Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-01-10

erican shipyards operating at full
capacity, while many plants are en-
larging and otherwise adding to their
facilities for constructing and re-
pairing vessels. The Newport News
Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport
News, Va, has obtained a large share
Of the contracts, and interesting de-
tails are presented in this weeks
Manufacturers Record. The Newport
News plants contracts aggregate
about $27,OOO,O0O, and include 10 con-
tracts for new ships and one contract
to rebuild a vessel, six ships being
now under construction. A year ago
the company was employing about A.,
100 men, and today the employees on
its payroll number $500. During 1915
the labor payroll of the company am
ounted to $3,7OOOOO The vessels for
which contracts are on file include a
battleship of 341OO tonnage, another
of 27,500 tons for the United States
Navy, five oil carriers of 10000 tons
each for the Standard Oil Co., two
freight carriers of 1900 tone each and
an oil carrier of 1925 tons for the
Southern Pacific Co., and an oil car
rier of 84OO tons for the Atlantic Re-
filming Co.
Following the annual report of the
National Commission of Navigation to
the Department of Commerce, the
New York Chamber of Commerce has
presented reports from United States
: sLipbuilding plants. These reports
mention 80 shipbuilding plants as
working at full capacity, with facil-
tiles for increasing output from Is to
GO per cent. within year. The ton
mage under contract or construction
. exceeds the aggregate tonnage with
in any ten-year period. The various
plants have orders which will require
their capacity for from one to three
years, one plant in the Chesapeake
section having booked it's capacity for
nearly three years, while New Eng
ladn yard has twelve months work
: ahead, another having fifteen an an
other eighteen months Inquiries
among the shipyards near New York
indicate that few if any could accept
orders for ships to be delivered with
in the next two years.
Throughout the South there has
been continued activity in general in
dustrial progress during the week.
many important and varied enterpris-
es having been announced. These in
clude the following:
Maryland Metal Crosstie Co., Havre
de Grace, Md, incorporated with 49,.
: 100000 capital to manufacture metal
; crossties.
Baltimore Oil Engine Co., Balti-
llore, Incorporated with $1,5OO,OOO cap
, ital to construct internal-combustion
OF engines of from 5 to 1000 horse
power and lagrer.
Sloss-Sheffield Steel &. Iron Co.,
birmingham, Ala, will build an ad-
ditional stack at it's Hattie Eisley iron
furnace, the cost to approximate
$4,000.
Phillips Sheet & Tin Plate Co., Wi
erton, w. Va, awarded contracts for
I16-inch band mill with building, mo-
tors, etc, and has other additions I'M
der consideration, all to be electrical
ly driven from central power plant,
for which two 3OOO-kilowatt turbines
haev been ordered.
Baltimore Cold-Storage Co, Balti-
more, organized with $4,000 capotal
to provide 100000 square feet of cold
storage space for perishable food
products, the plant to be used mainly
by commission men of Baltimore.
John H. Head & Co., Lynchburg,
Va, decided upon plans Off their fac
tory at Radford, the building to be
225 X 100 feet, equipped with machin-
cry for a daily capacity of $50 bar
rels of tanning extract. This plant
will cost $150,O0O.
Sunset Central Lines, Houston,
Texas announce plans for expanding
d 1 O