Show I I I I OREGON BUILDING I OF SHIPS BRINGS WAR NEAR HOME Activity in Yards Makes J West est Coast Realize Americas America's Part P Portland Ore Oct 27 Far 27 Far removed I from tram the fighting fronts front but eager cager to play their part in defeating despotism m thousands of ot Oregon shipbuilders ore broad shouldered giants are aro arc working da day and night turning out wooden and steel ships to carr carry men and supplies to ports of ot debarkation In iii the thc year ending JUl July 1 I. I th these e brawny brawn workers worlen had bad put the thc thelast last nail an anft an last rivet I et In tnt 11 ships 10 of wood and 2 29 of oC st steel el The combined ton tonnage e ag-e of or these ships c exceeded an and their value alue But BuC the tho task of or these masters of af wood and metal etal has hardly begun The They have now under construction more vessels or Of these embryonic craft 45 are of ot steel with an a aggregate tonnage ton ton- nage haJe or of 1500 and a a. value of 49 Still Not Satisfied I And AntI still stilt these builders o of ships are arc I I not satisfied Two years ears ago ther number Was but 1200 they have multiplied multiplied multi multi- plied the of or workers b by ten Two 1 years a ago o the they had but seven yards ards the they have ha Increased the tho number of oC yards by 16 Now aw they have hac brau brought ht tile the number of ot V ways a 30 s. s t to 10 o 08 But But- these men are arc not content with seeing what other men have done and then doubling trebling It It They arc are I planning to give I c to the commerce orthe ot or the world something new new new-a. a creation of th their 11 own made possible b by th the towering tow toW- ring ering timber of ot their state When hen Charles M. M Schwab director general of the Emergency Fleet corporation corpo corpo- I corpo-I I ration visited halted this city a few tew months month ago aso ho lie looked upon tho the ton tomi wooden wood wood- en craft which Ore Oregon on was building and said mid that ho lie desired more ton more ton wooden steamers The Thc attempt to create cre ate such lIuch craft had been made in other parts of ot the thc country countr but had failed HM Ills Dream ed Mr Schwab sa sa sav Ore Oregon on timber beheld be- be held the giant Douglas Dauglas firs Irs of or tho the Pa Pacific pa a northwest st and thought perhaps his dream of ot ton wooden steamers might come true So did tho the shipbuilders o of the time northwest north north- west Consultations were held which resulted In plans for the Columbia River Riser typo of ot ship The designers claim that such vessels will vill have a third more cargo capacity than the largest wooden steamers being built for the tho government that they can be bo operated at a cost which wilP willi make niale them stern tern rivals of oC their steel teel sisters and that their thell success success' will Insure the thc Pc permanency r m an C 0 of oC f wo wooden od e n s shipbuilding ii I i bu ii dIng ln pl plants nt In lit tl this B st state e. e S. S Despite his 10 policy 11 C ot or standardization luu In ship construction Mr Schwab au authorized atm atm- special plans Ians for or the Columbia Column Colum bia bla t type pe Little chan change o will vill be required in yards ard before construction of tho time big cargo carriers can be begun beun and tho lie builders arc are confident th that it soon tho they will ha have riding the waves a swift staunch ships which can defy an any gale Thunder Unceasing Meanwhile In the shipyards shipyard ard of or tho state the thundering roar of or hammers hammersand and riveters never ceases shadowy giants move move- to and fro tro at night In tho tIme glare laro of ot great arc nrc lights and the race against time limo continues While great gangs of ot workmen are aro launching hulls huBs of or ton fabricated steel teel ships at the thc Northwest Steel Stel and Columbia shipbuilding plants on the thc banks of ot the Willamette river rJ often clipping sixteen days das from rom the thc contract time tine of ot seventy five days laS other gangs angs are fashioning monarchs of western forests Into ton ton and and soon eoon ton cargo carriers in yards ards dotting the thc Willamette and Col Columbia rivers for fot moro more than miles The war ma may mar b be bemore more than miles awa away but f If OreIan Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon Ian shipbuilders have hao their wa way It will soon seem seon but a step S |