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Abe jetties, a new elevator, addi- tional storage at the present eleva- tor, an unloading shed, and a sys- tem of carriers are among the recom- mendations of John Rolph, Montreal, who made personal investigations of the grain handling facilities of Vancouver, B. C., recently. His suggestions regard- ing elevators would increase the present capacity of 1,250,000 bushels by 2,200,000 bushels. The new proposed elevator is of 1,500,000 bushels capacity, while in addition to this, two more grain eleva- tors, each exceeding in size. and facili- - ties the present government elevator, and a 500,000 bushel capacity added to the latter structure, are included in the pres- ent plans of the Vancouver harbor board. es hae Definite announcement that a syndicate of New York and Philadelphia capital- ists has acquired 30 acres of water- front property in Berkley near Norfolk, and will establish a large industrial plant, operated along lines of the Bush Terminal Co., New York, has been made. The property, located on the inner har- bor, has a frontage of 2800 feet on the waterfront. The entire frontage will be dredged and. the Norfolk-Portsmouth Belt Line railway has arranged to ex- tend connections to the plant through rights of way already obtained by the syndicate. x * Capitalized at $25,000, the Lallier Steamship Co., Galveston, Tex., has been incorporated by Frank A. ‘Lallier, A. S. Gladwin and John Hurley Jr. Mr. Lal- lier is president of the company and Mr. Gladwin js secretary. x ok x Capitalized at $50,000, the Quincy Compressor & Pump: Co., 217 Main street, Quincy, Ill., recently was incor- porated by Mac Irwin, C. H. Irwin and H. C. Gates. The company is repre- sented by Mac Irwin, 206% West Twenty-fourth street, Quincy. Te The Southgate Marine Corp., Nor- folk, Va., with a- maximum capital stock of $100,00 and a minimum of $50,- 000, has been granted a charter by the Virginia state corporation commission. It is authorized to purchase, lease, con- struct, maintain and operate steamship lines and other means of water trans- portation, to operate tugs, warehouses and: docks, Incofporators.. ate . 1... S. Southgate, president; D. M. Thornton and H. B. Rogers, vice presidents, and Elias Etheridge, secretary. These off- Business News for the Marine Trade Business Changes ORTON, LILLY & CO] one of the oldest and best known shipping concerns, have opened an office in Boston at 131 . State street. The company was_ estab- lished in 1841, and Boston is the thirteenth city in the United States in which offices have been opened. * *x* * H. J. Ham, for many years con- nected with the W: N. Proctor Co., has formed a new firm to be known..as. H..J.. Ham &: €o.. 16 engage in the business of export freight forwarders and import agents. Offices will be at 10 State street, Boston, Room 511. * ok Ox The Foamite-CGhilds \Corp., Uti- ca, N. Y., a consolidation of the Foamite Firefoam Co., and the O. J. Childs Co., Inc, has taken over the manufacturing and dis- tributing activities of the Fire Gun Mfg. Co., New York. The district office at New York is now located at 183 Varick street, New York. Tihe factory and general of- fices of the Foamite-Childs Corp. are at Utica, N. Y. cers with Hugh W. Davis, comprise the directorate. The corporation plans to operate steamship lines along the At- lantic seaboard, the Gulf of Mexico, through the Panama canal and to the western coast of the United States, as well as the east:and west coasts of South and Central America. Me Re The Planet Steamship Corp., Portland, Me., has been incorporated to build steamships, etc., with 100,000 shares of no par value by M. E. Foster, M. G. O’Neil, A. B, Farnham and others. ee A 40,000-ton drydock will be erected by the Todd Shipyards Corp., 25. Broad- way, New York. According to tenta- tive plans the dock will be more than 900 feet in length. ee The Noank Shipyard, Inc., which was formerly the Robert Palmer & Son Shipbuilding & Marine Railway Co., is now actively engaged in building wooden vessels and doing general repair work. a eo Eastern Steamships Co, Ltd, has been incorporated with $1,000,000 capital stock with offices at Port Colborne, Ont., to own and operate 10 steel steamers, now building in Great Britain for April and May delivery. The officers of the 161 company are President, Nisbet Grammer, who also is president of the Eastern Grain, Mill & Elevator Corp., Buffalo; vice president and treasurer, J. J. Ram- macher; vice president, E. T. Douglass and secretary, N. B. Macpherson. eee The I. P. Morris branch of the William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, has perfected arrangements with the Dominion En- gineering Works, Ltd., Montreal, Que., for the production of turbines and parts for hydroelectric power service at the latter plant for the Canadian trade. eee Traveling cranes and other equipment will be installed in the freight terminal to be erected by the Portland Terminal Co., Portland, Me., at an estimated cost of $1,500,000. The present capacity will be tripled. ey The Baltimore Ship Repair Co., Inc, Baltimore, has acquired the property at Covington and Montgomery streets, Bal- timore, for a new plant. ok ee The Great Central Forward Co., New York, recently was incorporated under the laws of Delaware with a capital stock of $12,000. ee Capitalized at $2,000,000, the Porto Rican American Steamship Corp, has been incorporated under the laws of Dela- ware by William H. Stayton Jr., Wil- liam H. Stayton Sr., and Arthur J. J. Townsend, Baltimore. pe The Polarus Shipping Co., ship brok- er, has been incorporated under the laws of Delaware with a capital stock of $125,000. It was incorporated by T. N. Ageapeyeff, Marcel Levy and Charles Dunaif, all of New York. ee ea The Canadian-American Bureau of Trade, New York, shipping agent, has been incorporated under the laws of New York with a capital stock of $20,- 000 by E. B. Beacham, D. W. Harris and T. R. Fleming. ‘ee The Fort Myers Steamship Co. Ft. Myers, Fla., recently -was incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000 by I. W. Riggs, Harry Botts and others. ee With .a capital stock of $1,000,000, the New York Port Terminal Co. recently was incorporated under the laws of Delaware to build docks, etc.