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April, 1923 A. B, Cauty Is New Leader in Ship Association A. B. Cauty, joint manager of, the White Star line, who was recently elected vice chairman of the Liver- pool Steamship Owners’ association, has been in the steamship’ business for more than 30 years. He was born in Liverpool in 1870, being the son of Dr. Henry Cauty. He was educated at Cambridge House school, Seaforth, and commenced his as an apprentice Richardson Spence & Co. managing agents in Liverpool for the Inman line. Later, Mr. Cauty joined the American line and in 1899 was appointed to a posi- tion in the White Star line with which he has. been associated since. He was made joint manager and _ Liver- pool director of the White Star line in 1913. maritime with career Will Expand Pacific Terminal Company Capt. John Barneson, founder and president of the Associated Terminals of San Francisco, has resigned and is succeeded as president by his son, J. Leslie Barneson. Captain Barneson continues as a director. Harry S. Scott, president of the Transoceanic company and of the General Steamship Corp., and formerly secretary of the Asso- ciated Terminals, was elected vice presi- .dent and general manager of the ter- minals. H. E. Chambers, son of Ed- ward Chambers, vice president of the Santa Fe railroad, was elected secretary. Capt. William Schirmer, president of the Schirmer Stevedoring Co., was made a director, and Nathan H. Frank, at- torney, was re-elected as a_ director. Mr. Scott announced that the policy of the Associated Terminals will be changed, and that, in the future, the company will be operated in connection with the steamship lines of its members. Plans have been worked out, he said, for the operation of the Associated Terminals as a unit with these steamship lines and arrangements have been completed for broad expansion of the terminals during 1923. In addition to three modern ware- houses and two piers in San Francisco, the Associated Terminals also operates other storage plants and terminals in different parts of California. The or- ganization is one of the largest in the Golden state, and has always’ played an important part in the development of San Francisco’s harbor, port and _ traffic since it was founded by Captain Barne- son, in conjunction with Capt. I. N. Hibberd. The corporation was first known as Barneson & Hibberd, and then as the China Basin Warehouse Co.,- after- is 44 feet, MARINE REVIEW ward changing its name to the Asso- ciated Terminals. Captain Barneson will devote the major part of his atten- tion to the General Petroleum Co., of which he is_ president. Wants to Transfer Ship from Lake to Ocean To the Editor, Ouestion:—We have a_ side wheel steamer now at Chicago to be sold and Marine REVIEW: delivered at a Gulf of Mexico port. She is 185 feet long, 52 feet beam over guards and 6% feet draft? When she went into the lakes from the Atlantic she had one wheel and one wheel house AS BGAN TY taken off in order to go through the St. Will she have to, do this. again or can she get into-. the Mississippi river? Can she be brought through the Erie canal to New York? Lawrence canals. Answer :—The only practicable meth- od of getting the steamer to salt water is through the St. Lawrence. The drainage canal connection between Chi- cago and the Mississippi river as well as the New York state barge canal will not accommodate a steamer of this size. In the case of the barge canal, the locks are 45 feet wide, one how- ever, being only 44 feet wide which of course, makes this the maximum per- nussible width. And the bridges the canal would prevent the over transfer of this steamer on account of her height.. The limiting factors in the St. Law- rence’ route are. the various canals, including the Welland as well as those alongside the St. Lawrence river rapids. The maximum permissible width of ves- sel which can go through these locks lake vessels built on the 139 lakes for ocean service being 43 fect 6 inches beam. You point out that this steamer was previously brought to the lakes through this same waterway so that, of course, this could be done again. From the information given, however, it seems like a rather diffi- cult and expensive task to reduce the beam of the vessel sufficiently to transit the locks. Not only a wheel but. the housings, and depending upon her design, some of the decks would have to be removed in order to reduce her beam to 43 feet 6 inches. French Plan Fuel Depot in Society Islands One of the largest coal and oil bunkering stations in the world is to be erected under direction of the French government, at Papeete, on the Island of Tahiti, in the South Pacific, according to Edouard Rivet, the new governor general olf the Society islands, who recently passed through San Fran- cisco on his way from Paris to Papeete. This station will. cost complete $15,- 000,000, and will be established espe- cially for the use of steamships op- erated by three companies now being organized at Bordeaux for service be tween French ports and the ports o the French colonies in Indo-China, with which France hopes to establish greater trade. While _ the station : es- pecially for these vessels, other merchant ships also will be served. The French government, according to Governor General Rivet, has con- cluded arrangements with the Standard Oil Co. of California and the Union Oil Co. to supply the station with fuel oil from California. At present the plan is to take coal from the French mines in Indo-China to the new sta- tion, but the governor general de- clared that the believed this would be found ‘too expensive and that, even- tually, the coal would be purchased in the United States. “The establishment of the coaling and oil station midway between France and its possessions in Indo-China,” said the governor general, “is primarily for ‘the purpose of developing the great natural resources of the latter and the station, while it is being erected under direction of the French government. is being financed by business men and exporters and importers in Indo-China. My appointment is for five years, and during that ttime the French govern- ment expects to develop a comprehen- sive system of trade with Indo-China and the Society islands. The ftel sta- ition was planned before the war, but was never carried out, and now it will be completed as soon as possible. The route of the steamers between Bor- deaux and Indo-Ohinese ports will he through the Panama canal.” will be