Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-10
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lOPASS CLYDE'S
: Z Engagements
uickly Making Della
ware District Greater
8 GROWTH IN N

~ Delaware River bids fair TO be no
y IQ49er known merely as 'the Clyde Of
&xnsrica," but as the shipping center of
~ world.
seA Nth the headquarters here OF the
e&Iergency Fleet Corporation, through
~ the present great merchant marine
y 600 tons was constructed and
q y ~4t9Ihoned and the extensive ship
435dtng facilities and waterfront i'm
@yements now under way and planned
~ the Delaware River. Philadelphia
~sxhin q few months, it is predicted. will
J - second to no other shipping center.
Hhe steady growth of the American
A9fehant marine during the last five
1NQnths is shown in the announcement
<A4t 6ss ships have been built since jan
~ !. More were constructed in the
y4fds along the Delaware than in any
o(ner ~shipbuiding section of the country.
This vast merchant fleet is second only
* ~ that Of Great Britain and does not in
@1qe craft under the control of the
A@yay and navy as transports M supply
A14pe. In a single month this year the
81 r9Wth of the American merchant ma
f5ne mas been almost as great as during
H. entire first year of the European
WI.
Will Set New Record
yhis growth. great as II has been, is
o4ly In its infancy. With the completion
e addition of Hog Island, the biggest
eAdpyard in the world. to the other Della
ware yards and those throughout the
country, the tonnage to he turned over
~ the shipping board every month will
ha@elmost as great as that constructed
daring the last five months.
The Delaware River district, as here
to3ore, will produce the greatest per-
santiago of any shipbuilding center. Hog
a11lend will be completed within about
Z e1Rht ws-ks with fifty ships in the max
Seven new shipways and a $40, 900, 900
e~1tension to the yards of the New York
bodybuilding Company are progressing
rapidly. This extension will double the
present size of the yard. Divided by
Newton Greek, upon which is to be erect
~ one of the largest drydocks in the
world, the extension will extend south
*venfd to the welsbach plant which adj
+ jolus. the operation of Pussy G. Jones
ek Gloucester.
RI The Pussy & Jones shipyard with
witch the New Jersey and Pennsylvania
yNfds have combined, is soon expected to
receive financial assistance from the
Govsrnment for an enlargement. which
win double the present capacity in ships
ana double the present working force Of
sese.
New Docks Assured
n addition to the great drydock that
fo.4o be constructed on Newton Creek, at
34aot two and possibly -four additional
s<zb&lu are assured for the Delaware river.
9oilowing the recent visit here of the
ouasressional merchant marine commits
construction of these docks was
eaommended.
fyhsrles NJ. Schwab. director general
oathe Emergency Fleet Corporation, has
alnounced that 1t is the policy of the
Government to enlarge plants wherever
r1Gkible rather than waste time in Sc
loe1ing sites for the new plants and
b&1Idtng up a fit organization From
thu his announcement that the Traylor
G1ipbuilding Corporation at Cornwa
ID to receive a new contract when
q t1D present one for ten wooden ships Is
6oGnpleted, IL is believed that the Traylor
n yards win be enlarged.
work is also progressing on a 40 per
esnt enlargement to the Westinghouse
4 Ulectric Company's plant at Essington
which is building turbines for merchant
ohips constructed at the various Della
ware ~shipyards. When all these i'm
16oyements and engagements are COM
0Goted the Delaware district will stand
n{pne, without a rival.
Concrete ships. Too
II But not here alone is the "~full-speed'
{DGogram being carried out. The Elmer
2AR1ncy Fleet Corporation is directing sim.
inr operation from its headquarters here
HAIL parts of the country. Chief among
~ plAEs now occupying the minds OF
bodybuilding chiefs is one to con
fifty-eight concrete vessels II
X6r6o throughout the United States.
Alfhcugh 1t is expected that the Della
W&ye district will he confined to thu
W Ming of steel and wood ships, Their,
r possibility that some of these con
t9oto vessels may be built at the TrayloI
HkYnm1. Although such a plan Is said 4
Under consideration by the fleet cor
nation oficials. it is pointed out tina
- Iraylor yard may be too far nortl
@&1 the frost line" TO build vessels o
D class quickly. Concrete cannot b.
Droperly in cold weather. experts
{Afhe increase in ship construction her
IN other parts Of the country hal
I&nna steady one since the first of thu
and the totals of completed ship
furued over to the shipping board ar
~uoonting weekly. The May tonnage wa
~ times as great as the January out
~ In january there were fifty-sevel
HRS. a~ggregating SIS, 1875 tons in Febru
e~ighty-four ships, 117,601 ton Il
1nSch this was increased to 1873 ships
With . onnag of 147,1i5. The outpu