Evening journal., 1917-12-07
Hoe island YARD
Greatest IN. world
General Manager Goode-
nough Talks to Force on
Big Undertaking
COUNTRY'S CALL
BEING HEEDED

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 7-Wal-
Ter Goodenough, general manager OF
he American International shipbuild-
ng Corporation, in a talk to the 800
lice employees Of the corporation out
ncd as follows, the shipbuilding pro-
an which Is being carried out at
Hog Island, for the United States Gov
ernment:
'In point Of time, expenditure Of
money. expenditure Of effort, this,
think, is one Of the most colossal
things that was ever undertaken by
private individuals or even by a Gov
srnment, when the element Of time is
aiken into account.
what arc we2 We are agents for
the United States Government. We
are not contractors in the usual sense.
although there Is a contract. This
sontract signifies that we are to give
NE best that we have, the best that
s IN us collectively, as a corporation,
and Individually in order that this
Government may have the ships which
70 has turned over 20 us TO build in
he quickest possible time. In other
words, this is not a business scheme
In the usual sense--a large money
making scheme. The compensation
FOR the corporations services Is a very
Insignificant item.
THE property at Hos Island Is 1850
feet long; in other words, more than
two miles long. It is Just short Of a
nile wide, and contains 900 acres. We
are building ffty ship ways. Ehip
ways are foundations, solid structures
of piling on which 10 support the
weight Of ship while she Is being
,uilt
I'VE have got TO have lot OF shops
ZONE Of which are very nearly ZOO feet
ong. the administration building. the
warehouses, and the odds and ends Of
buildings necessary 10 the project will
,over an area Of twenty acres. Twenty
lcres OF the 900 will be under roof.
The total length Of railroads on the
sland will be seventq-Ave mlleN and
m use on these railroads will be
% locomotives, 500 freight cars Of our
OWN, and so passenger coaches. To
handle the material from the freight
sars TO the storage cars will require
something over thirty locomotive
cranes. That IS quite aside from any
other handling devices which IL may
be necessary 10 add later.
THE water supply for such a pro-
iect as this IS tremendous, and as
great as would be required for the
city Of Minneapolis at the rate per
hour at which we Will have 20 use it.
THE sewerage system for the yard
would be sufficient for a city OF $1,000
people. The electrical work Is large
because we do not make much Of our
own power. Most OF the equipment
will be motor driven. There will be
approximately COO motors connected
with the service, the connected load Of
which will be 2s.OOO-horse power
equal TO the maximum demand Of the
city Of Providence. a town Of 100000
people.
"The compressed air houses total
10000 square feet. We have 20 COM
press $1,000 square feet Of air per
minute, which requires t5OOO-horse
power TO drive the apparatus. That
will be the second largest compressed
air plant in the world. The largest
compressed air plant is at the Rand
Mines in South Africa.
NOW the ships: We have nifty ships
70 build, 400 feet long, 1900 tons dead
weight. eleven and one-half knots
speed. We have seventy that will be
$50 feet Ions, 5000 tons deadweight,
carrying capacity and fifteen knots
speed. Now the material for these
ships is 10 be fabricated away from