The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1881-01-13

SHIFTING ITEMS The ship Marcia Greenleat
| which sailed from BAH for Neg ork Dee l6th.
and which was supposed to have been lost arrived
at her port of destination Jan. 81 The ship ex ser
enced rough and boisterous passage, but met
with accident and crew all wel.-..A large
vessel, which will probably be rugged into a brig
is building in Swazey's yard, Bucksport, The
| directors of the international Steamship Co aud
| the Portland Company have signed contract for
the construction Of the machinery for the new
| steam.r for he former company --- The record OF
marine disasters during 1880 especially of steam
| ships is startling. No less than Ia steamships
of total tonnage of l. ,362 tons. were lost 4 very
small percentage OF them has been raised again
repaired and put back into ocean service, and the
great majority was total loss. OF the whole mum
Der l07 were British with a total tonnage of ll6
| 9J4 tons; 10 French BIS tons 9 American H.
1876 tons German, II l3S tons Spanish 3O2I
| tons > Danish, 1863 tons > Norwegian. I0l
tons > RUSSIAN 200 tons Italian 900 tons
| l Swedish. t,0aa tons: / tireck, 3!9 tons
| Austrian, | 0n0 tons Seven Of them were built
OF wood aud / 40 of iron: 81 were stranded -
| sunk By collision: 3 foundered al sea r. are
| missing, with clue to the manner OF their des
| traction: we're burned 3 sunk by icebergs 3
abandoned At sea and one was capsized . At
| recent meeting of sub committee of the Senate
| Committee OF Commerce. Henry Winsor of the
| Philadelphia Board OF Trade Chairman Of the Bos
| ton Committee. presented the resoutionsand su
tanned them by pertinent arguments, He said that
! the building of ships and the sailing Of ships are
linked together, and We cannot be maritime
| people unless we are shpbuilding people An at
| tempt to build up our marine by buying foreign
| ships would be like an attempt OF man to found
family by buying other peoples children ,-- Bark
Robert Godfrey, 100 tons built in Rockland 1868
| and owned in New Brunswick, has been wrecked
in the Mediterranean. The smaller of the Two
steamers III process OF construction at Cakes yard
| Bangor for the Bangor and Bar Harbor Line is all
ready to receive her machinery, which is being
| built at Waltnam, Mass. The machinery for the
larger boat is building at Schenectady \ Y 1t is
thought that both steamers will be ready to launch
a. the opening OF navigation. The steamers
| Ralph Ross, Howell, Waiter Ross and Delta are
laid up at Bucksport. and the largest boat of Ross
| & HOwelis line. the &. B. Sanford is engaged III
towing in the vicinity Of New York There is talk
| OF turning the barge CnHOTu INTO a steamer
There are over two hundred coasters hauled up at
| East Boston this winter, most of them being East
ern vessels. The Thomaston ship J. B. Walker
recently made the passage from Liverpool to San
| Francisco in III days San Francisco papers say
that she beat the mail steamers from Valparaiso
which portion Of the passage she made in 3i days
| 1.-The San Francisco Merchant says congress
should put the free ship bill under the table and
pass law relieving all deep sea. going vessels from
municipal, county, national taxation "A Bos
ton shipping firm contemplates building two first
class iron ships. They will be built in the United
| States if possible 1900 Nantucket south shoal light
vessel, blown off her moorng on the 9th of De
cember, has been spoken in Vineyard Sound She
| had been east as far as Georges Bay IA large
| steamer has gone Goodwin Sands and sunk
with all on board --.W IN. Adams & Sons, of East
Boothbay are getting up frame for a new steamer
| from the same mOulds as the built last season
| They also repairing two schooners and have
| prospect of more work n umerous shipwrecks
are reported. All agree that the past two months
have been exceptionally severe on the ocean,.
Terrible weather at sea again last week. especially
on the Southern coast There were 900 disas
tiers the great lakes last year. involving the loss
of more lives than for several years past "A New
York despatch of the 10th says: Long Island
Sound is filled with heavy floating ice greatly in
terterlng with navigation The Sound steamers
this morning experienced much difficulty in get
ting through, being compelled to sail slowly.
Sailing vessels had to be lowed Some that at
tempted to make the trip without tugs are fast in
| the ice at different points.