Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 3 | Amateurs Learn to Build Ships

AMATEURS LEARN TO BUILD SHIPS I High Vi Wages ages Are Arc Paid Men len Who Formerly r Worked for Meager l Stipend i Philadelphia Aug AuS 3 The 3 The n axiom lom Must master Is 19 getting a a. day at atthe atthe atthe practical demonstration er e every the Hog flog Island shipbuilding shipbuilding- plant where here a school of or Instruction has been established and erstwhile clerks barbers bar- bar hers beis car cal conductors and motormen policemen firemen shoemakers butch butch- ors bakers and In indeed eed representatives es of or every e known enterprise and endeavor endeavor endeavor en en- deavor arc are converted con d Into shipbuilders after brief brier tuition Most of these students tau taught ht by the hundreds Jn Sn one ono branch or another are aio taken out of ot the Instruction class after a 11 week and placed with Journeymen Journey journey- men crows crews While they the are arc being In Instructed Instructed Instructed In- In the they receive eleven en hours' hours pay for tor ten hours hours' work orl at the rate of ot 36 25 cents an nn hour When hen the they have ha qualified quell quell- fled fied their wages Immediately advance ad so that men who before were we e earning US 18 or 01 20 a 1 week In their own occupations occupations pC are arc now no making 40 40 50 and 5 CO o Their earning rapacity capacity depends depend upon their ability and the amount of or time they put In Many in order to swell their pay envelopes toil toll longer long than the required ten hours and thus frequently frequently fre ire receive an nR high as a R. week eol Tho The men Inn find the employment congenial congenial con con- on- on genial and ami fascinating whether they are joiners Joiner carpenters riveters seam seam- r or otherwise enla ed In helping to turn out ships for Cor the government gO Approximately arc are arcon arcon on the payroll at nt Hog Island They are ire not all men and bo boys boy's s There Is a representative number of ot women omen whose whoRe duties how however hower er are confined to office or other light detail Just how large the total l of the weekly week week- ek- ek ly payments to the workers kern Is has not peen been officially disclosed los 1 but It Is es estimated estimated estl es- es tl t to tsi aggregate more than 1000 Th The plant Is the largest of ot Its kind In the world and nd the first ship of or a virtually unending string of or ve s vessels ls will slip down the ways was earl early In Au Au- gust Su t. t Shipping here are hoping that Pre President Wilson Ill Will find the time to attend the launching t for r which elaborate ceremonies are being ar arranged ar- ar ra ranged ns