The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1900-11-25
p(,l)M IN sHIPBUlLDlNG.
,,..s;eent Griscom's Address Be-
I'f,,e Naval Architects Society.
,,ovrH IN AMERICA DISCUSSED.

...rt the Most Prosperous
s,nce the Civil War-Pros-
=. For the Opening Century
Retter-work That Is Under
,r..-cramp ON the Varias.
The eighth annual meeting OF the So
- of Naval Architects and Marine
.aors closed the other night with
ssnopet of the members at Delmoni-
.,s says the New York Sun.
= c,orent A. Griscom, president OF the
,aternational Navigation company. who
ogain reelected president Of the
.,otv said that this had been the
- nrosperous year for shipbuilding
: the United States since the outbreak
:, .ha civil war and predicted that the
..ntury about to begin would witness
aoveIopment of the industry which
rould respond to the high hopes of the
.ombers of the society when it was
founded.
.nuring the fiscal year of the gov
.rnment which ended in june" said
~ Griscom, $50 steel steam vessels of
,s-94s gross tons were built In the
r,ited States. These figures are mod
- compared with Great Britain's out
=. NJ 567 steel steam vessels of 1,341,-
4q5 gross tons during the year, but they
arc full of encouragement when put
II ,oside the fact that during the previous
,,ne wears the United States built only
s-4 s02 gross tons of these types. Near
IL all our shipyards have been busy.
svery large plant has increased its ca
caeity. and several new shipyards have
heen established aud equipped for the
construction of the largest merchant
and war vessels The new ship and
engine building yard of noble7propor-
tions on the Delaware is prepared for
= work. and its novel applications of me-
4 cbanicaI science to shipbuilding have
already aroused the interest of the stu
asnts of marine architecture here and
abroad. A new and extensive plant
IN the Pacific coast will soon begin
eperations. and Oh the Thames in Con
uecticut the keels of two of the largest
steamships ever built will soon be
laid, Plants in the south are increas-
ing their facilities, and under favorable
conditions steel shipbuilding promises
10 become one of our distinctively ma
tlonal industries
Since the fiscal year ended in June,
Mr.. Grscom said, there had been
launched, begun or contracted for. rs
steel steamships of $4,000 gross ton
mage. These included 10 ocean steam
ships each of 10000 gross tons or
8 more. Some of this work, he said,
would extend over two years, but in
# side of u months five-sevenths of it
would be completed. Next year, Mr..
# 1riseom said, would show an increase
over this year as great as the record
# Of this year exceeded those of previous
years.
In discussing the causes that have
led to the wonderful growth of ship
building iu this country, Mr.. Griscom
said:
Most familiar among those causes
has been the liberal and continuous
expenditure Of the government on the
navy. Since 1SS4-5 II vessels of over
$4,000 tons displacement, not includ
ing many torpedo boats and torpedo
boat destroyers, have been built or or
dered for the navy. The vessels un.
Ger construction aggregate 1885 tons
Gsplacement. namely: Six battleships,
monitors, 6 protected cruisers, 16 tor
pedo boat destroyers and Is torpedo
coats, making a total of Al. The total
falue now under construction for the
United States navy for hulls and ma.
tnlnery alone involves an expenditure
80, 100000 Fourteen vessels have
oeel authorized, but not yet begun
hamey; Five hattleships, six armored
uuisers and three protected cruisers
ssgregating 179,S00 tons displacement
ln bulls and machinery alone will
s0st approximately $50 400, 900. a great.
amount than is involved in the en-.
INV construction OF the merchant
sseamshps of "a months to which ]
aave referred
Inc annexation of Hawaii and causes
using IRON our war with Spain have
shipbuilding beyond the ex-
Rssaations OF the sanguine a few years
W without transgressing any un-
sTltlen rule of the society in it's discus.
Us | feel justified in stating that
lohg the causes which are now stim-
aung our shipping interests may be
uded the growing popular national
ument that the United States should
pnger remain at the tail of the pro-
sion of commercial nations on the
1ne remarks Of Mr.. Griscom were
ssted with hearty applause. He was
ewed by Charles FL. Cramp Of Phil.
pnla, who read a paper on the re.
~ performance of the Russian cruis.
ariag. Mr.. Cramp designed the
lag. He thought that the unfavor.
e conditions under which the trial
ae cruiser was made warranted the
ect being brought to the attention
e members of the society. Mr.,
M41uD Qcginnal