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Exhibits Show Development of Water Transportation HE Museum of Science and In- dustry, founded by Julius Rosen- wald in Chicago, has recognized the importance of water transportation as an agent of civilization by pro- viding approximately 22,000 square feet of its floor space for depicting the developments of shipbuilding and navigation. This space is being di- vided into twelve sections, as fol- lows: Primitive craft, evolution of the sail ship, evolution of the mer- chant steamer, development of lake and ocean freighters, inland water transportation, shipbuilding, develop- ment of ship propulsion, ship interi- ors and interior equipment, deck and miscellaneous accessories, navigation, marine industries, pleasure craft, yachts, ete. In the presentation of over 225 models which will comprise the vari- ous exhibits, modern ideas in museum setting will be carried out to the full extent. Many of the exhibits will be so arranged that they may. be oper- ated by the visitor. For instance, a model of the six-masted schooner Wiiu1AmM L. Dovueras will be mounted on a marine railway which will travel back and forth so that the visitor may see just how vessels are hauled out on such railways for under-water repairs. Likewise a floating dry dock will rise and lift a steamship out of the water or lower it to floating position. Models of various life sav- ing devices will likewise be operated by the visitor and numerous dioramas will educate him in the differences between the methods of towing on the Mississippi river and the deep- water towing along the Atlantic coast. There will be a full-sized replica of a small sailing ship on which the visitor may go aboard to see how the sailor lives surrounded by the various equipment to be found in the fo’castle. There will be a pilot house in which the visitor may simulate the steering of a ship by turning the steering wheel which will cause reac- tions similar to those of a ship re- sponding to the helm. The marine section of the Museum of Science and Industry is under the curatorship of Major Carlos de Zafra, formerly consulting naval architect with the late Charles L. Seabury, who has had considerable experience in maritime displays and who has se- cured a leave of absence from the engineering department of the New York university to give his entire time to the planning of this section of the museum. Enters Equipment Field A. P. Homer, widely known in ma- rine and naval circles and formerly general manager of the Charles Cory Corp., recently joined the Pollak Mfg. Co., Arlington, N. J., fabricator of stainless steel and aluminum, as man- ager of the marine department. Mr. Homer is a graduate engineer of the University of Texas and began his shipbuilding experience in 1901 with the New York Shipbuilding Co. From 1903 to 1907 he was with the Fore River Shipbuilding Co. and then joined the Submarine Signal Co., re- signing in 1914 to act as special aide to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt. : For the past eight years the Pollak Mfg. Co. has been building equipment for the navy department and now plans to enter the marine field with a complete line of electric and mechani- cal telegraphs and a general line of marine equipment for both naval and commercial vessels. George J. Remington, formerly as- sistant operating manager for the ship- ping board and later connected with the Texas Co., died in San Francisco on Oct. 12. Mr. Remington had been general superintendent of the Union Oil Co. of California for the past few years and had a wide circle of acquain- tances among shipping men. UUUYTETUUCUCUU TEAL TTT Four-masted bark Pamir. Model con- structed in shops of the Museum of Science and Indus- try, Chicago. Scale % inch to 1 foot OUD VUYUOVUYIOVTTU EVINCED HT MARINE REVIEw—November, 1931 Former District Engineer Becomes Port Director AJOR RUFUS wW. PUTNAM, former United States district en- gineer in the Chicago territory, has been appointed director of the Chi- cago regional port commission which recently was authorized to function by the legislatures of Illinois and In- diana. Major Putnam will have ex- Major R. W. Putnam ecutive charge of the commission’s work and is well qualified for the post, being well versed in marine and transportation terminal affairs in the Chicago district and in general. He is author of the harbor plan of Chi- cago which was drafted under the auspices of the Commercial club at the request of the city government in 1926 and has served in an advisory capacity for many years. The work of the commission em- braces harbor development from Wau- kegan to Michigan City and the whole metropolitan area down to Joliet and a co-ordination of the various projects. Terminal facilities, both rail and wa- ter, form another branch of the work. One of the major tasks of the com- mission will be to draft a law under which a permanent interstate port au- thority can be constituted by Illi- nois and Indiana, to have jurisdiction over a harbor district bounded by the Lake Michigan shore line between Waukegan and Michigan City and an imaginary line connecting Waukegan, Elgin, Aurora, Joliet, Chicago Heights, LaPorte and Michigan City. The nature of this contemplated port authority would be similar to those op- erating in New York, New Jersey and New Orleans. Members of the commission are: W. R. Dawes, president and chair- man; Major Rufus W. Putnam, di- rector; E. M. Antrim, F. L. Bateman, J. T. Pirie and W. J. Riley. 63