Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-04-04
SHIPBUiLDING REVIVAL.
Many New Vessels Launched this
Year, and More on the stocks.

Many New Vessels Launched this
Year, and More on the stocks.
In the first two months Of 1900, Maine
shipyards launched about 10000 tons Of
new shipping. 1t Is now considered more
month OF new shipping will be main
tained, II not exceeded, in the remainder
Of the year at Maine ports.
This gratifying state OF affairs has been
brought labout by the great revival of
business that came last year, when
freights went up suddenly. 1t was pre-
dicted last summer that these high rates
could not long be maintained, but there
seems to be no decline In any department
OF the coastwise freight mar ket, and orders
for new vessels have been pouring in upon
Maine builders at a rate never before
heard of. 1.-The bigger the better" seems
to be the maxim OF many OF the owners,
and whereas ten years ago the 1889 ton
five master "Governor Ames" was looked
upon as freak, not likely ever to succeed,
| nothing is thought nowadays OF ordering
e-masters and even six masters OF ESQ
to 2150 tons net register. At Bath re-
Gently a i've master OF 2020 tons net was
launched. Several other five masters are
now on the stocks, and work has begun
on two six-masters, one ut Camden and
one OF Bath, which will register about
2750 tons net.
Many smaller schooners have teen
launched this year, or are now ON the
stocks and under contract, aud for some
traders there seems to be disposition to
return 10 the moderate-slzed schooner.
The age OF the square-rigged ve-se--the
snip, bark or barkentiue, which not long
ago was thought to be forever past, seems
to be returning, aud 1t is confidently AS
serted that, owing to The coet o. coal, the
tramp steamer that for twenty five years
have been the hane aud destruction Of
Maine's Wooden ships, must soou ahau-
don certain long d stance trades TO tie
sailing ship. Tns view OF the ucen u
freight msrSet has teen gazing gtutu
stace TIE Cnited States began IL 4uG as e
possessions across The seas, and e-pec-
tally with reference to Hawaii, tor he
sugar trade with which island the Bath
builders have recently turned out some
barks.
The shipyards OF Bath were never
buster than now. The Bath Iron Works
alone have contracts amounting TO 20 ,0C0,
600, which, even il not another order is
taken, will keep l ,0o0 men at work for two
years. large proportion of this is for
t he United States navy, and includes the
| Va
"Bagey', Barney" and "Bddie", and
the monitor CONNECTICUT. Percy Il
Small are laying the keel for six-masted
schooner. Kelley, Spear & Co. have "A
four masted schooner and several barges
under contract, and the New England
company about the same amount of
tonnage, while Arthur Sewall Il Co. will
construct several big steel sailing ships.
AT Thomaston, Dunn Il Elliot have
contracts for three large schooners, and at
Waldoboro, George l.. Welt is building
five masted schooner, with the contract
about to be signed for anot her vessel OF
I he same type. Cobb, Butler X Co., of
Rockland, have launched three masted
schooner OF 496 tons and are now at work
on a four master OF 775 tons, while l. l..
Snow d Co., at the same port, will build
three master.
II. NJ. Bean, OF Camden, has four
master on the stocks and is preparing the
ways for a six master OF 2, $50 tons and a
five master OF over 5000 tons. At Belfast,
Georgia.. Giichrist and E. A. Carter will
each build three master, and at Bucks
port, Mckay & Dix, of New York. will
build three vessels for the Greenland
trade, each about 200 tons.
He faddress the little sister OF his