The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-07-26
Harbor Notes.

The steamer Berkshire, which arrived
Yesterday from Norfolk. brought Sy4, coo
pounds OF iron, 765 bags Of wool. IA bales
Of cotton.
The steamer Norman from Philadelphia
brought 49,979 pounds Of iron, 800 bags OF
wool, 20 barrels Of OIL In addition to this
class Of freight other merchandise and
greenstuffs.
The steamer yacht Ituna, belonging to
Vice Commodore +. ID. Morgan of the
New York Yacht Club, is on the PRovI-
DEYCE dry dock being painted. She will
come off io-norrow and the Pomham will
be placed on the dock TO have new screw
put In.
The steamer Pornham of the Continen-
tai line was disabled last evening in the
the same manner as was her sister steamer
the squantum nearly month ago and in
about the same locality, near Fields
Point. 1t was on her O'clock trip out
and she carried large number OF passen-
gers II is not known whether the pro-
peller was twisted of or struck . sub
meraed rock.
The large four-mast schooners Sarah
w. Lawrence, Captain Haskell, with
1850 tons OF coal, and the Glenwood.
Captain Burt, with 2,67S tons OF coal.
both from Norfolk and consigned to the
Wilkesbarre pier. arrived here yesterday
within few hours OF each other.
They sailed from Norfolk nearly to-
Rether and were In sight OF each other the
whole trip. The Genwood is the largest
schooner bringing coal TO this port and is
perhaps the largest vessel of her class
ever in our harbor.
The schooner Helen Mar, Capt. Holly,
arrived to-day from South Amboy with
22l tons Of coal TO r. Is. Little.
The new shaft for the steamer City OF
Newport arrived to-day from Boston. 1t
is made Of wrought iron, is highly pol
ished and was forges by the Boston Forge
Company of East Boston.
The old shaft WAS taken out this morn
ing and the new shaft will be put in to-
day. The City Of Newport will be ready
TO resume her place on the Continental
line Friday morning.
The four-mast steam schooner Walker
Armington which was struck by light
ming come time ago and lost her mizzen
and spanker mast. besides sustaining in
juries to her cabins, sails and boilers will
be ready for sea again by Saturday. She
was placed under the shears at the wharf
OF the PROVIDENCE.
Steam Engine Company and her mizzen
mast WAS replaced by another built in
Boston. The new mast IS ninety-one
feet high and OF hard Oregon pine. The
old mizzen top-mast whicn is uninJnred
WIS put into it's place, and the temporary
spanker WAS also erected
will be used as a smoke stack. The per-
manent spanker mast, which will be
built here by the PROVIDENCE Steam En-
gine Company. will be 96 feet o inches
high. The new sails for the mizzen and
spanker masts are being made at Rock
land.
The Armington will make n number Of
trips to this port before her spanker-mast
Is completed. These trips will be made
~ ler fore-sail, main-sail, mizzen'sail
an steam.
.he work Of rebuilding sixty-two feet
OF the Pomroy coal pier adjoining the
wharf OF the Narragansett Electric Light-
ing Company is progressing rapidly.
Two OF John w. Daley 81 Sons pile
drivers are at work. The ouler and inner
facings Of piles have been driven and the
foundation for the 81 one facing TO go be-
tween the closely driven piles has also
been laid. The work will be completed
within two weeks.
Other arrivals were the schooners Fred
Snow, Harriet G.. Whitehead, steamtugs
Charles McWilliams aud Gertrude.
Sailed-Schooner Va.dare. Altana NJ.
Jaeger, Two Brothers, steamtuos Charles
McWilliams aud Gertrude with barges
III. q. Adams, A. Collerl, Allison Whi,e,
Tobasco, j. H. Mulholland