The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-18

There n no question OF greater importance to the
American peo2le at the present time tnan that per.
tanning 10 the revival OF our merchant marine.
Legislators win talk and the press will theorize to
no purpose unll some action looking 10 the
cheap oon,tsuc ioa OF vessels Is taken The needs
OF the present DAY are not the needs Of the past
decade. AM u w0nli 10 wei to- our legislators TO
drop the theories OF ths p9H "A the consideration OF
the demands OF tne pscscis
what these demands arA now they may be met
ana wisely acted upon been n study with your
representative Tor moatns past. and win a view to
solution OF tas liniculuss I have made frequent
watts the snpyards OF Acssrs ". Cranp h Soas OF
tni-city--or take u iadis putaD!e proposition
that TO get PRACTICAL information any subject one
y required 10 go 10 practical men. talk with them.
see taem M sorS. maze .aem prove their theories,
n they can, " MT. prove your own have nos
deemed n aecessarg, Ike ina. monarch OF old, to
array myseii Ia q sap carpenters dress, and 90
among them wah malies aad cn,sel Ia hand. for
there ~ MOI tas remoes probability that shall ever
he called upon Co conduct the operations Of o aeet
CT WELD the sccptre OF absolute monarchy, ana
have not found 10 iacamoeat upoa me w W 10 far
~ the kingiy carpenter of Russia.
There NJ present In coarse Of construction on
the Delaware. in the neighboraood OF Philadelphia
no fewer ihan twelve iron steamships, from 500 to
$500 tons capacity each % cost In tn. aggre.
gate sGDaooa -Four Of these steamers are for the
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD o0-0ANy
ana VIII be the largest iron steamers ever con-
siruoied IN America fhelr respective dimensions
are a. lollowsiensth each. sSS fest beam ~ feet;
depth Of hold, "a est; decks. .; tonnage, freight
measurement a,s,O; weight, aooo. There wni DO
aecommoiancns tor seventy six nrst class ana
80 secoad class passcnseIs On eAen vessel rno
OF IRON ascs IN the construction Of each vessel
rnEY WILL voR SRA
AS foiows.-lhe n.st vessel, september 10. ls12s
secoai ves'ei, october u.s. 1874; lnird vessel, No
vemoer 49, isil; fourth vessel. January 10, Ira
| IL N calculated tnaf these vessels Will run ABOUT
eleven knots hour. Tney VIII bc iurnishcd win
| compound engines, which promise great saving
the engines nov Ia Use. there Viii 10 Two. thereby
uslLg the steam twice, and saving one nalf or ntY
per cent ia tao u,e OF iuel-the most important
tnng to he considered in steam navigation. Tneso
engines DO not require 80 mcn space the present.
nave frequently beea told n New Yors that IN these
steamers would maze one or TWO trips from fhliadeI-
%ce : NOT sae iess " PROBABILITY Of ssSsss S'
the KIND.
WHARF BurrpiSa
nave been much inieresied la the operations Of
Ine Ae ~, Drsagng COMPANY VINO nave the
selected the available site Tor the wnHrves
OF the American Steans mp company.
The wond,riul iaciltJ aud regularity Of their
camps dump cars whicn have been chosen ny the
company Tor their specal merits Ia dong this KIND
ol WORK, and tue a. LTega'e amount "a WORK accom-
pllshel daily, makes one tnink he IL IN New York
Instead OF the QUAKER Ciy, AID Is aaother evidence
Steamship Company mean business. In less tnan .
year. however. inc Pennsylvania road viii begin tue
Cuy 10 Liverpool, ma.lng IN Al ten IRON steamers.
IL ADDITION To THESE sTEAaEas -
there are eight building In this ne,gnborhood.
| The Pacinc nan Steamship COMPANY are ouildmg
| lwo at Wilmington OF 400 tons capacity eacn.
| Two more az the same point. Roach OF Cnoster, Is
building steamer OF $3.50 ions capaci.y Tor the
Wilmington, are building steamer o. $50 ioas zoe
| Cromw ellis New YORK aid New orleans line; tramp
OF $500 tons Tor OYJ1's Sew Yor. hue; ioach, Of
chester, IL also building steamer OF 900 tons tor
By Gimp WI e a sD s,S as
The sniPsuILDEas OF THE DELAWARE
are charging their resources ana capacities, for
they fee. that shpbnilinS Ia America As o0Sins up
and WIZ continue TO Improve noiw,istaadlax the
their usefulness) who Keep up q collinulI howl or
anguish at what they are pleased 10 term 't,c crazy
schemes Of braness shipDai!dsrs tying W compete
with England"
DIFFERENCE ~ COST OF MATERIAL
There Is u marked difference la The cost Ut mata.
rial In England ani America. La the former coun-
try Iron ~ ordinarily worth s45 per ton. goa: II Is
quoted the present time sss per ton currency.
The secretary Of the Treasury some time ago ADJ
building llrm IN inis city, asking ~ duty were
taken OH Enasn iron. would Il De TO the advantage
OF American snipb Iilderss" Tue answer Was In the
negative. because. nrst freight aud insurance
would make 1t cost about as much as American
Second, there would lie delays IN shipment aud
shipbuidcrs require iron 10 oe promptly
on hand Otherwise the force OF laborere
and mechanics becomes dis0rgaaized work II.
stopped Tor q Time and tue construction
OF the ship materially delayed. Third, II tie duty
were taken Oh English iron every rolling mil IN
America woald be forced to cease operations. be-
Cause English vessels would land iron at our
Wharves nearly to per cent lower than the cost VI
production IN America. lt was suggested and
believe the suggestion Wise one, that ne duty bo
kept up that the nuber Of rolling mills be doubled,
which would he productive Of renewed compett-
ton, would stimulate invention. labor ma
~ a cal nri nj. lala.s
wound decrease and iron be produced at y lower
figure Tne difference IN cost OF production la Eng
land aud America Is about rs per ccLt ia favor 0f
the former. IL Is believed that IN ten years.
with double the number OF rolling mills. the
cost OF production would decrease 10 twenty per
cent II NOT to a figure that would render the pro-
ducti0n OF iron IN America FULLY as cheap as In En.-
land Having full latin In the eventual revival Of
shpbuiidng In America, our Pennyivaula ship.
builders have Set " work with Will. adding 10
only that American shippers aud snip owners VIII
encourage home enterprises; That Q large nutnber
oi rolling mills be put In operation that the cost or
producing iron may be reduced, and they promise
from present VI at least Twenty-Five per cent
possibly moe VIII our capt alists, them unite To
encourage home enterprise, aud snaii the Delaware
be the American clyde
Tne MessIs. Cranlp anu Mr.. Charles A. wcidner, Q
Chester builder uilte Win all tue pfo.uiteut iron
snipbuIlders Oh the Delaware in advising taat the
duty on iron he kept up AMI claim that lew
years, with the conpetiilon these years Will brinR.
will certainly create marked dineroncc In lavcr VI
American shpbuuding and result in a general re.
enable to successfully compete with England in
TINS great enterprise.
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