The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-08-15
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER THE STAT
THE sHIpBrLDING BOOM.

Soilt lHNeStlSdliOHS III lIlS llIettOn
OF late, and the results are exceedingly promiS-
| ing, so much so that the commissioner is able
| to report follows: The industry may be
said to have received new life. Most of the
yards are hurrying their work in order to keep
| up with their orders. Good help is not over
| plenty and tirst-claSS carpenters command good
| wages and Job in most any yard in the state.
| Owing to the depression in the business for
some time, no men have learned the trade. 4
| great many Others have given up the business
| for farming, etc, and are now returning to the
yards. The special agent of the department,
to show the make up of some of the crews,
| cites the fact that he visited one of the yards,
| and hnding no one at work, thought there must
| be strike but was informed that there was
| ten days shutdown for having. OF the 30 or
| 40 men in the crew not one depended on the
| yard for a living, all belonging in the town or
! surrounding country. In some localities where
! the supply of men is not sufficient the provinces
| have been called on and it is rot strange hing
| to find more than half the carpenters in crew
| French Canadians or natives of the lower PROV
ince>: in fact. it is said and without doubt. that
| more than half the carpenters in Bath are ma
| tiYes Of Canada 1t is not surprising that our
| young men do not take to the ~hipyald>. a.
the conditions under which they work. losing
| AL bad weather. reduces their earnings very
| mach; then the work is very hard.
/ The class of work being done in our Ship
| yards differs very much from that done in the
/ days of our prosperity. Then it was ships and
/
| seemed mere playthings Now it is ~chooner>
| almost entirely, most of them from 1000 to H.
| 900 tons. schooners that could almost take the
| big ships of the past on deck. This is the class
| Of shipping Maine is putting atlOat now and it
is confidently hoped that it is the harhinger of
Il new era in the >hipbuilding industry. At
| Bath there are sixteen schoOner> under con-
/ struction, one large side-Whccl steamer. one
| Ship to be one of the largest atloat. aul one
| great barge. 1t i something like 1Go feet long,
60 feet wide and will be 1000 tons burden. Her
| sides are made of II inch sealing, II inch tim
| ber> and inch paEkng, making a feet.
| inches thick wall 1t is estimated that it will
take a ton of oakum to calk her. Outside Of
Bath il iSestmated there are Ii more scho0ncr>
being built so that the prospects Tor this season
is ilattering.
There is no special reason TO be given for he
shipbuildng boom. Most of the builders at
tribute it to scarcity of vessels, Il, few have
hceu built latey and great many lost. Other>
say it Indicates a revival of business ana r0u-
sequcnt demand for vessels for the CARRYING
| trade while others attribute it to the new le-
parture-that of a want Of larger vessels, the
capacity of which is such that they will cafu a
great dead more. while Increasing very little il
cost ot running, and al tile same time tngy can
freight 10 amy port of the world. Tho latter
theoryis is probably the nearest correct, q great
many OF the smaller vessels have heen suppressed
ed of late by steamers, baTges. etc.. engaged in
the eoa>twise trade, thus creating demand for
this class OF vessels.
A FEW FISH STORIES.
Ben Bunker has been on fishing trip to
Carrying Place Ponds and in last weeks Ken
Iabc. pemorrat he prints some IL the G.h
>torie, told before the evening fire. Ur ,av~.
f;; Sf; nahe[ o"i> trout Pohu' near hi> i'tIlh
thnm 7narirr Of Al, 'r a,d !. faI ~, S,,rir,,,
Al one time it contained AN abundance Of trout
fed the year round, and 50 accustomed TO their
rat;onS, thai they followed their owner ahot
theii. i;n, was h,r,d ,nJ MIX the nill IN i,,,r
thrnun ma tba ,,nnJ in thn sba,,, nf r,ri
%anrLtv how. have .4u.tht Them aII ont r,nt
paler IN nf,,,nnd tho .nn1,ony tbat il, Tho IN
t '"11 a n .,Ii 'a,, ,t 'o IN ,n oia h ~ 'i,e ''
maot ovar tho hole AMI as thn IN innna1 M,
thrn,,,h M hoIe X snatrh tho hait h. Ii,.lniI
tham 0,lt an The irp I'M. sayjno hait NH I'M.
tma On the hook. When a,kel If INV o+ f,is
fayoritps roujd nlay tbe ni,no t.nt' K,nrr
s9iJ ne had no Ini,ht nf i R,,,. Ham -hr
I4n,lIord Of thn cqnn tlan relat~J his rXrari
a,,ra On - ionI in NE v,i,+er whnr1 h.. i.:t.l
his hook Win mo,opitos, md II. the ,rnlly
i.h iunnpd oIt iu~t tLe same as Iant Rak.,'.
iiI H. ! il.t ~ ~ -, ~ i ,ii,,tn n IN;
h,.on ~ .,ttin ami cr.'rl, mi h. Mi tn tr..,j
UNIV into the hnIe tn iii il IN anJ i,r.v, v,nti i
di.a.ter Nainr rhannimt rrI,,taI th.t at n,,n
Time he wa~ dsbir@ for ni.Eerel and Ltyin,
rauoht 4 GOOD sneGimcn he bean 10 null hin
n1,t f M ,,,,,,.r l{;han tL.' ,,iLosI lft ~,
v.tor tbnro WY. l,rli, ,,n, .i,n,|lt a.; to fh,
t;,.t o,,a- MI anJ -, limo ni7tiI hn I,,,i,j
snyen thr lnsf ona boin,[ tircc f,.nf AMI ri.ri,t
apI onp-fourth inches ion~, NH he hal ;hc
naner, tn nrnyc I'LL r}:,ir. Cant. Bnkcr'S hraI
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FIFTH MAINE iIGINENi Eht NInN.
! ne Veterans OF lne + lih ~ MAlho he7ihg'l;
guests. in AL numbering nearly two hundred.
had their 22'i annual reunion at Peaks i>iand
A a
the 1929 Maine Regiment Association, and
other regiments sending delegations IN an cN-
cursion to GrttYshur@ and the Virginia battle
fields
The following officers We're elected: Prc>-
dent Richard G. Shannon First Vice Pie~-
dent, Nelson lenneN; second lce Prc>iutnt.
Frank +. GO>s; Third ice President, Horace
Cole; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. K. Brown;
Executive Committee. ID. W. Scribncr, Il. NJ
stevens, II. /. Bucknam, Charlie, StcWHri.
VIM. lIannaford.
At meeting OF the Fifth Maine Memorial
Society which is the corporation organized to
hold the property Of the members the follow
ing officers were elected: President, IL. k. Mil
lett; Clerk, j. W. Nrlibher; Treasurer, Geo.
II. Brown; Directors, IL. X. MiIlett, Clark ;.
Edwards, Thomas Ward, Nelson IenncN, JOS
| eth a. Chase, liamlin Il. Bucknam. Il. NJ
| Stevens. The board of trustees of last year
was continued for the ensuing year.
The Ladies Fifth Maine Association elected
| the following officers President, MIR. L. NJ.
| stevens: Vice President, Mrs +. q. Sanborn;
| Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. Nelson Tcnney.
| The executive committee reported their ar
| rangement> for the reunion next year, fixing
| the time for the Wednesday in August nearest
the 10Th, the place to be Memorial Hall and the
|
REPRESENTATIVE MlIllhEN On MAINE
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