Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-11-07
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The business of building wooden vessels Is utlc
of the most important OF our Industrial interests,
and one OF those branches III which our Whining
ton mechanics have won an enyiabie distinction.
Tosay a vessel is a Wilmington built one is TO
raise strong presumption that she Is good oir
The models of onr scllouners ARE noted while ma
ny vessel owners have an idea tina, tug boats can
not be built properly anywhere else. The New
England ship builders have notably fiied In this
respect, and 1t is common belief even in the
East that eastern woikmen cannot build a tug
boat. The honorable name thus won by our ship
,aids has tended to increase their number and
cnslom, and to-day there is scarcely port on The
Atlantic coast into which Wilmington built tns
boats do not tow Wilmington built vessels. An
other reason that our city has done SO much ship
building and probably the first cause OF heratt
Ing such honorable distinction is Its superior ia
ciliirs for Obtaining the celebrated Delaware
white OAK, universally acknowledged 10 be-, with
out ition, the best ship tinbt In the world.
We roget TO learn that the supply Of this TIM
Der Is becoming limited, and that the constant
drain upon our forests TO supply not merely INC
demands of our own s5ipyards and those ui ather
States, but also those Of the old world Is every
day making oak higher in price and hardcrt0 get
hold OF. Within Il year or so enough Of thuyery
best of this oak has been shipped ut New Castle,
for England, 10 have kept nil our ship yards busy
for five yeats. This export has, we believe how
ever, in great measure, stopped.
During the past summer and the present al,,
yet remains so. The shipping interests Of the
country have been protra.ed, and the vessels a.
ready bnilt more than suiliced for tie Carrying
trade. Many OF them lay idle aud there was ol
course little demand for new onts In consequence
of this our shipyards have, though doing lielly
heavy repairing business, have not presented Their
wanted appearance Of active industry. Tie pros
poet now is beginning to brighten. Vessels, 70
speak in commercial phrase without intndlng
n pun, are beginning to be mere buoyant and Us
slim
owners tighten. Though no new orders GENIE in
there is beginning 10 be some inquiry fer new
vessels, aud estimates are beginning to be asked
| for.
We recently took rainble through ilic va
rious yards and fnd the work on haEd aad li' !
| done through the summer aud thus lar tlir19gh
the autumn, t. be us iollows:--
| BHlI g. IIeR8inhai- Yard fout Of Sefrah
street Have Just launched aud arc finishing up
tug boat with keel G6 feet in length for Captain
Daniel Baker, of Boston. Pusey, Jones ~ Co.,
| will put in her machinery.
On the stocks just started, is tug 10 have dS
| feet length of keel Tie firm are building her
Oh their own account. Megaw, Blilany Y Gregg
will put in the machinery.
They have built and sent oil during TIC PAST
summer three new vessels, us follows Schooner
John l.. Morrill, 10j feet length OF keel, y Icet
breadth OF beam, aud 8 feet hold, lor Auel A0-
bolt, Of New York.
Ihree-inasied schooner, William II. Jones, 100
ltilntll Vi ltSt pts'Ea s'tiA
feet hold. for Abiel Abbott, of New York
Schooner Althea Godfrey, 20 feet keel, VI ieel
beam and feet hold, Tor Capt Joseph GNalhy
and Others OF Wilmington.
They have had large number Of vessels cut
on their railway, amongst them the steamer Vel
ton and on some have made quite extensive re-
pairs, amounting in some cases, We believe TO rs
high as $4,000 on Il single vessel Their railway
is very large one aud they have very large
saw mill aud planning establishment connected
tl...t. all fttfp ID an
out. They havc tliu largest planning machine We
ever saw and il Is said to be one 81 lhc largest
EVER made.
.Ioha Knkmda- Id,1 near lie .toOt1t SeteNd
siytet.-Wc learn that Alr. kilkman Will rcsnnlC
business 1T his old yard. Tie Property nUw be-
longs to Mogaw, Blaiy u Gregg. There i new
On inc stocks small oyster schooner % ieci OF
deck, - feet beam and feet inches hold. Dur
ing summer lie launched aud sent away TIC
schooner Lena Hunter built Tor Captain samie
Hunter and others, Of Philadelphia. TLis yard
has no marine railway aid does but little repair
Ing.
This ffin las on the stocks Il threc-in1sted
tons. l0l feet on deck, q and onc-tcnth bean
and S and one-tcnh hold. Oh the railway tl.t
sloop Boxer, rebuilding for Jnhu u. Bewluy, q
smyrna, and arc now rigging and inlahihs iiit
mrque built by A. j. Barrett y sons, Tor Captali
. Vance, and recently sold II auction to i. Barry
and others.
During summer they have built no now vessels
but, having two railways, have done u large
amount Of repairing, They have lad on Tho
railway for repairs, the steamers D.ulley, Frank
Il. Colnstock, WilliAm Penn, Star, Jersey Bltie
Thomas a. Morgan, W. Whilidin; steam thy.
Morris l.. Keen, Arctic, Vulcan, Mary; Delvar,
, sehooncr7 Btandywine, sally Neasy, spray ,aaral
LOUISE Glad been beached, extensive reiMlls1 w
l'axan Althcn, (lismastedD George }. Wtirc
$. Lockwood, Margaret flntpr, Amer,cai
[ Earle Jesse Williamson John H. Iuuw Mary i,
! Farr, Sarah Jane, Florence. freenMscn, and pa
1 mascus. Sloops, Lancet, Fame, Iowa, Polka
r Marion, Extra, Olivia, linnet, Reindeer, Mary (
+ Caroline, Nile, Alfred aud Gen. Wool. Bargus
c Pine Tree, Geo. Watson JoGl Fink, Estolle. The
: also repaired, without drawing ont, the steame
c Alice, and tie selioupefs Lizzie Maui. Spray an
| Ella KiIhnuI, and sent gang TO repair IL he
station the Five Iathom Light ship which hl
4 broktn from her mooiiEgs anl dfiited away. Ii
addition to those mentioned they repaired arg
nurnher Of others, BIZ. the repairs were not Il u
/ extensive.
II. n i. 7Aqtrha-fdd .}aot IF rae So
e THIS firm has on the stocks steam propeller !
: feet On deck, 20 feet bnam, and feet hold, 10
: Jacob Lorltd Of New York, Owner q tile eelC
L braled steam Yacht, Ncsta,) Tor tie West lndi
i trade. Machinery is built BY Fusey, Jones ~ Ct
f About laying the keel Of $50 ton schooner, o.
their own account for sale.
They have on the railway The steamer Chain
berlin, belonging to Mr.. Deyhlney q lilAdl
: phia.
i During the snaner they built and sit az
brig, the :. x ~. Weci, Of 800 tors barton. ~
steam yacht, Bay Ridge, for New York partir
III and tie barge Blue Rock, for WIN. Lea 4 7en
Of Biandywine. They have also dom an cNtel
j. sivc business in repairing, having ah ut the
Install large run of customer work. Ii4 by III
y way is one OF the branches of the business vi
VI while vessels run ut all cannot well be stappc,
and hence in the dullest times the Still -yafls ~
er Away sArr # something TO do