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36, THE Marine REVIEW SHIP BUILDING OUTPUT OF THREE YARDS. To the majority of Europeans the great lakes of North America are only little blue patches on the map of the world. It would therefore be very surprising to them, should the intelligence ever reach them, that a single ship building com- pany on the great lakes last year put more vessels into the water than any of the famous ship yards of Europe. The American Ship Building Co. of Cleveland, last year launched twenty steamers of 117,482 gross tons register, against twenty steamers of 86,632 tons gross register by Wm. Doxford & Sons, Sunderland, Eng., and nine steamers of conservative that an abundant reserve is at all times kept available for working capital. It has on its books at present orders for twenty-nine new steamers for delivery during the present year. Since nothing is more illuminating than fig- ures, there is appended herewith the actual record of work done by the three leading ship yards in the world in point of tonnage during 1905. SHIPS LAUNCHED BY AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING CO. Gr 'ss ton- Name of steamer Descr ption. nrge reg. Francis LL Robbins... 5. Se, Bulk freighter ame MR. JAMES C. WALLACE. The World's Greatest Ship Builder in Point of Tonnage in 1905. 85,287 tons gross register by the great yard of Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Ireland. Mr. James C. Wallace, of Cleveland, is therefore justly entitled to be credited with being the world's greatest ship builder in point of tonnage during 1905. Mr. Wallace, who is not yet forty years old, has in a very few years reached the presidency of one of the most solid industrial enterprises in the United States and the most productive combination of ship building yards in the world. Roughly speaking the company is capitalized at $15,000,000, half preferred and half common, and its management is so dames' C, Wallace i270, oe 6,684 Piihip Winch 9. Bulk freighter 5,865 SViVallia 7. ee ake . . 6,272 Aiasa Stone = 00 2, e : 6,282 le Gana se ee e re 6,356 BibertH. Gary 5 ores ee s = 6,331 Stephety M. Clement ..,........ : 5,821 Secs 0 ee , s 6,272 Ieoaa-C Sotho 2 en 6,200 Mem te Corey, 452... eae... - : 6,363 Me A Sine... Geek. 4 . 5,798 WVer Ae Rowers. 6 ee, : : 6,524 Powell Stackhouse... 2.....2.: . s 6,171 bienvy: C. Prick 3... 3... eo. e . 6,490