Arizona republican., 1916-03-09
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CHICAGO, March S.-The Shipbuild- | ing industry on the Great Lakes, after lying dormant more or less for half a decade, is enjoying a revival of pros perity, according tc reports from ship yards at and near Cleveland, C.. De l troit, Mich Toledo, O., Duluth Minn. Buffalo. N. Y., Chicago ana smaller l Great Lake ports.
 1 The opening of the Panama canal, the activities of submarines and the | healthy increase in exports are con- sldered the immediate causes of the shipbuildins boom. The claim is made. | without denial from the builders, that old ships and vessels now under con l stuction are bringing better prices l than in many years
 1 This boom will bring millions of dol 1 lars of business to the dozen or 50 of shipbuilding companies. has Creat- | ed new work for hundreds of men and already has caused the rebuilding of old yards and the planning of several new ones.
 The demand is strong for both lake and ocean vessels and only the inabil- 1 ity of the builders to give assurance of delivery of the ships by 1917 stands in the way of even heavier orders For eiGn interests are prominent among the buyers.
 l With the first clash of arms in | Europe, shippers saw the necessity for obtaining boats quickly to carry mer- chandisc to foreign and domestic ports. One New York capitalist ob- tained at least four huge Great Lake package freiGhters. At the Welland canal these ships had to be cut into sections before they could continue the trip to the coast
 The tremendous amount of shipping that has gone to the bottom in the Wal zone together with the fact that many of the shipyards in England have been turned over almost exclusively to ships lof war, has forced foreign buyers |, look to America shiIbuilders for new vessels and some foreign buyers arc ready to pick up any ship for sale on the seaboard
 Cleveland alone reports the closing of contracts for 4S vessels at an az SreGate cost of more than $S.00O Coz and that negotiations are in progres. for 30 more ships. These orders are being filled at Cleveland Toledo. LOT ain and Ashtabula, O.. Eoourse and Manitawoc Mich. and Buffalo, x. Y The yards at these cities are said to have all the business now that they can handle during the year
 The Toledo ShipbuiIding company is working on an eastern order for five schooners with auxiliary power plants t. be used in coastwise trade. A like frei&hter 600 feet long also is being set up at Toledo. The total tonnage of the Toledo contracts is said to be | 30,000
 Detroit reports the receipt of or ders for score of ships by Nlichiear companies and Ohio firms not men toned in the Cleveland reports The tonnage of the vessels that will be un- der construction in Michigan harhor, during 1916 is estimated at 100. 900
 Duluth says the first ship to be built at the Superior Wis yards since 1910 will be constructed this veal | provided the steel can be secured. 1 The scarcity of steel also is mentioned from Detroit The inability to pur- chase greater quantities of building material Detroit says has prevented several companies from enlarging theil plants.
 At Chicago, the Calumet docks whicl nave been occupied only with repair work during the last eight years. haVt 1
 struction of d freight steamer. 250 fee long and 43.6 feet beam This boat which is to be launched the latter part of April, was ordered througl New York agents for a concern il Norway, the name of which is mol known at the Calumet docks.
 Detroit firms have received order, from Eastern shippers which under normal conditions would have beer built on or near the salt water. East ern coast shippers, it is evident, ar, buying freighters wherever they cal be obtained
 Of the ships ordered at Cleveland q score will be built at Lake Erie yard, whence they will be sent to the Ar. lantic coast and dozen of more vii be launched for use on the Great Lakes during the current year Four more are to be delivered to the coast in 1917 The American Shipbuilding company at Cleveland has an order for six steam freighters from Norwegian in- terests and the Toledo ShiDbuildin. company for four schooners from the same source. The latter company alsC IS building six auxiliary schooners foi New York interests
 The ManitoWoc Shipbuilding com pany has orders for three steam traw lerS from Boston concern and for { government survey boat to be uset m Alaskan waters. Five huge bulk freighters are to be built by the Am erican Shipbuilding company at its LorraIn yards in 1916 and ten in 1917 orders for seven other such boats fol 1916 delivery have been distributed among smaller shipyards on the Grea1 | Lakes.
 At Cleveland it is understood thar Italian interests are negotiating fol zo ocean-goinS trading vessels of 3. ooo tons each. In addition to all thi, building activity A freighters with [ total capacity of 112,100 tons hay, changed hands on the Great Lakes il the vicinity of Cleveland since tn, first of the year. Since last October when the present boom first began tt be felt, so vessels with an aggregat, tonnage of 500000 have been sold or the Great Lages. This is exclusive O package freighters and Canadian ships | A new shipbuilding company ha. just been organized at Duluth by Cap tain Alexander MacDougan. who ha: been interested in the ColIinouon,