The Republican journal., 1881-01-06
SHIPPING ITEMS Schooner Tells E.. of Dee

Island, lost portion of forefoot and keel on rock
at entrance Of Portsmouth, n. H., harbor in the gale
of Dec. 9th Schooner Nathaniel Webster sail
ed from Gloucester Mass, in November on hall
but trip and has not been heard from since 1t is
believed she has been lost with all on board.
Among her crew were two Maine men-Silas Nc
Lellan, of PASSPORT, and John J. Wilson The
steamer Lewiston, Capt. Deering, is accommodate
ing the shore towns from Cutler to Rockand this
winter by her regular weekly trip She is doing
fair freigbtiDg business and people who travel on
| the steamer find good accommodations The boat
is we'll equipped, we'll otlicered is strong, of large
capacity, in complete order and one of the safest
boats on the waters = Steamer Felicia arrived at
New York from South America, reports Dec 2Sth,
in lat 81 deg. 20 sec. long - deg 81 sec passed
the wreck of schooner John l. Tracey of St
George, Ne with both masts gone close to the
deck, the boats falls at the stern hanging loosely
from the davits and the matches open A con
tract for a new steamer for the Old Colony Steam
boat Company has been awarded to John Roach
Il Son Of New York. and work on the new boat,
which will cost nearly million dollars, and which
will be larger than either the Bristol or Providence,
will be commenced at once at Chester, Penn 80
Quite a number OF Bath ships are loading at New
York with railroad iron, for Portland, Oregon;
most of them get 50 ION freight. :. The report
Of the committee on loss of British training ship
Atalanta, with more than 300 young seanen, is
published The committee consider she was
very stable ship, except large angles in her keel
and that alterations in her rig only tended to in
crease her safety The committee speak tavorably
of her officers and and point out the fact that
at the time Of her loss exceptional storms proved
fatal to q number of merchant vessels Ship
Marcia Greeneaf. which sailed from Bath Dec 10,
for New Y ork. has not arrived vet, although the
owners are confident she will turn up all right be
ieviug the prevailing storms have blown her off.
She is owned in Bath by John Hayden, Chas Me
lellan and others The following charters of
Rockland vessels are reported: Schooners Hunter.
DIX Island to Philadelphia granite s.. 50 per ton;
Annie lee Yinahaycn TO Philadelphia, granite,
S32J lump sum; Addie E. Snow, Wilmington, n.
C., 10 SANTANA Bay, hard pine, $50 per thousand
bark Hannah Mc4oon, Nayassa to Baltimore,
guano, s. - per ton.-.. Vessels and steamers
which arrived at New York Friday, report Thurs
day night one OF the severest at they ever ex-
perieucad.- Rivers and bay at New \ ork city
fun Of floating ice. Navigation by sailing vessels
is impossible and steamers and ferry boats are
rously impeied The principal IRON buoys IN
the lower bay Of New York have been carried
from their moofiDgs by ice, but will be replaced
as rapidly as the weather permits The spar buoys
remain intact
irE \pIES Tho irp1nen of Name had GOOD luck
the past season, and sold fully 100000 tons Of
their product bringing into the State about 81 500
600, perhaps more. They again making prep
| arations for housing an enormous quantity Of ice.
The prospect is that goo tons will be cut and
stored tht present winter. The work has already
begun both on the Kennebec and the Penobscot
Oil ten inches Of fine ice. 1t costs to cut ice on
these two rivers from II to - cents a ton 30
cents 10 load it vessels, and about 81 80 to
freight it market Maine is particularly adapt
ed for carrying Oh the ice business on large scale
Here IS an untAlling supply OF ice and an abundance
of he large vessels required for sending it TO mar
ket The ice now goes all over the world. Car
goes have been sent over to the East Indies
| The competition Of Norway is not feared for the
future No ship afford to 90 to Norway for
ice unless it is confident of selling out at 50 s.
in the United States The prospect now is that
exceptional prices will not be reached at any time
the coming season. fit be true that there is ton
inches Of ice in Virginia, the price will not go
above 8 OF Stat the most freight included Mr.
| J. F Hayden, of Bath, has begun cutting ice
the mill pond for city consumption 2oOO tons
will be harvested for this purpose, all from the
above pond -.- The Journal says that ice cutting
at Augusta is tayorably progressing The Bodwell
Granite Company preparing to do big bust
| ness in zee this season Their arrangements for
taking from the pond and storing by steam ma
chinery are about completed, the machinery about
all in its proper place and everything about ready
to commence business. - Several vessels have
| arrived at points near Boothbay harbor to load
! with lee .Schr SatiIla has been load i. with ice
| cut at Percy Pond. Parkers Head The Gardiner
| Reporter says-Had ice been run into some houses
along the kenne bee last week we assured by an
experienced gentleman i'll the business, the houses
could have been filled for 10 cents per ton. 1 was
hardly thick enough. however to commence so
soon $500 The ica in the Penobscot is now twelve
to sixteen inches thick Messrs. Swazey d Co.,
OF Bucksport have scraped the ice in Silver Lake
| preparatory 10 cutting for home use