The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-10-28
MUST MAKE DELIVERY OF BOAT
BY SPRING
Will Mean Employment of About
Two Hundred Men During the VIM
ter Months Getting Out Boat and
Equipping Yard.

While the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Anchor Ship
building company was in progress a
telegram was on the way from the
east and was delivered at the office
of the Anchor company the follow
ing morning (Tuesday) stating that
the contract for a double end ferry
boat had been signed il. the east and
the advance payment had been made
and that the signed contract was being
forwarded to the company offices in
this city.
This is indeed pleasing news to the
people of Washburn who are interest
ed in this company for it means the
starting of the yards in the shortest
possible time as the boat for which
the contract was signed must be ready
for the opening of navigation in the
spring.
The boat for which the contract has
been entered, is what is known as a
double-end ferry boat and is to be
built for eastern interests for use In
the New York harbor. The contract
was secured by the Eastern agents OF
the Anchor Shipbuilding company.
Work on the boat will begin at
once with the laying down OF the
vessel in the drafting Office and mold
loft, which building is now being
fitted up for this purpose, and this
work will be started within the next
ten days.
Work will be speeded up on the
yard of the company. A crew is now
busily engaged nthe work of dis
manteling the old mill and removing
the timbers and this site will be used
on which to erect the boat. The
end launch will be used, keel blocks
being erected on the old foundation of
the mill and the boat will, when COM
pleted, be launched into the deep
water to be found at the end of the
mill site.
On Tu- sday morning of this week
the company also started a crew OF
men at work building the angle
bending and plate furnaces. These
are to be the most up-to-date to be
found anywhere in the United States
and will be equipped with the crude
oil gas system which has to do for
efficiency and saving. The furnaces
have been purchased from a Milwau-
kee manufacturing company of which
P. w. Trinborn, of Milwaukee, is the
agent.
The erection of punch shops and
other building necessary in ship
yard will go on with the other work
and before six weeks have passed
things will begin to hum in the ship
building line in Washburn.
w. Gum Smith and Robert Curr OF
the company state that nearly two
hundred men will be given employ
ment in the erection of the shops and
the yard and in the actual shipbuild-
ing business. Foreman and otEer
experienced help are expected to DC
on the job shortly to superintendent
the building of the ways and the erec-
ton of the necessary equipment and
machinery in the plant.
The promise for other work for this
company is also very encouraging as
numerous contracts are being bid up.
on and much repair work is in sight
The company has as ideal site fol-
repair work as is to be found any.
where. With the old mill slips which
are nearly three thousand feet long
they will be able to harb0r from
twelveto thirteen of the biggest boats
which ply the great lakes and worl
on these can be accomplished during
the winter months. According tt
officers of the company it would no
be surprising to them to see at leas
five hundred men employed in tn
shipbuilding industry In Washburl
before spring, this depending upol