Canadian transportation & distribution management . the boilers and en-gines having been installed and all con-nections made, and the cabin and otherinterior work being well towards com-pletion. J. Coughlan & Sons, Vancouver, Minister of Marine gave the follow-ing information in the House of Com-mons, March 4, in answer to questionsby W. Duff, for Lunenburg, two steel steamships are being builtat Vancouver for the Government, by <& Sons. Their deadweight ton-nage will be about 8,390 tons each. Thecontract price is $ per ton,and it will cost about $
Canadian transportation & distribution management . the boilers and en-gines having been installed and all con-nections made, and the cabin and otherinterior work being well towards com-pletion. J. Coughlan & Sons, Vancouver, Minister of Marine gave the follow-ing information in the House of Com-mons, March 4, in answer to questionsby W. Duff, for Lunenburg, two steel steamships are being builtat Vancouver for the Government, by <& Sons. Their deadweight ton-nage will be about 8,390 tons each. Thecontract price is $ per ton,and it will cost about $65,000 each inaddition to fit them ready for sea. Thecontracts were entered into April 7,1920. J. Coughlan & Sons Ltd., which isbuilding two steel cargo steamships, forCanadian Government Merchant Marine,viz., Canadian Transporter and CanadianFreighter, Marine Department contracts62 and 63, builders yard nos. 20 and 21,each approximately 8,390 tons, thekeels of which were laid on Jan. 6, ad-vised us recently that it could not then. Steel Cargo and Passenger Steamship, Canadian Forester, approximately 5,100 tons, built forCanadian Government Merchant Marine by Tidewater Shipbuilders Ltd. sale of 35 ships of the Canadian Gov-ernment Merchant Marine ? What werethe terms of said arrangement or nego-tiations? What has been the result ofsaid negotiations? The Minister of Rail-ways replied: I have not the answer withme, but I may reply at once No. toeach one of the questions. Work on Steamships at Montreal.—W. Duff, for Lunenburg, asked inthe House of Commons recently:—Whatare the names of Canadian GovernmentMerchant Marine ships which entered atthe port of Montreal since May 1918?On which of them was work performedby Hall Engineering Co., of Montreal?What is the total amount paid the HallEngineering Co. for work on the ships?Was the work performed after tenderswere asked for and contracts granted,orwas the company allowed to charge itsown rates ? What other enginee
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