The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-03-14
OUTLOOK IS
BRIGHT FOR
SEAWAY CUT

w. G.. OowlinS, editor and owner q
AutannlbiLs Topics, DebrUt, who was
r'o,nily appointed 10y Mayor Edward
j. JtffireS to head dle Detroit and
Inetr,9sDiitan executive committee of
rir' DutrAt Grsrt Iak,sSt. Lawrence
s~vtway, has appointed the following
,tINn river business men, vino will Re
present This AREA III adj vi the future
meetings In I'd in DebrVit: Raymond j.
Peters, 0bty Gerk Of River Rouge !;
Frederick J. GarGner, city attorney of
WyandOtte; William F.. Won Mol, su-
pervisr OF MmlgVagOn township, and
lar.tes f. Hans, I'll, secretary OF the
INwn River Chamber of Commerce.
OumDentiIFg m the waterway pro
I"rSal, X NJ. Malta, secretary of the
National Seaway Council, said in AN
interview Saturday:
The OrtSpuken and earnest backing
given the project by Mayor Jeffries Of
lIebIOit, and his committee of 20 re-
preventative OitiuHIS i'll mex ting last
week is splendid re-em orcement Of the
Unanimous stand taken for uhe seaway
Ivy 80 mayors and some 400 official
delegates tO the mayors conference in
1t LOUIS February u.
What the selway would mean in
promotion uf the national dRfenSe pro
gram. besides tine intellectually great
contribution to the future economic
II. q
'ntHre midwest is beginning to Sink
iI..u the public mind. Make no mistake
;;bUut it, the people, as we'll as the
mayors uf bhe country, are hooking 10
their CCGISTeSSmen To approve the pro
iect. wRn the C;lIbadlan-U.S. agree
IreH Om S,slwIy work is reported TO
Congress, probably witIhin a month.
We can have-;ind Will have. AT
least one L. = mIvy Shipyard on the
Great lAkesS. The navy neesiS and the
cation requires at least one such in
kinld protected port dor Smpbuilding
Ind reoOmditlOniIG under the direction
'f the navy Besides that, there are at
least - Great Lakes ShipbuiIding con-
c(tms with facilGtieS al ready, or cap
;'ble Of being put into working comb
tom in a very short time, which today
might he engaged in this industry In
>urMrt of the national defense pro-
lsrim."
Of such concerns in this region, al
ready engaged in shipbuilding, Malta
listed the following:
Aleirican ShiPibuilding Co.. with
vaINlks in Cleveland, now building a
bentIh for 1jO-lOOt vessel. G for
three 25O-tOOt bOatS: LuSian, Ohio,
uuw building two berths for 750-fOot
bOats, and two for J5O-buOt boats; Od-
oriSO, two dry docks now ready, more
than 800 feet bong; Superior, two dry
docks ready, go and 800 feet long.
the latter 10 be used as Shfpoutlding
ways OF for repairs; and Buffalo.
ihree dry docks more than 400 feet
hing
The Gnat Lakes Engineering Com
lung, River Rouge. low has three
hUiidihg berths, each for an SOO-toot
ship. ard two dry docks. 626 and 162
ieet long and at ASftabula, one
hltbhdlng berth, SOO te6t
AIamit0wuc WIS Shipbuilding Co.
can blliid three 6OO-fO boats stimuli
areOuSy has just completed a SS7-
foot car ferry. and is now building 10
submarines.
Toledo Shlbuilding GO, has three
huihling bertis for boats up to $50
feet, and two dry docks, $50 and $50
feet
Cumms hitting ON these facilities.
Maiia said The present Great Lakes
verSsLs less than 265 feet long, with
li-fOot beam The largest vessel ever
huilt m the Great Lakes was the
freight carrier, HARRY Colby, 615 feet
long and G57fOOt beam. This is almost
100 1eet dOnger that the u. s. battle
ship Texas 1t was built in 1927 for
tlhs Interlake Steamship Company by
the American Shipbuilding Co.. at
I.wain. Ohio. During the last war the
lstrgest vessel built on the lakes was
he Lake Cheian, Il cargo boat 1.261
feot hong. +4-foOt tFam. What we
might do to serve the U. s. navy, il
the st. Lawrence could take them To
t'he sea, is obvious.
The Old shin buildiIg plant at Wy
andOtte. now disanAntAed. Ia one OF che
most va]uate Plants now idle IL
',Nsad be made productive very qu6ck
ny Every ship needed by tie L. =.
iErvy except hath Ships and aircraft
carriers. could be built in the Great
Lakes area. That il. we could buifd
cr1f.s t.. dtsstEoyerS. submarines mo-
turbosts and tOrpeSbO bHtS.
"THF United States. aS nAriiane
nation, VIII require constant shipbuild-
ir'S for the next ~ yGars, at lesrst, TO
replace DESTROYED bottoms. and there
i no pRl,r in this country where this
can be dCnl. on IL large S=Sls' except ia
the Great Lakes ports
At a meeting held in TIN. COuncl