Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-12
IB|PPING BILL
iSBRIOUS MENACE
DNDUSTRY HERE
On the Delaware, Con-
..ned Over Possibility of
], Of Business, Employ
g Thousands.

d the day of bright prospects
~ ,,,lders OF the Delaware River.
+ y "a. I, Ameriea" threatens to be over
~ .,oomy uncertainties should the
~ Y. MI now before Congress become
wv leading to representatives Of
h Nj. Nav YORK Shipbuilding
,r "a the Harlan s. Hollings-
Corporation.
Itp NN onIv the New York Ship
Az pI'srs, rar,rany Is doing normal busi-
'NaHt ~ si,fIicient contracts on hand
BE- Y sa,,t A000 men employment for
.Hre - Al the Harlan g. Hollings-
IINIf ~ nriv two large vessels are on
( 'Nsf w. cramps, Just completing sew
.M tx .ontracts, have only Ave tor
4 e7I W asslrovers to work on. At
ssarly $500 men are employed,
''h, Y ney contracts are received In
'.t wv Y, ,,,,ure this force will be cut con-
+ y " 'irhriatlan. representing the Harlan
.,r'al..gcgorth concern. emphatically
w. no, ,bst the passage Of the Govern
"A ,sln.owning bill, will be dlsas-
ffi - sbipbullders throughout the
'rI private companies will not COM
.stnst Governrnent-owned ships
|l, .srseouently will not order vessels
..,.o,sd according TO Mr. Christian.
Hand. vice president OF
~. imports Mr.. Christians asser-
s'.. p,esldent Fl. A. MoGoun, OF the
w vo,k shlpbulldlng Company, while
Nv. : s,..r,,oiis I'm his objections to the
IA s.liayes that shipbuilding will he
,.'.lv handicapped should II pass.
/ E.,maldne on the Delaware River has
=. sslrly active during the last year
|-..,h,lk OF orders was received by the
Y, ynrk yard. Cramps turned out two
IN ~ largest passenger and freight
. y .S.hlns ever constructed on the
..,sm and the largest carfoat in eN-
's'srs This float has just completed
4, r,slden run between Key West and
e.,.na 10 the entire satisfaction OF the
'.s,sI. of the Florida East Coast Rail-
N snd the business men of Cuba. Rail
'.-ne n the Florida keys ana Cuba Is
@,,rted to be revolutionized by the ad-
M d the carfoat
N, Two large steamships are, the Great
v.assrn and Northern Pacific. con-
rfnttd fof tne SpokdHe anu oedltle Ndil-
,,l subsidiary of the Great Northern
x, former will leave here late this
silS iof the Pacific coast via the PAN
~ canal, and will be followed a few
Tlb istsr BY her Sister ship. This will
IN Cramps with only the construction
N M torpedoboat destroyers on hand,
M lmsIlest amount of work the yard has
'hl lct years
a the New York Shipyards four tor
'.,,tb6st destroyers. torpedoboat ten
N lumber steamer. tank steamer
II, htleship. Oklahoma and the Argen-
'As, hstlleshlp Moreno are under con-
5IstIon These two battleships are near
.5mpleted; the Moreno will probably
tive tof home next week. The keel Of
M hallleshlp Idaho, contract for which
on December !, is yet to be
'i4
s,fan & Hollingsworth have only
|rhlnum amount of work In hand In a
5nmshlp for the Pacific coast and
BIZ steamer
aFefa Inquiries for construction of
tr yessels are in the s&lpbuildlng mar
lN With the prospect that some OF the
|fsk may come here, II is rumored that
BAN, n Grace Company, OF New York,
~ b the market for three Steamship
{. 70 cost q, 900, 900. Cramps constructed
|tNl vessels for this company in 1918,
|fal Inquiries, 1t Is expected, would
|'|ft the defeat of the ship-owning bill