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Engineer Wins Recognition On Invention of Boiler OHN JOHNSON, who was appointed J chief engineer of the Canadian Paci- fic Steamships effective June 1, has won great acclaim for his Johnson boiler, installed in the new liner Em- PRESS OF BRITAIN, which recently made the record run of four days 12 hours and 30 minutes: from Cherbourg to Father Point. The Johnson boiler consists of two large-diameter drums, placed vertically one above the other and connected by curved tubes which completely en- close the combustion space, an ar- rangement which exposes more tube surface to radiant heat than does any other type of marine water-tube boiler, Both during the trials on the Clyde and in the subsequent voyages be- tween Southampton and Quebec, the Johnson boiler generated double the amount of steam per square foot of heating surface, while registering the same efficiency as a Yarrow or other standard type of boiler worked at or- dinary mercantile rating. The Em- PRESS OF BRITAIN accordingly set new records in efficiency and economy of operation. A native of Tyneside, Mr. Johnson was reared and educated in that dis- trict, where ships are table-talk as well as livelihood. He is 44 years old and has worked his way up from en- gineering apprentice. Following his journeyman days at the Wallsend works he spent. four years at sea in ‘vessels of the Blue Funnel line and became the head of its engineering department. Hight years ago he joined the Canadian Pacific Steamships and has since become a leading authority on ship and machinery construction and on technical and operating prob- lems. In 1929 the council of the Insti- tution of Naval Architects awarded him its gold medal for his paper on “The Propulsion of Ships by Modern Steam Machinery.” Effective July 1, James A. Kenyon was appointed assistant general pas- senger agent of the Hudson River Day line which operates a fleet of six passenger steamers between New York and Albany. Mr. Kenyon has been associated with the Day line for the past nine years, and prior to that was associated with the passen- ger departments of the Seaboard Air line and the Clyde-Mallory lines in New York. I. M. M. Official Resigns Emerson E. Parvin, for the past 37 years secretary of the Interna- tional Mercantile Marine Co., re- signed on July 1 because of illness. He has been associated with the company or organizations absorbed by it since August, 1882,-when he joined the staff of Peter Wright & 60 Sons, general agents for the Amer- ican and Red Star lines in Phila- delphia. In addition to his duties as secretary of the International Mercantile Marine Co., Mr. Parvin was secretary of the general business committee, a member of the board of trustees and secretary of the pen- sion fund of the company, as well as secretary of the Number One Broad- way Corp. and other subsidiaries. A. P. Palmer, who has been with the International company since its organization in 1901, will succeed Mr Parvin as secretary. — Walter H. Jones was appointed di- rector of advertising and publicity of the International Mercantile Mar- ine Co. on June 24 and now is in charge of advertising and publicity for the White Star, Red Star, At- lantic Transport and Panama Pacific lines. The Dampney Company of Ameri- ca, Hyde Park, Mass., recently em- ployed William Richards, who will be attached to their ma- rine depart- ment in New York. M r. Richards was formerly a chief engineer of the United States and Australasia lines, also formerly at- tached to the John Johnson fuel conser- vation section of the United States shipping board and recently assistant marine super- intendent of Lykes Brothers—Ripley Steamship Co. at Galveston, Texas. Gaillard F. Ravenel, for the past five years manager of the International Mercantile Marine Co. in Boston, and formerly assistant to the president in New York, has been appointed vice president and general manager of the Roosevelt Steamship Co. at Baltimore. Mr. Ravenel is a native of South Caro- lina and has been identified with the steamship business for many years. Becomes Executive Head L. A. Paddock was recently elect- ed president of the American Bridge Co. to succeed Joshua A. Hatfield, whose death occurred on July 4. Mr. Paddock had been vice-president of the company since April, 1927, 1lo- cated at Pittsburgh. He will con- tinue in that city where general of- fices and headquarters of the com- pany now will be located. Arthur L. Davis has been elected vice-president in charge of sales. MARINE REVIE w—August, 1931 Fleet Heads Retire After Long Service Records W. W. Watterson, superintendent of construction for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co., Cleveland, will retire on Aug. 1. He has been connected with the company for the past 28 years and supervised the building of all of the 40 600-foot steamers for the Pittsburgh fleet. Prior to his joining the company he was identi- fied with several shipyards and for many years has been considered an expert in the construction of ships, especially those of the Great Lakes type. He has been connected with Great Lakes shipping for over 40 _ years. Captain W. F. Meister, who has been ashore since 1924 and has act- ed as assistant to Mr. Watterson, will succeed the latter. Captain Meis- ter began service in the Pittsburgh fleet at the age of 14 and has been with the company for nearly 29 years. Among the steamers which he commanded were the small WILLIAM G. MATHERS, the JOHN ERICSSON and the R. W. Bunsen. He also took out various of the 600-footers, when needed. W. J. Harsant, fleet engineer, who has-been with the company since it was organized and has been connected with Great Lakes ship- ping for over 40 years, will also re- tire on Aug. 1. He will be succeeded by J. F. Wood, another long-time employe of the company, who began service with the Lake Superior Iron Co. in 1897 as assistant engineer on the steamer JouieT. This was prior to the absorption of the fleet by the United States Steel Corp. He acted as an inspector during the construc- tion of the first four 600-footers built at Chicago and in the fall of 1906 brought out one of them, the steamer P. A. B. WIDENER. Engineer Well Known In Marine Field Dies Walter E. Pierce, 46, well known in marine circles, died at the Knicker- bocker hospital, New York, on July 6. He was formerly superintendent of the Arbuckle Sugar Refining fleet, was connected with the McAllister Steam- ship Co., acted as assistant superin- tendent engineer for the Black Dia- mond Steamship Co. and as superin- tendent engineer for the Roosevelt Steamship Co. At the time of his death Mr. Pierce was superintendent of the Columbia Broadcasting build- ing, New York, and previous to that was superintendent of the New York Harbor Dry Dock Co. at Rosebank, S. I, N. Y. He had also spent a num- ber of years at sea as a marine engi- neer. He is survived by his wife and one son. 3 i POS ES ee ee Ey Cran zs ree ee non ii 6 Pee ee a Bye Pee Raw cones e sre a ¥