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Show J.S:E55EIS ILL BE TAKEN 0IEHCI.15 All American Merchant Ships of More Than 2500 Tons Dead Weight Requisitioned. SHIPPING BOARD FIXES THE RATES Sharp Cut Made in Present Charter Prices; Some of the Freighters for Army and Navy. WA.-'Hl.:VOX. Se;.i. ST. Kver. A;mr-h'itn A;mr-h'itn merchant vessel of more than -"j0 ions tl-;ifl vt-U;hi ra;nirilv availaiile I'or (h-l:ui soiire will lie reMiii.iiion.Hl by the tfuvi-rn incut OdolU'r 1", Hie shipping hoard annoniKel today in a statement. inu t!ie rharter t.itoa a wliirh I tie wels will Ins I a ken over. Anierh-an Mhij.s availahle for o-eaii iralTif total wltuhtlv num.- than ivuiu.wm tons, out soin 'uf 1 1 1 j 111 alrcadv have been taken . ,.. . ii,.. .. .-.-.n- .in,) mi . v In most instances. eieil when- rtjiiiirod tor m-- i u.i I Kovci iiiiic-ni sL'i-vlce. i he ships, " ! khIiI. will hp i iimed hark to their owners tr oprrrUion on government ae-i-oiini. nh.j'jci nt all times to any dis-poslilon dis-poslilon the shipping hoard may direct The rates announced will cut sharply t he present charier and ocean l'reiulit i aies rhfu-Red hy Anno lean vessels tor can-vine A merira n shipping:. it is mo intention, it is understood, to apply them later lo am' foreign ships chartered he the Inited Stales. The charteilnw will he in t he hands of t lie shipping , hoard's chartering commission. which Welding King of New VurU has just been named to head. , Ton Rates a Month. For freight, ves.-els the rate? a ton a month, lignred on time charter on a hasis of dad-weight tonnage, are as tohows: More than PU' tons. S;"i.7: ; 0"l to in. ooo tons. Si3 ; find), to S0iu tons. $.:.'; 1D01 to tiiHin ion?. fti.Sti; "t'Ol to 1000 tons. f(5."r; ''." "rt to :t0nii tons, ST. Vessels of a speed in excess of eleven knots will he allowed T cents a ton additional addi-tional for each knot or fraction over eleven. For passenger voxels the board adopted a two-fold basis of classification, class A. comprising steamers with a capacity of more than 1M passengers, and class B, with a capacity of from seventy-five to l.V passengers. Steamers in both ratings rat-ings are further classified according to .speed. Passenger Steamer Rates. Passenger steamer rales, bused on time charters and figured gross register, are as follows: Class A Ten to eleven knots, $0 a ton: twelve knots. $9.r0: thirteen knots, fourteen knots. 10.30; fifteen knots, more than fifteen knots. $11.50. Class 1-? Ten to eleven knots, $S a ton; twelve knots. $S..'0; thirteen knots, Sfi; fourteen knots. ?S.."i: fifteen knots, ?10; more than fifteen knots. $10.50. Some of the vessels .to be requisitlone 1. which will he used exclusive!:: for army a ud navy service, will he taken over on a ha re ship hasis. These vessels wiil he nii-.r tied and operated by the army and navy Instead of by the owners and t lie ra tes fixed for their use are $4J-. for (iiipo boats and $5.75 a ton gross for passenger steamers of eleven knots' speed, with an additional allowance of ,".n cfpt.s a ton for each knot in excess of eleven and up lo sixteen knots. All Rates Tentative. All of the rates are tentative. The hoard, it was announced, will examine cat of ully the results of operation under the rates and will determine on any ve-vision ve-vision t hat appeal's to he necessary for fair treat men t for the vessels' owners The government will assume the war risk" on the ships requisitioned and in some instances the marine risk as well. Where the marine risk is assumed, the us.ik! r.ite for this insurance will be deducted de-ducted from the charter price. Within less than six months vlrtua'.k every one of the 45$ American vessels now available for ocean service will h cither in the service or supply ins: American Ameri-can troops and warships abroad or i: trades considered vital to the conduct ol the war. The intention of the government govern-ment Is to replace ships drawn fron rem la r trade routes with neutral tonnage ton-nage for which negotiations are now penu in-', fore is n ships will be admitte-into admitte-into the coastwise service hy suspension or the coastwise shipping laws. A hil to make this suspension possible is before be-fore congress. |