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50 STATISTICS OF THE AMERICAN IKON TRADE FOR 1894.
IRON AND STEEL SHIPBUILDING.
From Hon. Eugene T. Chamberlain, United States Commissioner
of Navigation, we learn that in the fiscal year 1894 we built
39 iron and steel vessels, against 65 in the fiscal year 1893.
The gross tonnage of the vessels built in the fiscal year 1894
was .51.470 tons, against 94,532 tons in the preceding year. Vessels
for the United States Navy arc not included in these figures.
With the exception of one steel ship and one steel schooner barge
all the vessels built in the fiscal year 1894 were built to use steam.
We subjoin a table showing the number aud tonnage of the
iron and steel vessels launched within the jurisdiction of the following
ports in the United States during the last four fiscal years.
Ports—Fiscal years.
Bath, Me
New York. N. Y
Newark, N. J
Philadelphia, Pa
Jacksonville, Fla
Louisville, Ky
Rock Island, III
Dubuque, Iowa
Pittsburgh, Pa_
Buffalo, N.Y
Toledo, Ohio
Detroit, Mich
Marquette, Mich
Chicago, III
Dultith, Minn
Ran Francisco, Cal
Total
No.
6
21
7
1
2
1
3
1
4
14
3
2
3
0
2
2
76
1891.
Gross
tonnage.
1,780
36,673
7,078
119
260
355
1,023
342
2,212
26,523
3,005
5,056
7,452
6,329
4,863
2,548
ui.i,i;is
No.
1
3
1
13
5
4
1
1
1
1
2
7
2
1
11
1
55
1892. ( 1893.
Grim
touuiiin-.
233
2,547
1,256
>.:n
8.320
983
69
73
11
313
133
10,813
1.194
340
15,978
400
51,374
NO.
2
11
6
3
1
1
7
'2
I
4
13
4
1
65
Cross
tonnage.
265
5,528
4,936
3,229
13,983
237
2,166
16,043
1.173
8,128
9,050
17,398
8,86S
3,528
94,532
No.
2
•1
in
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
4
1
3
1
1
1
39
1S94.
Gross
tonnage
.1.980
:i,190
13,749
800
2,930
4,666
60
35
17
2,«37
4,390
47
6,781
3,402
3,093
103
51,470
One of the two vessels built at Bath, Maine, in the fiscal vear
1894 was the steel sailing ship Dirigo, which measures 3 004.80
gross tons and 2,855.79 net tons, is 312 feet long, 4-5.1 feet in
breadth, and 25.6 feet in depth.