The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
Would BE 473 Feet Long.

1.-THE proposed ships will be 10000 ton
lightweight capacity steel cargo carriers.
shelter deck type, classed Lloyd's or
American Bureau OF Shipping 100 Al OF
the transverse system of construction !.
length of ship between perpendculars
Lloyds) 473 feet, nodded beams62 feet.
draught IS feet inches, single screw
equipped with 5000 I horsepower re-
ciprocating stem engines or 1900 8
horsepower geared turbines, Scotch
boilers. oil burning. with which power a
loaded sea speed Of 12 knots will be
guaranteed.
1.-THE ships would be built from the de-
signs of our naval architect. Theodore
r. Ferris, in association with our con-
sulting naval architect, Frank e. Kirby.
securing maximum advantages In the
worlds commerce trade Of the lowest
tonnage dues and insuring the greatest
efficiency In operation and cargo carry
ing capacity both In lightweight and
cubic feet.
by utilizing oil for fuel a steaming
radius of $4,000 knots will be obtained
without refueling the ship
Auxiliary machinery will be OF the
attest and most approved types with
large matches permitting the most eff
cient handling of cargo.
Quarters and other equipment ac-
cording TO the approved American re-
1uirements, affording thereby the maxi
mum comforts for the crew.
I'VE would propose to take eight OF
the present launching ways as soon as
they are available. remodel them 70
construct at one time four of the II, 900
ton ships but in order to give you the
. advantages of speed OF production and
duplication in quantity we would ex-
pect an order equal to two turns on
each way and with this way capacity
we would be able to give you the first
ship In six months time after tho ways
were completed.
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Requires No Guarantee.
ron an order for eight ships at tins
lime built and fully equipped delivery
New York harbor we would propose
= nat price OF $149 per lightweight ton
without any guarantee from the Govern
ment on labor or materials We be-
lieve this represents the lowest price
that can be quoted to-day in the world
for high class ships OF the new Ameri-
ran type for quick delivery. On sub
sequent orders that you might favor us
with We believe a substantial reduction
could be made on this price"
Under date OF April 7. Chairman Hur-
ley made this reply:
Your proposal to build eight 10000
ton American type steel cargo steAm-
ships at the fiat price OF sl+9 per dead
weight ton has been received. This pro-
posal is most interesting at this particu-
lar time when war costs have reached a
figure that are out OF all proportion
with our 1915 American prices of from
SEA to SOS per deadweight ton on oil
tankers and OF from $50 a ton for 5000
ton cargo steamships TO $50 a ton for
high class $500 ton cargo steamships
with a speed OF from IL to IL knots.
Most prices mentioned and talked about
for 1919 have been from $1S5 to $225.
"Your proposal most effectively an
swers the questions as TO whether our
steamships can compete In prices with
foreign shipyards. You have demon
strated what a wen managed and eff
GENTLY run American shipyard that
knows its cost of production can do In
competition with the leading shipyards
In this and other countries.