Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-12-21 | Page 6 | Many Ships Building

MANY SHIPS BUILDING It seems that at the present time American shipyards have under con struction more vessels than ever before were building in the United States to add to an American merchant marine whose gross tonnage aj ready is the largest in the country s history The sentence quoted is from the report of the commissioner of navigation and there is no reason to doubt its truth According to the report n nety e ght merchant marine vessels are being bmlt or are under contract and these with many smaller vessels being constructed have a total tonnage of 61511 Tho comm ssioner goes on to say that alto gether 171 f ore gn vessels have taken American reg stry under the act of August 14 1914 and that ninety e ght Ameri an vessels have been transferred to foreign registry s nee August These recent transfers from Amer can to for eign reg stry are d e to the La I olletto seamen s act wh ch seems to be the h ef obstaelp the pathway of tl e Amer can mer h nt mar ne at the pres t t p al ho gh the author t es at Wash gton have no f failed to men tion the fact even tho gb they co 1 1 not 1 cl obser ng t Notwithstaud ug tl s n o ta t om s on the report of thp ou n ss on r of na gat on w 11 p a opt n st foe g n rcgarl to the t tu of the n er hant mar ne of the On t d states e cn tho gh the a In n strat on n eas re sho 1 1 fa o pass ge This feel ng wodl lehnelb ho peal 0 amc lmon ot the seame s a 1 cn n p the ex st g o d t ons the e ha t w I lo I tloss contin e o g ow nt I A no can slu s o co more lot tie seven seas fn i oot of tl s wp q otP tl o rcpo t s folio h M ny b g voss s rc be ng 1 It Th t e a e ol m re ha 1 0 to s we tv e J o g betw e 0 n I 1 0 t f om 1 0 In 0 0 nae colliers fort he I sspls thl ty fo r gc e al f eight vosse s an 1 s x passe ge u J fre ght vpsspIs Of co rse tl o f p ght gps o thsrot i 1 r I IpI f nn transr o a n fnc 1 t es but ships ar be ng tuilt to co wt the p II ns fHs as p ss ble n J even ft! mr I a n fir n bill n e n bp si k n al r s h s k n osfp I n t s (. h l I n ns 4 eut o ue si j and cont ol s no longer tl c ef lea r louwthnofia to th r doe ot ee to be any r u ee to 1 t n the natter and t n 1 o c u an jr at a ount of s 1 n o 1 tho a u nit atou d s o cr t) at the Uu te btates go ern n t ot a o to fi a ce tl e bu I ug ot a morchant n ar ue nd abaii lo tl s part of the prog a n ne Meant me the sh pyi da a e wo k ng full t a on new ebsels