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1901.] MARINE REVIEW. 25 SHIP BUILDING IN NEW ENGLAND. 'THERE IS TO BE NOTED A REVIVAL IN THE WOODEN SHIP BUILDING INDUSTRY, THE LIKE OF WHICH HAS NOT BEEN KNOWN FOR A DECADE. Ship building in New England continues on the boom. This relates, of course, to the building of wooden vessels, as there are only two or three yards in the New England district that build steel vessels. During the past year the Maine ship yards have sent forth one ship, sixteen barges, forty schooners, thirty-nine sloops and ten steamers, aggregating 106 vessels with a net tonnage of 56,403, and the record for all New England is 170 vessels of 67,501 tons, while the returns from: the maritime provinces increase these figures to 191 vessels of 71,814 tons. The Maine ship yards have on the stocks or under contract, including vessels launched since the beginning of 1901, two ships, thirty-five schooners, eight barges, five steamers and numerous other craft, and in all New England there are now under construction 131 vessels with an aggregate tonnage exceeding 100,000; and in addition to this New England yards are working on government contracts (steel vessels) involving $15,000,000, with a trial displacement of about 50,000 tons. Big wooden fore-and-afters have been features of the year, two six-masters having been launched, and eleven five-masters have either been launched or are under construc- tion. Briefly below is noted the New England record of ship building activity: David Clark of Kennebunkport, Me., is building a 500-ton schooner for John W. Deering of Portland, Me. The vessel will be used in the lumber coasting trade. The Portland Ship Building Co., Portland, Me., are building a steamer for the Frontier Steamboat Co. to run between Calais and Eastport. The craft is to be 120 ft. long and is now in frame. She is to be completed by June 1. Percy & Small, Bath, Me., have two schooners on the stocks. One is a five-master for the Percy & Small fleet. She is 250 ft. keel, 45 ft. beam and 21% ft. depth of hold. She will have a carrying capacity of 3,800 tons. The second schooner is a four-master for J. S. Winslow & Co., Portland, Me. She is-190 ft. long, 40 ft. beam and 181% ft. deep with a carrying capacity of 2,000 tons. Since the opening of the season this firm has launched the five-masted schooner Oakley C. Curtis. During 1900 they launched the six-master Eleanor A. Percy and the five-master William C. Carnegie. : The Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me., (steel plant), are largely concerned in government work. During the year three torpedo boats, Bagley, Barney and Biddle, and the monitor Nevada were launched. The firm has on hand the battleship Georgia and the cruiser Cleveland; and also a steel tow boat and a steel caisson, the latter for the Portsmouth dry dock. Improvements during the year have included the building of a new ma- chine shop and the installation of two Ingersoll-Sargeant electric-driven compressors. The wharves are now being extended to provide for addi- tional building slips and it is quite likely that the firm will be compelled to make even further extensions to provide for its growing business. Arthur Sewall & Co., Bath, Me., is the firm that some time ago undertook the construction of steel sailing ships. They launched one, the Astral, for the Standard Oil Co. during the past year and have another on the stocks to be known as the Acme. These vessels are 332.3 ft. in length, 45.7 ft. broad and 26 ft. deep. It is the purpose of the Sewalls to build a third steel sailing ship, to be known as the William P. Frye. The New England Co., Bath, Me., has on the stocks a four-masted schooner for the Weston Co. which is 160 ft. keel, 36 ft. beam and 18 ft. deep. She is now in frame. Another four-master is also under way, which will be 155 ft. keel, 56 ft. beam and 13 ft. deep. Keel has also been stretched for a five-masted schooner for William F. Palmer of Dorchester, Mass., to be known as the Prescott Palmer. The vessel will be 264 ft. on the keel, 46 ft. beam and 27 ft. deep. She will be a three-decker and will have a capacity of 4,400 tons. The gompany recently launched the Edith G. Folwell, a vessel of 1,051 tons. During 1900 the firm launched four schooners and six barges with an aggregate tonnage of 12,556. Kelley, Spear & Co., Bath, Me., have on the ways a schooner of the following dimensions: Keel, 160 ft.; beam, 35.5 ft.; depth, 13 ft. and tonnage 530. The firm also has several barges under way. William Rogers, Bath's oldest ship builder, turned out during the year two large schooners, one of them being the Marie Palmer, 1,594 tons, and the other the Maude Palmer, 1,529 tons. The Bath district also includes the smaller towns of Richmond, Ar- rowsic, Topsham and Phippsburg, notably the latter where Frank S. Bowker launched two schooners during 1900 and another this spring, a three-masted schooner 145 ft. in length, the Seguin, built for the South Gardiner Lumber Co. C. V. Minott, also of Phippsburg, has been build- ing a four-masted schooner of 210 ft. keel, 40 ft. beam and 19 ft. depth. W. Irving Adams, East Boothbay, Me., is building a sailing vessei 94 ft. over all for Boston parties and two fishing vessels for Boothbay harbor parties. The fishing vessels will each measure 115 ft. in length and will each be equipped with an auxiliary gasoline engine. Rice Bros., East Boothbay, Me., are building a schooner yacht, 76 ft. over all, for a Boston owner, a sloop yacht 73 ft. for Taunton, Mass., parties, and two cabin launches, one of 68 ft. and the other 41 ft., the smaller of them being for the builders. George L. Welt, Waldoboro, Me., built during the year the five-masted schooner Fannie Palmer for William F. Palmer of Boston. Her dimen- sions are: Length of keel, 257 ft.; length over all, 300 ft.; breadth, 44.4 ft.; depth, 25 ft.; tonnage, 2,075, and carrying capacity 3,700 tons. He has now in frame another five-master, to be known as the Baker Palmer for the same owner. The new vessel will be 5 ft. longer than the Fannie Palmer, 1.5 ft. deeper and 1.5 ft. wider. A. & M. Gamage & Co., South Bristol, Me., are building a steam- boat 60 ft. long for the Damariscotta Steamboat Co. and a sailing vessel 67 ft. long for Capt. Charles Huff of Biddeford Pool. Washburn Bros., Thomaston, Me., have built four schooners at Thom- aston during the past fourteen months, three four-masters and one three- master. The keel is laid and the stern-post up for another four-master. This firm will also build a five-master and the frame is now being cut, The four-master now on the ways is of 190 ft. keel, 40 ft. beam and is 19 ft. deep. The coming five-master will be 220 ft. keel, 43 ft. beam and 19% ft. hold, and is to be built for investment. Dunn & Elliott, Thomaston, Me., built two schooners last year, the Thomas S. Dennison of 1,329 tons and the Republic of 680 tons. The large vessel was built for themselves and the smaller for P, H. Nye of New Bedford. The firm expects to begin work at once upon a four- masted schooner of 1,500 tons. Cobb, Butler & Co., Rockland, Me., launched one schooner, the Geneva, during 1900, and early this spring the five-masted Rebecca Pal- mer, a craft of 2,185 tons and the largest ever built in Rockland. Her dimensions are: Length of keel, 251 ft.; length over all, 285 ft.; beam 46 ft. 1 in.; depth, 27 ft. The firm is now building a four-masted schooner to be commanded by Capt. Peter Crowley. I. B. Snow & Co., preprietors of a marine railway and ship yard at Rockland, are building a three-masted schooner which they expect to launch in a few days. Her dimensions are: Keel, 107% ft.; width, 31% ft.; depth, 8% ft. They are also cutting the frame for another schooner 115 ft. in length. 'Carlton, Norwood & Co., Rockport, Me., are building a four-masted schooner 160 ft. keel, 3614 ft. beam and 13 ft. depth of hold. H. M. Bean, Camden, Me., launched three great schooners during 1900. One of them was the George W. Wells, the first six-master ever built. The other schooners were the Malcolm Baxter, Jr., 1,530 tons, and the Van Alens Broughton, 1,905 tons. Mr. Bean is now building a four- masted schooner for Capt. Crowley. Her keel is 170 ft., beam 87 ft., and depth 18 ft. A five-master is also being built for the Crowley fleet of the following dimensions: Keel, 260 ft.; beam, 46 ft.; depth, 22 ft. McKay & Dix, Bucksport, Me., built three vessels for the Greenland trade during 1900. They are the Thalium, 596 tons, the Edwin T. Stotes- bury, 1,277 tons, and the George C. Thomas, 1,281 tons. The firm is intending to build a five-master. ce Sawyer Bros., Millbridge, Me., launched during 1900 a three-masted schooner, the Ninetta M. Porcella of 466 tons and have contracted for two additional schooners, the keel of one of which has been laid. ~ es E. W. White of Machias, Me., has on the stocks a three-masted schooner of about 325 tons. The record for Massachusetts ship yards in 1900 was 3,086 tons. William S. Currier of Newburyport is building a five-masted schooner 226 ft. long. for Capt. William E. Tilton of Manasquan, N. J. A. D. Story of Essex has five fishing schooners and two steamers on the stocks. Messrs. James & Tarr of Essex are building three schooners. Thomas Irving of Gloucester is building two schooners and J. Bishop and H. G. Bishop of Gloucester are also building two each. Reed Bros. of Fall River, Mass., are building the steamer Sagamore, 110 ft., for the Dyer Transportation Co. of Providence, R. I. At East Boston in the yard of William McKie work is well advanced on the steamer City of Rockland of the Boston & Bangor line. This steamer is 300 ft. over all in length, 38 ft. beam and 60 ft. over guards. She will have a depth of 14% ft. from the main deck. Her engines are being built by W. & A. Fletcher Co., Hoboken, N. J. John M. Brooks, Harbor View, East Boston, Mass., is at work upon a schooner which in point of tonnage will bé the largest afloat. She is being built for Capt. A. C. Crandall, the United States local inspector of steam vessels at Boston, and is 340 ft. over all, 300 ft. length of keel, 49% ft. beam and 30 ft. depth of hold. Her gross tonnage will be 3,500 and her net tonnage 3,200. A es The Holmes Ship Building Co., West Mystic, Conu., are building a five-masted schooner 250 ft. over all for the Sutton fleet of New Haven. Green Bros., Bridgeport, Conn., are building 'a fotir-masted schooner, 234 ft. in length for Bridgeport parties, three pleasure steamers and three oyster steamers. The Hartford & New York Transportation Co., Hart- ford, are building a twin-screw propeller for E. S. Belden of Hartford. S. Gildersleeve & Sons, Gildersleeve, Conn., are building a coal barge 135 ft. long for South Amboy, N. J., parties, and six barges ranging in length from 110 ft. to 125 ft. for New York parties. _ Robert Palmer & Son, Noank, Conn., are busily engaged in construct- ing car floats for several railroads, a steam yacht for Pittsburg parties and a lobster steamer. They employ about 400 men. SHIP BUILDING AT CAMDEN, N. J. Ship building at Camden, N. J., is thus epitomized: The first vesse! to be constructed at the plant of the New York Ship Building Co. is well under way and it is expected will take its initial dip in the river the last part of the present month. It is being built for Robert Dollar for the Pacific carrying trade. The contract for building the ship will be given to the company in June last and it is possible that the vessel will be in service by fall. Seven other ships, varying in size from 310 to 625 ft. in length are also to be built by the company. The total displacement of all the vessels, including the one soon to be launched, will be 124,900 tons. They will have a carrying capacity of 75,000 tons. Two of these ships, whose length will be 625 {t., will be exceeded in length only by three of the Atlantic liners. The company expects several other large contracts shortly when the force of 1,600 men now employed in the yards will be considerably augmented. At the yard of John Dialogue & Son two large wooden tugboats are on the ways building, the skeleton of a small steamer is being put to- gether and a large barge is also being constructed. _ The Bullock Electric Mnfg. Co. of Cincinnati and the Wagner Elec- tric Mnfg. Co. of St. Louis have effected a combination of their selling Organizations. The products of the two companies are totally different, but where the product of one is used, the other is likely to be necessary. The Bullock product consists of a complete line of direct and alternating current machines, from a % H.P. motor to a 10,000 K.W. generator; con- trollers of various types and rotary transformers. The product of the Wagner company covers a full line of static transformers of all tynes and of the largest sizes; ammeters, voltmeters, indicating wattmeters, switches. switchboards for all purposes and single-phase self-starting alternating current motors. The new selling organization will be under the manage- ment of Mr. E. H. Abadie, formerly sales manager of the Wagner com- pany.