Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-03
PACIFIC COAST YARDS
launch A SHIP A DAY
kell Of Another Is Laid Before the
Waves From Initial Dip
Havo Disappeared.
lAD ALL OTHERS ~ L. $.
More Men Are Concentrated Oh This
= Single Purpose Than at Any Time
) Since King Soloman Built the
3 Famous Temple.
IRv AssocIateN Frcss. !

2ss.sM SANfFRANC:lSCO. November 2.--from
3ythes shipyards of the Pacific Coast a
SSssel day, newly completed 10 meet
szthe demands OF war, sets forth AS q
~ shipbuilding activities extend from
.a;ernmost limits of, the state OF Wash,
GISIhgton. Hulls- of steel and wood, and
some Of eonsrets: many OF them hem snrn nSa
ttaysorld's speed records, are erected AT
sshthese plants, and somewhere Aliens
sEnNery twenty-four hours u ship takes
a.the , water and the keel of another is
}aid before the wmvsiE,s from the
~ Because. the Pacific yards from the
:sEthaug ura ton of the na,iona! shipbuild-
yssroduction. their managers were first
Jzfo predict that the industry would be
asshe greatest since history has been re-
accorded. They are in position now 10
Sspeak with authority OF the fulhllmeni
sof their prephecies l.. +. Msac I, !.
saeek shipbuilding Company, Of Seattle.
~ ~ '"rhere were employed in the CON
= struction Of King Solomcn'S temple. ar-
tESording to the Bible, $4,000 men. THAT
1I@%as the greatest construction under
:ssibniiding is the worlds greatest indus
-FStry, because there are more men con
3Seentrated on single purpose than ever
~ Proba bly, no one could state exactly
gihe number of men employed in the
s.o,s the Pacific Coast. 1t isa tonstantiy
4 changing, and u constantly increasing
g quantity. For instance; on July ]. 1915.
200 nneR were at work IN the oregon
:. yards. Just one year later there We're
al, 500 engaged in the task.
,S7s.t a month ago There were 5000 men
eat work in the yards OF tho Todd Dry
L/dock and Shipbuildins Company at Ia
q coma. 1t Is expected that within two
3>more months there will be .approNi-
Z ,mately 10000 on the pay rolls The
I Skinner and Eddy yards at Seattle.
3.(W ash; employed 1890 men month
.t.tng taken ON here. is in Keeping with
~ ythe increase elsewhere. II is the same
y british Columbia frontier Nowhere
s%are the figures of to-day The figures OF
alaIo morrow.
AND pRoFESSIoNAL
~ MEN JOIN WORKING ARMY
10 1t Is not only TO the strong that is
+ : az the privilege of taking hand
tli1 the building of the bridge of ships
MASH, business and professional men
.3havs come into the plant Of the Grays
,IHarbor Motorship Corporation. Ey
iiSthey have released many ship mechan-
s.ies and artisans for actual ship work
Of h Them o G9me to the yard after
i,fprn over all their wages 70 the Red
q Cross. convert them into Liberty bonds
: or buy war savings stamps.
iS5 Indirectly, their patriotism has been
Z an immense asset 10 the Emergency !
Fleet Corporation. Through their
: assumption OF these odd jobs they have
= efs bled the expert ship workers TO cs-
4 3ab!ish speed records.
yfrE; Almost every peace time vocation
.%aiso may be found among the strong
:. 11en, OF the shipyards
,.eg The Rev Jim Osborne, boss riveter."
the way in which his coworkers in
-rtroducc former minister of TN Cos
l+ntl TO visitors at the Todd yards a;
,I/lacoma. Wash. Osborne is we'll known
'tl1g the Missouri Valley, and fame,, for
tSthis work in the interests OF the Younr.
xaien's Christian Association.
~ Another man. so big they call him
"a, horny handed son Of soil is an at
s5:,orney who gave ur a lucrative prac-
30 help the game along. Another is
ia doctor from Il Sinallal-tah town. These (
tEaTe put few examples OF the hundreds
'H5Df brainE. educated men who hav.,
I%Eorned to and are lighting on the line
-s1behind the lighting front
~ toinpieted Ships are tho product OF
= nearly all the Western yards. Whether
" Iney are L3,5O0-ton frc!Ghters OF wood
Z ~ Sr sTeat Steel vessels. whose tonnage
call for Bottoms" ready TO
s%Eo TO sea. Some OF the plants. notably
@fhat OF Meacham & Babcock. turn over
10 the government ships wholly FUR
,,rnished. even to table napkins
81. There is no IGt:up iii the great up-
:. yertaksne. .A*shf5 Is sunk, BY ,oruc.in
5emlne or the fury Of the elements Thou +
, SANDS or men In the Pacific yards are
,JInelping to make the nations promise I
:>1pat It's place Will nc filled.
=. pECiJCC tn ,rr III