Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-14
DAILY Observation-Disclosures
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That our American shipwfights can
build q large, stauneh, ssaworshy.
speedy, and elegant iron vessels a. can
those of 0rsat Britain, is patent TO all
who have sssn the magnificent craft
turned out Of their yards during the
past ten years, which will compare Ia
vorsbly in every respect with like ships
built in England or Scotland. II is not
the inability 10 build, or TO build cheap
~, but the excessive charges imposed BY
our laws that keep down American ship
ping, and - long - they exist ws can
not hope for anything in the lins Of
foreign commerce wholly our own. To
show what ID doing at present in this di-
rss4ion " give the statements follow
ing Of operations on the Delaware:
An iron steamer, built Ut Roachs's for
the Old Dominion Steamship Company,
was launched recently. Her length u
2s6 feet IL inches; beam, 40h fest;
depth of hold, Is fest, and she ID OF g.
100 tons register. The vessel will, when
finished, ply bstwssn New York and
Loves. Delaware. She il to be schooner
rugged and has three decks. The vessel
10 built on the same plan A. the steamer
Roanoke Of the Old Dominion Compa-
ny. John Roach has over 20co mon en-
ploysd At Chester on thirteen vessels,
representing an aggregate tonnage OF
1900 tons. Mr.. Roach has built over
100 vessels in eleven years. at q cost Of
$25,0OO,O0o.
The shipbuildinR establishments of
Wilmington are exceedingly busy this
year, some Of the large yards having al
ready - much work on hand a. will
keep them running all summer without
additional orders. The jackson q Sharp
Co. have q 1000 ton schooner nearly COM
pleted, the frame for another Of eC)
tons, the frames Of two GC0-ton barges
for the Lshigh Valley Railroad Compa-
ny, and orders for two more Of the same
size for the Same company. They are
building tho schooner o. II. Booth, of
New York, rebuilding the dredging ma
chine Ajax for the National Dredging
Company, and making alterations and
additions to the propeller Wilmington.
preparatory to starting on her regular
trips between Philadelphia and Will
mington. The iron ferry boat Balti-
more, built for the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, was launched at the Har-
Ian q Hollingswosth Company's yards
a fortnight since. The Baltimore
il the third largest ferry boat ever
built ct these yards. Her dimensions
are 1872 feet length Of kesl, FOG feet over
all; breadth 36 fest. including guards,
6 feet; depth IS feet inches. She will
bs eaken to New York, whore her ma
chinsry will be put in, altar which she
will ply between New York and Jersey
City for the railroad company. Work
will be commenced Immediately laying
the keel ON the stocks vacated by the
Baltimore for a 4O00-ton iron steamer
for the Morgan lins, to ply between New
York aud New Orleans. She will be sx-
clusively freight steamer and will be
the largest in the ooastwise service.
The keel for another ferry boat for the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company will
shortly be laid. propeller steamer for
tho Chester River Steamship Company
will be laid in q short while in the dry
dock, all the stocks being occupied by
other vessels. A side wheel steamer for
tho Maryland Steamship Company IL
nearly completed, az IL also ono for the
Nassau Ferry Company Of New York.
Tho Harlan q HollinGsworth Company
il now working nights to complete the
now Morgan Line steamer, TO avoid for
fixture, their yard being 90 full they
could not utilize any more men. The
yards Of nearly all iron shipbuilders are
20 full that they are declining orders.
Probably no finer vessel was ever
built anywhere than the City Of Worccs-
tsr, q monster iron steamboat Of 1000
tons capacity, plying on Long Island
Sound, while few or no vessels are sups-
rior to the State Of California and Co
lumbia on the Pacific. In depressing
our foreign commerce by burdsnsoms
taxes one Of the greatest wrongs il done
the American people, costing them an
nually half hundred million dollars,
besides the humiliation incident 10 20
shameful state of Affairs. A change
Tor the better cannot be made day too
soon, and our Congressional lawmakers
are rscreant TO their duty in not more
diligently seeking remedy for the evil
and vigorously applying Il.