Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-13
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT is DOING

ing for them as soon as active work
commences.
In many shipyards work on the ways
and preliminary ground preparation Is
now well under way. Within month the
first call for men to commence laying
keels will be sent to the employment
service of the department.. BY the time
ice. the officials in charge of the work
hope to be all ready for what VIII un-
doubtedly be the greatest labor enroll
ment. as a single proposition. ever
handled by an American employment
service, either private or public.
In the beginning. it is estimated that
about 10000 workers will be needed. OF
whom some 65 per cent Will pc snip
carpenters and bridge and tlmoeI
trainers. AS the yards are expandeo
and more vessels are laid down this
force will be increased and Uncle sam
employment bureau will be given an
opportunity again to show It's emcien-
cy. Several months are required to
construct vessels of the type and size
designed. and as fast as one slides OF
the ways another will be started IN
the vacated spot. Competent men are.
good pay f6r considerable period: and
unless the war ends very shortly IL 1s
probable that many of the yards VIII
continue in operation for a long time
after, repairing the worlds STOCK OF
floating tonnage.
The work of the employment bureau
IS divided into zones. There are many
ship carpenters in each of these zones
Even in the interior. along the great
rivers. are old shipyards. and men still!
at work who retain their ancient skill
and pride in the accurate work that IN
bygone years made the American clip
per the worlds wonder in sailing ves-
sells.
For the past twenty years or more
the wooden shipbuiiding industry has
practically been dead: but many men
who learned this trade still live and
can now serve their country well as
foremen and leaders Of the younger
workers The United States employ
ment service is setting out to fnd the
names Of all of these men: especially
at this time 1t wants to find trained
men who can read blue prints and set
UP frames, ways. cradles. shoref and
heavy but deiicately planned bulls OF
these vessels. Hundreds of superin-
tendents of construction are needed.
Uncle Sam is at war. He wants no
holiday boys for this job. but men who
welcome at standard wages and other
working conditions. Do you know such
men? If so. do your bit and let this
bureau know Of it.
Uncle Sans geological survey could
very appropriately be called the master
map maker When
Uncle Sans it is proposed to
prepare map for
Map Maker. any special purpose
the first thing that should be done is
to find out whether or not any similar
map has ever been prepared by the sur
vey. The surveys topographic map has
been called the mother map and it is
H. Il ri
Gle of Industrial and scientific agencies
for practical use in the study of all
sorts of problems and the execution OF
all sorts of projects. This man is espe-
cially valuable, say experts of the sur
vey. in the solution of problems that
require a study of the conhguration of
the country. In other words, the topo-
graphic map is an engineering base
map. that is useful for both the sim
plest and the most complicated engin-
eering problems.
1t is said that cities, state organiza-
tons. official boards. contractors and
others are recognizing more and more
the immense practical service and value
of a ready-made map, which shows not
only every physical feature of the area
it represents, but all the works of man.
These topographic maps are of special
value in connection with the work of
planning public highways. and their
use in every phase of this work is sug-
gested by those officials OF the survey
who are thoroughly familiar with their
exactness. A study of the maps, they
say. will assist materially in the selec-
ton of routes. as they show graphical
ly the gradient of any proposed road
and enable the engineer to compare the
route projected with other possible
routes in the immediate vicinity. Topo-
graphic surveys have been made by the
experts of the survey of fully three
fourths Of the well populated portions
J, tod Cfof Ia .
all of the states.
One of the most Interesting studies that