The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-16
NAMES sHIPBUILDINe ROOM.
No Such Activity IN Down East %Shipyards
Known IN Ten Years.


BANGOR, Dec. 10.-The very best sign Of tn,
good times in Maine is the arrival of n ship
building loom which. while coming too late t.
make a great showing Of tonnage launched
this year. has set the yards and shops going a
a buster rate than they have known for Q
decade. In years past Maine used TO built
from 10000 to 10000 tons OF shipping an.
nually. but OF late. for reasons that have been
told over and over again. the industry has fallen
into decay. and the figures have been too small
to BE- worth publishing. Now. however. Maine
has a boom in her shipvards. and the good
effects are felt from Portland to Eastport.
Various causes have contributed to bring
about this revival Of shipbuilding. but the wal
with Spain and The commercial conditions and
opportunities resultant thrrefrom are the chief
factors. 1t cannot be said that the days OF
wooden ships have returned. for In all the list
OF new vessels launched. in process of con-
struction or under contract there is not one
wooden square-rigger. Changed conditions
demand new types of vessels. and Maine is now
prepared to build anything wanted. from a pa
latial steam yacht to a coal barge.
While the revival Of business extends all
along the coast. not much has yet been done at
any place except Bath. which is the centre OF
the ShlpbuildinR industry in Maine. Bath is
prospecting as never before. The builders there
have many contracts. inc;1ding several from
the Navy Department. and the Bath Iron
Works. the principal concern. has already begun
to enlarge its plant In order to meet The de-
mands for new vessels.
There are now on the stocks at Bath the
United States torpedo boats Dahlgrcn and T.
A.. NJ. Craven and the, United States training
students at the ANNAPOLIS Naval Academy.
The Chesapeake is the first So uare- rugged vessel
the close o of Of the ha EVIL war. she Ho is 295 Feet s oTes
all, ,175 feet on the waterline. 81 feet beam.
n msn 2e q Fl feT q d tens. She sSs YIN Y df h stsei { s abisHl1Sss;
with yellow pine up to the waterline. and is one
Of the %ncatest little ships ever put m.
gardroom officers. = warrant officers. $50 ca
ders ana a q o working crew Of .o men, She will
upon uP&Sat that a1'H to give her !e a speed sai' Of iG %iRt9spe afi
though she will have auxiliary steam power
for use when rrGlnired; She viii bS lighted
tlIating and heating plants.
Besides the, two ,torpedo boats named and
Works has the contract TO build two of the new
monitors, the construction OF which, however.
is DELAYED on account Of some changes that are
thus far this year in the district aggregate 81
l;h, tons, and, those to be launched between
now and nm IA Will bring the total for the year
At Camden. in the Belfast district. they arc
whose counterpart is nearing completion at
bnthi Thnre is some rivalry between the
P PaIIasrs Of Ball. b H. as R to- %h G1 Gamif Gs t and bi J; IT
and best Of these schooners. The Camden
tSsse b has IT,. the d, hest model and as for size
measured yet. hut the principal dimensions
den schooner Is 2S5 feet keel. IA feet beam and
y feet hold: the Bnth schooner pa feet keel,
43 feet beam and % feet hold. Both will meas,
ure about 2.030 tons net and 400 tons gross
register. and their carrying capacity is esti-
mated, at close to 1000 tons. dead weight
and-afters put UT. The only five-master now
afont on SILT water Chuilt rs SUCH is the Gov.
nearly 400 tons smaller than these at Camden
and Bath. There is a growing demand for
vessels for the West Indin trade. and a good
many coasters must be built to take the places
OF those that went down in the recent gales.