The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-20
MAINE snIPsvILpInc.
Detailed Review OF the Operations
OF the Past Year.

AUGUSTA, Dec. l9.-Following lis a review
of shIpbulding operations in the State for
the past year, showing the number of yes
sells and tonnage Of each built in the several
customs districts
Bath District-At Phippsburg, one schoon-
er, S470. At Bath, IL schooners, tonnage
each 44572, 2604. 966.34, 623.59, 1878, 10S3.S9.
90548, go 10. 9216, 3S5.13. 21.95, 1872 81, 7S6.S0
1885, 1926, 540.2g, 1859 Tetal schooner
tonnage, S524.75. Five steamers, 1887. COLA,
45.51, .04, 24432; total steamer tonn ige,
5000. One baTque, 655 30. Thus the total
number of vessels built In the Bath district
Is "a. the total net tonnage being 10, ,0S5. 49,
Nine of these were built by the New Eng
land Shipbuilding Company. This same
company has recently contracted to construct
two schooners, and has the frame of the
Steamboat Company in its yards. The COM
pany owns 7-32nds of the steamer Haytien
Republic. The amount OF building ib this
district Is about the average, and the out
look for next years operations Is good.
Wiscasset and Boothbay District-Three
one sloop, 9.67;. total tonnage, 1865. The
indications are that during the coming year
quite large number of vessels. as compared
with prior years, will be built
Machias- -Millbridge District-Two schoop-
ers, tonnage each, 253.10, 24S.33; Cherryfield.
one schooner, 1896; Columbia Falls, one
schooner, Sc 81; Jonesport,s one schooner,
$50; Cutler, one sloop, 22.32; total tonnage
in the district, 1917. There will be more
vessels built in the district next year than
for several years.
Kennebunk Kittery Dlstrict-One steamer
tonnage, 20.50; Kennebunk, one steamer,
13 46; one fishing schooner, 7.96; total ton
mage, 41.92. Three vessels are in process of
construction now.
Frenchman'5 Bay Distlict-One sloop
m "a mi fn
mer years, and the prospect fer future ship.
building in the district is not promising.
Waldoboro-Thomaston District = Three
schooners, tonnage 526. 80, 943.99, $500; Wal
doboro, one five-masted schooner. Gov .Ames,
l6S9S4; ROckland, one schooner, 1856 "a Dam
arisc0tta, one schooner, 104.10; Bristol, one
schooner, 21.24; total tonnage in the district,
1896. There has been an Increase OF some
600 tons over 1887. Greater inclination to
build in this district than fr two or three
years past is noticeable. There will be three
or four large sch0oners built in Thomaston
in 1889.
Portland Harpswell District-One schoon-
er, $3.50 tons; Portland. one sloop, 10 AZ; East
Deering, one steamer, 165.40; total tonnage,
189 40. These figures. as compared with
those of other years, show large decrease
in the shipbuilding industries. The pros
pect for an increase In this line the coming
year Is of an encouraging character.
Belfast District-One schooner, not yet
measured, but which will register about soc
tons, has been built In this district at Rock
port Preparations are being made to build
quite a number of schooners during the
coming year. Hs
Bangor-Brewer District-Two steamers
tonnage, 1852 and 7.85; total tonnage, 294..
67. In the customs districts of York, Saco
Castine and Eastport no vessels were buili
during the year, and there is no prospects
for any building in the future
A summing up gives the following totals
of vessels built during the year: One barque
tonnage 665.50; thirty-six schooners, tonnage
14,092.06; ten steamers, tonnage 134961 foul
sloops, tonnage 68.06; total nuD Der of vessels
built 81 total tonnage, 16.175.23.