The Washington herald., 1918-02-03

Steel ships.
The data on 557 steel ships, of D.
9IS,2OO tons. show that their total
cost will be ss5i,s27.O4s. or an av-
erage price of $Iss.Is a ton. Here
is how the contracts are appor-
toned:
Merrill Stevens Company. Jack
sonyille. Fla. four ships, totaling
2i,00o tons, to cost sS.ssI,oo0. or
s161 a ton.
The Los Angeles shipbuiIding
Company. San Pedro, Cal, eight
ships. 7O.IOO tons, cost slO,sS3.S4o,
or s154.60 a ton.
Skinner and Eddy Corporation,
Seattle. Wash, six ships, 52,sOO tons,
costing $S,40O.OOO. or SI5s.Os a ton.
Seattle Construction and Dry
Dock Company. Seattle, Wash, ten
ships. totaling $4,000 tons. costing
S13,i25, 900. or Sl75 a ton.
Moore and Scott Iron Works. San
Francisco. Cal, ten ships Of $4,000
tons. costing s15,O22.5l6. or sI5s.sl
ton.
Baltimore shipbuilding Company,
Baltimore, Nd, eight ships. 70.40O
tons. costing 311,123,2oe, or &158 a
ton.
Downey Shipbuilding Company.
100 Broadway. New York. ten ships,
$4,000 tons. costing 3ll,625, 900, or
S125 a ton.
Sun Shipbuilding Company. Phil
adelphia, Pa. four ships. 10000 tons,
costing s5.sS4.OOO. or s1I2.I0 a ton.
Groton Iron Works, Groton. Conn,
six ships. $500 tons, costing SS.=
lSi. 900. or Sl55 a ton.
Saginaw ShipbuildinE Company.
Saginaw, Mich. six ships. $1,000
tons. costing 33,36O.OOO, or $3.50 q
ton.
California ShipbuiIding Company,
Longbeach, Cal, three ships, $4,000
tons. costing S2.7Zs, 800. or SI5ll a ton
American international Corpora
ton, Philadelphia, Pa, 50 ships.
$4,000 tons. costing S57.75O,ooO. or
S154 a ton.
American international Corporation.
seventy ships, $50 600 tons, costing s1l6,-
10000. or S2O6.25 a ton.
Submarine Boat Corporation, Mas
sau street, New York, fifty ships. go
OoO tons, costing SSs.375,OO0. or Sl57.50 a
4 ton.
Submarine Boat Corporation. 100
ships. 10000 tons. costing S75,SoO.oOO. or
| $l51.9O a ton.
Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation,
le5 Broadway, New York, forty sships,
! 5000 tons, costing x54.776,220, or S152. Is
ton.
In the case OF the last Eve named.
! the Emergency Fleet Corporation has
extended financial aid in expanding
yards.
Newburg shipyard. Newburg. New
York. four ships. 5000 tons, s6,l7.oco
or Sl1.6O ton.
| Los Angeles Shipbuilding Company,
San Pedro. Cal, ten ships, $500 tons.
costing Sl5.l56.o0p, or Sl72 a ton.
Jahncke Shipbuilding Company, New
Orleans. La. six ships. 5000 tons,
costing 81, 50. 900, or Sl65 a ton
Hampton Roads Dry Dock and Ship
building Company, Norfolk, Va, four
ships. . 800 tons, costing A,Sls,oOo. or
$164.6s a ton.
Federal Shipbuilding Company. 81
Dey street, New York, ten ships, &C.
OOO tons, SIS. .50O, 900. or $751; 46 a ton.
Oscar Daniels Company, Woolworth
Building. New York. ten ships, 5000
tons. Sl5,3i9. .OoC. or Sl63 a tony
Erickson Engineering Company.
Hanover National Bank Building, New
York. ten ships. $1,000 tons. costing S15,-
go coo. or Sl7O ton.
Bayles Shipyard, ll5 Broadway, New
York. four ships. 5000 tons. costing
Sc 600, 600. or S165 a ton.
Patterson-McDonald Company, Seat
tie. Wash, eight ships. 1000 tons,
costing $ll ,seS 900. or $40 a ton.
American Shipbuilding Company.
/ Cleveland, Ohio, six ships, 1850 tons,
costing 81 2S5, Co., or $19S.S4 a ton.
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10. 200 tons, costing $2I,s2O,ooo. or sao5.s5
a ton.
Southern Shipbuilding Company,
Charleston. S. c. sixteen ships, 10000
tons. SIS, $4,000, or s1s2 a ton.
Pacific Coast Shipbuilding, San
Francisco. Cal, 1900 tons, 1873, ,0e1,
or $16S a ton.
Pensacola Shipbuilding Company.
Pensacola, Fla. ten ships, 5000 tons
Sl4,5sO. .OGn, or SlS2 a ton.
Groton Iron Works. Groton, Conn.
twelve ships. 1l2,s tons, SlS,oS,oco, or
SlSD a ton.
Atlantic Corporation. Portsmouth, n.
H. ten ships. SS.O0o. s1LoSo.00o, or $50
a ton.
Composite ships
Fifty-cight composite ships. which
are steel framed with wooden cover
ing were contracted for with the fol-
lowing:
The Merrill Stevens Company. Jack
sonville. Fla. is building twelve ships,
total tonnage $1,000, total cost S.1e.-
OOc. or Sl36 per deadweight ton.
The Terry Shipbuilding Corporation.
Savannah, Ga, has twenty ships, co.
C0O tons, costing $4,000. or $l3s q ton.
Supple & Ballin. Portland. Ore, have
eight ships. gee, costing S4,4oO,Ooo. or
$lSI.JA-a ton.
Kelly Atkinson Construction Com
pany. Chicago. Ill, eighteen ships,
5000 tons, costing $4,000, or S12S.57
ton.
The total fifty-eight ships. will give
207 600 tons at a cost OF S27, 80, 900, or
an average Of SlS3.G a ton.
Wooden Ship Contracts.
Sixty-fve wooden ships are con-
traCted for with concerns which fur
nish their own machinery. These
ships will total 24S,9Oo tons, at a total
cost OF S34,C70.OOO, or an average per
ton cost OF SS9sS. The complete data
on them follows:
G. NJ Standifer CORPORATION, Port