The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-28
Harbor News and Notes.

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Harbor News and Notes.
| Yesterday morning those people who
are still living at their summer houses
on Cushing's Island and the Cape shore,
witnessed q fine spectacle as the 80 or 40
coasters spread their wings (not wholly
white, to be sure) and went out the
| channel to continue their journeys, after
having lodged into Cacso Bay to escape
the electrical storm Of the day before.
In the afternoon yesterday the wealth
er had cleared and was very delightful.
Two strange yachts. perhaps the last
| stragglers of the season, the Volante and
q beautiful little black schooner, came
in and anchored Late in the afternoon,
the Viva went down and greeted the
black yacht.
Many people are taking advantage of
the pleasant weather to go over to South
Portland on the ferry and take a ride
on the Cape Electrics. 1t is very plea
SAINT thing to do these bright, cool days.
Some of the views afforded by this ride
eeiO WHY oAeDhihthSj OSPOOAisA'J WIN o~AS
help of the autumnal cloud and foliage
effects and the bright, clear atmosphere.
On oneitrip yesterday, from the head of
the ferry wharf to Simonton's Cove,
about 20 people went over and at least
80 rode back from Simonton's Cove.
There has been some expectation that
the line would be extended this fall
along the shore to Pond Cove, just as
soon as soon as the work on the line in
Portland was completed. 1t has been an
ticipated with some pleasure by not few
people, who saw possibilities of riding
in war m car over to see the breakers
after winter storm. That would be q
pleasant thing to do, even if there were
no special breakers, for the ocean shore
is very beautiful in winter and everybody
cannot afford sleigh ride over there.
But doubtless that will have to be post
poned till a year from next winter. 1t
was stated yesterday that the line would
be sufficiently completed by next Mon
day to run cars across tia bridge and
along Commercial street.
1t will be remembered that the old
ferry steamer Josephine Hoey that had
pulled her way back and forth across the
stream as far back as the memory of the
Oldest inhabitant extends, was sold to
Messrs Norton & Dyer, of the Marine
Railway, and that they thought of send
ing her to Demarara to run up and down
some of those South American rivers
Capt. Norton said yesterday that it
wasn't certain yet whether the steamer
would be sent to Demarara or not. In
case she is, she will. have to be carried
thither on the deck of some other vessel.
She would have to be hoisted on deck
by the ways over on the wharf of the
Portland Company. 1t would seem as if
it were hardly possible for sailing yes
sci to take on her deck to South America
so large a steamer as the Josephine Hoey,
for she is 40 fest long, butsCapt. Norton
said that some three-masted schooners
are large enough. He once saw rail
way car, 40 feet long, and boxed up,
hoisted onto the deck of a sailing vessel
of 800 tons in Philadelphia. She was
bound for Cuba.
Over at the carpenter shop of the Ma
rine Railway yesterday, the PRESS re-
porter saw the men at..work upon some
big blocks of white pine, which they
were riveting and glueing together.
1t was learned that this is an experiment
on the part of the q. S. Engineers
Office The idea is to make big buoys
of solid blocks of white pine. 10 feet
long and 1-2 feet square. These are to
be used to supplement the iron can
buoys by having attached to the chains
that hold the buoys to the rocks and
thus serve to hold up the weight of these
chains. which is SO much that the can
buoys are Fheld'under water thereby more
than is wholly desirable.
The schooner Addie Charleston cleared
Yesterday for Demarara. She has been
loading at Frank Dudley's lumber wharf
for sometime. She is one of Capt. Freezes
vessels that take miscellaneous cargoes.
She was loaded with all manner of
things, from vitrol to lumber, including
vinegar, meat. poultry, cabbages, tur-
nips. lumber, ice, lager. beer, etc.
The little coasting schooner Omaha,
with lumber, from Bangor to Boston,
cast anchor Wednesday night under Bug
Light. The next morning. he woke up
and found himself far down the inner
harbor beyond the quarantine limits.
He put down another anchor and lay
there all day Thursday. When he hove
anchor Friday morning he found that
the two anchors had fouled each other
and came together. So he was adrift
again and had to throw out ::kedge to
hold him until he could get the two an
ohors apart, which was done with good
deal of difficulty.
The four-masted schooner Henry J.
Smith, Capt john Adams, will be hauled
out on the Marine Railway and remet-
tailed also the schooner G. S. Glidden,
Capt. James T. Fales.
George A. Hartford is fitting out the
fishing schooner Fanny L. with new
bowsprit and making other repairs up
on her at Union wharf. Capt. Lewis