and well known in Great Lakes marine circles, died at his home in Buffalo on April 28 after an illness of three weeks. Born in Oswego, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1862, Mr. Evans came from a family long identified with shippng inter- ests. His great-grandfather, William Evans, who settled in Buffalo nearly a century ago built the Evans ship canal and his grandfather built the Evans grain elevator at Buffalo. At the age of 26 he became vice-presi- dent of the Canal & Lake Steamboat Co. and in 1901 was appointed west- ern freight agent for the company with offices'in Chicago. In 1911 he was elected vice-president and gen- eral manager of the Anchor line and in the same year was also elected president of the Western Warehousing Co. When the late William J. Connors form- ed the Great Lakes Transit Corp..in 1916, Mr. Evans was made president and a director and continued in that capacity until his death. The Great Lakes Transit Corp. operates one of the largest fleets _ of passenger and package freight ves- sels on the Great Lakes and it was under Mr. Evans’ direction that the fleet developed and increased the trans- portation of dairy and other perishable products by lake from the Northwest. Many of the ships in this fleet are equipped with refrigeration. He was a director and member of the executive committee of the Lake Carriers’ association and the Great Lakes Towing Co., Cleveland. He is survived by Mrs. Evans, a son, James Carey Evans 8rd, and a daughter, Mrs. Reginald B. Taylor. J. C. Evans Other Ports | At New York At Philadelphia i i ‘ Coal Fuel oil Diesel engine Boston, coal, per ton.. $6.87 : Nae oe MF aloes trim in bunk alongside oil alongside Boston, oil, f. a. 8. per : per ton per barrel per gallon per ton per barrel per gallon Moai oe te - 1.06 ; May 1 : "May 18, 1931.4.85@5.25 1.00 4.4 ampton Roads,coal,pe ’ Apr 18.0 488@ 828 1510 “a Aprilg......4:88@5.25 1.00 4.60 ee 4 Siecass x 10 4.5 aT. 1G. sees é : . ° . ’ ? Feb. Boies 5 4 8so8 38 1 10 ay, Feb. 18...... 4.85@5.25 1.00 4.88 L Per agen seeeee es 1 3s 6d an. 18 4.85@5.25 1.10 4.55% an. 18.......4-85@5.25 85 4,88 ondon, coa oer hin a be: 18 4.8505 25 1.10 4.55% bat ES ie cee 4.85@5.25 295 4.88 Antwerp, coal, per ton.. oe oe ov. 18......4.85@5.25 1.10 4.92 Nov. 18...... 4:85@5.25 1.00 4.88 Antwerp, ! vel ousper on: ef Oct. 18.......4,85@5.25 1.10 4,92 Ort AR 4,85@5.25 1.05 4.88 Antwerp, Diesel oil, per, Sept. 18. -4.85@5.25 1.10 4.92 Sept. 18...... 4.85@5.25 1.05 4.88 = oe: ABCC eae eh ee Aug: 187, 62.4 85@5.25 1.20 4.92 Aug, 18. cas 4.85@5.25 1.05 4.88 cop ports, — - Ser Mars: July 18, 1930.4. 75@5.00 1.20 4.92 July 18, 1930.4.75@4.50 1.10 4,88 British ports, Diesel oil. 82s MARINE REvIeEw—June, 1931 43 LE —