Annual Report for Fiscal Year 1924
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Eighth Annual Report OF THE UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD Fiscal Year Ended June 30 1924 z WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1924 THE UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD T V OConNoR Cha7evnn EDWARD C PLUMMER V1ce ChadTYnatt WILLIAM S BDNSON CNRMj Iioneq BERT E HANEY CMM488GMCr WILLIAM S HILL C011111Lt88LOner MEYER LISSNER CO1nn11H810tter FR6DERICB T TFOTsoN COn4ftt44810ILPr H CARL P BREMER Secretary TABLE OF CONTENTS I UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD rage Letter of transmittal cn Organization 3 General 4 Bureau of Traffic 12 Division of regulation 16 Bureau of Operations 18 Industrial relations division 18 Docks and wharves division 22 Bureau of Construction 24 Bureau of Law 28 Bureau of Finance 33 Bureau of Research 34 Division of inquiryvessel section 34 Division of statistics 34 Port facilities division 35 Legal department 37 Litigation division 37 Contracts opinions recoveries and special assignments divisions 39 Admiralty division 40 Secretary 41 II UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD E31ERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION raga President Fleet Corporation 45 Operations 40 Operating department 49 Executive 49 Vessel operation division 50 Vessel personnel division 51 Bunker and disability division including foreign agencies 53 Radio division 51 Maintenance and repair department 54 Branch office section 55 Turbine section 55 Passenger ship equipment section 55 Technical section 55 Materials section 55 Stenographic clerical and files section 55 Fuel conservation section IrI Iv TABLE OF CONTENTS President Fleet Corporation Continued OperationsContinued raze Purchases and supplies department 64 Fuel division 64 Purchasing division 69 Stores division 70 Sales division 71 voyage supplies division 71 Custody and maintenance of Ilog Island 72 Contract department 72 Piers and wharves deportment 73 Construction department 73 Tanksteamer department 74 Stctedm ing 70 Traffic 76 Traflie department 76 European and Mediterranean trades division 78 South American and Rest Indies trades division 79 Par East and longvoyage trades division 80 Passenger and mails division 80 Claims division 82 Intend onices division 82 Advertising department 83 Motionpicture department 84 Allocation department 84 Chartering department 83 Finance 85 Surplus property department 86 Plant division 86 Transportation and housing division 87 Deferred liquidation division 88 Marine insurance department 89 United States P I Agency Inc 90 Department of inrestiga tion 92 Statistical department 92 Ship Sales department 93 Laid up fleet division 09 Treasurers department 100 Credit department 102 General comptrollers department 103 United States lines 103 Foreign agencies 108 APPENDIX Page TABLE I Vessel property controlled by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation as of June 30 1924 114 II Status of vessels controlled by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation as of June 30 1924 115 III Vessels owned or controlled by the United States Shipping Board as of June 30 1924 by type and dead weight tonnage 116 IV Managing agents managers and operators and charterers of Shipping Board vessels as of June 30 1924 117 V Services maintained by United States Shippping Board Emer gency Fleet Corporation as of June 301924 119 VI Vessels declared total losses during fiscal year ended June 30 1924 124 VII Analysis of the total vessel property acquired by the United States Shipping Board showing disposition of same as of Jane 30 1924 120 VIII Accomplishments and disposition of billed accounts receivable code account No 25 fiscal year ended June 30 1924 132 IX Summarized consolidated cash statements for the fiscal year ended June 30 1924 133 X Exhibit AStatement of assets and liabilities as of June 30 1924 133 Schedule 1Cash exclusive of construction loan fund cash available for settlement of claims and un requisilioned appropriations as of June 30 1924 130 Schedule 2Reconciliation of cash balance June 30 1924 as shown by treasurers cash statement with cash balance as shown by statement of assets and liabilities as of June 30 1924 139 Schedule 3Unexpended appropriations as of June 30 1924 139 XI Exhibit B Schedule showing gross appropriations and allot ments from inception until July 1 1921 140 XII Statement of profit and loss excluding liquidation fiscal year 1924 143 XIII Litigation bankruptcy and receivership cases handled by legal department fiscal year 1924 144 Exhibit A Report of litigation for fiscal year ended June 30 1924 144 Cases in which United States Shipping Board Emer gency Fleet Corporation is defendant or obligated to defend by contract 144 Exhibit BReport of litigation for fiscal year ended June 30 1924 145 Cases where United States or United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation is plaintiff 145 Exhibit CBankruptcy and receivership report 145 Changes occurring during fiscal year ended June 30 1024 145 XIV a Employees of the United States Shipping Board who were separated during the fiscal year ended June 301924 146 b Names and compensation of employees of United States Shipping Board in service on June 30 1924 147 e Employees of the United States Shipping Board as of June 30 1923 as compared with June 30 1924 148 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL UNITED STATES Snlprcvc BoAro YAington D C December 1 1924 To the Congress In compliance with section 12 of the shipping act 1916 we have the honor to transmit herewith the eighth annual report of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation covering the fiscal year ended June 30 1924 T V OCoNNOR Chairman EDWARD C PLUMMER Vice Chairman W S BENSON Commissioner BERT E HANEY Commissioner WILLIAM S HILL Commissioner MEYER LISSNEn Commissioner F I TxiomrsoN Commissioner viI PART I UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD i UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD ORGANIZATION On July 1 1923 the Shipping Board consisted of the following members Edward I Farley chairman from the interior ap pointed recess June 20 1923 to serve for the unexpired term of A D Lasker resigned T V OConnor vice chairman Great Lakes appointed June 9 1921 term five years qualified June 15 1921 Edward C Plummer Atlantic coast term three years quali fied June 14 1921 Frederick I Thompson Gulf coast qualified June 13 1921 term two years reappointed June 9 1923 and served under recess appointment until January 28 1924 when he was appointed for a term of six years Meyer Lissner Pacific coast term one year qualified June 16 1921 reappointed June 13 1922 term six years W S Benson Atlantic coast term one year qualified June 13 1921 reappointed June 13 1922 term six years Bert R Haney Pacific coast appointed July 1 1923 qualifying July 2 1923 serving tinder recess appointment until January 23 1924 when he was reappointed for the unexpired term of four years from June 9 1921 On January 24 1921 Edward 1 Farley resigned as chairman of the board On the same date an appointment was tendered to and accepted by William S Hill from the interior to serve the unex pired term of Albert D Lasker resigned qualified February 1 1924 term to expire June 8 1927 On February 5 1921 T V OConnor vice chairman was desig nated by the President of the United States to act as chairman of the board vice Edward P Farley resigned and on February 7 1924 Commissioner Edward C Plummer was elected vice chair man On June S 1924 the term of Commissioner Edward C Plummer expired On 3fay 23 1924 reappointment was tendered to and accepted by Mr Plummer term to expire June 8 1930 Ile quali fied June 3 1924 During the fiscal year the board held 124 meetings in addition to a number of special hearings conducted either by the board or by committees thereof 4 EIGIITII ANNUAL REPORT UNITED STATES SHIPPLNG nOARD GENERAL In the last annual report of the board it was set forth that upon failure to obtain direct governmental assistance for American flag ships the board had projected a number of consolidations of existing trade routes and had advertised for sale the vessels necessary to main tain these routes with the provision that the purchasers of such vessels should give a guarantee of the continued operation of such routes by American ships The board felt that where such routes could not be disposed of it was the duty of the board to eliminate duplication set up the most economical method of operation pos sible and continue to bear out of appropriations the losses incurred until such time as conditions improved or other factors changed so as to make possible the liquidation of the fleet and the conservation of these strategic trade routes Policy Sales As a result of the boardy policy of making concession in the price of vessels to purchasers who would guarantee to maintain them on specific routes for a period of years the board sold during the year 10 vessels with a guarantee of operation The City of Los Angeles an exGerman vessel seized at the out break of war employed until after the armistice as a transport and later reconditioned for service to South America was sold to the Los Angeles Steamship Co for operation between Los Angeles and Honolulu The propelling machinery of this vessel had through age and continuous service reached such a stage that it would have been necessary for the board either to expend a considerable sum for new machinery or else to withdraw the vessel from service The technical experts of the Fleet Corporation recommended that the vessel be not reengined at Government expense Under the terms of purchase the Los Angeles Steamship Co was obligated to spend not less than 42000 for the installation of new machinery It is understood that