Evening journal., 1915-08-02
81 25OOOOWORK FOR IF THE CRAB LEFT
SHIPYARD ON RIVER DEAR OLD maryland!
Harlan & Hollingsworth
Corporation Get Contracts
For 3 New Steamships
PLANTS ORDERS ARE
NOW $100,OO0,00

Contracts for three steamships, rep
resenting an expenditure OF approx
mately S1.250,OOO have been awarded
to the Harlan & Hollingsworth Cor
poration. Two OF these vessels are
to be steamships for the Standard
Oil Company and the third d passen-
ger steamer for the Wilson Line, sim
liar to the steamboats, City of Phila-
delphia and City of Wilmington. now
operating between Wilmington and
Philadelphia.
More than SlO0.O00.00 worth Of
steamship contracts now are held by
shipbuildng companies IN the Della
ware river The total tonnage is more
than 10000. and every yard is Writ
ually filled to its capacity. One yard
has all of its building capacity sold
out for two or three years and has
contracts for vessels that will not be
delivered before 1915. Recently a new
shiphuilding company has been form
ed and bought out the Old Roach ship
yard al Chester to meet the demand
OF shipowners who are clamoring for
new vessels.
In addition to the 80 or more YES
sells now ordered from Delaware river
shipbuilders several more are expect
ed One Of the shipbuilding compa-
MES now is believed 10 hold contracts
for three vessels which have not been
made public.
New Ships Specifications.
The two tankers ordered Tor the
Standard Oil Company from the Har-
Ian & Hollingsworth Corporation are
to be duplicates of the three tankers
/ for which contracts recently were
awarded by the Anglo-Saxon Petrol
cum Company, OF London. These ves-
sells are tankers of $500 tons dead
weight capacity. 425 feet long, SO feet
beam and 80 feet depth in hold Al
though not officially given out by the
shipbuildipg company, il is known
that these vessels will cost in the
neighborhood of $500 900 each
The boat ordered by the Wilson
Line will be about 1872 feet long. 3.
feet beam, 11.S feet draft. II is SAID
that this vessel will be one of the
finest on the river. and II Is believed
that it will cost moro than S250,00
II has been rumored for a number o.
months that the line was contemplate
report could not be verified. The popu
larity of the service between Phila
delphia, Chester and Wilmington hal
increased, until ii was said that thu
new vessel was necessary to take car
of the business.
Il is understood that the tanker
will be delivered in about % or 2
months, while the Wilson Line boa
will probably be delivered earlier.
In addition to these new contract
and the three for the Anglo-Saxo
Petroleum Company. the Wilmingto
company has a contract for anothe
tanker for the Mexican Oil Compan,
three vessels for the Shell Compan
of California and has just complete
a steel hull for a ferryboat and a stee
oil barge
The greatest number of contract
held by any shipyard along the Della
ware river has been awarded 10 tn
New York Shipbuilding Company. o
Camden. This company now has or
ders for 20 vessels, some of which ar
almost completed and now ready 70
delivery. The vessels now buildin
by this company are six colliers 70
the Coastwise Construction Compan
of Boston; four tankers for the Stand
lard Oil Company. two tankers for tn
Petroleum Transport ompany, on
tanker for the Gulf Refining Compan
and a dredge hull
In addition 10 this merchant worl
the Camden yards are building Oh
superdreadnoughts Idaho and Okla
homa the torpedoboat destroyer.
Ericsson, Jacob Jones and Wair
wright. the torpedoboat destroyer ter
der Melville and a pontoon for III
Norfolk macy yard. The torpedoboa
destroyer Ericsson probably will b
turned over TO the government tomoi
row and the Melville is ready for dc
livery.