Show in united stacee sl the department of transportation reports 1 04 steam and sail vessels of gross tons built in the united states and offic ally registered during the eleven months preceding june 1 were built along the at of these alantic on the pacific lantic and the gulf coast forty three on the great lakes and on western rivers the num her of wooden vessels continues to be far greater than those of steel al thoi h the total includes fourteen steel sailing vessels and ninety one steel steamers the gross tonnage is about 30 per cent more than that of the same last year |