Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1874-11-12
FIRST EDITION.
wooden shrp-Huiiding.
THE OUTLOOK IS wn.MSoToN Al pREsENr-vEs
sET.s UNDER wAY--REDUcIIoN OF FORCES, &c.

THE OUTLOOK IN wfImSoroN Al PREsENr-yEs-
sEIs UNDER wAY--REDUo1IoN OF FORCES, &c.
While there has been general depression,
and in some instances a partial suspension, in
many Of the minufactpring Industries OF our
city, wooden ship.building has held its own re-
markably we'll, aud there has not been, until
within a short time past, any visible signs of a
decline in the business. IL is but just to say,
however, that even in the halcyon days of ship
building, these seasons of depression in the bus
mess would often occur, so that we reasonably
hope that the present depression may only be Of
temporary character.
want of general activity ia more noticeable
in Moore's shlpyard lat the foot Of Fourth street.
than elsewhere, and although the firm ID cne OF
Il e best and most reliable IN the country, there
is such a lack of orders for vessels that the
working force, since the fret Of September, has
been reduced from so down to about 10 hands.
These 10 hands will be employed permanently
all winter, and it is hoped by the Mesers. Moore
that business may be 30 revived to emabl
them to re-employ their accustomed force.
The following orders include work just flu
ished and on hand at present The schooner
Lucy Jones Of Providence, Connecticut, having
been beached, has undergone a regular over
hauling aud been cent to its destination, 10
ton schooner, not named, and being built for
sale,i ON the stocks, principally for the purpose
of keeping the lands employed. An order has
been received from Washington for two side
dumping Hcows
A look in at the yards Of the Jackson Sharp
Company found things more lively. A vein of
good luck seems to have been opened to this
firm which has continued down to the present
time from the opening Of their yards. The only
abatement in their usual complement OF ship
yard hands occurred on Tuesday, when about II
were " laid off for few days on account of
the non-arrival of some expected lumber. This
temporary interruption, we are assured, will be
Of but short duration, and IN a few days they
will all be back in their accustomed places again.
This filIn has kept about Sd hands in continuous
employment during the past year.
The following are the contracts recently COM
peted and on hand at tho present time The
schooner May q. Fdrr, of 400 tons, belonging
to Philadelphia, has just been rebuilt and sent
| to her owners. A new bow has been put in the
schooner q. O. hoing, and the vessel was for
warded to her destination yesterday A large
| three masted schooner, No. "a, but not yet
named, of 730 tons burthen, for Captain Birdsall,
of Philadelphia, is on the stocks and will be fin
| ished in about month. This vessel is 1875 feet
| keel "a feet beam, ~ feet in lower hold, and
| feet between decks.
A commencement has been made TO lay tile
| keel of Government Light Boat, ia feet long,
| 29 feet in beam, IL feet inches In depth oi
| hold with copper fastenings. The frame work
OF this boat is already prepared and tho contract
will be completed in February. The destination
| OF this Light Boat il Umlee Quarter Shoals, of
the capes Of Delaware.
The old office Of tho Jackson 4 Sharp Co., a
| tiiB enlThnce " tne ghiuni nus bteh hNol
and another more capacous and beter adapted
to the wants of the business is being erected il
the rear of the building containing the mtchin
cry Of the yard
THE TRADE IN DORCHESTER COUNTY.
John H. Davis has just completed fine Ion
ton schooner, at rodds Point, Dorchester coun
oy, Nd, which was to have been launched to
day, and doubtless has been. As soon as th
launch takes place Mr.. Davis will begin the erec
ton of a canoe fifty fest wide, which is to b
constructed after rather novel idea out of min
"chunks" (trees.)
In the Nanticoke, just below fredericksburg,
new schooner was launched only short tim
ago, and is riding at anchor. The yards at Cam
bridge, ON tile Cnoptanls, are also quito busy
and several hulls are ON the ways there.
LAUNCH AT SMYRNA LANDING.
Especial to the aGDnnnlarclul
SsIYRNA, Nov. IL.
A very pretty two-masted schooner wa
launched at Uhe Landing, yesterday afternoon
} for Mr.. John II. Bewley and chrstened Clara
by his daughter, after her own name. rh
launch was a very pretty one, and witnessed b
about two hundred people. IT,