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J?ederal Jury
: Indicts Fifteen
-?i
As Sand Ring
;|3even Individual? and
' Four Firms Are Accused
: of Anti-Trust Violations
^rm Ijoekwood Evidence
'r
rice Fixing I? Alleged
bmmittee Probes National
:: Reporting System Used
J in Many Building Trades
i The Federal authorities for the first
ijme Joined the attacking forces of the
??ockwood committee against alleged 11
I Ifgal combinations in the building in
j ?lustry yesterday, when the Federal
: Jrand Jury returned indictments
idkainst fifteen firms and Individuals
? iftid to have been in control of tho
I ,^nd and gravel situation in this dis
?Act.
I The accused include four firms and
even individuals who had been in?
volved by numerous witnesses appear
kg before the committee. The indict
nts charge violations of the Sherman
.'-trust law by conspiracy in re?
tint of trade, the elimination of
a letition and conspiracy to monopo?
le trade in a certain product,
Firma and Men Indicted
n firms named are the Goodwin
her Sand and Gravel Corpora
; : 'anhattan Sand Company, Inc.:
?' and and Gravel Company, Inc.,
e Colonial Sand and Stone Coni
The individuals named are:
Gallagher, vice president
the Goodwin-Gallagher Sand and
ooratton, and vice president
nattan Sand Company, Inc.
7" C Gallagher, treasurer of the
illagher Sand and Grave?
ration, and treasurer of the
?and and Gravel Company, Inc.
.- rank <?'. Gallagher, secretary of the
? odwin-Gallagher Sand and Gravel
? -rporation and assistant treasurer of
ie Manhattan Sand Company, Inc.
Joseph Gallagher, secretary and
reasurer of the Manhattan Sand Com
. |in.v, Inc.
i William J. Mahoney, president of the :
!ifc-no> Sand and Gravel Company, Inc.
[{Richard \. Scnnlon, secreu-.ry of the
?Oenox Sand and Gravel Company, Inc.
BFrank Rowsey, nuinjger of the Man- '
TBttan Sand Company, Inc.
A Lawrence P.nkeyser, president of the
ilonal Sand ar,7l Slone Company, Inc.
f Eugene P. Clark, executive secretary
Og the Sand and Gravel Dealers' Board
* Trade.
? Thomas and Martin Lanigan, co-,
Tfcrtners trading as Lanigan Brothers.
I At the same time the Lockwood com-j
tfittee went to the root of the entire !
mbination evil by putting on the ?
rtnd the alleged sponsor for the so- ;
'led "open price and repoiting sys- j
' said to have been spread in i
ok form all over the country and
od by hundreds of trades and in-,
strie--.
?William J. Matthews, a Chicago at-j
tprney, who said he specialized in "try- |
ihg to keep within the an*i-trust Taws*'!
me operations of nearly a score of I
njanufacturing groups, vigorously de- ?
nded the system, contenrvng there !
uid be no cooperation and combina- j
on and at the same time competition, i
Clearing Fouse Conducted
This system, whereby manufacturers j
fu association members exchanged
rough a clearing bous?} informat'on
qt\ bids and other b .siness matters, ap
gears to te based upon the economic
jchc ie-, proposed by the late Arthur
Sriitiie Eddy, who had been counsel for i
^ignteen combines of manufacturers
tlrgar.ized under his direction.
j The iiearir.g vesterday also uncov?
ered another combination among elec
?fcical contractors. It was testified that
J "Code of Practice" and "Canon of
JKthics" in the industry was used by
dealers and contractors ?issociated with
?cal, ??tute and national organizations,
nd that an effort to obtain uniform
"rices in the trade was made through
rice lists sent out to members regu
riy.
,J The indictments against the sand
ifien were brought about through the
,-ifforts of Joseph Kaufmann, Special
assistant United States Attorney, who
?" cas recently appointed by Attorney
?eneral Palmer to cooperate with the
?ockwood committee In the fight
gainst corrupt practices in the build
r.g industry. Mr. Kaufmann was as?
sisted by Assistant United States Dis
? riet Attorney Henry A. Guiler.
Th? evidence has been considered by
he Federal Grand Jury foT the last
ix weeks. It was testified before the
-oe.kwood committee that the owners
ir.d dealers in tho sand dug at the Cow
i&v sand pits, on Long Island, invari
?biy charged the name prices for tho
product, which was considered an es
fntial by contractors of this and
any neighboring abates.
More Indictments Promised
. Mr. Kaufmann intimated that this
^as merely the opening wedge of the
|overnment's action against alleged il?
legal rings and that more Indictments
?rere to follow shortly.
? The Indictments charge that tho de?
fendants knowingly and wilfully cti
fai-i.-d in a con piracy to restrain trade
?and commerce: that they entered Into
J-1 agreement to eliminate competition
^nd enhance the price of sand and
travel; that they conspired to monop
' Ihze the trade in Cow Bay rand by
retaining control of firms and enforcin
bale price-s a.nd conspired in other an
fc.Vi-rse wava for "all these purposes."
I The Goodwin-Gallagher company is in
II ifT?et accused as the controlling organ
j Jzatlon of those said to have eombTn?
; So increase prices and eliminate com
Petition. The firm is accused of merg
Another Ye?
Has Passed
If yon hare sot yet made
jour vdll, remember that
?continued delay may mean
tb?t you will never perform
thi* important duty which
you ovre to y our dependent??.
We invite yon to namethU
company ?a* your executor.
FULTON
?niUST COMPANY
OP NEW YOMC
Muusmur fmtrsmt tbmmrsu fyemmm
149 BrWwajr
turns}
?See
ltig four other wholesale diggers of
Cow Bay sand and acquiring control of
the other throe firms mentioned in th?
indictments.
The indictments charire that in 1914
the Goodwin-Gallagher firm was organ?
ized as a merger, taking in the Cres?
cent Sand and Gravel Company and toe
Phoenix company. The other concenjf
were taken in later, and in June,-Ift^t?.
it Is alleged, the ?Sand and ?G?rav?*!
Dealers' Boar-cl of Trade was orga'ttii-eei,.
including many retail firms.
It is act forth that the .Board of
Trade was controlled entirely by*'* the
Goodwin-Gallagher concern, and that
as a result competition wa? ??t.ifi?d.
prices "were"'fixed and the ?and arid
gravel business In the district com?
pletely tied up.
In their plans for control of the
product, it is alleged the Goodwin
Gallagher people obtained control of
the J. ?i. Keating Company and dis?
mantled its plant to eliminate compe?
tition. The indictment alleges that
there was activo competition before
the alleged conspiracy.
In referring to the operations of the
I Board of Trade, the indictment asserts
i that the body was organized for the
purpose of agreeing en resale prices
| to be charged by members for all sand
obtained through the Goodwin-Gal?
lagher firm.
Untermyer Is Elated
Samuel Untermyer, counse' for th?
Loekwood committee, was elated at tht
action of the Federal authorities. Ther?
are intimations in other circles that th?
state people bave a good case against
the eand men and that it is quite pos?
sible that the state also will start pro?
secution against them.
The debate on the legality of score!
of associations of manufacturers or?
ganized under the so culled "open price
and reporting" system was one of the
liveliest held before the committee.
The legality of the plan, it developed
was involved in the Hardwood Lumbei
case now in the Supremo Co?rt'?f the
United Stotc3. Both Mr. Untermyer an?'
Mr. Matthews agreed that the' Attbrnej
General had made a "poor anu ?weal
case*' against the American C?lumr
Company in this case. .
"It is not a fair test," commenter
Mr. Untermyer, "and, whatever Its out
come, it will have no effect on the worl
of this committee."
Despite Mr. Matthewa's contehtior
that the Eddy plan of "combination anc
cooperation" wud proper, Mr. Unter
myer declared emphatically it was ii
legal, and that he had so advised th<
Loekwood committee. Mr. Matthew!
.??nid he would like to see a good test Dl
the system in the highest court in th?
land.
Among the societies of manufaetur
ers with ramifications throughout th?
nation which Mr. Matthews named a'
operating under the plan were th?
Bridge Builders and Structural Society
finishers of cotton fabrics, makers o
e:eplosives, such as the du Pont, Atla
."l'?tna, King, Hercules and other gigan
tic corporations; the Bolt, Nut an.
Rivet Society, manufacturers of? cole
rolled strip steel, manufacturers of ho
rolled strip steel, the Society of Ba
Ir?-?n, makers of wire fence,' rollin;
steel doors, the Electric Appliances Sj
ciety and numcroiiF others.
Mr. Matthews said he visited ever;
meeting and luncheon held by thes?
societies, and assured Mr. Untermye:
that the members never discuss-d.-thei'
future prices.
Expressing the belief that the Clay
ton act fdded nothing to the Shevmai
act, Mr. Matthews said he had tried t?
get a fair test of the Eddy plan, am
had even requested the Department o
Justice to begin suit against his.clients
but the department ?lid not do so. II
added that a former Department o
Justice man, Clarke McKar'chen, wa
covn3el for several of the s?fcietie
operating under this open-price nysterr
In asking if future prices were eve
discussed by members of thej*.e v^riou
societies, Mr. Untermyer ridiculjed th
theory that "the.?-;* big mahiifacturer
would travel thousands of..mites acros
the country to attend luncheons fo
the fun of it or merely to discuss pas
und present prices of their competitor
which all of them already knew."
Mr. Matthews replied, however, tht
no future prices were discussed. II
admitted that the operations of th
Eddy plan contained a temptation t
manufacturers to fix prices under th
guise of "cooperation." Ho tgree
that there should be some sort of goi
ernmental regulation over the "ce
operation and combination" practice
for the protection of the public, bi
would not admit that the?e terms wei
utterly irreconcilable to competition.
In describing the system of car?
whereby estimates, bids and oth
data are exchanged by associate
members, Mr. Matthews said that
brought prices out into the open hi
eliminated secret rebating. "I agr
that this results in a partial limit
tion to competition," add Matthuw
"but I don't believe it contravenes tl
law."
'Well, I think it ?Joes," replied W
Untermcyer, "and I have so advis
the committee."
"The men who havo taken up t
plan," added Mr. Matthews, "aro sor
of our.. mo.st respected citizens ai
havo tender consciences." And he
he said: "And they are very car
ful."
To which Mr. Untennyer .fetore
"Yes, ? believe they are."
"You aro of the opinion, are yc
that there can bo cooperation, cm
bination and still competition?" we
on Mr. Untermyer.
New Device Reveals Stars
Bigger Than Science Dreamed
Second Invention Just Disclosed Is "Chemical Eye"
Sought as War Weapon, Which Makes Invisible
Rays Visible at Will
Special Dies>atts% to The Tribune
[.. .CHICAGO, Pec. 2S--Scientists wen?
told to-day o? a new astronomical de
\ .??kitr.-sdsiciL.ineasurea stellar bodies and
?bas revealed that certain remote ?tars
ore many times larger than has been
; suspected, and of a new wonder, called
; -he "chemical eye," for seeing light
I invisible to the human ey?.
Professor A. A. Michelson, of the
. University of Chicapo, who perfected
; the measuring device, discussed Its
I workings hefore the American Physical
Society, which is one of the organiza?
tions associated witb the American
Association for the Advancement of
Science, in session here,
, The device was tested at the Mount
Wilson, California, observptory in
measuring Alpha Orionia, one of the
| more remote stars in the constellation
{ ,f Orion. The star was found to be
?OO.??O.OOO miles in diameter. This is
J1!" t:n;cs as large as the sun
"Thero has never before been any
means of direct measurement of the
stars," said Professor Forrest Moulton,
of the University of Chicago. "The
principles of tho device may be ac?
cepted as absolutely accurate. It in?
troduces us to a coi.ception of celes?
tial bodies so large as to bo almost
.hieyond comprehension."
;j Device Completed Last Summer
Professor Michelson ?3 a holder of
the Nobel prize in physics. IIo worked
? n his device in secret, and when it
w.us completed last summer he sent it
to Mount Wilson. To-day's announce?
ment was the first public notice of its
Bpccess.
Tue invention consists of an opaque
cap fitted to the mirror of an eight
foot reflecting telescope. In this cap
t???r?'Wfl adjustable width and dis?
tance slit?. Instead of reflecting an
image of a star, a series of bands
parallel to the two slits are shown.
By adjusting these a distance is ob?
tained between them at which the
edges of tho star appear. The diame?
ter of the star is then obtaied by cal?
culations, after the angle of the star
and the distance between the star and
the earth is decided.
Dr. Robert W. Wood, professor of
physics in the Johns Hopkins Uni?
versity, is the scientist who d?se?>v
ered the chemical eye, which was in?
tended primarily for the use of the
American army In tho World War.
Light Concealed From Enemy
"Gi'e ns a light that we can see
*nd' that the enemy cannot," was the
i.ubstance of the orders given to him
by tho government,
Dr. Wood explained his invention in
rn address before the ecientists' con?
vention. He began his work with ultra?
violet rays, which are invisible to the
human eye, and evolved a machine
which produced these rays which when
viewed through a wide angle telescopic
device become visible, taking on a
phosphorescent appearance.
By means of the device it is Raid
that a room could be made luminous
v.ith no source of light visible; that
signals, invisible to the enemy, could
be received from battleships, airplane:;
pnd' land forces; that landing places
for airplanes could be shown at night
which would be invisible to the enemy,
and that many other uses in war as
well as peaco could be found for it.
Dr. Wood had just comp eted his in?
vestigations when tho armistice wa3
signed.
"Yes."
"It doesn't. Btrllto yon that those are
absolutely contradictory terms, does
it?"
; "It does not."
!!"And yon aelmlt, do ron, that if
there is, to be cooperation between com
pietitors? it ought to be subject to gov?
ernment regulations for the safety of
tne public'."'
' "I can so that It can be abused."
'?"Now, then, we have at present no
governmental regulation over competi?
tors that is opposed to the principio of
the present economic system ?"
"Yes."
"In the absence of governmental r?g?
ulations of agreements between com?
petitors,- don't.you see the peril of such
agreements to the public safety?"
"Oh, sure."
? "Therefore, until we get thn regula?
tion, don't you see that cooperation
ajmong competitors mu?st be suppressed
for the safety of the public?"
"No."
"In nn economic system such as Is
ours in this country, don't you see
how absolutely incongruous is tho idea
that every competitor should know
every other competitor's business?"
"Absolutely not."
"Isn't the system for the purpose of
? ncri'aaing profits?"
"Not ne'cessarily."
"Your idea would be that the re?ult
of bidders exchanging bids would be
to bring on a war oi competition, and
?vcrybody lowering his bid and lcjing
?aoney and the cuflomcr getting the
benefit?"
"Not at all."
. '"t it did, your plan tv.? associa?
tions would lose thejr usefulness,
jvouldn't they?"
.. "No. sir."
?it.ory of .the electrical ccn
h-.ictor3'nhd dealers' ring was told by
John ?'. Ryan, who is the secretary foi :
local, stale and national associations :
in the industry. He lias an office at
2?j Cortlandl Street.
He said the metropolitan distritrt hnd
five sectional associations of electrical !
contractors, who were in the business ;
of installing electrical appliances in ,'
building construction. Th?? Electrical ,
Contractors' Association, he Baid, was ?
the first of these, and there were others ;
?h the Bronx and Brooklyn.
,. There also were a state association,
fwith heathjuarters at 26 Cortlandt
?Street, -and a. National Association ?if .
jElectr?Cjfl Contractors and Dealers,
k' hich included the. membership of both
the sectional and stato organization,
he testified.
;? Tho members of the state body
Vperatcd, according to testimony, under
? code of practice somewh-it similar
to others told of before the committee.
Tho national organization, it was testi?
fied, had about 2,500 members all over
the country.
? ' It sent out pamphlets to all its rneni
ibers twice a'month, which Mr. Unter
;myer characterized as a buyers' ter.t
:book, containing' 'tho cost of every
'article in the trade and the price at
which it was to be sold to the con?
sumer. Ryan ??aid these were only
"suggested prices," and that he himself
ideclined to follow the suggestions.
.? Ryan admitted, however that it "wot:!,1,
CoodLuggage
at Consistently
Moderate Prices
Vs. Spasmodic
"Bargain Sales'
HE
fi^ilnt-* 80Unc^nes9 ?f our merchandising
frr-rJ policy has been proven by the fact that,
in spite qf abnormal conditions, ?the
Chas. \V. Wolf iFive Stores have enjoyed a
singularly marked increase in the volume of
this year's busines??-climaxed by an over?
whelming Christmas patronages.
We do not resqj-t to "Bargain Sales." Our
prices are nevej|( inflated, consequently need
never be drastically reduced. Rather it is
our policy at all! timefc to keep selling prices
trimmed closely) to prevailing cost???-to pre?
sent highest-character Luggage of to-day at
prices decidedly attuned to the day's most
ftvorabliis market conditions.
CHAS. W. WOLF
SO BROADWAY 22 CORTEANDT ST. 102 NASSAU ST
58 CORTLANDT ST. Nevr.Yor-k- 22S BROADWAY
not sound good or be legal I? mem?
bers followed th? prices." He brought
out that the Electrical Contractors' As?
sociation had been associated with the
the Building Trades Employers' .Asso?
ciation, but bad withdrawn last May
because of an increased wage scale
agreement made by tho employers with
the Building Trades Council. While the
association felt bound to pay ?he in?
creased wage scale beccanse of the
agreement, it nevertheless withdrew
in protest, said Ryan.
Under this agreement the union wnge
of $10 a day for union foremen was
boosted to $17.60 to builders by the
electrical contractors. Journeymen,
who got $9 a day, wer* boosted te
$14.40 to the builder,' while helpers ;
getting $5.50 were advanced to 58.80
to the builder.
To-day's sessions of the committee
will be the last during its present lease
of life. It will continue tintil midnight
It is expected that the operations of
the Building Trades Employers' Associ?
ation, the alleged bulwark of th? local
combines, will be thoroughly aired
Rowell to Quit Ship Board
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 29.?
Chester II. Rowell, of Fresno, Calif.,
recently appointed by President Wil?
son' to be a member of the United
States-.Shipping Board, announced to?
day that ho noon would give up his
wotls ?'ti that body to become ?i mem?
ber of California's State Railway Com?
mission.
Miller Plans
To Cut Profit
Of Middleman
Reorganization of Markets
Bureau Held Certain to
Lower Cost of Delivering
Food Here From Farni
May Use Barge Canal
George W. Aldridge Is Men?
tioned as ?the Next Col?
lector of This Port
The Republican leaders at Albany
and in this city understand that Gov?
ernor Miller soon after the assembling
of the Legislature will bring about a
reorganization of the Department of
Farms and Markets and support a a?ri?
ons plan to improve the distribution o?
farm produce, including milk, In th?3
City of New York.
With milk selling at about 7 cents by
the farmer at the railway station up?
state and close to 120 cents a quart de?
livered in New York City, the upstate
men believe the middlemen receive a
disproportionate share of the profits,
and the country legislators will go to
Albany next week primed to consider
the suggestions in the Governor's mes?
sage relating to farm products dis?
tribution.
It is understood that Governor Miller
will recommend a reorganization of the
department of Farms and Market-, con?
centrating administrative power in one
commissioner instea?! o? two, as at
present. The council at present con?
sists of two divisions, the division of
agriculture and the division of foods
and markets. There is one member
from tho state at largo one member
from each of the nine judicial districts
and the Commissioner of Markets of
New York City.
May Uso Bargo Canal
The members of th?* ?-ouncil serve
without pay, but their '.raveling ex- I
penses are paid by the state. The
council appoints tho two subordinate
divisions. George llogtie is Commis?
sioner of Agriculture and Dr. Eugene
F. Porter is Commissioner of Foods
and Markets.
An effort will be made to put the |
barge canal to worK, loading boats i
along the entire length of the canal,
?nd unloading them at various piers on ?
the Manhattan and Brooklyn water?
fronts. Governor Miller has had the
advice of the markec men, and he is
of tho conviction that a sta?'t can be
made on the job of cutting down the
cost of delivering foodstuffs in New
York City.
Tho talk around state committee
headquarters yesterday indicated that
George W, Aldridge of Rochester,
? ? ild be appo nted Collector? of the
l'ort of New York by President liar
(.?::?;, if Mr. Aldridge would accept ti e
piece. Mr. AUlridge and his fellow
deli gate, .'??.-.? ? ! ? ??'.?kiss, we re the
'original .larding men" in the New
Vori delegation, voting for Senator
i ? ? i ing from i ho beginning.
Aldridge for < ollcctorahlp
Mr. Aldridge is recovering from an
attack of pneumonia contracted in thin
Wt
gg^?toptrttcrs ?Since \^^?^S&?&lh
1 AND 3 WEST 37TH ST*
?NE DOOB FEOB1 F2*TB AVEN??
ON PURCHASES IN
EVERY DEPARTMENT
Our inventory Sale Offers a Once-a-Year
Opportunity to Secure Reliable House?
keeping; Linens and Interior Furnishings
ata 'Genuine Saving.
HOUSEKEEPING LINENS
HANDKERCHIEFS
DECORATIVE LINENS
LACE CURTAINS AND
CURTAIN MATERIALS
UPHOLSTERY FABRICS
DRAPERY MATERIALS
OVERSTUFFED FURNITURE
NOVELTY FURNITURE
ORIENTAL AND DOMESTIC RUGS
BLANKETS AND COMFORTABLES
BEDS AND BEDDING
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Lost? Found!
Hundreds of valuables aro lost and found
every day in this great city of ours. Tf you
are one of those who unfortunately lost some?
thing;, did you ever think that it may be a
Tribune reader who was the lucky finder?
This Tribune reader is looking for your adver?
tisement in The Tribune's Lost & Found Col?
umns or has inserter! ene to locate you.
Lost & Found advertisements can be tele?
phoned to The Tribune, Beekman 3000, or
taken to any of The Tribune's Want Ad.
agents?Conveniently located in all parts of
Greater New York, at Newsdealers, Cigar and
Stationery Stores, etc.
-.-r
City three weeks ago The stato leaders
nre practically agreed that Mr. Ald?
ridge will have tho collectorship If
President Harding leaves the matter to
the state organization. _ !
Lieutenant Governcr-elert Jeremiah
Wood yesterday announced that Ed- !
ward L. Stryker, actis-e in politics in ;
the 17th Assembly District of Brook- ;
lyn. had been chose.- as his secretary
when he assumes office on January 1.
Mr. Stryker for seve*al sessions of the
Legislature hap been clerk to the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee, of which Sen- '
?f t?.*r A. *W. Burlingame jr. is chairman, :
-?
Mayors to Back
Service at Cost
Transit Program
State Conference Also Urges
the Revision of Laws Af?
fecting the Taxation of
All Public Utilities i
Special Dirpatch to The Tribune
ALBANY, Dec. 29.?Tho State Con-!
fe renco of Mayors, during the coming
session of the Legislature, will ?support
legislation which will permit any city
or incorporated village or town in tho
state to enter into service at cost
?prrangements with street railway corn
Tan ie s operating within their respec?
tive limits. This become known to-day
when the conference issued its legis?
lative program for 1021. Legislation
of such type was up last year but was
defeated.
Further utility legislation recom?
mendations are: Revision of the laws
affecting the taxation of public utili?
ties and a law permitting traction com?
panies to pay for street improvements
annually in the same manner as abut?
ting property owner.-. The cities are
opposed, it Is said, to any legislation
which will givo the Public Service
Commission power to regulate rates
i-respectivc of franchise provisions,
ar'.d to municipal ownership which will
permit a utility corporation to "un
?"ind" on a municipality. An amend?
ment is urged providing that tho Pub?
lic Service Commission, either upon
cmplait or upon i's motion, may sus?
pend changes in rates for services of
gas, electric and steam corporations
fending a hearing and determination
by the commission.
Other re:ornmendations ara for a
uniform bonding law for second and
third class cities, for central municipal
purchasing agencies, for the reorgani?
sation of assessment and taxation
work and for the creation of health de?
partments and departmets of finance.
The conference asks that all legisla?
tion affecting city schools be held in
nbeyance until the committee created
by the conference and the State Board
o? Regents to study school affairs has
lubmitted its report and recommenda?
tions.
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Merchant Tailor
1 Cstebttiktd iS?S
i 39TH Qf BROADWAY
The Last Call!
Half Price
Sale
o/ o// our S125
i Great Coats
and
Ulsters
Reduced for imm?diate clearance Co
$?1.50
All of them Imported, soft
surfaced Heathers, among
which are genuine O'Briens.
The most luxurious gar?
ments that money can buy!
Priced $125 previous to this
Sale. The original tags are
still on the Coats!
TATES ARMY
THE War Department is
now ready to turn bacli
to the commerce of the
world the transports WAR?
REN, CROOK and KIL
PATRICK, with ?ve others
at a later date. It has been
decided to place these vessels before
the shipping world with no hampering
restrictions regarding trade routes or
freight rates, and with the understand?
ing that at the option of the purchaser
either American or British registry
may be obtained.
These ships are particularly well
suited for Pacific Coast and Alaskan
trade, either as freighters or as com?
bination freight and passenger car?
riers.
Moderate in size, obtainable at at?
tractive prices, requiring only minor
overhauling, and kept in profitable
service at a relatively low operating
cost, these ships will prove ***. re?
munerative investment. They can be
used to successful advantage in the
South American trade.
All vessels have full marine equip?
ment?except for navigating instru?
ments, which are not included in the
sales. They are completely outfitted
for passenger service.
U. S. A. T. "CROOK"
4126 Gross Tons.
U, S. A. T. "WARREN"
4234 Gross Tons.
?. S. A. T. "KILPATRICK"
5046 Gross Tons.
The WARREN, CROOK and KIL?
PATR?CK may be inspected by inter?
ested parties at any time. Bids on these
three vessels will be received at the ad?
dress below up to 10 A. M. Eastern
Standard Time, January 8, 1921. If you
will tear off and mail the coupon, you
will receive a booklet giving complete
information regarding location of the
ships (where they may be visited for
inspection), their history, construction,
deck plans, complete conditions of
sale, etc.
NOTE: This booklet, of coures, will be
mailed to responsible parties only.
U. S. Army Transport Servi-ce,
Dept. O, Pier 2, Hoboken, N. J.
Further information, ?elaih of ?ale, and requeit for
boolflel maj) be made (o :
Chief, Water Transport Service,
Office: Q. M. G., Washington, D. C.
General Superintendent, Army Transport*
Fort Mason, San Francisco, Calif,
Depot Quartermaster, Seattle, Washington.
Superintendent U. S. Army Transports,
Philippine Dept., Manila, P. I.
DEPARTMENT
COUPON
?U. S. Army Transport Service, D?e-pt. O,
Pier 2, Hoboken, N. J.
Pleas? send booklet on transports to
Firm Name..
Street Address.............
City. Sute.
Signed by.