The Portland daily press., 1895-04-19
SAILING OF THE BAY STATE.

SAILING OF THE BAY STATE.
Captain snowman in Command of the New
steamer-How Man Tried to Find One
Captain William Snowman and Had Two
| to Pick From NJ. #. Davis on the Water
Front,but Only Dimly Hints at His Plans
| An Almost Complete Clearing Out of
| Freight.
M. +. Davis, the once noted oarsman and
stlli noted boat builder reached her yesteI- :
DAY morning and left at II O'Clock for the
East. He was along Commercial street yes
terday talking with old friends. He left
Portland for Dstroi,. Mich, some two
Years ago, and has not been in this city
since. He came here from Washington. 1t
will be remembered that the PRESS recent
~ noticed the progress made in one of his
infringement suits now pending in the
United States courts, and he is presumably
east ON that business, although not entirely
so as Tor the past two months he has been
constantly ON the move.s' l have inter
viewed oarsmen east. west, north and
south, said Mr.. Davis, land by the way
don't it strike you that Portland, or at leas.
the State Of Maine ought to have some big
regatta, or some notsb BILE boating event?" he
| added,
| o Mr.. Davis went from here to the east. He
proposes to stop off at Oldtown. he said,
| and will then go still further east He
will be here again in about ten days, when
he expects 10 be able to outline his plans
he is eyide atty working up some big gather
Ing OF boating men on some favorab ble water.
| he is looking we'll, and last fall took on
one occasion active shell work for eight
miles and showed up we'll. hat is. well Tor
a man who was entirely out OF trainitg.
| When the steamer Bay State sailed last
evening there was perfect crowd on b5ard
and still greater crowd on the wharf. Mr..
Lisconb was there taking a last look at the
beauty before she left the dock ON her first
tlir. Mr.. George S. Hunt drove down ard
expressed his admiration for the beautiful
craft, and young lady learned over the
rail of the upper deck and said to another
ON the wharf, Nellie. this boat is a perfect
Dream To that the young lady on the
wharf responded: "You won't think SO
after you're we'll outside"
| Captain Snowman. was on hand early
a button hole bouquet, the gilt of a friend,
attracting special attention. The Captain
| was in mood OF recalling old times when
he was on the old steamer Forest City. His
brother -in-law is Captain William Snowman
his. pilot, and years ago man got desperate
ly mixed when trying to ind the Captain
Snowman he wanted. He called at the
house of Captain Snowman, the pilot, where
Captain Snowman of the Bay State was
living, and said, ~ want to see William
snowman
1.-TWO William Snowmans live here was
the reply.
II want to see Captain Snowman"
. They re- both captains"
Il want the one who is a pilot
both are pilots"
| - want the one who runs on the Boston
boat"
| They both do. Which Captain Snowman
| do you want to see?"
| The seeker after information thought for
moment and then said slowly: 81 want TO
see the Captain Snowman who used to live
in Georgetown That was enough. and
Captain Snowman, now on the Bay State,
was asked to go to the door.
There was slight delay in getting off last
evening, for some people will always be late
|
to stay OYER time slightly. and then the bell
sounded, the gang plank was removed, and
Captain Snowman took bis handsome craft
out into the stream. When he reaches Bos-
ton in the morning MIR. Williams will be
| there to welc ONE him.
The cleaning mp process was applied to
the freight in the Grand Trunk sheds yes
terday in good earnest. When the yanoou-
l lad cba 1af+ 1ol,i j,,.+
of oat meal to begin the cargo of The
| Numidian. The forwarders will look to
| that not a pound too much freight is sent,
| and all will lie Lc1eaned up when the last
| steamer sails. AS it was the Vancouver
4 couldn't have made much more thorough
work with the freight. Some of the articles
| taken were 4s, 400 bushels of grain, twenty
one car loads of hay, 16 horses, 1o,l6i sacks
of -four, 6,760 packages of cheese, thirty
barrels OF potash, 100 bales of cotton. 27O
| bales of pulp, one car load of sundries,
| thiFty-one organs, agricult uTa1 Implement
in cases. II ,424 MAPLE blocks for matches,
500 packages of meats, and l432 sacks OF
oaten neal. The work of bringing and
forwarding the freight for the Numidian
will be attended to at once by the Gland
Trunk, and there will be no delay.
| There was quite fleet or cousterS IN yes
| terday. The coastwise trade has been Il
| trile dull, but is coming up again.
| Samuel Morgan, well known on CONNER
cial street, met with a bad accident Wednes-
day. He slipped and as he came down his
hand rested on Il bit, and the sharp instru-
ment was forced through the hand. He was
doing well Yesterday, but the wound was a
very bad one.
| j. ". Trefethen reported yesterday the
arrival of the schooners George 4. Kean
| and the Albert W. Lluc3, win $3.50 pounds
each of cod and haddock. The small boat
fishermen were fortunate again, and took
$4,000 pounds Of prime fish all told
| Quarters for the crew of the fire boat and
an office for the harbor master are being
| fitted up in, the second story of the People s
! Ferry waiting room on Portland Pier.
A lively hunt took place yesterday in the
dock between Portland Pier and Commercial
wharf after a loon: which suddenly made
its appearance. In spite of fishermen who
| pursued il in doIies and volleys of bricks
| hJ1n 4 ha wi, urftb ba auiI Il, Il