The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-25

Mr.. A. J. Wilhelm of the Union
Bridge Construction Company OF
Kansas City, contractors who have
leased shipbuilding site from Mrs
NJ, M. Young east of Morgan City,
and Mr.. Ragan of the Atchafalaya
Shipyard which il locating on the
Berwick side Of the Bay Just across
from this place, are here this morn
ing in continuance Of the plans o1
their respective companies tq start
preparatory work on the. sites ~
'ected- Coastfuetipn :. materiels fol
both .eqaesTns ARE enEou4e and vill
- landsd here in . fsv days. Hr.
Wilhelm and Mr.. Rsgsn ere here "a
arrange for The haadlias Of this 1's-
tarisl when II arrives, ts arrange fol
tsseks. to thaiF. respective yards and
10 generally pave the way for quick
and effective setion.- -.
Within = short time. lsborsss will
begin pouring into Morgan City and
Berwick. The newly aeqpired ship
yeras are going to import Thousands
Of workmen. . large number Of
whom are married. and have famil-
ies. These peeRle are canning here
to stay, provided they can arrange
for living accommodation. The
failure on the part Of TIE local pro,
party ownera to fake quiek action in
this matter will ssrioualy tandisar
operations locally. It is said that
there is sharp competition : be.
tween the shipyards Of diffsrent
points for skilled labor, and local fv.
ing conditions win probably, be the
great detsrmining factor In the sit,
uation. The shipyards which are 10.
Gated in the towns can best take
care Of the masses they win bring
will be the shipyards which can best
carry out their plans. There are
thousands of vacant lets in Morgan
City and Berwick suitable for build
ing rent cottages and the men will
vision enough to grasp the signifi
canoe Of the imminent industrial up
heaval wifi prefit hugely by thei'
acumen.
Other shipyards are coming t.
Morgan City and Berwick. The area
influx Of ship builders means . cor
responding inerssse in sll lines Q,
eoAMAEeial pseanitas a whirlwia1 O
hasinese i fertain to be !. eyeeNed
3hiais heimos fsrssssa b Nia4 0er
chants and they are now rEglaFh1
for the AsRaasA Nsa big conpaaie'
who are ces4iat hsre q. not hssilnt,
to my that eveyy indication ia Ia
tlsl viii be ReFmsnent in their oaer
ations. The present. = govsrnnen'
plans estimate Is malths for com
plstien but they .ipclpde only III,
plsns for vessels which can he quick
N constructed apd thrown into th,
increasing breach caused ty tae. in
roads Of the German subnariaes.
The shipyszds coning to Morral
City and Berwick are going to in
port their own labor. Ihis fact alon,
gives rise to ~ estimate Of the in
crease in population. Should tn
shipysrda operate On the plans n
ready provided for they win en-
pioy at least $500 wQrkmen. hi
means, conservatively, an increase il
population for Morgan City an,
Berwick Of 10000 people. And III
shipyards are now planning to in
crease their scale of activity. Tn
representatives Of the Atchafalay'
Shipyard state that their initial, con
struction will be on twelve ships bu
that they have already planned t
increase the. number to as msny q
their location will permit. Net onl,
will these communities be increase
BY the twelve thousand people t
but It win be increased 'perhap
twenty per cent by peopl
attracted here to enter j. otAe
lines Of business and eommereial en-
ployment. Add to the situation al
ready positively created the though
that still. other ahipysfds are tryh1
now to locate here and one begins :
get 1 fair idea Of what to expA1tL
"A building campaign H.mediatel
isauguratsd by every property On