New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-10
TWO G UyBoA1S TO BE BUILr ATBATH. ME-
THE OLD smpBUILDING CITY REJOICING AT
THE PROSPECT CT REVIVED INDUS
TRY AND PROSPERITY.
TRY AND PROSPERITY.

path Me Feb s-Bath Is the happiest city OIL the
Atlantic coast. The Government has given ONO VI
her shipbuding firms the contract for TWO IRON b""
boots a fact which means the establishing OF an IRON
Shpyard here. For a decade She mas hopo" "h""
hope. Perhaps the largest shpbulldlhs Guy III "''
world she has suffered more than any ot'er Guy III
the land from the decline of American shipping llcf
history is that Of the merchant marine Inc pii'
and specehes of Senator Frye, Congressman DlhsloS
and Secretary Blaine on ships OF war ana snhPs Vi
commerce have i'm the last six years made inns sun
jcct more or less familiar to the nation even III i''
apathy Every one knows how shipping mas p'o"
neglected since the war; how the United states has
burdened its tonnage with taxes ana port Ch"so''
while France and England and even little H'Iy nave
encouraged their shipyards with bountes and their
merchantmen with subsidies how American smpplhs
has gone down in the unequal battle how the Eng
fish shin of iron cheaper to build and cheaper 10 SAL
and preferred ever; where has driven from every
trade known to cOmmercc-cven from the CALIFORNIA
grain tlade-the American ship OF wood, ana now
finally America ceased almost entirely to- build shipS
and confined her commerce Ia her OWE coast
Bath alone Of all the shipbnldinc places that once
0Ourished along the coast from HattcIas L" inc Ic
| nobscot has survived; not a. sElpDuiiuu6 Du'
as schooner building city. Year aiter year o' P'"
| pcritv. when ships paid for thcmsclvc, IN a single
| voy age and every yard alonx her waterfront was
crowded with busy wor,mcu, brought rapid increase
70 Baths capital and her population until she became
the richest city OF her size in the United states lhch
son succeeded father in the shipyaTds, and capital
des5ended from generation to generation Then lath
| had A popnlation Of $1,000 and her fleet oi noble
cupcr ships were conceded In every port the Sta'h
| est swiftcSt and handsOWcst that SAILED the -ei'
There came time when the shlrlards 81 hhlA were
deserted her young men scattered ana 4CI ''l va
V"rtcd 10 other channels. The great iTm 81 TO
SAWYER ~ Packard went into bankruptcy ana 9uIa'''t
firms sank obil Ion. But therc is an cI'ht u
hcrolsm IN the Of Bath, ana they Hld hot "'7'It
The sinking ship such Of her men ~ General Thomas
| IL IIVdc Low Warren IlOughton. Arthur ScW:hl
William Rogers A. J. Fuller. president OF the hoalu 81"
| Trade. J. ". Wakefield. John o. Pattcn ana captain
T. VI. Whitmorc. cooperating win oHEI ',H,i -
son Dingcy and senator William T. Frye have lborcd
c,.v TO arouse COncrc-s 60 realizing 'ch.c oi
| the imperatVc needs of American ehpplht it'l
lion after petitlOn and delegation after delegation nave
nev scuf 10 WASHINGTON. while Mc,7r-. DinSlcN ana
rrvo have made many speeches i'm Congress ana lNr
duccd numerous bills u behalf Of the cause, each
time being defeated, but each time gaining a Httlr
Ills i. their fir. positive victory. Whether n VIII
be followed by subsidy or bounty hlI remains u
be seen. .t.t... A., .,,
She has th. nu, len, around which 10 build mp au IRON
shipbulldng business that sh" T. confident vi" Poe ~
large and a. pro- pcrou- Wa- her wooden -hphulH
inr I'm IL, paime.t days. She &, ready o. begin her
now work During the year ~ her deepest despair
Contain CIV G. (f0Ss ~purrd her citizens ON q" inc
buildlng Of a marine engine and iipn works, which
now under the capable management ~ "cncIal
IJvdc will prove q valuable adjunct ~ the cuhry"
iron sbipyad The building II the large shed, over
the new yards and the other preparations i'r me
Gaming enterprise. have given q the old shipping
city an air Of hustle aud activity 10 which It's peace
mi streets have long been una Cu,tomcd.