The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-04

some way connected with tho busl.
ness exccp, one-and he was a sea
captain.
They bull, boats. apparently.
with their hearts rs well az with
their hands aud their heads And
II was 20 this inheritance that
Jimmy" Hall was born. and in
this school that he grew up 10
take charge. in his turn. OF the ola
Hhlpyard
10 Building Now
Tho rhipyard had boon moved TO
Port Blakelry IN 1881 and wns later
moved again TO winniow. IL has
changed hands now. and Jimmy"
Hall Isn't building boats any more
Just NJ present.
lie was spending a quiet evening
ut tho home OF his broiher.ln law
Fred y. Sander. when I found him
"A grave. black bearded man.
quick OF eye and sparlng OF speech
"A man who plainly belonged out.
doors In the sun and wind.
Yea. there has been a revival
OF wooden ship building" he said
and n tho governments program
Il carried out. there will be n much
greater one.
But the ships tho government
IL planning will not be tho 70
mantle old ships We used to build
before steel and steam changed
things
Wooden Ship Coming Back
Steel ships are cheaper than
wooden ships. can be built more
quickly. carry more cargo FOR their
displacement. and. above oil. earn
more money. That was how they
crowded wooden ships off the
oceanr-eXcopt here in tho North.
west. where steel was high and tho
best OF timber handy. Everything
hns TO earn money nowadays.
Even tho fishing boats IN Eng.
land are steel-the trawlsrs tha,
are sweeping for mines over there
Just now--steel. with full steam
power. not sRilboats
Now the wooden ship Is coming
back. because the war has taken
tho steel. But II In not the same
ship.
stu Use Wooden Pegs
THE old squareriggerE went
long ago. Tho schooners did not
die out entirely, because they are
better for some purposes on the
Coast than tho big steel boats. And
fishing boats are still built OF wood
But auxiliary power has changed
even them.
There are n good many things
about wooden ship building that
are dono now Just as they always
have been. There are some places
where wooden pegs will always be
better than nails. The knees
that brace the timbers are still cut
from the junction OF tree and
branch. with the strength OF the
natural curve In them. There Is
no machine that can roll oakum as
well az a mans hand can"
Experts 20 Help U. 8.
Jimmy" Halls fingers rolled
something Invisible on his knee.
You can tell by the feel of It
when It's right" he explained.
Tho new ships the government
n planning will have engines, OF
course. and tunnels. Their masts
will be only for handling freight
and flying flags. They probably
will have a straight up and down
line at tho bow. instead OF n curve.
and they will have no sign of
bowsprit. They will not be at all
like the old wooden ships"
The master-bullder did not speak
az one who mourns the past. He
was plainly interested in the pres.
ent and the future.
He has another shipyard in
Winslow, about half mile from
the one where his father and his
uncle built everything, from square
riggers 10 the most modern OF
wooden vessels. and trained tho
generation OF ship builders who
will build the stlll newer type of
ships that is growing out of the
world need And I'm all probability
he viii build some OF them him
self.