The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 14, 1917, SECTION TWO, Page 14, Image 34

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THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 14. 1917.
ship building brisk
Activity in Pacific Northwest
Reported to Government.
$40,000,000 IS INVESTED
Scores of Vessels Under Construc
tion and Contracted in Yards
of Portland, Seattle and
Other Coast Cities.
OKEGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washing-ton.
Jan." 13. Shipbuilding activity
in the Pacific Northwest is discussed
in a report submitted by Commercial
Agent W. B. Henderson, from Seattle,
to the Secretary of Commerce. According-
to Mr. Henderson, the Seattle
Construction & Dry Dock Company is
the largest single shipbuilder, having
at this time seven steel ships under
way, and four others under contract,
in addition to three submarines and
one destroyer for the United States
Navy.
The commercial ships being built by
this firm range in dimensions from
368-48-27 to 396-53-29. In his report,
Mr. Henderson further says:
"The firm of J. F.Duthie & Co. has
seven steel freighters, each with a
cargo capacity of about 8800 tons, and
the dimensions over all are 423-54-29.
These vessels are being built for for
eign companies, as are also seven of
those of the Seattle Construction &
Dry Dock Company.
"The Skinner & Kddy Corporation has
constructed two vessels and has con
tracts for nine others with a total
capacity of 77.000 tons. These are ail
teel and of the standard sizes.
Xw Yard Constructed.
"The Anderson Steamboat Company
has two vessels under contract for for
eign companies, with a total capacity
of 17.600 tons, and the Ames Shipbuild
ing & Dry Dock Company, one of the
most recently organized shipbuilding
companies, is establishing a large yard,
and while it has not yet obtained any
orders for ships, it is laying the founda
tions for a plant that will turn out four
ships of the type of 8800 tons capacity
per year and will employ 2000 persons.
"In Portland, Or., the Willamette Iron
& Steel Works and the Northwest Steel
Company combined are building four
steel ships of the ts'pe of 8800 tons and
have contracts for four others of simi
lar capacity, while the Columbia River
Shipbuilding Corporation is building
six steel vessels and seven wooden ves
sels, with a total capacity of 52.800. The
only other concern in the Pacific North
west that is building steel vessels is
the Albina Engine & Machine Works,
at Portland, which has contracts for
four vessels of a total tonnage capacity
of'15.200.
-Wooden Ships Number 5S.
"In addition to the activity in steel
shipbuilding-, the various companies
mentioned and other companies are at
work on 58 wooden vessels. These
range all the way from 170 to 290 feet
In length, from 36 to 48 feet beam, and
from 14 to 29 feet depth. All are for
American concerns, and of the number
shown by the 17 companies from which
reports were received, five have been
launched, 28 are building and the re
mainder are under contract.
"In addition to the activities men
tioned, the Todd interests, in reality the
Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Coro-
panv, have purchased a large, area
Tacoma and are to put up, in addition
to their Seattle plant, dry-dock and
shipbuilding facilities to the value of
$1. 500. 000. A new firm at Hoquiam, re
norted this week, and known as the
Hoquiam Shipbuilding Company, the
incorporators of which are planning on
a capitalization of J50.000. is expected
to build a number of small schooners
in one type of lumber carrier, with
auxiliary motors and a capacity, of
about 2.000.000 feet. Tho site already
has been obtained.
"It is estimated that the shipbuilding
lndustrv of the Pacific Northwest, from
Columbia River points to and including
Vancouver, B. C. represents J40.000.000
GAMBLING IIOAV ON KILBUItN
Steerage Steward in Jail Charged
With Attacking Others.
A fight on the deck of Charles P.
Doe's steamer, F. A. Kllburn. at Col
umbia dock. yesterday afternoon,
brought Matty Abarno, steerage stew
ard, to the City Jail, on an assault and
baitterv charge. He was arrested by
Detectives Hill, Cahill and Ham
mersly.
It is said that Abarno. enraged over
a gambling dispute, felled Billy Ross,
n aged sailor, seriously injuring him.
Theodore Smith, a sailor. reproved
Abarno, and was requested to take
up the issue in a fight. They clinched
and Smith's right hand was mangled
when Abarno gnawed it in the
struggle.
Smith was attended in the emersr
ency hospital. Detective Cahill re
turned to the Kilburn to find and give
assistance to Koss. who had been
knocked unconscious. He could not
find the old sailor.
HELP VANCOUVER CHANNEL-
Dykes on Hayden Island Side Are
Ordered Placed in Condition.
Crews are to etart tomorrow on re
pairs to dykes on the north side of
Hayden Island, which were built orig
inally to improve channel conditions
in front of Vancouver. The work will
not include changes on what Is known
bs the Hayden Island dyke, located at
the upper end of the island and which
blocks the entrance to North Portland
and harbor at low water.
The latter dyke's future had been dis
cussed by the Port of Portland Com
mission and Major Jewett, Corps of
Engineers. U. S. A., as to whether a
break in the center is to be repaired
or the dyke removed so the current
may flow freely through North Port
land harbor, as it Is desired to lm
prove that channel In the interest of
industries In the Kenton district. The
Port body was expected to make I
recommendations In that regard,
though as yet no decision has been
reached.
WOODLAND GOES TO BOTTOM
Oregona Temporarily in Service on
Yamhill River Route.
With water as high as the upper
deck the steamer Woodland is laying
In the Yamhill River, near McMinn
ville. where she struck and sank late
Friday night. The vessel piles regu
larly between Portland and the Yam
hill" River territory and work of rais
ing her will be started at once. The
Woodland was formerly the G. M.
Walker and was built here In 1897.
She is 84.7 feet long. 20.4 feet beam
and 4.2 feet deep.
The steamer Oregona. of the Oregon
City Transportation Company's fleet,
which was held in reserve here, was
placed in service last night to carry
freight accumulated for the Woodland
and she will make the return trip to
morrow. The latter line had operated
on the Yamhill until recently and now
the steamers Pomona and Grabamona
are used on the main river, a dally
service being maintained to Salem and
every other day to Corvallis, going to
Peoria once a week.
MA.TOR FRIES IS ASSIGNED
Officer Comes From Yellowstone
Park to Take First District.
Orders definitely assigning Major
Amos A. Fries, Corps of Engineers, U.
S. A., to have charge of the First
Portland District, comprising Improve
ment projects along the Oresron Coast
other than at the mouth of the Colum-
oia, also the Columbia above Van
couver, and the Snake Rivers, have
been received. He win relieve Major
H. C. Jewett. of the Second District.
who took over the responsibilities of
the First District last month, when
Major Arthur Wlllia"ms went on leave
to California.
Major Fries was first on dutv In
Oregon at Fort Stevens several years
ago during the construction of the
south jetty. He was here about three
years ago for a short time and was
ordered to Yellowstone National Park,
where he is at present looking after
road improvements and such work.
Other projects he has looked after on
the Coast included San Pedro harbor
improvements.
Freighter Stanley Dollar Floated.
VANCOUVER. B. G. Jan. 13. The
Alaska Steamship Company freighter
fctanley Dollar, which went on the I
VESSEL BUILDING AT SEATTLE
AFTER
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1ST i' i i - imm
MOTORSHIP OHKGON O.X WAYS.
By the end of January the -motorship Oregon, being constructed on the Ka.it Waterway, Seattle, by
the Alaska-Pacific Navigation Company, identified with the Alaska-Pacific Fisheries of this city, will be
in the water. She Is designed for the general trade to have accommodations for 80 cabin passengers
and 40 in the steerage, with space for 2700 tons of cargo, or, in the way of lumber, will carry 1.500.000
feet. The Alaska-Pacific Navigation Company is incorporated under the lawn of Oregon, and the vessel
will be enrolled here. A second ship Is to be started when the Oregon is off the ways and consideration
is being given a proposal to operate from Portland to Alaska.
rocks In Active Pass yesterday while
bound for Alaska with cargo, was
floated at high tide this morning and
turned back to Seattle for repairs.
BAN'DON' PORT REORGANIZES
W. II. Lyons and O. A. Trowbridge
Are Xmv Commission Members.
BANDON, Or., Jan. 13. (Special).
The Port of Bandon Commission has
reorganized with two new members.
W. H. Lyons, of Coquille, who was
elected to take the place of E. E.
Johnson, of that city, and O. A. Trow
bridge, of Bandon, who fills the un
expired term of A, McNair, resigned.
The newly elected officers are R. H.
Rosa, president; J. E. Norton, vice-
president; O. A. Trowbridge, secre
tary, and T. P. Hanly. treasurer.
George P. Topping has been appointed
attorney.
Judge Hamilton, of the Circuit
Court, has rendered a decision in
favor of the Port and against Dennis
McCarthy, Southern Oregon . Co.,
Merchant Land Co.. and Simpson Lum
ber Co., who sued to have large sec
tions of timber land excluded from the
boundary of the Port.
Marine Notes.
Two liners departed from the Golden Gate
yesterday the turbinT Northern Pacific, of
the Great Northern Pacific fleet, and the
Rose City, of the San jrrancisco-Portland
line. The former is due au Flavel today,
and the Rose City will be here tomorrow,
being due to call again Wednesday.
Authority reached the office of Lighthouse
Inspector Warrack from Washington yes
terday to award a contract to the firm of
Helser & Vnden for overhauling light vessel
No. 88, known as the Columbia, her station
being off the mouth of the river. She is at
Astoria and will be brought here for dry
docking and general work.
On the Japanese steamer Unkal Maru No.
2. coming here from Seattle, is a shipment
of 200 tons of linseed for the Portland Lin
eeed Oil Company. The vessel hails from
the Orient and will load lumber here for
India, the cargo being ready at lnmaif
Poulsen'a mill.
Being floated from the Port of Portland
drydock yesterday, the McCormick steamer
Klamath proceeded to St, Helens, where
she starts her lumber cargo today, and will
sail for California porta Tuesday. The
ateamer Daisy Matthews finished her cargo
at St. Helens yesterday, and left for sea.
bound for San Pedro.
Ordered to head direct for San Francisco
instead of making the customary calls at
Marshfield and t.ureka. the North Pacific
steamer Breakwater sailed from Columbia
dock last night. The F. A. Kilburn fol
lows tomorrow night and makes the Coast
ports en route.
MARINE XNTETiIjIGENCK.
Steamer Schedule.
. DUX TO ARRIVAL.
Name From Date.
F. A. Kilburn San Francisco... -In port
Northern Paclfle. . .San Francisco. ..-Jan. 14
Rose City. Los Angelea. .... Jan. 15
Breakwater... San Francisco... .Jan. 20
Beavar. . .Los Angelea. .... .Jan. 22
XUK TO DEPART.
Kama. For Data.
F. A. Kilburn ...... San Fanciaeo. ...Jin. 35
Klamath San Diego. ...... .Jan. 16
Northern Pacific. San Francisco. . . . Jan. Ill
Harvard. ... ...... S.F. for L.A.-S.D.. Jan. 17
Yale S.F. for L.A.-S.D.. Jun. 17
Rose City. Los Ange!eo. .... Jan. IT
Breakwater. ...... Saa Francisco. . . .Jan. 22
Beaver. ......... ..Los Angelea. .... .Jan. 23
Wapama. ......... San Diego. . Jan a
Movements of Vessels.
.PORTLAND. Jan. 13. Arrived British
steamer Wearwood. from Victoria. Sailed
Steamers Daisy Matthews, for San Pedro;
Break water, for San Francisco via Coos Bay
ana ureka.
ASTORIA. Jan. 13. Sailed at midnight.
steamer Beaver, for San Francisco and San
Pedro; at 4 A. M., steamer Northland, for
San Pedro: at 4:30 A. M.. steamer J. A.
Chanalor. for San Francisco. Arrived down
at 8 and sailed at 9:30 A. M.. BritiBh
steamer British Columbia, for Vancouver.
Arrived at 9:25 and left up at 11:40 A. M..
British steamer Wearwood. from Victoria.
Sailed at 10 A. M.. steamer Oleum, for
San Francisco. Arrived at 10:40 and left
up at 1 P. M steamer Tiverton, from San
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. Sailed
Steamers Northern Pacific, for Flavel; Rose
City, from San Pedro for Portland.
SEATTLE. Jan. 13. Arrived Steamers
D. G. Scofield. Senator, for San Francisco
Fulton, from Blubber Bay. B. C. ; Bee. trom
Port San Luis. Sailed Steamers Admiral
Schley. San Francisco; Sado Maru. for
Hongkong; Alki. for Southeastern Alaska.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. Arrived-
Steamera Standard Arrow, from Hongkong;
Curacao, from Seattle: captain A. r . Lucas,
barge 95. from Seattle for San Pedro r Celilo.
fro'l Grays Harbor: Brooklyn, from Balboa
Newburg. from Coos Bay. Sailed 8teamers
Northern Pacific. Daisy, for Astoria : Gov
emor. for Victoria: San Juan, for Balboa
Fairhaven. for Punta Arenas; Frank H.
Buck, for Iquique.
Tides at Astoria Sunday.
High. I Low.
4:83 A.M. 8.1 feet 11 :01 A. M. ...2.7 feet
4:29 P. M 6.7 feet10:35 P. M. . . .2.2 feot
ASTORIA TO BE HERE
New Schooner Will Go on Dry
dock for Painting.
TRIAL TRIP IS DELAYED
Machinery Is Beginning to Arrive
at Albina Shipyard Joseph
SuppIo-'Goes Fast and May
Close Three Contracts.
Portlanders are to be accorded op
portunity to view the auxiliary schoon
er Astoria, of A. O. Andersen & Co.'s
new modern fleet, which Is being com
pleted at the McEachern shipyard, on
Young's Bay, Astoria, and is to come
here to be lifted on the Port of Port
land drydock before loading lumber for
Port Pirie.
In advance
of the ship being dis-
FOR ALASKA TRADE FOR OREGON CORPORATION
STATE AND PORTLAND IS HOME PORT.
patched for the Antipodes it has been
concluded to add another coat of paint
to the hull, so she will be on drydock
only a short time. The vessel's trial
trip was to have been held last week,
but delay In the receipt of a water tank
prevented the test being made as de
sired, and it will be conducted this
week.
The vessel Is under charter to Bal
four, Guthrie & Co. for the Port Pirie
cargo, the engagement having been
made several months ago, though the
vessel was not designated. It being un
derstood that the carrier selected was
to be available during the first quar
ter of 1917, so under the building pro
gramme three of the eight ordered
there would probably be in line.
Machinery for the Albina Engine &
Machine Works' new plant, in which
Andersen & Co. are heavily Interested,
Is beginning to arrive, and in a short
time blocks will be placed for the lay
ing of the first keel, material for
which will be along next month. The
yard has taken form rapidly and the
big shop building is going tip with
other parts of the work being ad
vanced as scheduled.
It was reported yesterday that In
quiry for new tonnage had been more
active in the past few days than for
two months, and by Spring a few mory
orders are looked for. Josepn huppie,
who has operated a yard at the foot of
Belmont street for years and recently
negotiated with New Tork interests for
three vessels, left for the East a few
days ago and is expected home about
February 1. If contracts are closed
for, ships may be laid down on prop
erty adjoining the present yard, thousrh
If they are of large type property Mr.
Supple has under lease Just north of
the east approach of the Hawthorne-
avenue bridge may be used. That site
owned by the Spokane. Portland &
Seattle Railroad, and a fill there has
been arranged for with the Port of
Portland. Associated with Mr. Supple
as designing engineer will be J. B. C.
Lockwood.
YAQUINA BAY NEEDS HEARD
Government Engineer Listens to
Delegations on Improvements.
Backed by Portland residents con
cerned' in the development of Yaquina
Bay. B. F. Jones, of Newport; D. E.
Stewart and W. E. Ball, of Toledo and
others from that region Friday made
strong presentation of the need of
deeper water in that harbor to Major
H. C. Jewett, Corps of Engineers,
tThited States Army. It was a public
hearing, arranged to set forth what it
is estimated will be required to deepen
the channel from 16 to 22 feet, and
also future development prospects that
VETERAN STEAM BO AT MAN
DEAD AT KELSO.
IS
Captain A. O. Kruu.
KELSO. Wash., Jan. 13. Cap
tain A. O. Kruse, for more than
30 years mate and captain of
steamboats operated by the Kel
logg Transportation Company of
this place, was buried this week
following his death Monday after'
a brief illness. He was 59 years
old and a native of Wilsonville,
Or. He was formerly In business
in Portland and began his river
career on the Willamette in the
early '80s.
Captain Kruse is survived by
a widow, three children. Fritz,
Bert and Veranue Kruse, and
two brothers, John Lorin and U.
A. Kruse, of Wilsonville.
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ar expected to follow the Improvement
of the marine road.
Major Jewett will cover the situation
in a report to the Chief of Engineers
at Washington. A public hearing bad
been ' held before the board of engi
neers, so there is said to be a complete
record of the matter. Representatives
of the Chamber of Commerce and other
commercial interests were present, and
all features were taken up. including
the willingness of the taxpayers there
to appropriate as much money as the
Government will provide.
Pacific Coast Shipping Notes.
ABERDEEN', Wash.. Jan. 13. (Special.)
The steamer Svea arrived from San Fran
cisco and U loading; at Wilson's mill.
The steamer Chehalls, Tamalpals and San
Jacinto cleared for San Pedro, the Che
halls from the Lytle mill and the other
two from the E. K. Wood mill.
The steamers Coronado and Shna-Yak are
due to arrive Monday from San Franclaco.
Montesano residents assert that the city
is likely to set a new shipyard- soon, but
decline to give particulars.
COOS BAY, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) The
gasoline schooner Roamer arrived last night
with the gasoline schooner Rustler In tow
both vessels loaded with salmon from the
Macleay cannery.
The steamer Adeline Smith sailed for
San Francisco today, carrying lumber from
the Smith mills.
Sailing this afternoon, the steam schooner
A. M. Simpson had a cargo of lumber from
the Buehner sawmill.
ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.) The
British steamer Wee r wood arrived today
from British Columbia and will load grain
at Portland for the United Kingdom.
The British steamer British Columbia
NAMED
sailed for Nanaimo, after discharging a part
cargo of sulphur at Portland.
The Japanese steamer Unkari Maru No.
2 is due from Nanaimo to load lumber at
the Inman-Poulsen mill for Bombay.
The Norwegian steamer Capto will be due
tomorrow from San Kranciaco to load lum
ber at Westport, Wauna and Llnnton.
After completing her cargo of lumber at
Westport. the steam schooner J. B. Stet
son sailed during the night for San Pedro.
Coming to load lumber at Prscott. the
steam schooner Tiverton arrived from San
Francisco.
The steam schooner Northland sailed for
San Pedro with 140U tona of wheat loaded
at Portland.
Carrying a capacity cargo of freight and
a good list of passengers, the steamer Bea
ver sailed for San Francisco and San Pedro.
- After discharging fuel oil at Portland.
the tank steamer J. A. Chanslor sailed for
California.
The tank steamer Oleum sailed for Cali
fornia after discharging fuel oil at Astoria
ana fontanel.
The oil barge Monterey In tow of the tug
.i.tisaiur is uue. en route to Portland.
SAN FRAN-CISCO, Jan. 13. (Special.)
, clT:al,lcl Aiiiani-o nas Deen purchased
n fair & Moran from the North Pacific
Steamship Company. The terms of the
sal were not disclosed.
Fair & Moran for ih ......... i i. -
have been operating the Alliance between
.im iiun ana i entrat America.
nree steamers with lumher f,n h
iiiMin lor me fi. h.. Wood Lumbar fnm
pany arrived in Oakland harbor today. The
"""r , vwuapa. rrom Grays Harbor,
brought In 2C0.000 feet of pine; the schoon
er Hardy, from Coos Bay, brought in 225 .
vo rett of pine, while the steamer Daixv.
irnm Columbia River nnlm. t..v. .. .
i- vi pine ana redwood.
c ' " American schooners, the Alper
chartered for lumber voyages. The Alpena
. 7 y B.ilrnnr. Guthrie Co.. for
imp irom rvortn pacific to South ?Vmer-
" .rBl" or '!.. -mi. W. R. Grace & Co.
nneren trie. Kama- ror a vnvan from
j-uei sound to nitrate ports at private
terms. The AlDena l In . J ......
iee snortiy tor the north. The Samar Is
. ,nvw irom manna, ror th nnr
The Paclfle M.-ilt liner C T . ' -
nr " 1 "r.men
' "" ' -..-. ni t entral Amer
ica The versel took out 95 passengers and
SEATTLE. Wash 1.. ii ,c ...
w . -- .... ,OLra-r-lHI.I
ne .Mnpon l usen K n I .! c,.
departed this momlrjg for Hongkong and
por.s with ohe of the largest cigarette shlp-
. . Irom "ere. She had two
. . w" lear toDncro and eight car
ioi.n or cigarettes, consisting of 60.000,000
Tne seagoing tor Daniel v.m . .
seagoing barges were purchased today from
... vM.uniuiit v-on.raci company, of Port
land. Or., by Interests that own the Wash
ington Tug A Barge Comnanv .nrf ih.
Independent Towing Comnanv. hoth of thi.
i n. i ne aeai was negotiated and closed
oy captain J. C. Rrownf lelrl. president of
in uiaeprnneni lowintr Cominnv. The
new owners plan to use the tug and barges
v n . rrw KrviCB.
The oil tanker D. G. Rcoflelri an ....
"-'wr were tne arrivals today from San
Francisco Bay. and tho steamer. Admiral
ocniey. wim passengers and freight, de
parted for the Golden Gate.
The freighter Fulton arrived with -.r.r.T
cargo from British Columbia ports, and tho
aiwru acnooner uee got in from Port San
The steamer Alki departed for EnntlMutf.
era aiwks.
Marconi Wireless Reports.
DRAKE. Latooche for Richmond.
70S
miles north of Richmond.
COLUMBIA. Tacoma for San Fmrlin,
ooo miles nortn or ban Francisco.
MATSUMA, Honolulu for San PVnrlrn
izl miles irom Can Francisco. 8 P. M
January 12.
WILHELMINA. San Francisco for Mono
luiu. ezu miles xrom nan Franclaco. 8 P. M
January I .
HVADES. San Francisco for Honolulu
1011 miles from San Francisco, v 8 P. M.
January iz.
ATLAS. Richmond for Honolulu. 1012 mil..
irom itirnninna, s i'. januarv 12.
LUt.A. Manila for San Francisco. 4.1"
miles irom han Franclaco. 8 P. M. Jan. 12.
I. r. L.1 Ban Francisco for Kverert
miles south of Point Reyes.
rtllj.'W A.-s. ban Francisco for Honolulu.
11 miles from San Francisco llghtsbln.
SAN J CAN, San Francisco for Balboa. 82
miles souin 01 mh rranclsco.
ROSE CITT. San Francisco for Portland.
8 miles north of Point Reyes.
DESPATCH. San Francisco for Portland.
5 miles east of Point Reyes.
LOGAN. Manila for San Francisco. 178
miles from San- Francisco.
PRESIDENT. Seattle for San Francisco,
330 miles north of San Francisco.
ADELINE SMITH. Coos Bay for Ban
Francisco.
BEAVER. Portland for San Francisco, 48
miles north of Cape Mendocino.
NORTHERN PACIFIC. San Francisco for
Flavel, off Blunts Reef.
EL SEGUNDO. towing barge 91. Richmond
for Seattle. 230 miles north of San Fran
cisco. MINNESOTA!. Newport News for Pearl
Harbor. l'J05 miles, east of Honolulu.
PLEIADES. San Francisco for New Tork,
64.1 miles south of- San Francisco.
GEORGE W. ELDER. San Pedro for
Mazatlan. 57R miles south of San Pedro.
JIM BUTLER. San Francisco for Santa
Rosalia. R3i miles south of San Francisco.
MULTNOMAH. San Pedro for San Francis
co. 14 miles west of Point Flrmln.
MOFFETT. towing barge 83. San Fran
cisco for Balboa, 1318 miles aouth of 6an
Francisco.
Vessels Cleared Yesterday.
American steamer F. A. Kilburn. general
cargo, for Saa Francisco via way porta.
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SHIP NEED IS GREAT
Millions in Tonnage Will Be
Demand in Two Years.
in
LARGER SHORTAGE LOOMS
Capacity of World's Yards Will Be
Only 3,000,000 Tons Yearly and
30,000,000 Additional Tons
Will Be Jfeed In 1919.
Observations made on a recent trip
to Scandinavian countries, dealing prin
cipally with shipbuilding. etlmted
tonnage requirements after the war and
opportunities rrv th. n.ifi
v-"Ml Ior added marine construction
enterprises, have been Incorporated by
Z.' .. parson, of the Heath Ship
puuaing company, in an analysis as
iviiuwb;
tne worlds merchant marine be
fore the war consisted of 50.000.000
tons; every ship was in profitable use
and the world's tonnage had been
increasing at the rate of 2.000.000 tons
a year to take care of the Increased
demand of commerce.
"Since August. 1911, the commence
ment of the war. more than 5. 000 000
tons have been destroyed, 4.400,000 tons
interned and 12.000.000 tons comman
deered, leaving only 28.400.000 tons, or
Per cent. In use. and vessels are be
ing driven so hard that authorities in
the shipping world say that most of them
win be scrap In two years. They also
show that we must have 60,000.000 tons
in tne water by 1919 to move the
world s commerce. Nearly 35.000.000
tons must be built new. Where is it
oming from?
Capacity la 3,000,000 Tona.
The present capacity of the world is
ess tnan 7.000.000 tons a vear- in 124
shipyards, and two-thirds of these
yaras nave contracts running now from
919 to 1923. The others have all they
can do for 1917 and 1918. The increased
capacity of a number of these yards
are limited by supply of 'engines and
steel plate. The demand for engines
rapiaiy Increasing nd contracts
are now being- made for delivery from
cisnc 1.0 ii montns nence. teel mills
of this country are more than 11.000.
000 tona behind In orders for steel,
which has raised in price from ll to
cents a pound.
homebody has got o get busy to
Place the ships that are being de
royed nearly 1000 In the nast nine
months, with a terrible Increase each
month aa follows: April, 90 vessels;
, 63: June. 64; July. 147: August,
102; September. 114: October. 139: No
vember. 147. and December. 134.
In November and December Kngls. d
lost 112 ships of 306.609 tons. Norway
77 ships of 94.751 tons, Denmark
ships of 22.692 tons, and Sweden about
the same.
1 lOO Lost by Britain.
r.ngiana nas lost dur tier the war
1100 merchant shins of 2.500.ono inm
England's allies 292 ships of 632. ,43
tons. Total allies' loss. 1392 ships of
u.uj.,119 tons.
Germany ana tne central Dowers
lost bs vessels of ZI1.920 tons.
"Norway. Sweden and enmark 473
ships of 628,301 tons. Norway alone
lost 3Uo snips of 368,546 tons.
The United States lost 10 shins of
Z4.a5o tona.
"Total ships lost during- war. 21:6
"When peace is declared there will
be a scramble for drydocks and ship
yards to put in condition the 4,400,000
tons now Interned. There are only
811 drydocks in the entire world, so
at that rate it will take more tnan
year to put these Interned ships in
shape, an-d for every month of continu
ation of war we lose 350.000 tons; so'we
come back to the same point, more
than 30.000.000 tons must be built and
the best we can hope to do from every
calculation is 4.000.000 tons a year. The
present capacity Is 2.400.000 tons yearly
in the entire world. It looks like
from seven to 'en years will bo re
quired for merchant va els alone, aside
from the Immense appropriation made
by all nations for Increases in navies
The United States alone proposes to
spend $185,560,000 for 66 naval vessels.
These must also be built in American
yards.
417 Bulldlag la America.
There are 417 ships now building
in the United States and shipbuilders
hope to launch 314 vessels in 1917
of 960.899 tons capacity, and lc ships
in 1918 of 519.047 tons. That is
1,479.946 tona in the next two years.
oreian yards are full up for the nex
five years, so our chances for future
contracts are the best.
The opportunity of Oregon and
tho Pacific Coast is here now, and we
have before us in Oregon a prosperou
period of many years In which wo
must Improve our facilities and method
so much that there will be no ques
tion of our shipyard efficiency and
ability to meet competition.
steel snips, as you can see. are
limited by tbe supply of material and
steel yards have all they can take
care of for some time to come.
"It looks like wooden ships. More
over. Oregon-built wooden ships. First
the raw material is here: second, th
development and standardization of
the seml-deisel engines (manufactured
on this coast); third. Hie mild climate,
living facilities and labor market, and
tourtn, tne percentage of profit per
oliar Invested In a 3000-ton wooden ves
sel with auxiliary englnea has bee
shown to be greater than steel bot
toms of larger sizes.
Coast Yards Bnlldlng Maay.
i nere are as wooaen vessels now
under construction on the Pacific
Coast. It will require 106.000.000 feet
of lumber to build them, and they will
have a combined carrying capacity of
79.500.000 feet.
"We have nearly 200.000.000.000 feet of
standing Douglas fir and pine In Or
gon. and 75.000.000.000 feet of othe
species. That will build a lot of ships.
"Ships and shipbuilding have mad
40 new millionaires in Chrtstianla,
Norway (a city the size of Portland)
In the last two years. Norway I
spending 8150.000,000 for ships now I
the United States. That Is three time
more than the United States Govern
ment proposes to invest for the pur
pose of inaugurating a new era
American merchant marine.
"European countries have forbidde
the transfer of ships to other nation
Norway forbids the buying of old ves
sets and forbids sales to other coun
tries. They must buy new. Norwa
taxes shins 46 per cent of their ne
earnings. Norway has 8000 vessels of
all kinds of 2.000.000 tons.
Notice to Mariners.
The following affects aids to navigation
In the Seventeenth Lighthouse District:
Wlllapa Bay outside bar gas and whlatlin
bnov. PS. heretofore reported by steamer
Hoquiam as extinguished, was found burn
lnir correctly January 11.
Washington. Washington Sound Turn
Rock light reported at extinguished Janu
ary 5.. To be relighted as soon as practl
cable. ROBERT WAR HACK, Inspector.
U. S. Jiaval Radio Reports.
CORDOVA, Latouche for Tacoma. off
Smith's Island. 8 P. M.
M'CULLOCH sailed for Eureka.
MARIPOSA. Cordova for Juneau, 20 miles
east of Cape Hlnchenbrook. noon. January 12.
8m'RN, from Umi, arrived at tan Fran
cisco, January 12.
RALEIGH from San Diego, arrived at ban
Francisco today.
SAN DIEGO for Eureka, departed irom
San Francisco.
V. S. s. transport LOGAN due to arrive
San Francisco. January 14.
NORWOOD. Portland for San Francisco.
ff Point Keyes at R P. M.
ADMIRAL, GOODRICH. San Francisco for
Tacoma. 90 miles north of Cape Blanco.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY, Seattle for San ran-
ciaco. ICS miles fr,m Seattle.
ADMIRAL FARRAOLT. San Francisco for
Seattle. l.'O miles from Seattle.
VALDEZ. Nanalmo tor San Francisco. 80
milea south of Cape Flattery.
Colombia River Bar Report.
NORTH HEAD. Waeh.. Jan. 13. Condi
tion of the bar at P. M. : Sea, smooth.
Wind, northwest; six miles.
Vessels Entered Yesterday.
American steamer F. A. Kilburn. ceneral
caigo. from San t-ranclsoo via way porta.
BIG DONATION IS MADE
C. Y. Eberleln Contributes Land to
Strahorn Railway.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Jan. 13
(Special.) The largest contribution
made by any one person or corporation
n Klamath Falls to the Oregon, Cali
fornia & Eastern Railroad project was
announced as having been made by
Charles W. Eberleln. of this city, on
Thursday. Mr. Eberlein will give to
Mr. Strahorn one and one-half miles
of right-of-way. 100 feet in width.
eastward from the city limits, also all
freight yards, which will be at least
000 feet long. and. in addition, lands
for roundhouses, shops and stockyards.
All of this area lies south and east
of the Southern Pacific tracks and ex
tends along Sixth street. These lands
constitute a valuable addition to the
project. It is believed that if the peo
ple had to buy them, in addition to the
oassenKer terminal site, the Duraen
would be too heavy.
MEMORIAL IS FOR DRY U. S,
Colorado House Would Have Con.
gre.ss Pass Prohibition Act.,
DENVER, Jan. 13. The House of
Representatives of the Colorado LegiS'
lature today passed a memorial to
Congress, urging a National prohibl-
ion amendment, making the United
States "100 per cent dry." The me
mortal now goes to the Senate for ac
tion.
The Legislature has yet to consider
bills to increase the stringency of Colo
rado's prohibition laws. It is said that
dry forces are "split" on the nature of
this legislation.
FORGER IS TO GO TO TEXAS
Officers Arrive for Man AYlio Lured
Bellinsham Girl Away.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 13. (Spe
cial). D. M. Delmas. alias Allen Dale,
who is under a two years' suspended
sentence to San Quentin prison for
passing worthless checks in this city
will be taken to Huntsvllle, Texas,
Monday, by officials who arrived in
ban Francisco toaay.
Delmas Is wanteU In Huntsville for
breaking jail after wrecking a bank
He came to San Francisco with Ingrid
Gerstedt. 20-year-old Bellingham
Wash., girl, whom he lured here under
promise of marriage. The girl has
since been sent back to her parents.
George Xenner to Help lira ft BUI.
ROSEBURO. Or., Jan. 12. (Special.!
District Attorney George Xeuner will
go to Salem Tuesday, where he will as
sist in drafting a road bill in accord
ance with the Ideas expressed at the
recent Commonwealth conference held
in Portland. Mr. Neuner says the bill
will probably be ready to introduce in
the legislature some time next week.
Minister Victim of Ptomaines.
ST. JOSEPH. Mo.. Jan. 1. Dr. W.
F. Packard, a minister of the Southern
Methodist Church, at El Paso. Tex..
died here today at the home of his
daughter, of ptomaines, said to have
been contracted at a church dinner
in EI Paso several months ago. He
was 61 years old.
Embargo Is Put on .Cars.
OGDEX. Utah. Jan. 13. In an at
tempt to relieve the acute shortage of
coal, the Denver & Itio Grande Railroad
has placed an embargo, to continue for
two days, on loaded or empty cars, ex
cept those containing livestock and
perishable goods.
DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
PORTLAND. Jan. IX Maximum tempera
ture. 42 degrees; minimum. :I0 degrees.
Klver reading, s A. M, feet: change In
last n liourj. u , mot Tall. Total rainfall
(5 P. M. to R P. M ). none: total rainrall
since September 1, 1018, 1:1.12 inr-hes: nor
mal rainr.HI since September 1. IVHil, 22 2.
In.-hes: deflflency of raillfnll sinre Sep
tember 1, 1l18. IMS Inches. Total sunshine.
4 hours 1-t minutes: possible miahine II
hours. Relative humidity at noon. 73 per
cent.
THK WEATHER.
STATIONS.
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weather.
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Walla Walla.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
The barometer la relatively high over the
Northern and Central Rocky Mountain states
and another hlgh-presure area overlies the
Plains atales. A trough-shaped depression
extends from the Lake region south to the
t;u If states. Llgnt rain has Tallen In South
ern California, the Lower Mississippi Valley.
Tennessee. Upper Ohio Valley. Ir Lake
region. District of Columbia and Southern
New York. Snow has occurred In Northern
Trtah. Wyoming. Montana. Illinois and the
New England states. It In much colder over
a strip of territory extending, from Texas
northeastward to Illinois. It Is warmer in
Alb-rta. Moutana and the North Atlantic
vtatea
Conditions are favbrahle for fair weather
In this district Sunday with no marked
changes in temperature.
FORECASTS.
Portland and vicinity Sunday fair, north
erly winds.
O.-egon and Washington Sunday . fair,
north to east winds.
Idaho Sunday fair.
Oean forecast North Pacific Coast. Sun
day fair, freah northeasterly winds.
E. A. BEAL3, Forecaster.
2 HEW CBAFT READY
S. I. Allard and Latourell to
Be Launched This Week.
BOTH M'CORMICK VESSELS
Auxiliary Five-Master Is Ik-in;
Turned Out at St. Ilelejis, and
Steam Schooner in Vurtls
at Astoria.
During the present week ih t-
Cormick fleet actually in the water
is to be augmented by two vessels,
the five-masted auxiliary schooner S.
I. Allard being launched at St. Helena
Tuesday morning, and Saturday the
steam schooner Latourell will be
.u lu-neo. at Astoria, where she is being
built by Wilson Bros.
Both vessels are the second of their
kind to be turn.-d out under present
contracts. The lirst nf ik. ..m..v
schooner class was the City of Port-
oiiu. now on the way from Newcastle
for Honolulu with a coal cargo and
of two contracts secured by Wilson
tru.. me urst ship, the Wahkeenab,
was launched several weeks ago and
left the river Thursday in tow of tho
steamer Willamette for San Francisco
to have engines installed.
The . I. Allard will be followed by
a third five-master, the Citv of St.
Helens, which is under construction.
They were to have been in a city line.
tne t-ity ot Astoria being proposed as
the name of tho second, but. as Mr.
Allard. a banker, of Eureka, is an enthusiastic-
supporter of maritime ven
tures directed by the McCormicks. his
name was given the vessel. In the
case of the Waiikeenah and Latourell
the company adhered to its original
system of naming; steam schooners after
well-known waterfalls of tho Western
country.
While not the largest of the type
on the Coast, the McCormick auxil
iary ships have ben adopted by British.
Columbia Interests and - others. The
biggest In dimension is the Santino.
launched November 2tl at Aberdeen by
the Grays Harbor Shipbuilding Com
pany for Swayne & Hoyt, of San Fran
cisco. She Is 2S0 feet long, beam 4S
feet and depth of hold 24 feet. The
S. I. Allard is 278 feet long. 48-foot
beam and 21 feot depth of hold.
A sister ship is being turned out
there for the same firm, and It Is
reported negotiations are on for their
purchase. H. F. Gelhaus. chief engineer
for Swayne & Hoyt. who has been
looking after the vessels In the north,
with Captain A. H. Ahlln. passed
through the city yesterday on his way
to San Francisco. He says they are
truly Northwest ships, for. besides all
building material being native, the pro
pelling machinery was built on the
Coast, and all deck machinery and
auxiliaries were turned out at Portland
by the Hess & Martin Iron Works.
W. C. T. U. CRITICISES WETS
Resolution Adopted at Oresliam Di
rected nt Seven Representatives.
GKESHAM, Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.)
The regular meeting of the local Wom
an's Christian Temperance Union was
held in the Public Library here Thurs
day afternoon, and after the business
hail been finished a resolution was
drawn up directed against seven mem
bers of the House of Representatives,
six of whom are from Multnomah.
County, who voted against the me
morial to Congress asking prohibition
for the District of Columbia.
The Representatives named were;
Callan. Iewis. Kubli. Corbett, Mackay.
Stott and Schimpff.
ARMY PENALTY COMMUTED
Captain Jepson to Lose 20 Xumbers;
Dismissal Not Knforced.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. The sen
tence of dismissal from the Army im
posed by courtmartial recently at Fort
Worden. Wash., on Captain William F.
C. Jepson. Fourteenth Infantry, ha.t
been commuted by President Wilson to.
a loss of 20 numbers in the lineal list
of Captains.
The Captain was found guilty of
fraud in handling of quartermaster's
supplied.
Cavalryman Visits Roscburg.
P.OSEBt'RG. Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.!
W. II. L. Osborne, who had been la
Calexlco for the past three months with.
Troop B. of Tacoma. returned here to
day on a two weeks' furlough. He be
lieves the guardsmen will be mustere-i
out soon. "The California borderman's)
life is exceedingly dull." said Mr.
Osborne, -and I will be glad to return
home. The Calexlco country is health
ful, however.
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