The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-11-06
The Shipyards of Name,

WHAT WAS DONE DURING THE PAST SEASON.
VIEWS OF BUILDERS AND OWNERS AS TO
The REVIVAL OF SHIPBUILDING.
The Boston Herald has been writing up the
shlpbuildlng industry. Concluding an account
of what has been done In New Hampshire, the
reporter says: From Portsmouth the Herald
representative passed into the greatest ship
building state of the country. The business is
concentrated there, because of the large plants,
cheap labor, cheap timber and numerous ia
cHllltS Tor building economically and well. For
the year ending June, 1883 Names product
WAS II steam vessels of 1l53 tons, and 165 sail
ing vessels of Pip tons, IN aggregate of 119
vessels and ,9,295 tons. This shows an i'm
provenent on the 1882 record of II steam YES
sells OF 1909 tons and l20 sailing vessels of o.
2:6: total. 134 vessels, and 60 ,20o tons, an in
crease OF II vessels and $3.50 tons net. This
year the business will fall somewhat short of
these figures. but. taking into consideration the
existing depression in the ship building bust
ness throughout the country. the state has
more than held its own. In this paper will be
noticed only The building at the yards from
Portsmouth eastward to Bath. the latter great
centre Of the business demanding. to do it
justice. description forming paper in itself
Fully % towns in the State are more or less
actively engaged in ship building, or have large
investments in vessel property. A writer on
lhe subject quantity remarks: "Ship building
$500 y ~ nm "iN tiiN S'i. ti'ut' thN PNoFiV
know IN the stacoa>t towns. They practice
both cailings in the duh times. because they do
no} know what else TO 80 into. and III good
illit> lhey follow them both because they are
pfoh'apie. IN certain periods OF good freights
inc pfolltH nave enthusiastically been enormous.
instances are rtiateu OF large Ves>els paying
lof themselves "ut OF the proflts OF round
voyage OF year or TWO. ana IN ordinary times
II Is MOI unusual Tor good vessel with
lucky SKIPPER ana good 1relghfS to net . to
% i,tl tehf. on hcf value. III Is recorded mat
III 1911 report snip cleared S2looo above
utt hINl cost III ii voyage CT u months IN the
30 'o"hs referred TO II Is estimated that not
~ thaii -V".VVV persons are uependaht ui,oh
>hiI puliu'uS ana II, lhcluehlal pursuits;
70 the pane OF loo'' when Inc snip ouildhg
ih'elt>'S ol 'ne country received deadly Dlo",
,uPPtmthttu by NE depression resulting IRON
ne idtt tNh war lhe snip ouiid'nS business OF
'HN say h'" ptch "lueiN scattered among Tue
:o",t any lNei to"hs' ldTSe ana slh'l >hailiS
~ 'nc Sohtiai prosperity. since ihel me
9Gi""ei towns through lue lailure OF bulldefs
"a Siiiah talH'al' nave suffered me total OF par
.'''l u.s. " BUSINESS, ana tit Tendency mas oeth
,o""lu tHt t"ufehtTalIoh OF me business III tne
~ ~ pl"Ics; sHth as Dam. bellasl' ho'klahu'
hVhhV'uhh' L al lhoulh' ihoinaSton' etc. HOW
ever, some Oh til' veteran oulidefs al scattered
'oih'N' hieh u Mtaitn ana snfe"u managers,
n"Nt c>clNfu lh'if pants ana u>uailV Dullu
"' IV'>t ohe l"lSt Htssel tacG wear on ihtlr PR
NHte "cVun'' hoiuillS tHe Wnoie OF Il con>luer-
I.Hc l,dI 81 eaGh' ana placing me remainder III
NJ" " u bV>toh. Among thest veterans
~ 'he 0holiltiu> 81 BIunsNlcA' tfTIttoh OF
hochPort. Suuihard OF Richmond, Watts OF