Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-22
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The report of the commissioner OF
navigation shows that during the fiscal
year ended June Both, 1901, creator
tonnage OF vessels CT oil kinds was built
than during any years In tho history Of
the country with the exception OF 1854
and 1850, and the steel construction far
exceeded that Of any previous year.
The total numbr of vessels built and
officially numbered during the year was
l,l73, OF 40l, 255 gross tons, compared
with LOSS, of 305,677 gross tons, for
the previous fiscal year. To this should
be added, however, about 10000 gross
tons representing vessels numbered In
the closing days OF the fiscal year ended
June 30th, 1900. but dooumented during
the year Just closed and ss,3 tons
representing unriggsd barges, canal
boats, &C., SO that the total output OF
the shipbuildIng industry for the year.
exclusive of war vessels of all kinds
exceeded 500, 600 tons. The maximum
record was attained In 1855. whom the
construction amounted to 5S3, $50 tons.
A significant feature Of the figures for
the past year is the great increase in
the average size Of vessels, especially
in steel construction, Excluding un.
rugged barges and canal boats, three
fourtbs of the new tonnage Is comprised
in Ill vessels, each of over LOCO gross
tons. OF these large vessels the great
lakes contributed 40 steel steamers, of
1879 tons, tonnage which exceeds
the steel steam product of the entire
United States for any year before 1892.
A considerable number of small steel
steamers for ocean navigation have
boon built on the lakes having ton.
mage ranging from. ], 1850 to 1890 tons,
and length over all not to exceed 27C
| feet.
The total steel construction during
the year was l2l vessels, Of which lo4
were steam ana II sail. OF these
vessels IL sail aggregating ID, 1862 tons
and 81 steam vessels sggregating 80, 47e
tons were built for the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts; s sail aggregating IL, ZIG
tons and 40 steam vessels aggregatiug
l30, 620 tons, were built for the great
lakes; G steam vessels aggregating z, cor
tons were built for the Pacific coast,
and steam vessel of 500 tons for the
Western rivers During the fiscal year
1900 the total number Of steel vessels
built was 102, all steam, with the OK.
ception of 8 sail vessels aggregatinl
8, 760 tons, built for the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts.
The tonnage of ocean steel steamers
built on the seaboard during the yeai
amounted 10 70,667 tons, divided among
10 vessels, as follows Sonoma tPhila
delphia), G,253 tons; Ventura tPhila
delphia), 6,253; Moro Castle (fhila
delphia), 6,00i; Sierra PHILADELPHIA J,
8, $50; Hawaiian tChester), 5,597; Ore
CONAN tChester). 5,597; American
(UhesterI, 5,59l; Esperanzs (Philadel
phia,, ATOP; Monterey tPhiladelpia)
4, T02; Ei Vale Newport News 4, Cos
Lyra tSparrows Point), AIT; Apaoh,
(Philadelphial, 3, 1878; North Star Ches
teri, $3.50; james s. Whitney (wil
mipgton), 2,7o7; Zulia (Philadelphia) J,
| l,7l3.
The principal ocean steamers wer,
three Spreckels mail steamers, OF IS, 4gl
tons, for the San Francisco Honolulu
Australia mail service; three New yorl
and Cuba Mall steamers, Of Is, 4os tons
and one Venezuelan Red ID steamer O
l,713 tons, oil built under the ocean mai
act of 1891, The remaining ocean stee
steamers are for tho coastiug trade
including three Hawaiian American
steamers, of 1871 tons, and four Uhi
oago steamers, of 8, 62s tons, temperate,
in transatlantic trade.