| Show raf V P eureka man making new record in ship builds the following article the operations of the patterson me donald shipbuilding co will doubt be of interest to the many tin tic friends of alex M mcdonald Is directing the affairs of the nev ne shipbuilding firm the article Is a part of an extensive write up of the company 0 pany which appeared in a recent issue of the seattle times along with illustrations of the company a s new buildings etc it reads rears less than thirty days after its en tire site formed a picturesque vista of potato vines the new 1 patterson mcdonald shipbuilding co laid the keel for the first of ten huge 1600 ton wooden steamships which it has contracted to build in its new plant in the Duwa duwamish mish waterway ty three more keels will be laid be fore the end of the month so that the plant will begin september with 14 ton tons in wooden hulls u under construction A month ago the site would have formed a good pictorial subject tor for an agricultural magazine the site consists of twenty four acres and less than thirty days ago each acre was nodding rows of potato vines the potatoes have disappeared from twelve acres but remain on the rest of the site so that the big plant has the appearance of having been set down in a farm the company a record in laying the first keel for a 3 00 ton wooden steamship P less th than an thirty days after b breaking ground tor for the plant will stand for a long time as one of the many re seattle shipbuilding achievements with the laying of the first pat terson mcdonald keel yesterday the number of big wooden ships under actual construction jumped to an i even twenty with three more keels laid before the end ot of the month the seattle wooden ship industry will c close lose the summer period with at I 1 least east twenty three wooden vessels building As a matter of fact the number will probably run much high er as several other plants are preparing to lay additional keels the laying of the keel yesterday meant that the now patterson me donald plant had arrived as a pow erful factor in up building seattle aa as the world a greatest center for wood en ship construct loli within a month the plant will employ men and the number will be increased steadily until the pay roll carries close to 1000 names name the company yesterday morning completed the ways in which the first keel was laid two more ways will be finished in a few days A fourth will be ready toward the end of the month then the company will construct a fifth and sixth build ing ways laying additional keels the moment they are completed there were no ceremonies at the laying of the first keel yesterday adam patterson jr president ot of the company and A M mcdonald vice president and general manager went out with a few friends to the plant where they were joined by A F marshall and naval architect peter stone marshall gave the order and a buch of men jumped into the job of laying the keel the ten ships tor for which the pat terson mcdonald company has con tracts are to be sister steamships each feet six inches long 48 feet wide and 27 feet deep they will be equipped with twin screw triple expansion engines of 1 horse power and will burn coal the con tracts call for a speed of ten knots in construction and machinery the ten vessels will rank among the strongest and most powerful wooden ships ever built in any country they will be larger and stronger thai tha the type of wooden vessel adopted by the united states shipping board a g comparison that speaks volumes tor for the board went to great lengths to obtain strength in construction the patterson mcdonald ships will have two feet more beam than the gov ships and one loot foot greater reater depth and their engines wit be of higher horsepower than those adopt ed by the government |
