Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1917-05-11

held in the city and expressed the
interest its business men have in the
large industries recently established
here and likewise denoted a new
spirit of cooperation for the COM
munity welfare, also referred to by
different speakers as a source of
great qualification, auguring we'll fcr
the city's future.
Another Yard Likely.
President P. M. Troy of the Cham
Der of Commerce acted as toastmas-
ter and during the evening an
nounced that negotiations are in
progress which It is expected will
lead to the establishment of another
shipyard in the city, while he also
said the Chamber is working on va
rious other propositions.
Mayor James T. Mills formally
welcomed the shipbuilders, empha-
sizing the city's interest in their well
fare and wishing them the greatet
success. He also spoke fiatteringly
of the work of the Chamber of Com
merce and called attention to the
many improvements 1t was effecting.
Mr.. Ward, manager Of the Olym-
pia shipbuilding company. the drst
plant to be established here. and
organizer OF the Ward-Burkheimer
company, new concern which prob
ably will be established here, was
the frst Of the honored guests to re-
spond to = toast and he expressed
himself as highly pleased with the
cordial reception and cooperation
given him during his six months
residence In Olympia.
Olympia is ideally located for the
shipbuilding business.' Mr.. Ward
said, land Z good many ships ara
going to be built here during the
next two years. In from four to six
weeks I expect to launch one Of the.
largest auxiliary wooden steamers
ever built on the Pacific Coast. and
will complete It and outfit it here.
and possibly when 1t leaves It win
carry . cargo Of lumber cut BY your
local mills"
sloan Tells Prospects.
President Troy introduced Mr..
Sloan. president Of the Sloan chip
yards Corporation, as the proprietor
Of the finest and best equipped wood
en- shipbuilding plant in the world.
and in responding Mr.. Sloan dis
cusssd the prospects for the industry,
called attention to many ludicroxs
theories and reports now in circula-
tion regarding it, declared he had
enough business to run his plant Ut
full speed for i've years and expressed
the opinion that the business would
to boom for from six to ten
years.
when Colonel Goethals took hold
of the proposition, he realized right
away that 1t would be physical inn
possibility to carry out some Of the
plans advanced, such as constructing
a thousand wooden ships in the next
year." Mr.. Sloan said. "and decided
that II the government could con-
struct 100 3,O00-ton ships in the next
year. 1t would be doing splendidly.
and that is about what they have de-
cided to do. l personally know that
the government is going to construct
wooden ships as we'll as steel"
He talked Interestingly of the sit
uation from many aspects and then.
referring to his own plant, said:
II take pride in the fact that was
the first builder to have plans for a
motorship certified by
British Lloyds for overseas service.
to go anywhere in the world under,
the American flag, and now I con-
template and probably will have
them classified also under American
Lloyds.
Busy for Five Years.
To-day we are building wooden
boats solely on account of the
extraordinary conditions, and will
continue to build them until the ves-
sci owner can buy steel ships of the
same tonnage at the same price, for
they can carry thousand tons more.
l think that condition will continue
for the next six or ten years. can
safely say to you business men that
my yard will be busy for five solid
years at top speed.
"As I told one Of your newspaper
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