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article. It is only fair to state that whatever good results have been accomplished 

 through the Shipyard Plants Division have been due to the unusually loyal and effi- 

 cient service rendered by the engineers and all other employes engaged on the work. 



DISCUSSION. 



The President : — Gentlemen, you have all heard Captain Bakenhiis' paper. I am 

 sure that we appreciate his effective presentation of this most admirable paper. It is neces- 

 sarily a record of facts, hut they are very illuminating facts, and in future time we will 

 all refer to them with very great interest. Is there any comment? 



Mr. Stevenson Taylor, Past President: — I have no special comment tO' make upon 

 the paper other than that it seems to be a most admirable one to be presented at this 

 time, and as you have just said, Mr. President, it is mostly a record of facts, but facts that 

 have been put together in such a clear and concise manner that we are all ready to thank the 

 author for the excellent presentation. It will also be interesting to have this same question 

 followed up in another year, because probably during the coming year there will be ma- 

 terial changes in the number of yards and number of ways and the questions of salvage 

 which will certainly be most interesting in that time. 



When it becomes in order, I should like to make a motion that the thanks of the 

 Society be given to Captain Bakenhus for his most excellent paper. 



The President :- — The motion is in order now. 



Mr. Taylor : — Then I make that motion. 



The President : — rGentlemen, you have heard the motion that Captain, Bakenhus be 

 given a vote of thanks for his excellent presentation of an important matter in connection 

 with the establishment of shipyards. 



The motion was put to vote and unanimously carried. 



The President: — The next paper on our program is entitled "Steel Ship Construc- 

 tion from a Management Viewpoint," by Mr. Creighton Churchill, Member. The paper will 

 be presented by the author. 



Mr. Churchill, previous to reading the paper, said: — "This paper is the result of a 

 rather unusual opportunity which presented itself owing to war conditions through the Emer- 

 gency Fleet Corporation; that is, we had the opportunity of mal<ing a very careful analysis 

 of the shipbuilding industry of the country, and from that analysis we developed certain very 

 interesting points, and among others is the subject of this paper. It is not very long, so I 

 think the best thing to do is to read it in full." 



