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«a o Business News for the Marine Trade Marine Supply Co., Wilmington, N. C., has increased its capital stock from $10,000 to $75,- 000. Potter Tow Boat Co., Wilmington, N. C., was incorpo ated tor $50,000 by L. D. Potter, Daniel H. Scott and others. Contract for two car ferry steamers has been awarded the Toledo Shipbuilding Co., by the Canadian National Railways, according to re- ports. J J. Ryan, secretary of the Three Rivers Harbor commission, Three Rivers, Ont., will purchase machinery for loading and unloading ships. Penn Yan Boat Co., Penn Yan, N. Y., has let contracts for constructing new factory build- ing to be ready Jan. 1. It will be of steel con- crete, and hollow tile, 50 x 186 feet, 1-story. A retaining wall is to be built and another building constructed next year. The Davie Shipbuilding & Repairing Co., Ltd. Lauzon, Que., has let the general contract for erecting a $15,000 joiner shop and is taking bids on special machinery. The Canadian Watercraft, Ltd., Peterborough, Ont.,is asking for machinery, tools and general equipment for the manufacture of boats, scows, barges, etc. The Ansonia Steamship Corp., Dover, Del., recently was incorporated. The Golden Gate Navigation Co., Inc., Wil- mington, Del., was incorporated recently. The New York Dock Co., 44 Whitehall street, New York, plans a 2-story addition to its works at 88-106 Commerce street, Brooklyn, at a cost of $22,000. © The One-Hundredth Street Dock Co., 429 East©#00th street, New York, has plans for a 1- story addition. Vickers, Ltd., has taken over the engineer- ing firm Marshall, Sons & Co., Ltd., Gains- brough, where extensive developments are plan- ned. Cholberg Shipyards, Victoria, B. C., has been opened after being shut for two years, by Christian Cholberg, who plans constructing wooden vessels of small tonnage. John Baizley Iron Works, Philadelphia, has been awarded contract for extensive repairs to the Hondurian steamshin Favorita which re- cently was damaged badly. Osprey Towing Corp., New York, has filed dissolution papers with the secretary of state at Albany, N. Y. ; Todd Shipbuilding Corp., New York., is to establish offices in Rio de Janeiro, to take ca~e of South American interests. J. Irvine Milne will be in charge of the new offices. The Evitish steamer SANTA GERTRUDIS has been purchaced for service in the Mexican States Line from California to Mexico by the Clan Line. The Crowley Shipyards was awarded order from W. R. Grace & Co., for tugboat to be used at Titicaca, Chile. Ocean Terminal Co., has been organized to handle the dock work of the Scott organiza- tions and other lines in San Francisco. Harry S. Scott, president of the General Steamship Corp., and Trans Oceanic Co., was chief or- ganizer. Moore & McCormack, operator of the Com- merical Steamship Lines, has established a coastwise service between Wilimington, Del., Philadelphia and New Orleans. Monthly service ~ will be inaugurated, Coalports Transportation Corp., New York, Business Changes R. S. Silva & Co., general agents for the Latin-American line, have moved from 101 Front street to 149 California street, San Francisco. * * * Pillsbury & Curtis, marine sur- veyors and naval architects, have opened a branch office in Wilming- ton, Cal., in the First National bank building. Frank S. Dupuy has been appointed branch manager. Pillsbury & Curtis were recently made Pacific coast representatives for the Merritt, Chapman & Scott Corp., New York. was incorporated for $10,000 to engage in navi- gation, by J. A. Sheridan, A. E. Flanders, H. V. Boyle. Attorney is C. C. Lockwood, 511 Fifth avenue. Harborcraft Transfer Corp., Wilmington, Del., was incorporated for $50,000 to operate boats. Marmac Transportation Co., Wilimington, Del., was incorporated for $1,500,000 to carry on transportation with vessels, by James A. McDavid, Harry F. Martin, Clayton C. Wright, and Stanley Safreed, Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh & Memphis Transportation Co., was incorporated at Wilmington, Del., for $400,- 000 to operate boats. Steamship Deerfield Corp., Wilmington, Del., was incorporated for $175,000. Capitalization of the Stromberg Import & Export Co., has been reduced from $1,000,000 to $400,000. Standard Oil Co., of New York has pur- chased the well-known Bayles Shipyard, Port Jefferson, L. I., the property being owned by the New York Harbor Dry Dock Corp. B. L. Shinn‘ne Co.. New York, was incor- porated for $250,000 by O. M. Bernuth, G. J. Thompson and W. Neale to engage in the shipping business. Port Co., New York, was incorporated for $10,000 by J. V. and M. Auditore. City Island Boat Corp., City, Island, N. Y., was incorporated for $10,000 by B. Randall, R. Jacob, Jr., with J. H. Esser, Mt. Vernon, as attorney. Eastern Steamship Corp., Grand Island, N. Y. was incorporated for $1,000,000 to engage in the transportation business with N. _Grammer, ae J. Rammacher and E. T. Douglass as incor- porators. Everett Bros. Motor Co., Athens, Ga., acquired property at Brunswick, Ga., previous- ly devoted ‘to production of marine engines. Thomas R. Everett, president of the Everett company plans improvement of works and in- stallation of equipment for manufacture of a special engine which he has developed. Wellston Metal Products Co., Wellston, O., was incorporated to take over the plant forme-ly operated by G. L. Ferris, McArthur, O., to manufacture minnow traps, sectional steel boats, steam cookers, etc. The business will be moved to Wellston. A large inter.st in the Great Lakes Boat Building Corp., 333 Becher street, Milwaukee, has been taken over by a Chicago syndicate and plans are being made to transfer the works to Chicago. Construction of the new plant at 482 has Belmont avenue and the north branch of the Chicago river is expected to begin about March 1. The investment represents approximately $750,000. The Milwaukee company is one of the largest manufacturers in the word of pleas- ure water craft, speed boats, express cruisers and similar vessels and recently asranged with the Packard Motor Car Co., to build in quantities a 26-foot runabout with a Packard power plant modified for marine use. These will be distributed through the Packard agency organization and require much larger produc- tion facilities than are now at hand in the Milwaukee works. William C. Morehead will continue as president and Walter D. Beauvais, now with the engineering department of the Naval Air service will become chief engineer. Diamond Steamboat & Wrecking Co., Wil- mington, N. C., is improving its property on Eagles Island, also its dock for loading and un'oading floating equipment, etc. $ Capt. John Barneson sold recently his con- trolling interest in the Associated Terminals, San Francisco and Sacramento, to Gerald Fitz- gerald. of the Union Terminal Warehouse Co., Los Angeles. The Los Angeles interests will take over the China Basin warehouses, the Spear street warehouse, San Francisco, and the Sacramento Valley dock and warehouse at Sacramento. The Atlantic Fruit Co. has gone into re- ceivership affecting the holding company only and not the various subsidiaries. New Trade Pu blications WOOD WORKING MACHINE—A §ma- chine called the universal woodworker and con- sisting of a combination band saw, rotary saw, jointer, shaper and borer is described and il- lustrated in a catalog recently issued by the Crescent Machine Co., Leetonia, O. Each sep- arate field of the machine is discussed and the various parts are indicated in the illustrations. TOOL AND CUTTER GRINDING—In a 120-page illustrated booklet, the Norton Co., Worcester, Mass., has endeavored to give an idea of the many tools and cutters which can be ground on a universal machine. <A descrip- tion of the machine follows together with a discussion of problems encountered in grinding and illustrations showing the proper methad of doing the work. OIL BURNER—Low pressure oil burners operating on pressures of 8 ounces to 12 pounds are illustrated in a bulletin recently issued by the Hauck Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. The burners are shown in operation at quarter, half, full and off positions, the photographs of the burner being taken in the open air to emphasize the completeness of atomization attained. DIESEL ENGINES—A catalog recently issued by the Fulton Iron Works Co., St. Louis, contains an account of the manufacture and operation of diesel engines. A number of plant installations, parts, accessories, etc., are illus- trated and fuel and heat consumption and amount of cooling water required are represented by means of diagrams. PIG TRON—Distinctive features of Mayari pig iron are covered in a hand book issued by the Bethlehem Steel Co., Bethlehem, Pa. The data given covers foundry practice, metallurgy of the iron, technical data and tables and dis- cussions of the various uses for which castings from this iron are now employed.