The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-07

route, a regular rough water vessel with
narrow guards The vessel was after
wards sold to the International Co. for
the St. John route and was burned at
Railroad wharf in the spring of 1884 and
three of her crew, who were sleeping be-
low, were cut off from escape and lost
their lives. 1t is singular that both the
Carlotta and Falmouth should avoid all
disaster from particularly dangerous
navigation to be destroyed by fire while
lying quietly at their wharves in Portland
The line was finally discontinued proba-
bly, through the competition of the Bos-
ton line and increased railroad facilities.
This was called the New England and
Nova Scotia line and John Porteous of
the Grand Trunk was agent here.
The Eastport and St. John Route.
1t was somewhere about 1S4S that a
black, dingy looking steamboat made its
appearance in our harbor from ST. John
N. B. She burned soft coal and pre-
scented a very uncanny appearance in COM
parison with our clean and white painted
Yankee steamers. This was 'sThe Maid
of Erin provincial built vessel. Hell
mate on the line was a somewhat better
looking craft and was named "Creole.' -
These vessels ran regularly and landed at
Atlantic wharf foot of India street ON the
easterly side and the Boston steamers
were then sailing from the west side OF
the same wharf
In 1850 we find the new British built
steamer Commodore running to Railroad
wharf in connection with the P. S. d
P. railroad for Boston. Abial Somerby
was agent. A few years later the Ad-
miral was on the same line with
G. E. Eaton, agent This boat
ran for some years and the agency
was put back with Mr.. Somerby
who began with the Commodore. The
Adelaide was occasionally run on this
route. In 1858 the Eastern City was run
ming, with Mr.. Somerby, agent. Early
in the sixties the International Steam
ship Co. was organized by the leading
business men of Portland, and two
staunch steamers built under the eye OF
Capt. J. B. Coyle, the New Brunswick
and New England. A few years Later
they bought fine large lake steamer,
the New York. and brought her around
to the Atlantic Ocean by the way of the
Lachine Rapids and the St. Lawrence
River. The company had streaks OF hard
luck from dozen to fifteen years ago.
The New England was wrecked in thick
fog; the Falmouth, purchased from the
Halifax line, was destroyed by fire, and
the New York condemned. But they
kept I'D good courage. and built at Bath
the fine new State of Maine, and later
the Cumberland. With these two new
vessels, large and powerful, and the
staunch New Brunswick, they have done
a prosperous business of late years under
the general management of the younger
j. B. Coyle, who has not his peer in the
eastern waters as steamer manager.
The New York is still equal to summer
duty as an excursion boat and has been
SO used for the past ten years.
The New York Line.
This line was established early in the
ffties by the Cromwells of New York
large owners of propellers-under the
name New York, Portland, Montreal and
Quebec Steamship Line. The agent in
New York was Fl. d. Cromwell, and in
Portland Emery & Vose. Their landing
here was at Browns wharf, and their
pioneer propeller the Chesapeake. The
Parkersburg, Potomac, Patapsco and