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According to this recapitulation the total authorizations made to that date were $3, 671, 000, 000. The corporation, in its plans of expansion of building facilities, its requisitioning of ships and its work of housing and transport- ing its working forces to and from the yards, had committed itself to the extent of $3, 446, 679, 414, of w^hich $2, 681, 963, 071 w^as for contract ships. How large a part of this total com- mitment was in process of production is revealed by the figure of actual ...expenditures of $1, 041, 806, 923. In other words, the outstanding obligations, compared with the completed work turned over to the corporation, were twice or more in value of the undelivered work contracted for within less than a month of the signing of the armistice. The purposes for which these items were authorized and obligated and expenditures actually made are summarized in the accompanying table from the second annual report of the Shipping Board :2 Purposes Authorizations Commitments Expenditures Requisitioned ships $515, 000, 000 $479, 487, 827 $309, 783, 686 Contract ships 2, 804, 000, 000 2, 681, 963, 071 614, 132, 638 Plant and property 177, 000, 000 148, 495, 000 100, 258, 840 Housing 75, 000, 000 68, 006, 475 16, 353, 274 Transportation 20, 000, 000 10, 700, 791 Dry docks and marine railways 25, 000, 000 7, 202, 500 1, 278, 483 Foreign shipyards 55, 000, 000 50, 823, 750 Total $3, 671, 000, 000 $2, 625, 451, 000 $1, 041, 806, 923 1 Second Annual Report, U.
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