Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-26

rnents, barracks, boarding botnes and
even hotels have been erected, with the
hope ol solving the problem ~ inadequate
labor grOwinguut ~ Door accommodations.
How the yarda on the Delaware have
( expanded ~ the post eleven months and
what this influx Of ahJT means % Tho
! communities along the river Indicated
by comparisons with The tcuHu 81 iast
October, when The aggregate ~ Inrn en-
gagcd was less than IJWN. fEciudlng
Cramps and The New York 0hphulldng
Corporation which were then working a7
completed yards, the nInc other pEnt8
on tho Delaware thcn reported lIpD
workers
More than haIf the present force y
ghipbmldcfs has been recruited from ou'
aldc the district go that thc population
growth from this source alone has iFfn
double that Of any normal year. ~ ~
tpl, 25 miles above Philadelphia and b"-
yOnd the confines ~ the previously ac-
cepied shiphuildin2 zpro wDrkcr ~ the
/ Merchant plant nov oErccd ihe rntifc
population 0f the borough 90 j9lD
Chester whore John e. ROach bTilt
American warhips % years age, ras
ircblrd ~ year "a population gun ~
! tween 1000 and 1910.
Excep' the preat Hog IsIand plaut, tnho
I treated IN later article, tint Of thr So"
/ York 1hipbuildug torporliirn at Came
/ den, employing : ! 800 ucu, b. thc largest
/ IN : he Philadelphia district Wien work
under way s completed there vill fc ~
shipways. most of thrm ahlc 10 accJmmo
/ date at one tune tap +hipq nf ordinary
\ size The yard sot "a ucw world record
/ when Il lauhchcd the collier Bur.ahn, lu
! II days from the tiuc tho kcrl uH IaiH
/ Ten dnys later thr ycssol vns cruplcte'l
q feat which has not been rpmllod fnr
| ship of this tYpo Iansportatiou hae
/ been problem. with the majority n'
workers forced 10 iroyol long distance ~
| and from hc plant Ir 0vrrrprDo tHi7
difficulty. he company erecting fhn
I town nf TDrs shIp ube from trc work
with p rnnuoc'I0 trolley iinc y ho corn
munlty. whrh rilI BE- without saloons.
will be made part IF amdcn
NcighbDriuv GioGcc-icr f. ann'hcr eh'p-
building center when 'hr a.Dry ~ ff"
ol1 raro track days fadc5 undrr tno nsn
81 TIE <ow ier-c legislative rrar'T"u'.
The iowu vent r. flocp u hae hoeu awake
cuod 1ho PeeY = Jones omran-
operate tsp Yards bc bruu-ylr
shiu7 pf escorted vur. Ri'ttu r
and thc newly agmulo'ci >nw lera
shops gavr -four rre~I au tro
Iapnrhinvs here r. w3do dovsr 'o
basin proccss ,d fe ho Hveh rnir-
than ihc frrufcrouof -iao wtt..
been pr1rticcd through .r4rc r
building Tho COMPANY r-er'ry
homes fDr i0s wnrt~r. nrlr ~" rn
Recently both tHo GIn4or -rr nrd N
rrrpbin wards of thr Puscv innr n
pans have been combine .udor rn"r
gepry Fleet management trd arn
typc gf l20yN-t1u steel vessels 7.I. a'
huilt
Creation n 'o.s th1n scar NJ aroa.
fabricated steel snipyard eth one vesac
launched and tnrca 81 bore about resdv r
take thc water. i tie lrli accommodates
hv Merchant ~trphuildinV corporation
whose 2-wav plant situated pn thi
west bank ~ the Delaware at Bristol nf
company md ts 5000 employees have
pledged fhruseives M deliver III cnnrle'
"A s -OO-tou ctrgo carriers BY the end q
lgIN Contracts calI lpr b0 vessels q
53@ UG0 lggrcCate tonnage q mode
town 3ycr,ug 1I arrea. Jgt snuitane
ausiv with The Haras. has eliminate
housing dl.hrilflc
Wuh uark bout which cenfers Ill
educational and recrcatiunat l..c 'al
community. Hartman presents advance
IDEAS n t0yvnste deveinnment. ae ~
to 500 buildings, completed or under c0n
structian. ac!gde bachelor houses, mai
houses and q modern 5l0-room hotel a
iowa Also boasts public school. .lg!
school auditorium. gymnasium as arm
.etjc field and i's own Ire department an,
p0gtoticc.
lr hester where the Sun -hlnbuiG
,nr COMPANY 1000 workers nave com
rlctcd four cargo ,aips ana launched tw,
others. S6.OgDW0 model community
haiug au.- Another housing project ,
Thar oi the Irav.or ~hippmldIng Cor
uoratun III CoruWe!ls, where aeariy ~
homes. u addition tl barracks, are ucnl
erected The ravIor COMPANY aas train
eI sartualiv su is 3.4ud men, Suo AZ.
buiding wooden ships lt- management
claims q national record IN llanA.ag Az.
ia VI day
Wilmington, aipbuildinE town FL
generations. qlcA.v responded - III
nation demand for cargo carriers. Wax,
5000 worAer-. the Harlan d. Eai.ings
worth plant ut the bethlehem ~hiDbuud
ing Corporation aas completed sA zee
vessels ana launched another. Ire lusel
- Juue-i ompany tas another stee. snl.
plant here employing 300 reu q t1L
way- aud the American Gar AMI rallndr.
COMPANY. s.th 1000 persons "a Its pal
roll +, 4 ding wooden hulis. ~ lining
ton has clureuled with q serious a1-sil,
problem AL.#h the plant uantIeI- "a.
viii be overcome hen coo aJ-@,=. now Z
4 construction, srr completed.