The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-04-02
The Ship-bullding Industry.
NOTES OF A BOSTON HERALD CORRESPONDEN
IN THIS VICINITY.

NOTES OF A BOSTON HERALD CORRESPONDENT
IN THIS VICINITY.
Camden, one of the busiest places in Maine.
has profitable business in ice, limestone and
fish packing, anchor and block making, and
some ship building. Bean & Gichrist have
the only yard now in active operation, the firm
of Coombs & Day having built nothing since
the schooner Sarah Rawsou in 1858. Bean &
Gilchrst in March, 1884, launched the three
masted keel schooner Rachel and Maud, 414.S1
net, for Capt. Ellis Bickmore of st. George,
Me-. and parties in Providence and Camden,
John S. Emery & Co., Boston, managing own
ers. She rated II years. Her dimensions, ETC.,
were: Length, 1902; beam, 35.2; hold, 1876;
capacity, 900 tons on 10 feet; hull and spars,
$24 900; ready for sea, $33 900. In September
was launched the three-ma,ter Sarah E. Ward
of Boston. for Capt. A. Il. WiXon of West
Dennis. Mass, and John NJ. Ward ct AL of
Boston, a centre board vessel, white oak and
hard pine built; built for the coal trade her
capacity being 1850 tons on 10 feet. She reg
isered 54S tons, and cost ready for sea. S32 900.
Capt. +. HI. Bramhall, at Camden, has had
good success in building small excursion steam
ers. His last was the Bon Ton, of about five
tons.
Northport, little villag. some miles above
Camden, has shipl ard in the woods, or
practically the same thing. T. j. Drinkwater
is house Joiner and farmer living half a mile
from the water. At odd times during the last
year in his dooryard he has built acht of u
tons worth $1,000, and. with oxen, strong cart
and help of neighbor>, her launching was easy.
Belfast one of the oldest ship building places
in Maine, yet has very considerable share of
the business, mainly i'll cua>tnS vessels, with
an occasional square-rigged craft. White 4
Connor and Henry McGvery We're builders OF
larp
launched from Belfast yard the
fortunate =. Il. HaZeltine wrecked In 1878
in the straits of Magellan. g. Y. Cotlrrh,
who has the McGlIvery yard, has built
nothing since the fall of 1883, when he
launched the three-masted schooner, The Clara
E. Coicord, 4S9, and the Jessie Lena. of 32J
tons. They had "hard wood bottoms aud
hackmatack tops, with hard pine p!ankng and
ceiling-a system of building which prevails
largely On the Penobscot and to the eastward
for vessels other than of very considerable
tonnage. 'Hard wood is generally under
stood to indicate maple, beech and other
native woods. Z. z. Carter & Co. build in the
old Carter Yard, which, since its establishment
in 1901, has had upon It's ways many Of the
finest ships ever launched in Belfast. In 1854
the firm built nothing, and i'll 1883 launched
only two vessels, the thrte-ma>teu schuoner>
Palatk ka 40S. and Meyer Il Muller, 400 tons.
McDouau Il Brown did nothing in 1884, ana
their last vessel Tin 1889 was the three-masted
Perry & Co. of Boston managing owners,
value 81 900. &. W. CottreiI is the only Bel
fast bulider who built any thing i'll 1884. Late
in 1888 he built fine barhtntlne, the Clad
ridng>, 6264 tons, sold to Baltimore parties III
May 1854 for ABOUT S3200O, and followed her
upon the stocks with The three masted centre
board schooner \ ale, launched III October last
for Armstrong Bros. of New Haven, for The
coal trade. She was the largest schooner ever
built in Belfast; length, 1872; beam, 50 |;
depth, Il; net tonnage, iU9; capacity on l.
feet, HOO tons; value, hull and spirs, S29,UOO;
ready for sea, $4,000; frame of oak aud hack
malark; pIanhlng and ceiing hard pine; rat
ing. IA years. For some time the oniy MARINE
shipNard. The Merchants Marine RAILWAY
Company, William b. Swan, presidents, ha>
recently completed. at the Carter yard. a new
way for vessels OF $40 tons.
Sear,portS yards are nearly abandoned.
William McGllyery and Mr.. Ptndielun Weft
large build, Is iii former days. In 1855 not
Keel was laid in the place. ami last Year only
one. the three master Sdllr lun. in the McCtli-
very yard, now uwnoa 10y \. J. Nicker>on.
with q. L, Merrill. master builder. She was
latuched Dee 3. Her length Wa 1879; beam,
80 9; hold, II s. ,ouuaIc. 522 S. ur; iraln'
White OAK ana hachM1tdck; capacity. 500 tons
of coal on Is feet or 100000 feet of hard plnr
she is owned hp Capt. William West. MIR. Nlck
trson the builder and others in Srarsp port auu
Buck>viIlr. ) &C., and is for he hard pine tradc
value, $4,000.
Lncunvuir Wnterport and iampden have
had no ship building for very many Yeas, and
the vest bank Ot the Pcuub,CUt TlN Gr l. harc of
>hipyard >cAt1riding norihWaru to Bingur, al
the head of navigation. so miles from the sea.