The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-04

their activities are restricted because of their inability to secure labor.
 The Sun Shipbuilding Co.,, in Chester was started a year ago and is not yet completed, although four keels have already been laid for ships of 1o,- 900 tons each.
 .e The Sun company's plan of stand ardization comprises three types, each one being limited to 10000 tons. One of these types is 10,000-ton tanker, the other two being cargo vessels diff fering only in speed, one designed to do ten and one-half knots and the other thirteen. "A
 The first launching of this yard will take place in June when one of the ten-knot freighters takes the water She will be followed in August by a sister ship. These two vessels will be followed at once by two ships of the thirteen-knot type. Four more ves- sells are ordered. The tankers being built are for the Sun Company, pro during, refining. marketing and ship ping company possessing now a fleet of some 10000 tons.
 The only portion of it's plant that the Sun Shipbuilding Co.,, acquired that was in readiness for service at the time was the old Robert Wetherill yard. equipped only for building en- zines and with more than sixty years of history behind it.
 The Sun yard has now five shipways each capable of ship construction up to $50 feet in length and 80 feet beam, representing a capacity of from 1S,- 900 to 20 900 tons
 The builders of the Sun ship, how eyer. according to Camillus Phillips, a marine expert who has made an ex-
 haustive study of Philadelphia's ship
 building industries, will not construct any vessel that goes beyond the lines of their standardized 10.o00-ton style. The Sun people," said Mir Phillips
 fare going to build what will become
 known to the world as the Sun ship, and believe it will be one of the most popular 10,000-ton vessels afloat. Ships of this type when standardized
 can be built more ef1iciently and more
 economically than any other. It has
 beeen done in England for years. In fact 1t was the standardization of the British freighter that drove the last nail into the coffin of the American merchant marine. War conditions, while they have very largely extended standardization in Great Britain, have practically nc
 bearing upon the essentials of the question. The 1o.000-ton freighter constitutes the unit which is of the
 most economical size both for con-
 struction and for cost of operation and has the very necessary advantage of being able to operate between all of the more important parts of the world.
 Four more vessels are on the ways
 is another large concern that is goine in for standardization. This con.
 cern, organized a little more than 2 year ago, began the building of it. yard in Gloucester, N .J., on Marcf h 1916. It has now six shipway. capable of handling vessels of 7,00t and 12,500 tons. The first launchins a 7.000-ton tanker, takes place earl, in June.
 l Four more vessels rae on the ways two being 7,000-ton tankers and tn,
 others are cargo carriers of 12,5ot I tons. Orders are in hand for six eacl of these types and two of a smaller
 model freighter of 7,500 tons Thes,
 are the three standards to which tn,
 company will adhere. The officials I of the concern expect to deliver on,
 ship every six weeks.-N. Y. Mail.