The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-05
A SHIPBUILDING RECORD !
Quaker City Yards Turned Out
SIS. eco. coo Worth in 1900.
Vessels Constructed for All Waters.
Fhe New Century Started With
Contracts AgEregnting $4,000
observation-disclosures Progress rs Il
Port-C omTariSonS With Long Ago.


Port-ComTariSons With Long ago.
! PHILADELPHIA Jan 5.-vesseIs val
/ ed al $4,000. 600 were built in twelve
! months in 1860. Vessels were building
! and contracts were made to the value Il
I more than So. Geo 600 at the end of he
first five days OF 1891
The closing Of the nineteenth century
/ and the dawn of the twentieth are great
/ epochs in Delaware River shipbuildins an
/ mails The shipyards OF Philadelphia and
those adjacent lead all others in the
United States. They not only build more
vessels than any other American COMPETE
1 tors. but surpass in workmanship.
This industry shows marvellous deyel-
/ Opment. Twelve OF the seventeen seago-
ing steamships built on the Atlantic Coast
! during the past year were constructed on
| the Delaware River. Of the eight largest
steamships built in America since ships
/ were first launched. all were constructed
in yards on the Delaware, and six of these
were built last year
OF ffty-0ne steam vessels. with total
( Of 1889 gross tons register. built during
the year just closed on the Atlantic Coast
between Eastport Me. and Galveston.
Tex. twenty-seven of these with total
/ Of 55,527 gross tons register. were built
On the Delaware River.
And these figures dc not include war
ships for the United States Navy CT the
! navies OF the world. as Government yes
sels do not have TO be measured or per
/ mits secured frcm customs officials or
/ papers issued for their regulation in
operation.
During he year seyenty-seyen vessels.
valued al 81. 600. 0Gg, were completed IN
shipyards n the Delaware The progress
/ IS NEST marked in new contracts for 1901,
Including those on the ways, by which but
tfty-five vessels are to cost S35, 9og, coo
While a great portion Of this is Govern
: raent work, yet the high figures Indicate
that the progress in building large steel
vessels Is remarkable OF the seventy
se=ea vessels entirely finished in 1900
{ many went to distant shores The list
: comprised one battIeship. one cruiser, one
t torpedo boat. twelve steamships. five
steamboats,. eighteen toyboats one fire.
boat, two schoOners. twenty-eight barg es.
two steam barges. two steam yachts. one
uaphtha barge, one gun barge and two
ether small motor CesseIs not classified.
Not q single one Of the vessels failed to
! 20 ABOVE tle 5pSClAC4ilOuS, BOL0 N NOEE-
manShip and ID speed.
! CONTRACTED for and II various stages of
completion at the Delaware River ship
/ yards are ffty-fye vessels. two battle
/ ships-the Maine and Retvizan-and if
the navy officials decide to award TO
Philadelphia the battleship Pennsylvania,
/ for which CTamp was the lowest bidder
then three battIeships, four cruisers. one
! OF which Is for foreign pOwer-Turkey;
Z fprY..1n boat 6aSf~OyarS cfytea1
steamships two ferryboats, two steam
! hats one pilot boat. six steam tugs, two
/ steam yachts. eleven barges, one pontOOn,
! one caisson and one lighter, the value OF
which exceeds S35. 600 .0O0-
Possibly the most fattering testimonial
came from the Pacific, the very door of
+ the builders or the famous battIeship
Oregon. This was the order placed with
the Cramps BY the Oceanic Steamship
Company. Of San Francisco. for the Sono-
( ma. Sierra. and Ventura each of 6.253
toas. all completed. The steamer Ala
media. built IN 1855 by Cramps for the
same company. has ran continuously for
seventeen years with a great record
OF the $50 AmeTican-bUilt sea going
+ steamships over 600 tons gross regis
ter, plying all waters. 159 were built on
. the Delaware River The seven steel
! ships Hiding plants located en- the Della
ware River participating IN the trade OF
; 1851 are the Cramp Ship and Engine
/ E7nIId.ng Company. Nea6e aud Levy ship
and Engine Building Company. New York
I ShiDbUilding Company. R0achs Ship and
Engine Building Company, Harlan &, Hol-
. L1gzUorth Ship and Engine Building
! Company. John H Dialogue & Son Ship
! building Company. Pussy q Jones Ship
. ana Engine Building Company. During
last year The Cramp Company more than
. doubled their capacity. aud the Neafe K
( Levy Company doubled their output
The other firms participating ii the con
/ tracts of last year and Including 1901 are
Z the Jackson & Sharpe Company. EnOch
J Moore { son. John L. Mills, Norris &
NdlheT- Samuel ". Fulton. and a large
/ number OF smaller yards, including the
( I-ampsOu. Hewlett American Dredging
Company. Abbott. Marines. Zane, Weller.
! Wiser. and Paul works
The figures showing the progress OF the
. port OF Philadelphia for a year and a cen
fury are also interesting. Some idea OF
the development may be had from the ar
rivals Of vessels at this port January l.
j 1891 and January l. 1901 The total ton
mage arriving ar the opening of the nine
teeuth century being less than 400 IONS
and the greatest draft Of water being nj ne
feet. while for the opening of the tWeati-
; eth century Il. 51l tons arrived over
twenty-eight tiznes IS many
The hundred years comparison follows:
{ Arrived al Philadelphia. January /. iStl-
Brig TrypEeuea. Captain Arnold from Ha-
gaaa draft nine feet net tonnage less
Ih7n go tons.
Schooner Jane. Captain Simeon. from
Havana draft eight and q half feet; net
tonnage less than 200 tons
Arrived at Philadelphia. January /
. lglI-Stgan.er Manhattan (BTitisht Cap
tafa R1emer. from SavOna, draught IS
feet net tonnage. 2.I2S tons Steamer
Bloomfield British Captain Rowe, from
Shields draught Is feet; net tonnage,
. $50 tons. Steamer Allegheny, Captain
Foster. from Savannah; net tonnage.
. z@a tons Steamer Richmond. Captain
/ Catherine from Richmond and Norfolk.
net tonnage. 1Ig1 tons Steamer Gulf
Stream. Captain Swain, from New York;
4 net tonnage, 7gS tons. Steamer Autho-
. nv Groves. IT. Captain Fowler. from Bal
. IImore. net tonnage, 4Sz tons. Barge
/ Merriam. from Boston. net tonnage. S23
I tons Barge Draper from Boston. ne
TONNAGE SIS tons. Barge Hercules. from
Plymouth. net tonnage T3T toas. Tug
Gettysburg. from Boston net tonnage. 35I
tons
In The early days Of Inc last century
craft of the schooner Jane size would
2 have to heat her way UD the bay and
river. requiring more than week Now
a steamer viii arrive unload. reload
reach her destination at . Southern port
and be making her way back gain IN The