The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-03
INTERESTING HARRoK ITEMS.
Portland's Fleet of Mackerel Seiners
Getting Ready for Business.
Sailing of the Sandman, the Last
English Steamer from this Port.

1t is now about time for mackerel again.
Reports have been received from them
farther south, where it is said good sized
schools have been seen. Portland will send
mackerel fleet away to the haunts OF the
delicious fish on the first Of June IL is
hoped that the fish will be more plenty
this season than they were last The sem
ers here will do their best to supply the
Portland market. The schooner John Nj.
Plummer is being repaired, and will be fitted
out as a senior. Pettingill and York will
send the Matte 7. Dyer and the Elsie Smith
after the shy mackerel as soon as the law
will allow them. These vessels have aban-
doned trawl fishing, and are being painted
and otherwise put in readiness for the sea-
son Of seine fishing. Several other vessels
owned by this firm will probably 60 seining.
i A. NJ. Smiths schooner Clara Bell will be
one of the mackerel fleet, and so will the
Ellen Lincoln and the George Willard.
Some others will probably go with these al
ready mentioned
Yesterday was not big day for fresh fish
arrivals. The little boats that fish a few
miles off the Cape are getting in some good
work however. Yesterday altogether
they brought in some $1,000 or
10000 pounds of cod and haddock.
The schooner Julietta was the
only vessel of the fleet to bring in catch
and she didn't have enough to brag about.
It weighed out not far from 1000 pounds.
There are no English steamers here now,
and no more of the big iron steamships will
be seen here until the cold blasts of winter
close the st. Lawrence to navigation. The
The farewell guns Of the Sandman were
heard early yesterday afternoon. A large
number of spectators watched the big vessel
leave the harbor and babe her goodbye as
she steamed out of sight. The Sandman is
an Allan liner. She took away large cargo
consisting of 45,29S bushels of peas, 1l75
bags of oat meal, 463 cases of splints, S,6SS
pieces of deals, with number of cases of
liquors and general merchandise. From the
United States she has on board 1000 boxes
canned meats, so barrels of pork, $50 boxes
hams, 493 barrels Of apples and S7O6 bushels
Of western corn. Her entire cargo is valued
at $751; She also took several passengers
There are signs Of summer on Custom
House wharf. The island steamboat men
feel quite cheerful because they expect bet
ter season this year than they have had for
seVeIai years. Inc season is unusually ear
~. already many people are moving to the
islands, and this and that put together leads
them to the opinion that the coming summer
will be warmer than last summer was, and
there will be more people on the islands.
Next week the steamer Merryconeag of the
Harpswell line will be taken off, painted
and put In first class condition for the sum.
mer island business. While she is off the
Gordon win take her place. The Gordon is
in better condition today, says President
Daniels, than she ever was before since she
went on the Harpswell line. When the
Merryconeag goes ON the line again, after
being repaired, which will be about the 25th
OF this month. she will make two round
trips daily to Harpswell. Early In June the
Gordon will go on with the Merryconeag
Harpswel, making four round trips by the
two steamers. This will be accommodating
and will make the Harpswell line more pop
ular than ever.