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|. M. M. Employes Retired After Long Service After a career of almost 60 years in. shipping, A. C. Fetterolf, vice president of the International Mer- cantile Marine Co., and the Roosevelt Steamship Co., retired on June 30. He has always been connected with the transportation of freight. At the age of 16, he entered the Philadelphia office of Peter Wright & Sons, then agents for the Aimerican and Red Star lines, which later be- came a part of the Internationai Mercantile Marine Co. Later, on be- ing transferred to the New York office, he took charge of American line and Red Star line freight. In 1902 on the formation of the International Mercantile Marine Co., Mr. Fetterolf became assistant gen- eral traffic manager and three years later was made freight traffic man- ager, a position which he held until 1925, when he became vice president in charge of the freight operations. During the World war, in addition to his company duties, he served as director of ocean transportation for the American Red Cross. Mr. Fet- terolf was born in Collegeville, Pa. He now makes his home in Montelair, Noo d.,° where he is active in the town’s civie affairs. F. W. Ridgway Retires F. W. Ridgway, another old em- ploye of the International Mercantile Marine Co., also retired on June 30, after 51 years of service. He had seen service both in sail and steam, and began his business career in 1883 in the White Star office in New York when that company was stili operating sailing ships. As head of the inward freight department, he handled the papers of many a square- rigger in from India and China. Mr. Ridgway became assistant manager of the steamship depart- ment of the International Mercantile Marine Co. in 1904. In 1910 he was appointed manager of the operating department and held that position until his retirement. He comes of sea-going forbears. His great grandfather, Joseph Skid- more Ridgway, was a member of the firm of New York merchants that owned the Dramatic line of sailing packets. These vessels, famous in the thirties and forties, all bore names notable in the theater. The first four of these vessels were the GARRICK, SIDDONS, SHAKESPEARE and Roscious. They were of 1100 tons burden, 170 feet long and ran between New York and Liverpool. John Watson Retires John Watson, general superinten- dent of the International Mercantile Marine Co., also retired on June 30, having reached retirement age after 44 years of service. He joined the Atlantic Transport line in 1890 as 34 general assistant in the operating department at old pier 57. During the Spanish American war he was in charge of old pier 39 where the American line ships were outfitted for war service. Shortly after the formation of the International Mercantile Marine Co. in 1902, he was made superintendent of White Star piers. In 1910 he was placed in charge of the Chelsea piers, and held this post until he retired. Mr. Watson was succeeded bv Capt. William H. Lee, who has been his assistant for several years. Grace Line Personnel Brainard J. Fountain, formerly New England passenger agent for the Grace line, has been appointed general agent of the passenger department with headquarters at 10 Hanover Square, New York, according to a report is- sued by W. B. Wheeler, passenger traffic manager of the Grace line. Mr. Fountain replaces W. O. Cogswell, who for the past three years filled this posi- tion, and who now has accepted a posi- tion with the Matson line with head- quarters in Honolulu. Kenneth B. Harding was appointed New England passenger agent with headquarters in Boston. Leo J. Mc- Kernan will assist him as traveling passenger agent. Active Summer Season for Hamburg-American Of the combined fleets of the Ham- burg-American line and the North Ger- man Lloyd, six steamships, having a total net registered tonnage of almost 200,000 tons, arrived and departed from the companies’ piers 84 and 86, Manhattan, in the 59 hours elapsing between the arrival of the BREMEN on June 28 and the departure of the same ship June 30. The S. S. ALBerT BALLIN of 21,500 tons, arrived on June 29 from Ham- burg and the Channel ports with 238 passengers. On the same day, the Co- LUMBUS, Of 32,565 tons, sailed with 1100 passengers. The sisterships, RE- LIANCE and Resouute, of 19.802 and 19,- 692 tons, respectively, sailed on June 30 with a combined passenger list of 750; the ReLIANCE sailing north on a 41-day cruise to Iceland, the North Cape, Scandinavian zountries and Rus- Sia, and the RresoxuTe on an 83-day cruise to South America, Africa, Asia and Europe, her first port of call being Trinidad. The BrRreMeEN’s departure from New York at midnight on June 30, with 1600 passengers, brought the total number arriving and departing on these six vessels to 4200. All four slips of the companies’ piers were the scene of orderly confusion during this period, as tremendous quantities of supplies and other neces- sities were taken aboard, MARINE REVIEw—August, 1934 Hicks Appointed Treasurer of |. M. M. Lines Raymond W. Hicks, newly named treasurer of the International Mer- cantile Marine Co., who will assume his duties on Oct. 1, is living proof that, while the United States shipping board has borrowed talent freely from the ranks of the American merchant marine, it occasionally makes a sub- stantial payment in kind on its per- sonnel debt. For Raymond Hicks is a product of the United States ship- ping board and it is the training he received there which reinforced his fine natural abilities. Mr. Hicks, a native of Kingston, N. Y., saw his first service with the shipping board in September, 1919, when he became a member of the ac- counting department’s staff, later being assigned to the treasurer’s office. His career started in garnest, however, when in 1925 he was appointed as- sistant treasurer of the Merchant Fleet Corp. and deputy disbursing of- ficer of the United States shipping board, a dual capacity in which he served until Dec. 31, 1931, when he resigned to become assistant treasurer of the United States Lines Co. and affiliates. During nearly all of 1931, Mr. Hicks was attached to the offices of United States Lines Inc. (the Chapman com- pany) as representative of the United States shipping board in charge of finances and accounting until the line was sold to the International Mercan- tile Marine Co.-West coast interests and reconstituted as the United States Lines Co., when, as stated, he became assistant treasurer. Thus, while still a comparatively young man, with only about sixteen years in the shipping business, Mr. Hicks is entitled to all the veteran’s stripes there are in connection with the United States Lines, for he has been associated with them in execu- tive capacities since their inception. Order Tankers Abroad The Standard Vacuum Transporta- tion Co. is reported to have placed orders for two 15,000-ton tankers with Krupp, at Kiel, Germany, and one sim- ilar tanker with a shipyard in Rotter- dam, Holland. In this connection it is interesting to note that the bids re- ceived from the continental yards were appreciably below those from British shipyards. The vessels are to be built on the Isherwood bracketless system from plans under preparation by Sir Joseph W. Isherwood & Co. Ltd., London. The propelling power, in single screws, will be single acting diesel engines of Krupp type. The general dimensions of the vessel are: length between perpendiculars, 485 feet; beam, 68 feet; and depth 37 feet.