Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-22

nv va 81 wal III sunshine of high
ireish'S I" the Philippines and other
remote corners of the earth. after =,
shower Oh snip famine brought on hv
the SeiZure of steamers for transnor,s
appeared this new green sprout: and
fath launched 3'.52S tons of merchan,
vessels and about 800 gross tons az
shipS ol war. Further than that. il
seems from the rate at which she is
going that sh" may do as much again
| before the present year is out.
however the question ,mounts T.;
~, ",ilH one SIDE of IL. As YOU walk on along
the autumn-tintcd rivcrhauk with tho
',"iniilS AR III Your face. You notice trst
~ an mat the oder nf fresh, piichv tim
n Ne, ana me nos" az pounding steel do
h"t AT al associate with each ,th,r IL
your mechanical mind When you rn,..h
ne ne scene of activity itself the crcnI
~; ;,,.''h skeleton of the steel .uir-master-
" PROV rising almost into the trees
"v,osS inc ROAD. its stern almost in the
Wa'er-seems quite AS i'll matched with
,nt .u'ilnei some wooden hulls beside 1t. or
even with the half-,iuished Prescott
rainier. criss-cross ID for greater strcn.fh
win iron straps. And there are lhn
Slu3re-rlssers. the one lust mentioned
~ sNeie'oh form. the other almost com
plete-a rare sight in themselves: for
there are N" others builaing today in th;s
| .p"htIH az any rate. possibly none in AN
tne world They are thu. iast of thnir
hllu: Nowadays II is either steamers for
iorelsn trade ar schooners for coastwis.
traffic. " VIZ
So, beside, being the worlds shipvard
~ * indty The scene of two great iran. i
lions IN sailing ShipS-fron wood 10 strci
from spuarf-:iceer To schooner How ma
lonS -eStabished firm OF Sewell after wear,
or buifdins wooden vessels shoulJ ,u,,
sidd"hlN AT inc late date al l>gI 10 buil,l-
IN" steel ones and keen il mn th.r,.tt..r
u""S not clearly appear. Vet if yuu con
slit them ON the subject Nou una thar ,
thtln Il snip Is Il ship. that thu, nj. tr.b
iemS OF CARRYING capacity and Sprp, first
cost ana length al life. frcieht> Insurance
ana maintenance. occur in un,. ana ~. |
other: that the actual work is :.ut rid al |
III Sup-cpntrtcts-on, man to set nj the |
frames another I" bolt on thu. plates Il |
thlrd To drive tn" riNptS. ana 50 ,D-.i,tl |
as Tor substituting bending. pl,tr. and I,r |
furnaces spnutins flame for steam hn>ps |
leaking steam. punching machines fn;. |
br"wnN mrn with long wood .tl.rrS ana |
gathering rtNttinS hammers for th,. ,tIiat |
hul wicked adZ-thtsr. they assure vuu |
arr mere trlii"S. ;" al all events thry !
ar" II them Even their uri.hhnrS IN.
New EuSIand Company. IN TN. steel StrIu- |
pings of The Palmer are any indication |
seem likely Z" follow suit Steel il i !, |
material 1" hliid a shin with after Al |
Steel costs not So very much more. III the |
hrSl place. lasts NOR" than twice MS lo,l. |
with proper care. is able IL ut.i higher
rates %; freight and lower rates of IN |
suruucr
Now although a ship is a shin if is |
equally true that an engine il an engine
mere Is n" pariit ilariy practical way ot |
ShiitinE from one ~ the other. So when |
We come 70 the Bath Iron Works where |
thtN build pr"pcl ing machinery and YES |
sells for IN" navy. which are hut Heating |
machines in themselves it i no surpriS4 |
70 learn that they have never been guilt, |
"t any chanSinsS over. hUt are first ard |
last worAcrS nj steel
You can hear the Bath Iron Works whit. |
Vet great way "ft. tor they arr. busy |
theS" DAYS First il. u,arncSs 10 connie |
tt"n is The monitor N".ad;t repoSinc i..- |
dor 4 N.aF mr.. = va
"errick low in IN" water. pu2-nosed ANA /
hull-doeSish. with TWO circular steel cru- |
tiers, one Forward ana one ant. by ana ~ |
to become jur-ctS tillcd with great gun. |
ana little engines for swinging them. ana |
Il single stout funnel rising above her up- !
per works. She is just beginning to take |
on that all-but-iiui.nrd air. Her two j
StaIwart engines that ar@ finally u force |
her blunt nose through the water at n |
knots stand silently within their Irmurcd |
enclosure. waiting. Way down in TIN |
depths Of her. tucked away in an unrrt- |
at-able. unhitable nook. are th, wonder |
fully compact little engines that work hc-
ridder. an ready for accom-: aud UP in tn
steel prlSou-lik" coming tower. with only |
narrow Sits for windows they arcattith- |
in% Few miles of wire to Indicator dial> |
marked OF somewhat like th.. machine.
met with sometimes in hotels. hy whiah |
one may call for cab, a messenger boy |
Il gin cocktail. or anything down IL soap.
so that the officer in the coming tower.
without 50 much as showing the end III
his nose to the enemy. has perfect CON
troll Of the engine room. can steer "A. if /
his own hand We're on the helm and can
order the firing Of each gun and specify
the kind Of shot it is to throw
In contrast to the low, SUllcn Nevada il
the higher. lighter. fceter cruiser Clrvr-
land, whose launch occurred lust the Other
day. So far she is bIt u bare hulk her
wood sheathing showing several inche.
above the water. engneleSS. boil-r.eS- an
SinomilN hollow. swaimin9 with grim mcn
al! one color, smoking with rivet forges,
ana roaring one continuous roar Of ham
m"rs from nom till night
nder long steel shed near BY is the
Keel Of 4 slender. graceful craft. aud ON"
or wv" frames Set up on it. about which
the pneumatic rivet"rs are just beginning
to chatter This is Ia br tn. Yacht PAM
tooset. III feet long, lii2 knots for MI
Albert $ Hgclow OF Boston: and a VERY
handsome craft she Will bc-two rakist.
masts. gracefully arching prov. and i
slender tdpering stern. Very much Xix" j.
i. MOrgIn'S blaCi: coiSair.
Last and heaviest % all is tn" battle
ship Georgia. All YOU can -" Of her now
is Il single long. straight steel sirdrr-h".'
kcel-proppcd on heavy timbcrs. but she
is to be one of the worlds great fighters.
She viii carry four Finch guns and .!
smaller ones. ana by virtue of her p
boilers and nineteen thousands Of h"r'.
power. viii pillow along after the departing,
enemy Gf the enemy is discreet enough
to DEPART AT the rate of /" knots an
hour And as the work proceeds on ~"
Sims in the open. the building ui lhtlr
engines keeps pace in the shops some
stand almost complete. others H." III as
located fragments; still Others exist ONLY
on paper or in the form Of wooden Ske'-
TONS ready to r.. cast in metal 10 TN" SAINT
shane according as the hulls they are y
drive ar, nearly ready for them. or Just
begun.
Take even il superficial look at TN" con-
strIction Of the wooden ShlpS ~ ht'l'
noting the variety OF the timber thal S"'7
into Them and how widely The forests IT"
:, arched for il in Georgia. fiorida. VII
GINA: and canada. while IL" sparS com
clear from Oregon, and YOU VIII see tlit
il is no accident OF local supplies thdt
Lccns her yards going. The days "nth
she could build ships on; 81 her own ioi-
.%tS are long since gone similarly Will
Won have been in and about theron wins
with your mechanical eye wide open YOU
will perceive with equal readiness ttlt II
wooden ships should go out OF iaSill"i AZ
together in the middle Of next week ib'th
would already have sufficiently tSt"p-
IiShrd herself as "A steel snip htlbiTl ~
keen on rtnahashed. with the same ease
and uddptabiIity that has carrie" htr
through an her ups and downs Slhc" 81
E,tinchrd her first little thirtN-t"h SNIP
before tn" Pilgrims landed-tht IItdt
duvr during tne \apol"onic wars Wheh
sl.ips paid for themselves in " N"NaS'-
Of