The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-12-02
HARBoR NEWS.
1t Was a Day Devoid of Excitement Along
the Wharves.

It w as Day Devoid of Excitement Along
the Wharves.
Ibis is my quiet day." might as we'll
have been announced in advance yester-
day by everybody and thing along the
water front. There was nothing especial
" going on from one extreme to the
other. No specials came down over the
Grand Trunk, few people went down to
sep the Labrador, the regular street
| religious service was not held, no
steamers were out, no fishermen came in
but there was an incoming of many
schooners caught outside and dreading
| rough weater
There is an interesting libel suit in the
wind and a number of sailors now in
| port will be detained as witnesses.
There was one reminder of theapproach
of Christmas, and the duty of making
presents. Three Car loads of Christmas
trees on Commercial street, and
| schooner out in the channel with full
load of prime trees showed that Maine
will do its level best to send to New York
all the trees that city wants to pay for.
Other trees, many thousand of them in
fact, will go West, and as matter of fact
the industry is paying one. The ground
cut over this year will be ready for the
tree farmer in 1897. and the business is a
very paying one.
| The Christmas trees sent from this
state are all ordered in advance and the
| orCa 1x- ri
ahead.
There are three young fellows, brothers.
and all workers who are familiar water
front figures every Sunday. They are
Hebrews, and are very bright and push
ing. They sell papers, and also take with
them copies of the populay magazines
disposing of many every Sunday. They
find that the coastwise people are great
readers, and that deep water sailors are
also good customers. Fishermen demand
many papers and commonly the crew Of
a fishermen will take at least one COPY
every paper they have with them.
And speaking of sailors and their habit
of reading papers, recalls the fact that
every Sunday men go from wharf to
wharf and from vessl to vessel giving
away copies of religious papers. They
are never refused, and as sailors are not
as rule church goers, they are thorough
| ly read.
sThe schooner A. L. Hamilton, Captain
Cleaves, is discharging cargo of 1160
tons of granite sent from the Addison
quarry to this city tosbe polished Capt.
Cleaves will bring another full cargo of
+. stone from Carver's harbor, to this city.
AS announced in the PRESS some time
ago the polishing works of the granite
company Of which John L. Dolott is the
head, will be removed from Addison to
Deakes's wharf. Mr.. Dalott has made
some marked changes in the property
within the last few weeks. The old and
unsightly building at the head of the
wharf on Commercial street has been
Transformed nto very neat and attrac-
tive Office and the old buildings on the
wharf are being completely changed over.
An addition has been put On and they
will soon be ready for the polishers.
Mr. Dalott does not expect, so Captain
Cleaves said yesterday, to get his
fmacbinery in, and his plant ready for
\ full business much before spring, when
he will employ large number of
.polishers and will add greatly to the
business of that section of Commercial
street. A great deal of work remains to
be done about the property. 1t is under
stood to be the intention of the general
manager to repair the former st. John
house, and to take it the boarding house
for the men to be brought here from
Addison. 1t is expected that very large
business will be done at the works next
summer. The granite takes on beauti-
full polish, and is greatly in demand.
The next steamer from England will
be here about Tuesday She touched at
St. John, N S., and then steamed to
Halifax. She is expected to leave for this
port today.
Saturday there were a number OF ar
rivals of fishermen, but few of them had
taken many fish. The entire lot brought
in about rs, 600 pounds, quite enough for
the closing days of the week, and enough
to open business with Monday morning.
The old tug Grapeshot was sold by U.
S. Marshal Donovan Saturday by order of
Judge Webb, and was bought by the
Lockwood Manufacturing Company of
East Boston, for $500. Captain Godfrey
had hard luck. He came here hoping
to get something to do, but was disap-
pointed, and the tug was sold Saturday
and will go back to Boston.
| A trial trip of the steamer st. Croix
was made Saturday. General Manager
| Coyle and other officials were on board,
and the trip extended over five hours,
and the result was perfectly satisfactory.
She will evidently fully justify the ex-
peetations of her owners.
The new steamer Canada, which is be-