Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-23
AMERICAN CAR CO, To
BUILD B. & 0. FERRY
Machinery Will be Constructed
by the Pusey & Jones
Company.

At the Jackson q Sharp plant of the
American Car a Foundry Co. CON
tract has been received from the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad Co. for the
construction OF a modern double-ena
ferrNbost. IL viii he used between
To'tenville. Staten Island, and Perth
Amboy. New Jersey.
An addition OF 100 mon will he made
90 the force now employed at the ship
yard. These extra men. however, will
tot be needed for about four weeks
IL is expected the work on the new
boat viii consume about six months.
according 10 officials of the company.
The contract for the propelling ma
chinery and other equipment for the
boat has been awarded 10 the pusey n
Jones Co. This contract was given by
the American Car and Foundry Co.
and VIII not require any addition TO
the working forces OF the Pusey &
Jones Co. It WAS stated
The new boat Will measure 1856 feet
over all. with a breadth OF Sc feet 9
inches and IL feet IL inches depth of
hold. Work on laying the keel for the
boat VIII not be started until final and
hftAtN'u lihilS hlt
Several weeks ago the American Car
a Foundry Co. received contract
from the International Elevator Co.
for the construction OF two large grain
elevator hulls. which will be used in
the New York harbor. The hulls and
lower part OF the towers will be built
here and the balance of 90-foot towers
will be placed after the elevators ar
rive in New York harbor. The ma
chinery will be placed after they are
delivered. With the two contracts and
other work on hand. the works will
be kept busy for many months. The
extra men required will be carpenters.
laborers and handy men.
Harlan's New Boat Contract
Further information relative to the
construction of an all-steel yacht at
the Harlan plant Of the Bethlehem
Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd. FOR
which contract was received last
week. was made public today by Of
ficers of the company. The new yacht.
II was stated. will be built for Keath
Spalding. sporting goods manufac-
turer. of New York. The yacht will
cost approximately 100000. Henry ].
Gielow. naval architect, OF New York,
is the designer.
With the contract for the building
OF the yacht. as well as the contract
received two weeks ago by the same
company for the construction of So
steel coaches for the Philadelphia a.
Reading Railway Co. this plant too
will be kept busy for the greater part
of the year.
Leather Industry Improves.
in addition 10 the welcome revival
In the shipbuilding industry in this
city. it was declared today by Of
hcials of various leather manufactur-
ING interests that that industry here
had also shown n tendency for i'm
provcment. At the plant of the New
Castle Leather Co. Eleventh and
Poplar streets. according 10 officials
OF the company. approximately 500
leather workers are employed at
present. Al the STANDARD Kid Man
uiacQring Co. Fourth and Monroe
streets. the operation has reached
nearly a normal state. According TO
officials, approximately 400 tanners
nnu slazefa are employed. This. It
was declared was IS per cent OF the
normal forces. An average OF coo
dozen skins are turned out daily at
this plant, u WAS stated Approx
maiely 2s0 leather workers are en-
rloNcd al present by the Martin
Leather Company In East Fifth
street This plant. II was stated. was
running a. FUN capacity