The Portland daily press., 1895-06-29
HARBoR NEWS.
A Fine Catch of Shad-The Boothbay
Packet-A Remon STRANGE Against Wild
: ening Portland Bridge.

Robert and Carr came in with 122 bar
rels of shad for Webb & Shepherd. They
were caught between Halfway rock and
Seguin. The net was set 10 times. The
biggest catch at one time was about 70
barrels. At the market these fish were
worth about Sc or S8 per barrel, which
would Re at least $1272 for the entire
catch. AS the schooner was out but two
weeks, it was tolerably profitable trip.
Capt Dunton of the packet Mary Eliza
beth that plies between here and Booth
bay Harbor, says that he has been sailing
Epacket between these two ports for 27
years. Never before during all that
time, winter or summer, Ehas he been
delayed so long by the weather as at
the present time. 1t has so happened
that fog or calm or head winds have been
SO continual that he has been delayed
here for 10 days. The only delay in 81
years that approaches this in duration
was about 90 years ago last winter He
made White Head channel in the night
during a storm and just escaped run
ming onto the spindle. He was under
rapid headway and brought up with a
tremendous shock against a mass of
ice. 1t was not very thick and the schoon-
er managed to crush her way through it,
driven by the fierce wind, till she got in
lee of House Island. Here he anchored.
The next morning thelharbor was frozen
solid. One of the English steamers came
in and broke channel up to the whar-
yes. A tug came down and towed the
packet up to her dock. She did not leave
it for nine days because of the ice and
bad weather.
| The following remonstrance is being
circulated along the water front and has
received many signatures:
"We, citizens and residents of the
County of Cumberland hereby remon-
stTate against the effort being made for
the widening at this time of Portland
bridge, believing that the effect of it will
delay If not to defeat the construction
and operation of an electric railway over
said bridge We believe that very large
majority of the people desire the cheap,
rapid transit service of an ele ctric rail-
way over said bridge, and from the stand
point of the greatest good to the greatest
number, we favor letting the bridge
electric railway interferes sufficiently
with vehicle travel to justify the burden
some expense of widening the bridge"
| This remonstrance is now circulated in
view of the hearing to take place before
the county commissioners next Tuesday
in regard to the widening of the bridge.
The oil steamer Maverick arrived yes
terday and was towed up the harbor just
as the fremont was pulled off the ma
rine railway, where her bottom has been
repaired. The two big steamers seemed
10 fill the stream completely.
The oarsmen, despite the bad weather,
are continually practicing for the COM
ing races at Sebago Lake, July 4th.
Mr. W. Fl. Dugan, who has charge of the
races, predicts some excellent time and
contests.
The schooner yacht Bonita, belonging
to the South Boston Yacht Club, put
in the harbor yesterday on her way to
Boothbay.
| A telegram was received yesterday
from Capt. John Berry from New Lon
do, Conn, stating that the Ell Dorado
twas still detained at that port by the
bad weather