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Pioneer in Lake Iron Ore Industry Dies AMUEL MATHER, 80, whose death occurred at Cleveland Oct. 18, was a pioneer in the develop- ment of the early iron ore industry, one of the founders of Pickands, Mather & Co., and through numer- ous connections, in close affiliation with the steel industry from its early beginnings to the present. Following his education in Cleve- land public schools and at St.. Mark’s school, Southborough, Mass., Mr. Mather became interested early in his life in the initial activities of the Cleveland Iron Mining Co., which his father, Samuel L. Mather, had estab- lished in 1852. In 1882 Mr. Mather, together with James Pickands and J. C. Morse, es- Samuel Mather tablished the firm of Pickands, Math- er’ & Co. and under his direction it developed into the second largest mining company in the Lake Su- perior district, owning, controlling and operating about 32 properties situated on the six principal ranges. The mines have capacity for produc- ing 15,000,000 tons of ore annual- ly and normally employ 5000 miners. To provide means of carrying the ore to consumers at lower lake ports, a fleet of 49 vessels, the second larg- est on the Great Lakes, was gradual- ly brought under the flag of the In- terlake Steamship Co., a Pickands, Mather & Co. subsidiary. Mr. Mather was a brother of Wil- liam G. Mather, president of Corri- gan, McKinney Steel Co., Cleveland, who is another outstanding figure in the history of Lake Superior iron ore mine development and whose com- pany, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co., owns or controls many mines in Michigan and Minnesota and operates a fleet of 58 22 Great Lakes ore carriers. Samuel Mather’s son, S. Livingston Mather, is vice president of the Cleveland- Cliffs company. The charitable gifts of Mr. Mather to the Community Fund, Lakeside hospital, Western Reserve university, all of Cleveland have exceeded $8,- 000,000. Henry A. Magoun Dies Henry A. Magoun, 68, for 18 years vice president and general manager of the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N. J. until his retirement six years ago, died at Bath, Me. on Oct, 25. the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, past president of the Atlantic Coast Ship Building as- sociation and a director of the Hyde Windlass Co., Bath, Me. Joins Sharples Company Carl J. Lamb recently resigned as manager of the marine (steam) appa- ratus sales department of the West- inghouse Electric & Mfg. Co. to accept an executive position with the Sharples Specialty Co. of Philadelphia, manu- facturers of supercentrifuges for land and marine applications. Mr. Lamb will assume the duties of his new posi- tion Nov. 1, 1931. Mr. Lamb was educated at the United States Naval academy from June, 1914, to June, 1917, and served as an engi- neer officer aboard the U. S. E. HeEn- DERSON, navy transport. After the World war he worked one year at the New York Shipbuilding Co. He has spent several years at sea as licensed engineer on steam and diesel merchant vessels and holds licenses of chief en- gineer of steam and motor vessels. For the past eight years Mr. Lamb has been connected with the Westing- house company in the marine service, turbine engineering and sales depart- © ments. Three years ago he established the marine turbine sales department, of which he has been head up to the present time. He holds five United States patents on turbine machinery and has a sixth pending. He is a mem- ber of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers as well as sev- eral other engineering societies, and holds a commission of lieutenant in the United States naval reserve. Retires from U.S. Lines Martin L. Petry, publicity manager during the last five and a half years for the United States lines, recently resigned to become associated in an executive capacity with Eugene W. Castle, head of Castle Films, one of the largest industrial and merchandis.- ing motion picture producers in the country. His resignation became ef- fective Oct. 1. MARINE REVIEw—November, 1931 He was a life member of : Head of Transportation Periodicals Dies Colonel Edward A. Simmons, 56, president of the Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co. and affiliated com- panies, died of cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., on Sept. 30. Colonel Simmons was born in Brook- lyn on March 10, 1875, and was edu- cated in the public schools of that city. At the age of 14 he entered the service of the Railroad Gazette and in spite of his youth gained rapid promo- tion, subsequently becoming business manager. In 1908 he effected the mer- ger of the Railroad Gazette with the Railway Age of Chicago and in 1911 became president of the new company. Under his leadership the company later Col. E. A. Simmons initiated or acquired a number of oth- er transportation periodicals includ- ing the Railway Mechanical Engineer, Railway Engineering and Maintenance, Railway Electrical Engineer, Railway Signaling, Marine Engineering, The Boiler Maker, Airway Age and in 1926 the Railway Review, which was com- combined with the Railway Age. Colonel Simmons was chairman of the American Marine Standards com- mittee. He was a prime mover in the formation and activities of this or- ganization and had been repeatedly elected chairman since its establish- ment. During the World war he served with the quartermaster corps, being commissioned a major in 1918. He was an associate member of both the Ameri- can Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society of Civil En- gineers, member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and served as chairman of the endow- ment committee of the Engineering Foundation Ine. Pree. © Ns NS a lg Ral ea spies 9 Rr ER ee ae pe Per en NeneR eer ee