The Dillon tribune., 1886-01-09
New York Tribune. !

New York Tribune
The history of the little city of Bath, NJ.
is the history OF American shipping. She
reached her greatest prosperity in tbs car.
lier. tiftles-ehe pal,nest years Of the Aneri-
can merchant marine-a,la to-day, with the
outlook for shipping more Encouraging than
ever before, business here is in q state OF stag
nation. Strangely enough but in the light
OF history most ti5tingly, the first vessel
built in America was built only a few mile,
below where Bath now slalds, and built on
the river whose bread bosom has been the
first to receive to its embrace mcra ships
than any Other river on the continent LIN
1907 the ill-iatesi Popho., coloay landed ut
the mouth OF the kenl,eEec in the ships Gift
OF God and Mary and john. lit the winter
| that followed they launchei a little vessel
y: thirty tons bur,l,r, III, Virginia of Sag
! a.!ail;v, pinN y 81 that great feet that has
| $ Hce sa.le1 on: Ct his r,v,r "a I; ma iden
| Wy ago 10 tax part II! taa c}n,n, roe of tho
| world.
! IA l7ia vessel building began at Bath
small coasters tor tae West Indian trade,
taking out col'ish ami lumber and bringing
| back ram ani noias>eS. The year 1863 saw
! III tirst ship butt. here. the Ea i OF Butte.
iEiit ior Il s>otcan,an: Durin; the revolu-
! zion a pr,y.slatr VA, hull, here. hus from
! lie clos o. tn, revo!lltir! To the war of
lsle combinations with England and France
! r>tarc'ed ssiip1uiidiny. AID net much wss
Il NJ. After HE clos, OF the war; an /
especially ait," 1915, "hau coa. ress passed
the law Iols'iuuing any forci-n vessel to
b"ias geo = 10 Am"ric.. except IRON tina;
! country to which The vcssA, b,iGnrel, ship
iuhding' revived. From this rhine to the de-
81 n OF the Asclican merchant K,ariua
| ft,ih coil. i hat -,
fo,e, n graders fIiowe! ;itA e;i.!. coasters.
;;!r. Bath ships We're 1T v, IL, 1rse to carry
the Anrri,aA tia- III: Ais;aus seas. The,
came the ,ot.nl hips, an: It was durino
u cotton Zip CA that there was built q:
io;h thu largest cott II snipat!cat, tl.e Ran
pahanlCc:,. inilt bE Cai'l & Sewal!. iial ,
fe"t long, ~ tSr. isc2li. and Of |, 1913 Ton.
register. People Hocae from ali over TN,
c:.intrT tn $" the launr;..
| 1t was MT believed illat there WAS ;or,i,r
commerce, e''nu III 10 o"cupy such vpss :,
ana Il was declared t!at even th, R,.n
'hills coal no. afoi'l to own Le-, and ,la
III, woull bn sur, destruction 10th, tn..
,unes OF who,vt: undertook TO employ h,.
Til" Rappaha moe, WIS Il bluff lowe IN
and long bottonl:i shin. narrower on da,;
than below, and full rugged. Her scautlin,
was no larger than mat Of a :,oO-to,
scnoo,e: NJ the D,es.lt day. anu the ta,,.n
. ing 'hroushou would now I've cun,i,;e,e.
! light. She ran as Il Packet to Liverpo, i,
the -umma, time, an Is 4 cotton shin from
NAw ORLEANS III rte ui,tNr 1t is said tn.
freishts 'lru;,:,a' in New Orleans when sh
WAS leno:.'i ,n'!oH. Blu still the iamm
=, Old ship, i, spite OF many dire prediction;
was grra, success she plowed the sea
TO: twenty-one years, and finally founders
| Cnrrviu" Goals in tn. Mediterranean
Along with the Gotten ships cana III
!, clippers which ran between New York nm
- LverH'ol. Steam ai'i not easily disnl,o