The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-09-07
A Busy Shipyard.
At Chester, Pa. The Chief Promoter a
SearSpOrt Man,

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At Chester, Pa. The Chief Promoter a
Searsport Man.
To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL. The
enclosed clipping may interest you. This
is the shipyard in which Mr.. Amos d.
Carver is largely interes ted, and of which
he had been, think, the chief promoter.
Mr.. Carver is a former Searsp ort boy,
you know, the son of Capt. George Car
yer, who built ships here in the old days.
He is member of the firm of Baker.
Carver & Morrill,. the prominent ship
chan oilers of New York.
After a year of tireless energy, the
Chester Shipbuilding Company, Ltd. at
the foot of Kerlin street, is preparing for
its first launching which will lead four
more in comparatively short time. The
shipyard now is just one year old and is
one of the main shipyards along the
coast.
The work accomplished in that year as
sumed startling proportions when sum-
med up. This is what has been accom-
plished:
Work provided for 1900 men. Five
shipyards erected and the construction of
as many ships begun. One ship virtually
completed The size of the shipyard in
creased from the original 10 acres to rs
acres. Two new and larger shipways
put under construction. The following
shops built, equipped and placed in opera
ton: carpenter. joiner, blacksmith,
machine, pipe, punch, rivet, boilers, ship
fitting, painting and others of lesser i'm
portance.
All this at cost of many thousands of
dollars and from the appearance of the
shipyard today the work has on COM
menced. Many things are projected for
the ensuing fall months.
Work has been started on fitting up
wharf, 200 feet long and so feet wide, of
piling and steel construction. A new
punch shop is contemplated on the tract
acquired a couple of months ago on the
east side of the original ship yard. A
new crane runway will be built, making
three in all at the yard and all of which
are 60 feet high, extending the full length
of the shipways. A mammoth electric
crane will also be erected on the pier now
under construction.
On the tract to the west of,the shipyard,
which has just been acquired, joiner,
carpenter and other shops will be built.
Plans have not been made for these struc-
lures, as yet.
The new shipways will be 500 feet long,
Is feet wide, with a rear elevation of
about 20 feet. They will enable the COM
pany to build vessels up to about $50 feet
in length. The present shipways are of
uniform size, each of the five being 400
feet long and 60 feet wide. with a rear
elevation Of about Is feet.
First Launching.
The first ship. now nearly completed,
will be launched on August 26. according
to present plans, and the launching will
pareake of the nature of big birthday
party" 1t will be the first ship launched
here in Chester in nine years, or since
the late Jonn B. Roach, famous the world
ness. 1t will be the 33Sth ship to be
last ship, the American steamship New
The new ship, which is for Norwegian
firm, the name of which the Chester
Shipbuilding Company declines to make
public at present, will be christened
IN almanga," which, in Norwegian,
means "Strong Ship" 1t is a tank
steamship to be used in the transportation
OF oil in bulk and will be capable of carry
ing $500 tons cargo.
The "Malmanga" will be 401 feet long,
81 feet beam, 80 feet deep, with draft
of 26 feet. 1t will have speed of 10 1-2
knots an hour The boiler, machinery
and other equipment will be installed at
the Chester yard, but will not be made
there.
The second ship, which will be launched
two months later, is also for Norwegian
firm, and is an exact duplicate of the
''Malmanga" 1t is not for the same
firm, however. The third ship will be
launched probably in November. The
other two now under construction are
for 1917 delivery, as are other ships for
which the Chester company holds con-
tracts.
Within the last few weeks contracts
have been signed by the Chester Ship,
building Company for two other vessels,
bringing the total orders of the company,
counting those now under construction
up to IA ships The combined tonnage of
these ships dead carrying weight will
aggregate 1872, 250 tons.
Officers of the Chester company expect
to be able to give employment to
1000 persons when contemplated i'm
provements, and those now under way,
are completed. When this is accom-
plished, the yard will be turning out
ship every 80 days, and probably in less
time.