Maritime History

Joseph Arthur Sloan

THE name of Sloan has been very prominently identified with the history of shipbuilding in the United States for many ears, first on the Great Lakes, and more recently the Pacific Coast. Joseph Arthur Sloan, of catcle and inacortes, Wash., is one of the best- Known shipbuilding men in the country. He was ::rn in Cleveland, Ohio, January 20, 1862, the n of Edward Henry and Mary (Dillon) Sloan.

Ward Lumber Company

Handling and distribution of the varieties of lumber for ship use one of the most im- p rtant enterprises is that of the Adsit-Ward Lumber Company, whose yards, buildings, and siieds occupy a three-acre tract on Pacific Avenue. the Morris Canal and Van Horn Street in Jersey City, N. J. The business is a partnership, of which Charles E Adsit and A.

HOLDEN ALLEN EVANS

HOLDEN ALLEN EVANS, president of The Baltimore Dry Docks and Ship Building Company, was born in Greenville, Alabama, December 6, 1871, the son of Holden and Martha Anderson (Van Allen) Evans. In both paternal and maternal lines he is descended from old Colonial families prominent in the Southern Colonies and States.

Charles A. Parsons

THE following is a sketch of the career of the Hon. Sir Charles A. Parsons, K.C.B.,F.R.S., D.Sc., etc., the brilliant inventor and engineer, and chairman of the Parsons Ma- r -r Steam Turbine Company, Limited, Turbinia . works. Wallsend-on-Tyne, and C. A. Parsons and Company, Limited, Heaton Works,

Edward J. Barber

I X these days, when the question of the re-habilitation and enlargement of our American Merchant Marine looms so prominently in the horizon, it is well to reflect how much we owe to the men and firms that have steadily kept the American flag floating in all parts of the world. Of these no name is

Karl Krogstad

KARL KROGSTAD THE large participation of experienced Norwegian men and firms in the expansion of America's foreign commerce is ably represented by the house of S. O. Stray & Co., of Christiansands, Norway, the largest sailing shipowners in Scandinavia and long leaders in the shipping interests in Norway.

 

A. O. Andersen & Company Inc Arthur C. Stratford Arthur H. Page Company, Ltd....The Wilson Transit Co. Arthur Johnson Grymes Asbestolith Manufacturing Company ATLANTIC BASIN IRON WORKS ATLANTIC, GULF AND PACIFIC COMPANY Austin Baldwin & Company, Inc. BEN HAM & BOYESEN, INC. Bouker Contracting Company Brenack Stevedoring Company Brunswick Refrigerating Co C. F. HARMS & COMPANY Carter & Weekes Stevedoring Company CHARLES A. ANDERSON & COMPANY Charles A. Parsons Charles A. Schieren Company Charles Randolph Stewar Coastwise Lumber & Supply Company,Inc COASTWISE WAREHOUSES, INCORPORATED COMPANIA TRASATLANTICA— SPANISH ROYAL MAIL LINE Count Francois Marion Rafailovich Crawford Hatcher Ellis Daniel Coy Chase Davison Chemical Company. De Forest Radio Telephone And Telegraph Company Donald, Stewart & Company EASTERN SHORE SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION Einar Storm Trosdal Ernest C. Klipstein FORE RIVER SHIPBUILDING CORPORATION France And Canada Steamship Corporation. Frank Waterhouse & Company G. A. Tomlinson G. S. Green Company, Inc George A Carden-National Shipping Corporation George F.Pawling & Co George Stefanos Varounis George Stout Shimer George W. F. Green Guy Menefee Standifer H. Emerson Comings H. Farquharson Kerr Hakon W. Ramberg Harry Coulby Harvey Danforth Goulder HOLDEN ALLEN EVANS Horace Simpson Wilkinson Ira S. Bushey Jacob Charles Reichert John Grant Currie John Stanley Ashley John W. Hamilton Joseph Arthur Sloan Joseph Mercadante JOSEPH WILLIAM ISHERWOOD JUDSON FREJGHT FORWARDING COMPANY Karl Krogstad Low Transportation Line Norwegian-American Securities Corporation Ocean Transportation Corporation Perth Amboy Dry Dock Company Philip Dillon Sloan RELIANCE PAINT COMPANY Richard Hallet Meredith Robinson Robert H. Laverie Robert J. Tod RUSAM COMPANY, LIMITED Stephen Baker Summer Lumber Company T. S. Southgate & Company Taggart Coal Company The Cleveland Pneumatic Tool Company The Liberty Shipbuilding & Transportation Company The Patterson-Sargent Company The Reiss Steamship Company & Norht American Steamship Co The Rocky River Dry Dock Company THE UNION SULEHUR COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY The Valley Steamship Company THE YOUROVETA HOME FOREIGN TRADE CO., INC. Vidkunn Johnsen W. C. Richardson Wager Furnace Bridge Wall Co. J. H. Cofer & Co., Inc. Ward Lumber Company WILL ARD U. TAYLOR William Cecil Lacombe William Drew Dittmar William G. Mather WILLIAM HORACE WILLIAMS William Van Doorn

 
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