The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-02

LAUNCHED Tuesday afternoon the barQue
Celina was successfully launched from Sar-
gent yard at Deering and was towed around
to Central wharf, where she now lies. She is a
clipper model, 577 tons burden new measure
ment, single deck, and rates A. 1. Her keel
was laid April 1st, 1873, and is 155 long. She
is 80 feet beam. 14a feet deep Inside aid draws
IS feet loaded. Her poop deck runs to the
main hatch, and her forward houses are on
deck. Herehull is built of oak from Canada,
and her top of hard pine from Georgia. She
has State room accommodations for ten pas
sengers and has two cabins which are flushed
with birch, buternut and walnut. Her cabins
contain all the modern Improvements in the
shape of bath room, water closets, &c. Her
figure head was made by Griffin of this city
and is a spleddid model of Spanish girl,
which in itself is we'll worth seeing. Capt. w
H. Lewis, late of the Sarlniento, will command
her. She cost $40 600, aud is intended for the
Russell Lewis & Co., line of South American
packets. She is to be rugged 10y Alvin Neal
and her sails are being made by Adams q
York. Stanwood does the iron work. The line
of packets upon which this barque is to be
placed has been established about ten years
and has already grown to be one of the most
important commercial enterprises ever estab-
lished in this city.
The following brief sketch of the business of,
this lie will convey some idea of its magni-
tude. The vessels owned by the company are
all barques The Pearson. $50 tons; Archer
4S2; Ia ay, 5S4; Ella, 654; Samuel B. Hale
557; Woodside, 600; Sarmiento, 6O6 and the &C.
le1a just launched, 577. The aggregate cost of
these vessels amounts to $35O,O0O, and one hun
dred men are employed on them as officers and
crew. TIE eight vessels will, combined, carry
each trip out $780, 900 feet of lumber, and bring
back $4,000 hides. The lumber is valued at
SOS, 900 aud the hides at $2,o00,00n, making the
value of their cargoes for the round trip $2,-
06S,000. The lumber is all taken from Port
land and the hides are brought to Boston and
New York. The amount of freight money they
earn on round trip is placed at $1lS,0OO. As
the vessels average u trips per year it will be
seen that they earn $177 eco yearly in freight
money, carry out 100000 feet of lumber and
bring back 4S7 500 hides. amounting in vaua
lion to So, 100000. The hide business is in
creasing yearly. The company insure their
own vessels and have never lost hut two. All
the vessels are painted white and the line is
popularity called the "Lewis White Line"
MACHIGoNNE SUPpER-The members of
this steam fire engine company celebrated last
evening. the fourteenth anniversary of their or
gaDizdtoD, by an oyster and fruit supper at
Lancaster Hall Plates were laid for forty six
members and invited guests Among the latter
were Judge Kingsbury, Alderman Clements
and Chief Engineer Cummings. After the in
ner man had been satisfied. Mr.. Rand, foreman
of the Macbigonne company, called the com
pany to order and made the following state
ment concerning the company: There have
been 81 names on the roll call The first three
years we averaged 20 men. The number was
then reduced to fifteen men, the present num-
ber Only two of the original members are at
present connected with the company, E. W. Por-
ter and Samuel Thurston. There have been four
foremen-J. L. Shaw. s. II. Bell, s. T. Leavitt.
and r. S. Rand. There have been five clerks
j. w. c. knight has been member thirteen
years, j. Bickford twelve years, r. S. Rand
twelve years and J. Ilsley thirteen years. Three
steamers have been used by the company since
its oreanization-all from the Amoskeag
Works, Manchester N. H.
Remarks embudying "reminiscences of the
engine companies of the city were made by AL
derman Clements, Judge Kngsbury, S. Thurs
ton, f. Merrill, H. Leighton and others.
The company separated before midnight with
cheers all around.
Before leaving the engine house, from
whence the company marched to Lancaster
Hall. in order to test the rapidity with which
the horses could be harnessed to the machine
the signal alarm within The building was struck
and IN just forty five seconds by the watch, the
driver was in his seat, reins in hand, ready to
leave the building BY an ingenious arrange
ment at the Tap of the gong the stable door
slides back, the horses are loosed from the
stalls and place themselves in position at thu
pole. They have been thoroughly trained by f.
P. Glidden, their driver, to do this.