Show wooden shipbuilding will fryy stop yav on pacific sy coast f according i to information awa from A M ave macdonald formerly of this city and abw during r the past few years fer the manager IS 1 l and one of the heaviest owners in the patterson macdonald 7 shipbuilding co of seattle illy 5 all wooden shipbuilding has been discontinued 7 on 3 the pacific coast in fact some of the large i yards which have been W constructing ste ea 7 vessels are closing basy down aiva as fast as a their contracts are finished the reason for suspension asci waff of work in the wa yards where steel ipe ships are v 3 being built fa Is the exceptionally high wages demanded and the fact that construe v tion fv costs are if so jae high that the ship builders of this country are having yar great y difficulty in competing with the zaw european firms the macdonald shipbuilding in g yards will doubtless be closed down in the near future 7 or as soon OV as present E contracts j are completed the com pany has an exceptional sw w in the construction ff of wooden W and mr macdonald adf and his assoil a jf ates fr have made a lot of ta money they are now w heavily iway interested 01 in the v shipping business having esy purchased 27 and put into service a long string of f large ships lyof which have been charter ed for the next three years thus in suring large profits |