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More Ships in Commission On the Great Lakes As of June 15, ninety-nine Amer- ican lake ore vessels, of a total ag- gregate trip capacity of 811,500 tons, were in commission. This represents 29.19 per cent of the total aggregate trip capacity of 2,780,500 tons of American lake ore vessels and 29.82 per cent of the total number of 332 vessels. Forty of these ninety-nine vessels were engaged in the ore trade. This represents a favorable showing over a year ago as of June 23, 1932, when sixty-seven vessels or 20.44 per cent of the total capacity were in operation and only fifteen of which were engaged in the ore trade. Furthermore, the immediate future prospect for business on the lakes is greatly improved over a year ago. The Pittsburgh Steamship Co. with fifteen vessels in commission as this is written is making ready to place twelve to fifteen additional vessels in service. The M. A. Hanna Co., with four vessels now in service, is plan- ning to place five additional vessels in operation, almost its entire fleet. Within the next three weeks it is now confidently expected that the American lake ore fleet in commis- sion will be increased by an addi- tional twenty-five to thirty vessels. If steel production continues to in- crease, and the present indications are that it will, still further demands for ore will call for additional ves- sels. Almost everyone is now hope- ful of a steady improvement in ves- sel movement throughout the season of navigation. L. E. Jeanneret, special represen- tative of the Babcock & Wilcox Tube Co., is acting temporarily as district sales manager of the company’s De- troit territory, replacing J. E. Pol- hemus, former manager. Capt. Ralph H. Bonnett, Lakewood, O., master of the freighter JoHN Mc- CARTNEY KENNEDY, was killed in an automobile accident in Benton Har- bor, Mich., May 6. Joseph James Tynan Dies Joseph J. Tynan, 61, noted ship- builder and vice president of the Bethlehem Steel Co., died at San Francisco on June 6. Joseph James Tynan came to this country from Ireland when he was 17 years old and began his career as a common laborer. In Philadelphia he attend- ed the Spring Garden institute of that city. He worked for Wm. Cramp & Sons, Ship & Engine Building Co. and in 1905 had risen to a position of general manager of that ship- yard. In 1906 he came to the notice of Mr. Schwab and was sent to San Francisco as head of the Union Iron- works, which later became the prin- cipal West coast shipbuilding center of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. From 1909 until his retirement last August he was vice president “in charge of the West coast activities of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Since his retirement he had served the Bethlehem Steel Co. as_ vice president in a consulting capacity. During the war he was sent to Montreal to supervise the construc- tion of ten submarines for the Brit- ish admiralty. This was one of the outstanding feats in shipbuilding during the war. The ten vessels were delivered within five months. Dur- ing the war Charles M. Schwab, di- rector general of the Emergency Fleet Corp., honored Mr. Tynan by conferring on him a gold medal for his quick delivery of vessels. He was a member of the San Fran- cisco harbor commission in 1981. Among the associations of which he was a member are, the American So- ciety of Mechanical Engineers, So- ciety of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and the San _ Francisco chamber of commerce. Tell Direction of Wind As this comes from a deep Sea fish- erman, it can be taken with a grain of salt. He reports to the fish and game department of the Canadian railways, that, by the Atlantic ocean, the change in wind direction can be foretold by the stance of seagulls on pilings and wharf structures. He says that gulls at rest ashore will always face the way the wind is blowing but within three hours of an approaching variation they will head themselves in the direction from which the wind is to arrive. MARINE REVIEwW—July, 1933 Commerce of Los Angeles, Increase in Lumber An encouraging feature of the com- merce of Los Angeles harbor in the month of May was the decided up- turn in the lumber trade. Receipts of lumber during the month of May totaled nearly 40,000,000 board feet, compared with less than 33,000,000 board feet for the month of May a year ago. The low point in lumber receipts was reached in February last, when less than 19,000,000 board feet were handled. Total commerce through the port for the month of May aggregated ap- proximately 1,200,000 tons at a value of $53,200,000. This was about $10,- 000,000 less than May, 1932, but was approximately the same as the com- merce of the port during recent months. Export to other countries amounted to $4,600,000 or about $1,000,000 less than for May, 1932, and a little less than in April of this year. Imports, however, showed an increase of $400,- 000 over the corresponding period of last month, and also an increase over April. Trade with Hawaii showed a de- cided increase, both in and out, over the month of May last year, amount- ing to $686,000 worth of shipments to Hawaii, and $460,000 worth of re- ceipts from Hawaai. This was also a decided increase over the preceding: month of April. Domestic trade of the harbor was about the same in May as in April although showing a slight increase in shipments. Intercoastal receipts and coastwise Shipments were less than in the same period of last year. Oil shipments, however, were at a low ebb, totaling only 4,857,000 bar- rels which is more than, 2,000,000 under the month of May last year and considerably less than in April. Charles T. Belbin Dies A link with the past of American shipping was broken at the death of Charles Thomas Belbin who helped to design many of the famous old Baltimore clipper ships. He died on June 1 at the age of 98 at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Taylor, in Washington. For forty years he conducted a ship- smith’s shop at Cross street and Key highway, Baltimore. In those days the Patapsco basin was lined with shipyards that turned out famous sailing ships. Mr. Belbin came to the United States from England 78 years ago at the age of 20. Directors of the Todd Shipyards Corp. at their monthly meeting May 24, declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share. 35