The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-03
THE MARINE REPORT.
ARRIYAL and DEPA RTURES or
VESSELS Ar THIS PORT.
Slight accid>n Kept the Steamer Nashua
Along the Water front.

The arrivals at this port are as follows:
Steamers Pequot, Hazard, New York;
Mount Hope, Connor, FAN River; City OF
Newport, Kelly, Newport; Queen City,
Pettey, Tiverton. Tugs, Walter A. Luck
enbach. Aries, n. A. Packer, and Joseph
Stickney with tows, sloop Bristol.
Sailed-Steamers Nashua, Peqout, Will
liam Lawrence, Norman, City OF Newport,
Mount Hope; Tugs, Aries, Walter A. Luck
enbach, X. A. Packer, N. and w. No. all
with tows; schooners, Rodney X. Nicker-
son, Thomas II. Lawrence.
Notes Along the wharves.
The schooner Ella May will load at thi is
port for New York.
The Brainard Dredging Co. is soon to
begin work on the harbor.
The new tug Walter A. Luckenbach
made her first appearance in this port this
morning.
For the present, Harbormaster Gardiner
will make his headquarters at the Office of
United States shipping commissioner, r..
j. Macnair, telephone call 160, and in the
near future it is thought the harbor-
master of the port OF Providence can say
that he has an Office.
Another obstruction has been left in the
harbor of New York, for on the
eastern end OF Sunlxen Meadow
reefs lies the abandoned barge
Marion, that went ashore some i've weeks
ago. The coal has been taken out Of her,
and she lays there without any light and
in very dangerous position at the west
ern end OF the reef lays sunken mud
digger.
Owing TO the breaking OF collar and
yoke of one OF the engines of the steamer
Nashua, she did not sail until this morning
at 8 o'clock.
The steam schooner Walker Armington
when discharged will be laid up at this
port for repairs.
Robert Walker, who for a number OF
years has been clerk on the steamer
Nashua has been promoted to the posi-
tion Of cashier at the company's Office in
New York, and has been given much
larger salary.
Just at present the masters OF vessels
are in q quandary as TO the clay of the
land" at He'll Gate for some time past.
A digger has been located on Flood Rock
and has removed large quantity of
stone. The digger has been removed
The government has not sent out any re-
port as to the condition of the channel
and has left no buoys.
The captain OF the schooner Lawrence
had little trouble in shipping his crew
at Philadelphia. At first he got a nom
union crew aboard and delegation of %
from the union Of that city came aboard
and persuaded every man to leave, bag
and baggage. The Lawrence was obliged
to ship union crew.
The powerful steam lighter, "Hustler,' -
of New York, arrived in this port today
for load of large guns that have been
made by the Builders Iron Foundry COM
pany for the United States.
The schooner Nelson Il. Mebury has
been laid up at this port for he winter.
The freight steamer Amos &. Barstow
is laid up at Stonington for repairs.
Captain Berry OF the schooner Jonathan
Bourne arrived in this city from Phila-
delphia yesterday.
The steamer Nashua beat her record
yesterday, having made the trip from New
York to this port in IL b. 80 m. Her time
previous to this was IL h. 81 IN.
Quartermaster Howell of the steamer
Nashua Is OFF on his annual vacation.