The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-03-30

Wind Bound Schooners at Last.
Hon. John W. Deering, collector of this
port, has received copy of the new treas
ury regulation for the liquidation of mani
tests of vessels arriving at POI is at which
there is no naval officer. The new regula-
tion reads as follows:
ION and after July first, 1895, each mas
ter of a vessel arriving in the United States
from foreign port, except vessels carry
ing traffic in bond on transfer ferries, shall
Immediately upon landing, and before
tering his vessel at the custom honse, mail
to the auditor for the Treasury Department
at Washington true copy of the manifest
Of his vessel, and shall on entering his ves-
sci make affidavit that he has mailed such
copy, and that the same is true 'and cor
rect, and he shall also mail to said auditor
true copy of the corrected manifest filed
on any post entry of his vessel. Any mas
ter who negleets or refuses to mail to said
auditor the required copy of the original
or CORRECTED manifest, shall, be subject to
the same fines and penalties fixed by law
for his refusal to deliver the manifest of
his vessel TO the collector. Provided; that
this section shall not apply to ports where
there is a naval ofcer.'i
The marked change from the old system
IS the section requiring masters to mail
COPY of their manifest to the auditor before
entering at the custom house.
Collector Deering will be furnished with
official franked envelopes addessed 'sTo the
Auditor for the Treasury DEPARTING LIT, Wash
ington." These envelopes will be delivered
to the boarding officer, whose duty it will be
to hand one to the master of every vessel
he officially visits. The boarding officer
will be instructed by Collector Deering t O
inform the master at the same time of the
requirements of the law. A copy of the
manifest delivered to the boarding officer
will be used to show tie disposition of the
cargo.
There is just little bit of labor war
| along the water front. Sailors are trying
| and have been for some time to get all adj
vance in wages, and have of late demanded
$50 a month for long voyages. The capatin
of the Edward c.. Allen True, may be com
PEELED TO send to Boston for crew. Ee
offers SIS month which the men are not
disposed to accept. The Atlantic Coast Sea-
mans Union has been trying for some tire
past to fix uniform rate for wages. al
it remains TO be seen whether the men car
be got in Boston for Sl8 month. This Ed
ward C. Allen True has secured a charter
for the West Indies.
The ". Parnell O'Hara, the remarka ply
lucky Gloucester schooner has been fully
repaired and is now ready for sea again.
She was somewhat roughly handled during
the sudden storm that made things lively
off this coast for a few hours last week.
The tug Mary J. Finn. was taken from
| the marine railway yesterday. and the
schooner George ". Jewett. went on. The
| ,Iewett came in last week we'll used up and
| will be thoroughly oyerhauled.
1t was great day for steamboats, yester-
day. In fact not a single sailing vessel ar
rived during the day.
/ The Fairway buoy in Portland Harbor
an iron spar, with white perpendicular
stripes has been changed o "a first class can
| buoy with the same marks for the summer
| season.
| United States Steamboat Inspectors Pol
! lis;or and Merrill inspected and passed the
tug boat Cornelia yesterday, finding her 10
be in excellent condition. They also in
spected the lobster steamer Mary Jane.
which has undergone extensive repairs.
The schooner Francis Il. Baird has bee n
| libelled for debt. and tied up at Randall &
| McAllister's wharf. She is owned by Bud
| long, Providence, R. l.
| Captain Cushman OF Friendship, who runs
a lobster smack has hit on plan for pay
ing business when Holsters are hard to find.
| He owns seven Hundred hens and yesterd Y
| brought four hundred dozen egg TO Port
| land. He doesn't propose to go out of the
| lobster business while there is lobster
| left, but in the meantime he is dispose 10
| have something to fall back on if the loh-
ster line doesn't pay.
| At the Grand Trunk the freight business
| is Stacking up little, but there will be i.
| rush of special trains in today and Sur
daS. SO 10 provide for the cargo OF the
\ Partisan. There is but little west-bound
freight in the sheds, and.tbat little is most
| ly tin plate. The freight on hand,is largely
hay, cotton in bales, and -four IN bags. The
work of loading the Labrador is going on
rapidly. but not much to the satisfaction
| of the men who are doing the work of
wheeling the cargo on board. Just now they
are hard at work cleaning up twenty car
loads of Canadian Gre. used in mixing
paints. 1t makes very bad sort of freight to
handle. but longshoreman very justly
said, "They've right to have anything
| they'll pay for.'
| The harbor is clear at last of wind bound
schooners, not one being in sight late yes
terday afternoon. The lumber schooner Sea
| Bird, pulled into the stream yesterday.
She had bad luck. She was consigned to a
port westward, and before she could get
there it was frozen up, and she was forced
to make port for winter harbor. Her car
| go is all right.
The Kendalis, City hall, tonight