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AeriaL Vfow of the. Newport News Shipyard Today
in setting out particular- of others
.then and later associated with the
rtrecutive management of the Coni
p.iy. But the advancement of Mr.
FeVuson to t,ic lrpitcncy in July.
1915, marked the beginning of long
and conspicuous service not only
of historical importance to the
I chinvi-Tfl hut noteworthy in Ameri
can ind xrtry. As president and gen
eral meager he guided the af
fairs of ihe . Company through
World War I and the difficult years
t!-at followed, including gener; 1 re
vision and enlargement of the
charter in 1922 and the attain
ment of front rank among manu
facturers of hydro-electric equip
ment, any phase of which will af
ford material for inspiring chap-
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leen, but
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at any rale the folks
piven Mr. Ferguson a
This aerial view of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, taken September 7th of this year, shows the progress and
expansion of the plant under the guiding hand and direction of Homer L. Ferguson. From its shipways have been launched the largest
vessels in the world, many of which have made naval history in three wars. In the lower right section of this picture can be seen the Aircraft
Carrier, Coral Sea. sister ship to the famed Midway, and the SS America, the United States' largest passenger ship. Both were built in New
port News and are seen here while undergoing final fitting in the yard's southside repair basin.
Shipyard Growth
i Continued from Page Six)
sels of several types as listed else
where in this isue added to the
Shipyard's design and construction
experience and this work, with im
provement in volume of ship re
pair work, was of considerable sus
taining benefit to the town. Of eli-
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
CrcomuLsion relieves promptly be
jause it goes rijht to the seat of the
trouble to help l .o ;n and expel
germ laden phlo-i.;. end aid nature
to soothe and keul r:.v. tender, in
flamed bror.ihi.U tmcous mem
branes. Tel! y .ur dn-.'-wt to soil you
a bottle of Creoiui ':;:or with the un
derstanclir.;: you r..u. : l:'.:c tha way it
quickly allays the coa.n cr you are
to hav8 your monev back.
CREOMULSION
for Con?hs. Ctrtt'-ctJs, Bronchitis
mactic effect, however, on both the
; Shipyard and the town was- the
! award in January. 1896. of con
j tracts for building two battleships
of a then incomparably modern de
sign iKearsarge and Kentucky". As;
' in the case of the gunboats, low
; bids for both vessels prevailed
against protests in Washington
! against awarding the enire pro-!
! gram to one builder. '
; The effect on the town was im- ;
I mediate. A bill for incorporation as ;
a city was introduced in the Gen-
1 eral Assembly then in session. This ;
bill was passed January 16. with
W. A. Post as mayor by charter ap
pointment. At the ensuing election
he was continued in office for the .
I authorized term of two years.
! The effect at the Shipyard was j
i in two closely related parts. First
was the necessity for considerable
enlargement of shop and material
1 handling facilities including a
crane for heavy handling at the
outfitting piers In preparation for
these improvements the charter
was amended by legislative enact
ment in the January session for in-
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The second was increased anxiety
arising from heavy losses on past
operations and, as work on the bat
tleships advanced, the prospect of
repetition of that experience.
Improved Operations
To a reviewer, the conclusion
seems inescapable that Mr. Hunt
ington's insistence on superior
work, whatever the price to be
received for it, was regarded by
many in the operating organization
as indulgent leniency toward the
Yard with respect to cost rather
than as an expression of a practical
business maxim for a going con
cern. A clearer expression of his
views may be found in his writing
that( "Of all things, I think ships
that sail the seas should have hon
est work and only that in all
particulars." With respect to los
ses he wrote: "I have always had
I great faith in the Yard's becoming
a great success. . . . The losses are
j so great that I think few men
would have continued the work
I ... To be fully satisfactory to the
j owners, the work will have to be
done at a profit instead of at a loss
as heretofore . . . would like
enough money to pay a reasonable
: interest on the plant." With the
loss conditions remedied, and if
the plant were not sold, Mr. Hunt
ington said he proposed to spend
considerably more money, at the
Yard.
It was under these conditions.
I nnd with the cost of the two bat
I t ie; hips already considerably be
. yond what later would have been
called the budget, that W. A. Post
was placed in local charge as super
intendent of the Shipyard on April
1. 1898.
Mr. Post, to whom previous ref
erences have been made as civil
engineer in charge of plant con
strucion work, had become widely
and favorably known throughout
the community and particularly
with the more conservative mem
bers of the Shipyard organization.
This, and his well known adminis
trative ability as president of the
First National Bank and as mayor
of Newport News, together with
consultations with Mr. Hunting
ton on estimates for a proposed
new dry dock designed by him,
had marked him in Mr. Hunting
ton's estimation as the man need
ed for a crucial duty.
Further evidence of confidence
in Mr. Post was soon lo be shown.
Proposals for building a second
dry dock with a pumping plant con
solidated with that of the first
dock, and to cost about a million
dollars, had been under consider
ation for more than a year, but Mr,
Huntington had been unwilling to
begin the work under the former
regime. The new dock was author
ized in July for work to begin at
once. Similarly, authorization for
several new vessels deferred for
the same reason, was soon to fol
low. A year later, and ten years from
the opening of the first dry dock
in 1889, a comment from Newport
News that "after so many years of
failure . . . that the Yard is now
on a paying basis admits of no
doubt" was unchallenged in New
York. "Mr. Post's responsibilities
are large," said Mr. Orcutt; "he is
an arduous worker, and the effects
of good management are in evi
dence." "Mr. Post is certainly doing
well," replied the owner.
Memories of those whose experi
ences cover this period show this
transformation in the company's
affairs to have been accomplished
in a frictionless manner and with
out disturbing effect on the daily
operations of the plant.
Characteristic of Mr. Post's
management was delegation of res
ponsibility to those already in the
organization and found competent
as may be noted by reference to
this period in the several papers
on the development of department
al organizations printed elsewhere
in this issue of the Bulletin. Equal
ly characteristic was his selection
of A. L. Hopkins as technical and
administrative assistant upon his
release from Spanish War naval
duty in the summer of 1898. Form
erly Mr. Hopkins had been em
ployed with technical duties in the
office of the Superintending Naval
Constructor at the Shipyard
whence he had transferred to An
napolis for instructional duty in
naval architecture prior to enter
ing war setvice.
This general staff of manage
ment at Newport News, with the
department organizations indicated,
withstood the shock of Mr. Hunt
ington's death in August, 1900, and
settlement of accounts with his es
tate for millions advanced to the
Company by him for operating los
ses. Rumors long current of pro
posed sale of the plant ceased. With
the addition of H. L. Ferguson as
superintendent early in 1905, this
organization continued until 1911
when Mr. Post was advanced to the
presidency. In 1912 Mr. Hopkins
became chief executive in New
York with Mr. Ferguson as general
manager in charge of the plant.
Later reviewers will find interest
icrs by the future historian.
As president, Mr. Ferguson con
tinued through the sale of the
Company by the heirs of the found
er in May, 1940. and thereafter un
der new ownership as chairman oi
the board of directors and president
through World War II toward the
successful conclusion of which the
Company attained an unmatched
record of achievement.
j reputation for loyalty to his Hay
, wood county, that , we feel sure
I must have strong foundation. We
have heard of only one exception
when the fact the man was frora
Haywood failed that was in th
case of a well known colored man
here, who applied for work. The
report got about that he was a Jj.p
it was during the war and not
until he hunted one of the Hay
wood folks to identify him, did he
set. the employement division right
as to his nationality, then he got
i he job like the rest.
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No success story about Mr. Fer
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tiibute to his wife "Miss Elise
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