The Portland daily press., 1895-02-01
NAMES sSnIPDUILDING.
Increase Of Eighty Per Cent in New
Tonnage.
OUTLOOK FOR THE COMING YEAR
Is ENCOURAGING.

Bath Leads While in Portland, Saco and
York No Vessels Were Built During the
Past Year-An Interesting Comparison
= Bangor, January 30.-Tne shipbuilding in
dustry is not yet dead in Maine, although
there has been a discouraging decline
during recent years in the amount of new
tonnage built. In:ssome of Maine's fifteen
customs districts nothing whatever WAS
done in 1891, while in several others only a
few small crafts were Misunderstanding
boats. yachts and diminutiye steamboats,.
In 1894. in the districts of Portland, Saeo
and York no vessels of any kind were built.
Bath, as usual, leads all other districts, and
operations there showed an increase OF
nearly one hu ndI ed per cent over those Of
| 1898. which was remarkably dull year. To
make up Baths total of II. 629 tons, however,
the big steel ship Dirigo. which was really
| built in 1893, but launched in 1894, is figured
| in. Bath launched 1912 tons in 1888. 1t
is likely that 1895 will show great an in
crease over 1894 as did that year over 1898.
| The aspect of affairs in Bath is very en-
| couraging At the New England yard new
| sidewheel steamer for the internationally line
| is in process of construction. and another
steamer contract is expected this month.
At the Bath Iron Works it is expected that
sister ship to the fast Long Island Sound
propeller City of Lowell will be built, and
also big yacht. like the Eleanor, for r.
H. White of Boston.
| Nathaniel T. Palmer is working on four
masted schooner. and four masters will also
be built by Percy and Small, Gardner G.
j -a1l 1sar,
Rogers is building a big barge for Captain
Besse of New Bedford, Mass, and Kelly and
Spear have in hand large dredge.
WORK INssOTHER DISTRICTS.
In Belfast Mcdonald and Brown will build
another four masted bar kentine for c.
Morton Stewart & Co.. of Baltimore, Md. In
the Maohias district Everett /. White OF
Harrington, will build a five hundred ton
schooner, and at Milbridge, SAWYER Brothers
will build a schooner of eight hundred tons.
In Portland a good sized steamboat for the
Harpswell line will be built.
In the Waldoboro district, I. l.. Snow &
Co.. CT Rockland, are building sixty ton
tug boat. and they have four hundred ton
schooner partly completed. A. &. M
Gamage of Bristol will build small
structed by Thomas F. Creamer of Waldo
boro, nd Wilbur F. Morse of Friendship.
The total output OF new tonnage in the
state was 1852 in 1898. while the total was
IS, 4l5 in 1894, showing an increase of about
eighty per cent. These figures seem small.
however, in comparison with those of the
palmy days of shipt uilding in Maine. when
in single year Bath alone used to turn out
two or three times as much tonnage as the
whole state built in the year just closed.
Very few square riggers are built nova
days. Big sohooners are the favorite class.
because they great carriers and can be
built and sailed cheaply. Another. anG per-
haps the chief. reason why SO few square
riggers are built is that deep water freights
are low. and nave been for years. and be-
cause of steam and foreign sail competition
are likely to continue SO.
NO BRIGS BEING BUILT.
No brigs haveEbeen built in Maine since the
Telos was launched in 1855. This rig is "a
'.back number.'' although. very handy in
certain trades. &2a II s5lf @s=a
Here are the figures showing the extent of
operations in the ten customs districts
here any building was done.
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s,s55.79 net tonnage; schooner Sarah E.
Palmer, Nathaniel 7. Palmer, l,li2.96;
Schooner Veteran, Thomas E. Hagan. 1.34s;
schooner Mary E. II. G. Dow, W. 4. DON
nell, I.sO7 .s6; steamer City of Lowell. Bath
Iron Works, 1.s77.2s; schooner Abenak1,
Frank s. Bowker. 1920; schooner Charles
P. Notman. Percy S. Small. l,442 Is schooner
Augustus Palmer. Nathaniel Il. Palmer.
Pof Irrp
Works. l.9l; sloop Dorcas. Fred H. Rittal,
le.77; schooner Clara E. Randall. William
ROGERS, 9o3.O Schooner Rebecca r. Doug
lass, nolly, Spear & Co.. 3aS.2s. Total
1,629. 46.
Belfast-Barkentine Doris. Mcdonald q
Brown, 944.31 tons steam yacht Amaols,sJ.C.
Dutch, ,S5 80; schooner j. Holmes. Blrdsall,
H. M. Bean, l,52Q.2O; schooner Mary Man
ming, H. NJ. Bean, 1,2357S Total. s,7S3.'s.
Waldoboro-Schooner S. S. .Gliddens, Dunn
& Elliott, 1.OO5. .05 tons schooner JrW .Balano.
Port Clyde Marine Railway company, SIC. 90;
steamer Ruth. George A. Gilchrist. III 20:
eleven small crafts, making, with the above
a total of l.750.96.
Maohias-Schooner Edna M. Champion.
Sawyer Bros. S54.92.
In the other districts very little was done.
The totals are given in tie summary:
Bangor, 1888; Bath, l1.629.46; Belfast,
2 7s3 10; Castine, 63. .36; Ellsworth, 1926; East
mort. 1852; Kennebunk, 23O.17; Machias.
s54 92; Waldoboro. 1.75O.96 Wiscasset. 5l.35.
Total, IS. 4l6.43.
Ship carpenters wages are still low,
ranging from Sl.50 to S1.75. with occasional
extremes of 81. rs and So. 1t is likely how
ever. that there will be an advance in the
wage rate next spring.