El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-13

! other ports along the Gulf OF Mexico,
where he is making a number Of ves-
! sells $500 tons each.
At Pascagoula, Miss. he has four
yards with % ships under construo-
ton, and he IS putting in eight addi-
tional ways at that port. which viii
enable him to build y wooden ships
and Is steel ships at one time.
Makes City Of Orange.
The ports Of orange, Tex and Pas
cagoula- Miss. are perhaps the two
largest wooden shipbuilding ceuters
in the south Orange has now four
shipyards in operation. with about
% ways. and PascaEOuIa has consid-
erably more The port Of Orange IS
IN Texas. on the Sabine river. which
divides Louisiana and Texas. The
town is on one side OF the river and
the shiDyards are on the other. Be
fore the war Orange had a few hun
dred people employed in its sawmills
and small shipyards. It was one OF
the deadest towns Of the south To-
DAY it is like live frontier mining
camp OF the west. II has more than
10000 population mostly made I'D OF
the men employed IN the wooden ship
yards.
Tempted by the wages OF from IS
10 $40 a day, cowboys from the TeNa
plains have come in on their bronchos
and hired out TO build ships. They
are numbered by hundreds and the
shlpbuilders say they make the best
Workmen- They are sturdy and tough
and fun OF initiative.
In the meantime shaclzs have
sprung up for housing the new popu-
lauon- There is only one hotel in the
town The place is wide open. Money
comes easy and goes easy. Prohfbi-
ton has not vet struck that part Of
Texas, and the saloons and dance
halls vie with those Of q gold camp
at its beginning.
The port OF PascaEoula Is Just the op-
posite OF Orange in character. although e
is growing almost as fast When Il be
gan 70 build ships. it was an old estab-
lished community Of 5000 people. Tt has I
now more than three times that number ]
and the Increase is made Up Of the men I
who have come in 20 build wooden ves- |
sells
Pascagoula is II Mississippi about 40 /
miles from Mobile II is on the Pazca- /
soula river. not far from the mouth. and |
its harbor Is such that large steamers ]
can come up and unload Three Of the 4
fpur big yards which have been estsb- /
states government. and the fourth IS en- .
saged upon work for the Italian govern
Hsve Come to Stay.
The Italian shipyards have come 20 I
stay 1fr. Piaggio is building a model j
village 10 accommodate his worizmen. and i
he has Just constructed three story.
50 room hotel. near the plant The VII \
lage win have 500 houses surrounding a
PARK Il viii have water works, electric
lights. paved streets and sewers. AmuEe-
ment halls and other things along the
lines OF our J. " C. A. activities are 20
be created. SIX months ago the site Of
the town vas virgin forest. and the
stunns are stiu standing IN some Of the
They are briidiug ships al several ports
near New Orleans Nineteen wooden YES
sells are going I'd al Beaumont. Tex. and
I understand there are several yards on !
nv aH -
building ships at Tampa Fla at Bruins
wick. Ca, AZ Morehead City. y. c. and
az Hampton. west Point and under the
SHADOW OF The national capital At Cuan-
ico. Va There are several wooden ship
yards here at Baltimore and many Al the
ports Of New England. about half OF
are engaged IN making wooden vessels 81
the Ferris type. andau are pushing their
work 20 the utmost.
Getting Timber Is Big Task.
The work Of getting out the timber for
the wooden ships has been largely handled
by the big lumber and sawrill associa-
lions OF the country In the south the
work has been done BIZ the Southern Pine
Emergency. bureau and other bureaus. and
In the west By the west Coast Lumber
Emergency bureau. al organizations OF
which most Of the mill owners are mem
Iynde Palmer. the manager q the west
COAST Lumber Emergency burrau- tells me
bat something Ike 5.o09-0eo feet
ugron and Oregon this year. and that
10 or IS per cert OF this viii be suitable
.or shipbufldinE purpose This viii con
list OF more than a half billion feet OF Fir.
y enough TO construct At least 400 YES ]
els.
Mr.. Palmer says that 16o wooden vessels
IRE now being constructed on the Pa
.ific coast, and that a number are nearing .
,ompl etion- In addition 20 the timber
leeded for them the bureau has taken ]
riders for the larger sizes o. tirnbers TO {
le used IN the construction OF the wood
n fleet on the Atlantic. and these tim
lers are now being shipped across the
ointment by rau and ~ water. through
he Panama canal. The orders Of the q
astern yards include f5.000.000 feet OF
aree timbers. and among them about 1000 {
lieces OF spars and masts Some OF the g
rasts are 90 feet long and about two feet 3
q diamets-- They are all hewn 20 an Z
ctaEon shape IN the woods before they {
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