New Britain herald., 1918-05-01
bHANT MARINE
 RAPIDLY
'eSselS Launched in April, |otalling 24O,OOO Tons

hington, May 1.-American rds turned cut 240,OOO tons weight in shipping during April. increase of approximately 50 mt over the March launchings. ang to the records of the Blu pr Navigation. The estimate ased upon reports received to It shows an average of 5000 pr each workday in the month. Phlpplng Board will make pub- figures within few days. and expected that they will show April construction exceeded L40,-
 April launchings bring the total of construction for the our months of the year to 621,- ead weight tons. In all eighty have ben launched, as fol- larS Il vessels, aggregatin@ 91,- Fns.
 ruary, t6 vessels, aggrcgatirg 0, tons.
 Nch, 21 vessels, aggregating 166,~ ons. s
 Il, 32 vessels, aggregating 240,- ms.
 annual rate of construction. nonths, without taking into con- tion the rapid increase which is 10 be obtained during the Sum nd Fall months as work at the ards get under a full head of
 would thus be 2,4S5,360 tons eight.
 east 100000 Tons This Year. fmates by officials who arc in touch with the situatior place robable production of shipping n. 1, 1919, at not less than 4,- DO tons. In arriving at 1Ili5 st 1t is pointed out that prodrc- n April was nearly three tiIr es bf January, when transportation stion and unfavorable weather p the shipyards for days 1t q ile the April launchings did not ent the maximum hoped for B the month, the progress made ccepted as a hopeful sign and d st of the further increases
 would be shown month by from now on. When the pig fnment- owned fabricating ship
 get their hip construction under way the situation will be tered in a reasonably favorable lion.
 rvoutput for April established a Eecord in American shipbuilding hartman Hurley of the Shipping and Charles M. Schwab, DiTec- eneral of the Emergency Fleet ration, are calling upon yard Is and employees to put forth effort to establish still another during May. The best previous B was made in June. 1917, when A dead-weignt tons of shipping produced.
 announcing the figures compiled Bureau of Navigation for the Shipping Board made this ent:
 the lay mind unaccustom to lding figures this total or 24h,- Ks for the month of April may gem very impressive. But it that during the twen y-siX ng days of the month there were l out on an average of frac- yer 5000 tons of ship construC- in other words, that each work" a,y of April saw the completion ,000-ton vessel.
 Steamship of 5000 tons will Ee 45O feet in length. If laid end this April output would
 1f,70O feet, or a little over ailesy
 e White Star liner Olympic is he largest merchant steamship vice. Her gross tonnage is
 This April output of Ameri- hipyards is equivalent to three Aics and two such steamships as nerican liners St. Louis and St. e-thrds Of the tonnage con- ed in April was completed dur he last half of the month, fur another indication of the rapid 60 which may be expected this time, as a result of the ad- a1 army of workers sent to the hrds, the more rapid transporta- of essential materials, and the lbIe- e-~weather conditions.
 appointment of commission If terminal and harbOr improve which will put into effect inn te1y plans to add to the efficiency available fleet and rush troops implies to France, also was an- led by Chairman Hurley of the Ing board.
 this commission will be Ed F. Carry, now director of opera of the shipping board, who will chairman Benjamin E. Win of the railroad administrations; Felton, representing the war tment; Captain A. Hodgson, the department; George $. Dear of the American Hawaiian ship company; J. H. Rossiter, Mail Steamship company, and
 F. Gay, director of Planning tatistics of the shipping board. vill be the duty of these men not to map out a comprehensive am for the rapid bunkering and ,g of ships, but also to CO., with various municipal and bodies in carrying out their
 Tn this connection it was