The Republican journal., 1889-11-28
Maine Matters.
NEWS AND GOSSIP FROM ALL OVER lHE srNiE
SHIPS AND SIIIPBUILDING.

SHIPS AND SIIIPBuILDING.
| The ship being built at Arthur SewHIr- yard
in Bath. is to be the largest wooden ocean car
rer atloat. The kennebunk ship Ocean King
heId the lead for many years but was lost
| about two years ago. since which time the
| Fred. billings, of 2,i9I tons has stood at the
| head. There six Maine ships NOW alont
however. nearly as large as the Fred. Billings
to wit: Henry B. Hyde Of Bath 2463 tons ;
| Willie RoSCnfeld, of Bath. 2,353 tons: a. &.
Ropes, of Thomaston 2342 tons; com. T. H.
| Allen, of Richmond, 2,3,l tons; John X. kcl-
| ley, of Bath. 2,253 tons. and Robert l.. Bel
KNAPP, of Rockport, 225l tons
| As next year will be the centenna! Of the
| first square rugged ship ever built in l}ath. the
| ship Atlantic. launched in 17o9. it has heeu
| suggested that Bath celebrate the event in an
| appropriate manner. some of the Old ship
masters are considering the matter. 1t is Il
| coincidence that, after the luI in ship building
| which came in 1850, since which wear not 4 Shin
has been built in Bath. there are now two Ship.
| on the stocks which will take cut their papers
in 1890, or just one hundred years fr0Ll the
time when the Atlantic was launched.
William |. Adams, of Boothbay has con-
| tracted to build 300 ton four-masttl >choon-
er for Massachusetts parties, during the coming
winter. She will be the largest schooner ever
| built on the Damari>cotta river, - feet keel,
81 feet beam, Is feet deep, double deck hard
| wood floor and hackmetack top. She i, to be
finished in June next, and Will east nearly
| $4,000.
The largest fleet of sailing vessel, sailing out
of New York, is owned by Chapman X Flint
and the builder of every one of their vessels is
John Mcdonald, of Bath, Me. For the first 20
| years that he built for them not one of his
ships was lost. In later wears they hayc not
been quite 50 fortunate, but all have behaved
| themselves As good ships should.
| The Morse barge independent recently ar
| rived in Boston with 4 cargo Of 1866 tons of
| coal. This settles the question Whirh was
raised at the time her Measurements, were
| first made, to whether or not >ic would he
able to reach the 1000 ton mark.
| Mr.. John shaw, of MachiaS. began hip
building in lN47. In II Years he has lauHyhtd
a vessels, with an aggregate tonnage Of Il. 70.
TIIE LIME INDUSTRY.
The business of lime manufacturing in AI,iue
is confined to Knox county exclusives. with
the exception of one patent and eight old
fashioned kns in i.incUinNilir, Waldo county.
In that county, Klckuud. Ihomu~tan a.d
Rockport are Tie important manufacturing
centres, in the order named Warren the past
| year has joined the procession. I'm Knox cultu-
ty in lSNS We're 81 patent kiln> but TINS number
has been increased materially this wear. hum-
aston parties having erected nine Til. summer
of an entirely new pattern. The KuoN county
| kilnS consume $1,000 cords OF wood ytarIv uni
| produce 500 600 casks of Time. q! the wood
burned large share is received from the Prov
nccS. the custom house records showing the
receipt at this port alone last year Of 81 IL
cords of wood, worth Sl9l ,G4N.,l froGl oar
English cousins. ihe foreign wool boat arrivals
at this port in lcSS We're GU4. Iumakc cas- * to
contain the county OUTPUT Of lime iG0 coopcrs
are employed, while ahuut the kiln> employ
ment is furnished GA men, \ tlcc of 20 YES
sells, employing SEQ men, freight the lime to the
various Atlantic ports.
MUSIC BEHIND lIIE BARS.
sunday morning tie conyrJs ia tie state
Prison all assemble in the pleasant chapel for
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