Show SALT SALT- SHIPS Method Used to Lengthen Life of Vessels I Turns Seepage Into Brine Which Acts as a Preservative of the Wood Seattle Wash C. C. C O. O Morrow president pres presS presIdent I ident of the Shipbuilding company suffered something of a n shock the other morning but at that It was as as nothing to the shock suffered by several severn I prominent citizens who were taking a ti stroll through through- the company's big wooden shipbuilding plant The Tue citizens were shocked when they I discovered that 20 tons of rock salt saIt is j used in building each ench of the big wooden wooden wood wood- en ships now un under er construction in Seattle Mr l Morrow l was shocked because because be be- cause his Ills callers didn't know that rock salt Is a shipbuilding material Everybody Everybody Every Every- body on the water front knows that but it seems that there are a 0 lot of prominent business men who There Is now a suspicion that only a n avery avery very few residents east cast of Railroad avenue know that a n wooden ship hasto hasto has hasto to be le salted In showing the prominent citizens about his plant Mr Morrow l came caine to the building In which he stores this rock salt A railroad car w was s unloadIng unloading unload unload- ing lag another shipment This Is where we keep the salt forthe forthe for forthe the ships said Morrow l uHa Haw flaw W hn haw bawl w said aId one caller who Is something of a n. humorist I suppose youre you're afraid the ships will get too fresh 1 I the exact truth said Mr Morrow But the citizens wouldn't believe him until they had examined the salt Some of them therm tasted It The storehouses contained tons Mr Morrow explained that the salt Is poured between the frames fromes of a n. wooden ship above the water line Une and andIs andis Is tamped down solid Then if any Water water wa Wa- ter seeps Into the tile spaces between the frames it Ls lB turned to brine and does not damage the wood Instead It acts as fiS a n. preservative e |