The Republican journal., 1883-01-18
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE SrATF
BUSY BATH.

BUSY BATH.
AT Goss Il Sawyer's and GoSs, Sawyer 4
Paekards yards six vessels, aggregating some
six thousand tons. stand in row upon the
stocks in various stages of completion. The
pa>Ser by upon Bowery street. elevated is it is
above the yards and the river, can see eight
vessels building at the north end yards alone
At the Go>S. Sawyer d Packard. and Go>s Il
sawyer yards there are on the stocks Il two
thousand ton vessel almost framed out. the keel
beng Very nearly the same length aS the ship
Chas. +. Moody launched from the same place.
The keel is being stretched already for a small
schooner. A steam freighter is being built for
the southern trade next to the north: then a
schooner of eight hundred tons. \ full power
steam schooner, built for Capt Cheney. and of
about nine hundred to a thousand tons burden.
we should Judge is nearly plankcd up and
CLOSED in at the Packard yard. The latter
vessel has the improved method of securing
Il frame, being firmly strapped with bands
Of iron laid diagonaly across the frame.
Next north appears the frame Of 4 ship of
about eighteen hundred tons about half framed
out. Adams 4 Hitchcock will launch Schoon-
en- soon from their yard. The vessel is partially
rugged and will launch soon. while in the Rog-
er> yard large ship will be ready for launch
ng before the winter is half through. one can
see no abatement in work even if he searches
for it. Bath Times.
MAINE IIUMoRISTs.
The death of Matthew f. Whittier. author
of the Ethan spike letters. reminds Us of the
citizen. has rontrihnf4d . 11r,p shire Of tho., !
writer. who b.yn g;,on ), jistinatiTn 1,arnt,
to American humor. SVba Smith. whose Jack
Downing letters Were written when he was
editing newspaper, in this city, was one of
kec dialect TO the nnrnose> of humorn,,s VIII
ing. His JACK DOWNING Iatters wv Inn :,
nationaI renufation CbarIrs + Rrov.rn
naive of WaterfnrJ in thit St,te in III" ,.bar q
acter of Artema> Ward. attained high rcputa-
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