Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-20
.sH|PBU|LD|NC SOUTH;
!. n. ITS FUTURE PROMISES
From Chesapeake Buy to Rio Grnnde
New Yards Springing Up and
Keeping Busy.
NEWS STILL IN LEAD
One Hundred Million Dollars Worth
y OF Ships Going Up Along Hamp-
ton Observation-Disclosures n. c.,
Getting in tho IimeIight.

A summary of the main shipbuildinE
activities along the South Atlantic and
.Gulf Coas. from Maryland TO Texas,
as given in recent issue of the Man.
afacturers' Record, shows the vast aE-
Eregate value of over Sfoe.o0o,ooo In
ships now building or under contract.
About sl75,oeo,oco Is represented by
work in hand at shipyards at Baiti-
more and Hampton Roads. or nearly
one-halt of the total, leaving S225 100000
as the amazing sum representing prac-
,ically new shipbuldirs activities that
have sprung up in tho South since the
war began, because but very limited
amount OF sh!pbui!dinE was carried on
prior TO the war at any Southern port
except Baltimore and Newport News
Now there is not port from Balti-
more to Port Arkansas. Texas. that has
not one or more shipyards speedily
turning out wooden or steel vessels OF
Varying sizes. Al some of the main
sorts enormous expansions arc planned
at the older established yards, while
.rEcveral new plants that will rank well
i. With the country's other big ship
yards. are rapidly being created.
: lilanned that will cost approximately
/ SIS, 900, with an indication for a
ifiach wider expansion at an early date.
as some of the large shipyards have
: biz contrac cts pending which are likely
} t9rbe. cloecda any moment and which
Till require considerable extension In
/, plant equipment to take care OF them.
) ABOUT NEWPORT NEWS
AND IN NORTH CAROLINA
: >sTn Hampton Roads, where the great
, mouth Navy Yard are located. and new
! yards arc being established at Norfolk
and Hampton. work in hand Will asgrc
: gate over S1oo,0oo.ooo in value, MAX
Ing this section wha, has been apt!y
. termed tho Clyde OF America.
AT Wilmington, North Cardinals
main seaport. vessels valued at 81 1902
600 are under way. Charleston. s. c.,
comes quickly 10 the front with en-
Judgements of its present shipyards, the
construction OF a dry dock and estab
lishmcnt OF new plant OF large size
that has a contract for steel fabricated
ships valued at S2o,oo0.ooo.
Georgia furnishes its quota a the
ports OF Savannah and Brunswick. the
former having three plants with con
100000. and the latter six yards five
~ef which have been established during.
The past year. In Florida the cities OF
Jacksonville and Tampa have made
wonderful strides in shipbuildins from
the small yards they had. and now they
have an aggregate Of work building
Ut under contract that will total in
value over Sjo,00ooO0.
ALL THE WAY DOWN
SOUTH TO TEXAS
Alabama presents Mobile, which. with
The big plant OF the United States Steel
Corporation, promises to become one of
the greatest shipbuildins centers in the
country, il not in the world. Here arc
five plants already in operation with
contracts for over *i5,ooooo0 worth
or vessels. These will be backed up
by the great shipyards Of the Steel Cor
poration, which secured 10000 acres for
'Its plant. and is spending over s1o-
100000 at this point and over SIS
100000 at Fairfield TO provide the neccs-
sary equipment and materials to make
this one OF the nations greatest ship
yards.
Mississippi gives Gulfport. Pasca-
-goula and Biloxi. all CT which have
made great strides, especially Pasca-
-Eoula. which has contracts for forty.
I'VE shtps-thirty wooden and fifteen
steel In Louisiana there is an i'm
portant development in the New Or
leans district while al along the Texas
coast great activities are being shown.
Econspicuously a. Orange. Beaumont and
Houston. where shipbuilding has become
an industry OF first magnitude. with
work under way or IN hand that Will
aggregate many millions OF dollars
AFTER THE WAR
CLOSES, THEN WHAT.
Thus, il viii be seen. practically every
Southern port from the Chesapeake
Fay TO tho RIO Grande River Is busily
engaged In meeting The demands OF the
government for ships TO help win the
var; and this condition is fulfilling in
every sense Of the word the oft-rcpeat-
ed prophecy Of the manufacturers
Record that Southern ports could be
successfully developed for shippuildine
because they possess In an unusually
complete manner practically al OF tn.
advantages for this Industry, and are
backed up by climate that permits
outdoor work TO be continued the year
around with the least loss OF time.
Having created this wonderful ship
building achievement under pressure Of
@sn,nents urgent need for ships 10
carry on the war successfully. lot us see
to II that the millions Of dollars and
the countless value OF brains and en-.
ergy invested in these splendid enter
prises ehall not be FOR the period Of the
war alone but shall form the basis for
'Eermanent industries that shall once
Hgain place America in the forefront
y4is the maritime nations OF the world
.qtnd make the Stars and Stripes "A IA
3niliar sight ia every ocean and in every
..tciime. thus regainnE our cherished
prestige Of years ago, when we led the
way. in travers!nG the endless path. OF
sthe sea and established traditions that
sesen to-day thriil US with the glory o.
achievement made by our forefathtr..
- Another Big Coni Company.
- CHARLESTON. w. VA. January 10
The Kanawha Central Coal COMPANY
mas been chartered here with $1,000
roo capital stock, said to have beer
already paid in. The company has az
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