The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-01-13
OLD SHIPYAnDS
CONE TO SERVICE
Demand for Tonnage Created by the
War Brings Many That We're
Abandoned Back TO Work

Bangor. Me. Jan. l2.--Ths demand
for tonnage created by Thea war has
awakened old Maine shIpyards from
idleness and decay to great activity.
and brought into being many new
plants, from many OF which launch
ings already have taken place.
while operations now under way
promise to set afioat in 1918 the great
est merchant fleet that the state has
sent out since the most prosperous
days OF the industry.
This year the yards of Maine have
launched three steamship, eighteen
schooners, three barges and numerous
small craft, chiefly of motor propul-
sion. The new fleet includes the fol-
lowing vessels; .
Bath Notwithstanding Maine
and Rhode Island, 4.604 tons each,
net register; schooners Margaret La
Roberts, A62: San {. Mengel (auxil-
airy steam power), 4sS; Maude NJ.
Morey, I.245. Durham Wheeler. l,765;
Annie c. Ross, $50. Alice NJ. Kafkar
6o7; barges. Northern No. Z, LAB;
Manor. 1897; Samuel w. Fancner'
1897.
Rocklard district-schooners Char
lotte A. Maxwell, $40 etons; Frank A.
Morey. 4sl; Nancy Hanks. 1880;
TheoIlne. sos; Blue Peter, i.l05; Edith
Mute (motor auxiliary. 642. jessie q.
Moves. 1883. Florence B. Phillips. 66s
Mach!as strict-Scooners Joan
Kielberg, $50 tons; Lucy Evelyn. 500;
Lucy d, Peabody. 100.
Waldoboro distir-t-schooner Anna
Laura Mckinney. 500 tons
Portland Enthusiastically Bour-
bancy. 500 tons.
At Bath several large schooners
and barges are In process OF building.
In the Rockland district half dozen
achooners are on the stocks. Belfast
is building q hve-master and four
master: Stockton Springs a Journals
ter. the Agnes z. Wilcox. TOO tons. to
be launched about Jan. is, and at
Sandy Point below Bangor, several
2S0o-ton wooden steamship bulls are
to be built for the emergency fleet OF
the government. At Harrington one
or more schooners of 500 tons will be
built, and at Milbridge at least one
four-master Waidoboro will launch
several large schooners In 1918, and
Boothbay harbor builders have con-
tracts for several three-m 5 9 d
schooners. Five shipyards around
Casco bay will be busy with private
and government orders, and at sew
eral other localities sailing vessels Of
good size will be launched,
when the boom struck Maine most
OF the old-time yards had fallen into
decay and their crews had retired be-
cause of age or idleness or become
scattered Now all the yards are In
condition for work, and only the de-
lay In getting materials and the scar
city OF skilled labor have prevented
them doing more this year Men who
were in their prime thirty or forty
years ago have been coaxed with big
wages to again take up the adze and
maIlet, the axe and calking iron, the
saIlmaker's needle and the rigger's
marlinspike, and II 10 no uncommon
thing to see In the Down East ship
yards of age-men who worked on the
famous ships that carried Names
maritime fame abroad In the seven
/ tles-doing more than their share TO
restore the Stars and Stripes to It's
former prestige on the seas. Vessels
cost tremendous prices nowadays. but
II is expected that freights win rule
very high for some years yet-~long
enough. any way. TO enable all con-
cerned to get their money back and
more beAid0.