Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-10
WORKING DAY AND NIGHT -
TO PRODUCE NEW BOATS
Drond-Shouidcrcd Giants of Oregon Arc
i'inyifg Zig Pert In Defeat
ing tutOcrucy.

PORTLAND. November 9-Far re-.
moved from the fighting fronts. but
oaser'to play their part in defeating
dcspotism, thousands Of Oregon ship
builders. broad shouldcred giants. are
working day and night turning out
wooden and steel ships to carry men
and supplies to ports or deDarKation.
In the year ending July / these
hrawny- earned workers had put the
last nail and the last rivct in 1874 ships.
combined tonnage OF these ships ex-
seeded 100000 and the.r value S60.000,-
But the task of these masters OF
wood and metal has hardly begun.
Ihey have now'Sundcr construction l27
more more vessels " OF these embryonic craft.
iorty-hvc are Of steel. with an aggre-
of Si9,9G9.UVU
And still these builders of ships are
not satisfied. Two years ago their
,,.,IiI was but 800; they have null
iw3 years ago they had but seven
yards: they have Increased the num-
Der az yards 10 sixteen. Now they
AVE brought the number of ways To
.US.
nut these men are not content with
ierlg what other men nave done and
men doubling. trebimg 1t. They are
canning 10 give 10 the commerce OF
he world Searching ncw--a creation
>, their own, nAue possible by the
Jw.ring timber OF their state.
When Charles al. acnwIb, director
sellcEal OF the Emergency flcct Cor
.'oration. visited this .Ity a few months
lgo. he looked upon the 3.bo0-ton
.oodcn GRAFT when Oregon was build
.hG and said that he desired more
'.vVc-ton wooden steamers. The at.
empt TO crc.,e such Graf; had been
.'nc ~ other parts OF the country, but
!,d failed.
MIR. Sonwab saw Oregon timber. be-
icid the giant douglas Iirs of the Pa
me Northwest ana thought, perhaps.
is dream Of 5u0-ton WOODEN steamers
light come true.
81 did the sh!pbu!lders of the North
vest. Consultations were held which
'csuited in plans for the Columbia
uyer" type Of SHIP. The designers
' N.lh hat such Vessels VIII have
-argeSt wooden steamers being built
ny the government; that they can be
them stern rivals OF their steel sisters
ana that their success viii insure the
n pc; Of wooden shipbuildins
Despite his policy OF Standardization
IN o Snin co n"ni'i ~: Schwab au-
bia River" type. Lille change viii he
required in yards before construction
OF me pig cargo carrier can be be
soon they VIII have riding the wayss
swift. staunch shirs Which can defy
Meanwhile, in the shipyards OF the
state, the laundering roa! OF hammers
and r!vcters never ceases. snadowy
g!-nts move 10 and fro ut night In the
glare OF great arc !.;hts ana the race
against tine continues
While Erca; gangs Of INorhmen are
aDnchi1g bulls Of S.SAJ-ton fabricated
Stcl ships At the Northwest Steel and
Sciumhig shi1pu!ld:ri, plants on the
'tEAs OF the VIII tamcttc River. often
Tipping sixteen days from tho con-
tract time of seventy days other
rings are iashioning noua-chs O.
western forests into 8 j00-ton-and
Soon 5000 ton cargo carriers in yards
tnttuT The VILLA mettc and Columbia
rivers for more than 100 miles. The
I1n.,
away, but " Oregon shiphuiiders have
their w"|. il Will soon seem but a step.