Show BUILDER OF GREAT SHIPS C B orcutt manages mammoth yards at newport news for many years the late collis P huntington cherished the idea of es tab lishing a great american shipyard where could be built the greatest ot of battleships and equipped with marn moth dry docks which could tahe take in for repairs the leviathans of the deep his work was taken up at his death by his widow mrs arabella huntington his nephew henry E huntington and the president of the company C B orcutt the result Is the newport news shipbuilding and dry dock corn com pany s great shipyard at newport news va the greatest and most per factly equipped yards in the united states A great feature of the yard Is the dry docks whenever a ship on the atlantic coast from jersey to the gulf needs repairs she makes tor for the great dry docks at hampton roads one is feet in length the other feet long feet wide and a depth of 30 feet two battleships can be docked in it at one time it Is the largest dry dock in the world and cost over a million dollars mr orcutt who manages the affairs of this great company with its twenty millions of contracts and its army of seven thousand workmen Is a cal man of business seen at the launchings he impresses all with his charm of manner his affability and courtesy at the banquets he presides as a graceful toastmaster saying many pleasant cheery words in the man argement of the great business he X C 0 orcutt shows exactly the same pleasant man ner he instills in all the enthusiasm that Is necessary to make a great es work with clock like pre cablon when the late mr huntington determined on building the yard the first thing he did was to secure mr air orcutt who is now world famous as the me greatest american shipbuilder et |