The sun., 1899-01-26

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OLD AND NEW PLANTS START UP.
The sparrow's Point shipyard Of the Mary
| land Steel COMPANY. after four Venrs Of ipao-
! tiyity. has been reopened. contrncts for Gov
| ernmant tornado boata giving the stnrt The
heads OF the different departments were
| drsfted from Harlan A. uoIIinvsvorth tbs
| Wilmington buildera The vard has nom
tracts which will keep IL busv for n vanr at
| least IL will build the tornado boats Trlx-
! ton, whIpple and Worden n tvv,n. W
| freight and passenger steamer like the Rich
% aru fecK tor the new lork ana New Raven
eteam ooat company. ana large seaGolnR Jug
ior Tue baker Whlteiey Coal company OIL ba'
.lmore' inc maryland steel Company pant
mas tnousahd-Ioot waterfront. hecenty u
mas employed 2'"Oo men on bridge. rail and
STRUCTURAL steel work. Its furnace and mills
are at Steelton' ia.
hichmond has the newest American snip
yaru' rms 10 the yard OF the W. H. rrige
company. made possible by Government con-
Iracts' MT IrlRg is PRESIDENT oi the hlch-
mohu Locomotive works. Last May ne SUD-
mitOeu 'n MS own name oius tor torpeuo ooaus
anu uestroSers' When the awards were mace
MS olus on three torpedo boats ana TWO de-
stroyers were accepted He organized com
pany In lew days with capital oil S30oOOO,
ana leased the OLD Ialoott works on the James.
hlchmond business men subscribed for the
STOCK almost In asinRle evening. Question oil
the apiiiy OF the new company 10 make the
ooa's was raised. but the Navy Department,
al'er an in'estgation, oohcluded that the
IrieR yard could do all 1t had undertaken.
anu assieneu IL the torpeoo poats ShuoricR'
otockton ana Ihorhton ana the oestroVers
DAie ana Decalur' eteps nave Deeh taken 10
ueepen anu "iueh the chanhei OF tine James,
ana h'chmond expects TO Do worthy ship
puiiuihe por''
MR.. CARNEGIE on THE FUTURE.
Southern shipbuilders do not believe that
New York is to become a great sbipbuildinp
port as some are sangutne enough to believe
Mr.. Carnegie, it was said not long ago. was 20
back a new yard on Staten Island This the
steelmaker has denied several times, and he
does again to-day in The Sun. The head OF
one OF the gre,test Yards on this coast said
the other day, talking with Sun reporter. that
Il would be folly for Mr. Carnegie to 90 into
shipbuldinp He could not afford 10 build
ships and enter the market as a competitor
with the builders who are now buyinR his
steel Talking with the reporter n day or two
later. Mr.. Carnegie said that he was the "friend
OF all the snipbuilders the ally OF none" But
Mr.. Carnegie is a strong advocate OF a great
New York shipyard. He expressed his opin
ions on this question and some others relating
to American ShlDhullulnR in a talk with SUN
reporter. BY Mr. Carnegie's request. the
questions wers written out and the steel
maker dictated tho answers to his seorstary
After a transcript OF the ansvera had been
made. they were read over and corrected Mr.
Carnegie Is never misouoted.
What Indications:are there that this coun-
try is to become great builder OF steel shipsp"
was the first question.
steel and wood work. the materials for
ships. can be obtained here cheaper than apy
Mace in the world. steel from, 81 TO 81 per ron
cheaper. These conditions are as sure to
brinc,'o bout ext.nsive sbipbuildinp aa water
Ia to run down hill"
"Shipovners make more favorable con-
tracts with British builders, WHY ia tbis2
VIII Wa La able TO build as cheaply as the Eng
lisb2"
.'If Newport News shipyard cannot build as
cbeaply "a the English. it is because that ereat
man Mr.. Huntington does not make his shin
building ward his prlncipal concern He ia
nroba hlv engaged attending 70 his railroads
His shipyard so far has been a side show. He
has his materials cheaper than any builder in
Furope He pays n little more for his labnr
but his labor is more effective. that is. It |
would be If IL were properly managed. Mr.
Huntington will some OF these days take nm |
his shipyard seriously, and he is. the man who |
will beat Europe and make himself famous" |
"Wby are we so low down in the list of ship |
building nations?"
We are low down because we are lust start |
ing. but We are not SO very low down as you |
tbinE There are on the stocks TODAY in the |
United States 224 900 ton. of shining. This |
IA about ope-sixth of Britain's greatest years |
tonnage already. A great part OF this is on |
the lakes. fresh water. but feel with the Ger
man member OF Congress from Pennsylvania
who first obtained an appropriatiun for the
i'm nrovement of fresh waters in the United
States. His whole speech was this: Mr..
President I don't know particulars about the
but | know this. | would not
give a cent for a Constitution which would not
work as we'll in fresh water as in salt" and
that carried The bill"
what can Congress do to aid the merchant
narIne7"
I'VE do NOT need protection now in some
lines Of manufacture. notably in mine. iron
and steel As long as we needed'protection I
vas an advocate of it. Now that we don T need
II say take the duties off iron and steel and