The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-13
REVIVAL IN SHIP BUILDING
End OF War VIII He Followed by Groa,
Activity ia This Line.

Emu o. war VIII He Followed by GrGa
Activity in This Line.
The close Of the war will mark the
greatest revival in the ship building
industry that this country has ever
known. This prediction is based on
the reports of orders already placed
and in contemplation for new vessels
to take the places of those bought by
the Government.
From Philadelphia comes the report
that the impressment by the Cavern.
Nent OF so many vessels Of the mcr.
chant marine has crowded the ship.
yards there with orders enough to keen
them busy for months to come Among
these orders are the following: From
the New York and Cuba Mail Steam.
ship Company for steel twin-sc
steamship, 800 feet long, SO feet beam,
and 30 feet deep, to be built by William
Cramp & Son; from the American Mail
steamship Company, for four steel
screw steamships. each $50 feet long
81 feet beam, and rs feet deep, to be
built by William Cramp & Son. At
the Delaware River Shipbuilding
Works, at Chester, Penn, two steel
steamers. $50 feet long, so feet beam,
and 30 feet depth, are being built to
take the place of the ships Of the Old
Dominion Line sold to the navy for
auxiliary cruisers. These ships are to
be known as the Hamilton and Jeffer-
son.
The Merchants and Miners Trans
portation Company of Baltimore Is
having new steel ship constructed at
the works of Harlan G. Hollingsworth,
at Wilmington, Del. 1t will be 274
feet long, AZ feet beam, and rs feet
deep. Richard Stevens Of Hoboken,
who sold the yacht Aileen to the Gov
eminent, has placed an order with
Roach's yards at Chester, Penn, for a
new yacht. P. A. B. Widener, whose
yacht Josephine is now the auxiliary
gunboat Vixen. expects to have a new
yacht built for him by the Harlan &
Hollingsworth Company. The new
craft will be $50 feet long.
At Newport News three new Morgan
liners. two new Cromwell liners, and |
two new Pacific Mail steamships are on
the ways.
Maine shipbuidnrs report that the
business promises better there than for
many years previous. 1t is expected
hat the results of the war will bring
about boom in the trade with the
West Indies which will produce. a de-
nand for ships Of medium size, of
which the Maine yards make special
y.
An experienced official of the Navy
Department, speaking of the effect of
he release by the Government of the
merchant ships it has been using DUR
ng the war, said:
"The Navy Department will, of
curse, proceed to dispose of these aux
liary vessels as fast as possible after
he war is actually over. This will
nut in the market large number of
essels. considerably more than hun
red, which will necessarily be sold at
argain prices. The former owners of
hese vessels in many cases already
will have replaced them or arranged
o do so. The result will be that the
hips will be bought up by people who
ee in the low price at which they can
e purchased chance to use them in
he newly opened channels of trade in
he West Indies and coastwise trade as
Don as peace is declared. The aux
larry boats will be put to doing second.
Ass work while new ships, the orders
'r which have in many instances been
READY placed. will be put on the more
nportant lines.