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Show FORTY-SEVEN A ESS ELS BUILT IN FEBRUARY Washington, March 6. Forty-seven sail and steam vessels of 6,334 gross tons were built in the United States and officially numbered during tho month of February, according to a report re-port by the bureau of navigation of the department erf commerco and labor. la-bor. , The-distribution of these vessels in the various waters, where they will be put in service is as follows: Atlantic and gulf, 2; Pacific, 11; Great Lakes, 1. and Western rivers, 10. Six of the vessels are of steel construction, con-struction, while the others are built of wood. |