New-York tribune., 1899-12-18
NAMES GREAT INDUSTRY
A REGULAR BOOM IN sHIPBUILDING IN
THAT STATE.
,vcpr.srD PRICES OF MATERIALs-BrG EARN
1NGs OF SAILING vEssELs-TYPEs

INCS OF SAILING NESShiSo-A II ~
CONSTRUCTED.
Bangor. Dec a (SpeciaD.-From the activity wiz
messed in Maine shipyards for the last year anu
the extensive preparations for the coming year
,, =, is evident that the days OF the wooden sail
-, ro b,, M means past and that Maine Is
- hold ber nlace as leader In that ancient inuusry
r,hore have been launched from the yards OF TINS
State since January new vessels aggresalnis oVe.
a 600 in net register tonnage. and worth aoou'
Is 900 900 while there are now on the STOCKS VI
,,,der contract 10 be built vessels whose tonnage
c-u amount TO about 5000 and whose vaiue VIII
vc.od a c,o 900 with prospects bright for totaI
a,rose for 1900 Of 1900 to 5000 and value OF
100000
Tike the lumber trade shipbuiding has suffered
a long period OF depression 10 be revived TINS year
oy the new currents Of industry
No, onlv in the building Of wooden merchantmen
,as ,here been prosperous business this year. but
a. Rath three big steel vesses-two ships ana
bark-have been launched TO engage In long us
.a,co trades while one OF the finest yachts ahoat,
the virginia for Isaac Stern, Of New-1orK, mas
h,en built. with several vessels for the United
states Navy. The high price Of materials, notaDy
of steel has been decided drawback 10 ouiioine'
hut on account Of the greatly improved condition
~ the freight market high prices can be obtained
for vessels and nothing short OF collapse OF ousi
ness generally will prevent great activity IN the
yards for years to come.
fau SINNERS began 10 realize for the first time
that the American coasting feet had been sensibly
decreased by wreck and decay and that there were
moi enough vessels to carry the cargoes 10 pe
moved In recent years there has been little build
ng for the coast or for any other trade, and what
little has been done is represented chiefly by
schooners Of large size for coal carrying Few
vessels OF medium size have been built and no
small vessels while gales like those Of November
1895 and the last summer have swept many coast
ers from the sea. There are to-day upon the At
lantic and Gulf coasts. flying the American flag
only 5G2 vessels Of 400 tons register and upward
and only 27O barges Of over 500 tons Business has
increased ~ per cent while tonnage has fallen of
q 10 30 per cent. From this It is plain that more
vessels Of 800 to 500 tons must be built. ana with
such business opportunities have been onered IN
the last few months Down East shipping people
will not be slow TO act
THE FLEET OF 1899.
The building operations this year have been con-
fined for the most part TO four districts-Bath'
Belfast Waldoboro and Machas In Ba'h the
following vessels have been launched:
Schooners Myron D. Cressey 2.1lS tons; Henry o.
Barrett 1854 and Marie Palmer, 100; barges New
York 1910: Wilmore. 744; Darby 1888; ThaAter f4o'
No H. $40: Malvern. 745; Oxford. 7S5; Pemoerton'
7S5; Upton 748; No. 6. 929; Sunbury, 1.A9 Tpton'
72O; No IS. s17; Solus 7i3; No. 1s. S2S No 20 sSl;
Edith 766 and Ohio 1.l0; towboat Cohannett. ~;
schooners Henry Weller. u.s. and Leviathan, 70;
ships Arthur sewan. 29l9. and Edward sewail'
2sls bark Kaiulan l,l5; five barges. aggregating
l2O tons: steam yacht Aphrodite 654; steam yacht
Virginia 80: United States torpedo boat l. A NJ
Craven. l4S tons displacement and Dahlgren' l4s;
training ship Chesapeake, Ito and transport
Grant rebuilt 1854 tons net register.
District of Belfast-Schooners John B. Prescott
2249 tons; Anna Murray, 1884; Jennie French Pot-
ter .soo and Pendeton Brothers. 762
District of Machias-Schooners John Maxwell.
oil
District Of Waldoboro - schooners Lizzie j.
Parker 2o tons and Mary r Qaim9y gagas b bf were
small chiefly fishermen AMI steamboats, for local
service.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR 1900.
The number of vessels ON the ways or under
contract 10 be built IN the coming year is far
greater than at any time within decade. AT the
Bath Iron Works there now being built naval
vessels 10 the amount OF 1891 tons displacement
Percy Small have five masted schooner Of $500
tons on the stocks, to be launched in February or
earlier. and will then begin work on five master
Of 1850 and six master OF 5000 tons capacity
The New Englapd Company Of Bath, will build
three or more barges within the next few months,
and have contracts for a 1000 ton schooner ana one
OF LOO tons Gardner y. Deerins VIII s puip tiTe NV
have contracted 10 build two barges OF SO tons each
and a four masted schooner of 1900 tons William
T. Donnell will build four master Of l,60o tons.
In the Waldoboro district business promises well
three masted schooner of $50 tons for the hard pine
trade, and l. L. Snow q Co are to build centre
board schooner of 200 tons. At Thomaston, Wash
burn Brothers are building four masted schooner
the keel of three masted schooner TO be launched
IN the spring. and getting out the frame for a
Waldoboro. George l.. Welt viii build a Ave masted
schooner OF 800 tons for William f. Palmer. Of
In the Belfast district. at Camden. there is now
on the stocks five masted schooner OF about 14O0
five master to be launched shortly. There are under
contract at Camden five master OF l,SOO tons and
ever built and the largest fore-andaft rugged vessel
ever designed for salt water She is TO register 3co
tons greater Cargo than the be FIVE masters 5obn
B. Prescott and Nathaniel +. PsmeT '''''e'' JON"
. THIS vessel will be S45 feet on top, 80 feet keel,
will be of Oregon pine each lls feet long with top
masts h % feet long her b3wsprt will be IS feet,
weighing 1000 pounds. and 2aO fathoms OF 2ia inch
cable, Steam engines will do all her heavy work
vice from the afterhouse to the forecastle and en-
Sle Water room 1it Her pumps VIII throw Zoo gallons OF
The monster which will cost about $4,000 will be
will be great celebration In Camden She is 10 be
pun for captain John q. Crowley. of Taunton,
The Pendleton Brothers. OF Islesboro and New
YORK. Will build duplicate OF their 762 ton four
carriers yard. regarding her the best type of
vessel is 10 Tor general general fIeightng purposes.
DIX, OF New-York. have leased the old Longfellow
S1rd yl IL ana 6i VIII build m there two four mased schoon
expected 10 turn out more large schooners
AT Milbrldge the Sawyer Brothers will build a
duplicate OF the three. master John Maxwell $50
tons. and are negotiating for other contracts
INCREASED COST OF VESSELS
Such has been the advance in prices of materials
since March that vessel formerly costing $1,000
has cost this year $4,000. Hard pine lumber has ad-
vanced about $40 thousand sail CLOTH 20 per cent:
iron and steel nearly 100 per cent; oak and native
woods. from Is to 40 per cent. and. what seems TO
be the complained of. Manila hemp has ad
vanced from about 81. cents a pound 10 16 and II
cents The Pendleton Brothers have been offered
$4,000 for their new schooner that cost them
$4,000. but they refuse TO sell at less than $500
saying that IL would cost nearly or quite that
amount TO replace her. The four mased schooner
Iona Tunnel recently launched al MilbridRe cost
about $500 She had scarcely been launched when
the owners received an orer TO purchase at a con-