Show 2 WOODEN AND TONS STEEL SHIPS FOR FOll 1010 1910 IS THE TIlE PLAN The he shipping board has decided on ona a 1 substantial increase In its Us building program for 1919 over the tonnage planned for Tor this year and Indications I are that the Increase will be continued continued continued contin contin- in Iq 1920 For military reasons the exact size of the tho future building program is not made mado public From previous I statements of Chairman Hurley however however how how- ever er it has been estimated that the tho cons construction in 1919 will wUl bo be In excess excess ex ex- cess of 0 tons the largest amount ever built bunt in any ono one year yearby yearby by any nation I Of the total tonnage next year approximately tons will be steel Thirty five of the yards building building building build build- ing steel ships and of tho ways are on the Atlantic and gulf coasts and nineteen yards and sixty soX ways are aro on on the Pacific It Is expected that tons of wooden ships will be turned out next year virtually all on the tho gulf guU and Pacific coasts An international aspect was given to the deliberations by the presence of Sir Guthrie the British member of the ship control commit commit- tee While details were not disclosed it was said that the tho board was prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to construct a a. large number of passenger carrying ships of high speed for the army's use Mr Schwab urged that few fow changes be made In existing designs of or ships Contracts for two twenty-two steel freighters of a total of ton tons have been let by tho the emergency fleet corporation The ships will be built bunt at San Francisco and Wilmington ton N N. N C. C The ships will bo be of the tho Isherwood type Twelve will be bo of tons each and the others 9 O. O The contracts contracts con con- tracts s went to tho the Union Construction Construed Construe Construe- tion company of San Francisco ani the Carolina Shipbuilding company of Wilmington Contracts for four foot seagoing seagoIng seagoing seago seago- ing tugs and for three ton wood- wood ships o 0 a |