The Portland daily press., 1895-12-19
MONEY TO BURN.
The Lobstermen of MOnhegan Making
$50 Day.

| Freight for the Steamers-Fairly Good
| Luck for Fishermen.
G. N. Trefethen, manager Of the j.
W. Trefethen business, returned yesterday
from trip down the coast. taken in
| order to see and talk with some Of the
lobstermen who sell their Holsters to the
smackmen, and who are doing most I'M
| commonly we'll these days.
| MI. Trefethen found that the fishermen
at Monhegan are doing the best. They
| will have money TO burn if the price OF
| Holsters Keeps up and their luck doe3n't
| change, and there seems to be no imme.
diate danger that either event will occur.
| The Holsters are up, everything else is
down, and SO the Monhegan people are
| in high feather. For example they can
have delivered to them good barrel OF
| flour in exchange for twenty-five Holsters
and barrel of the best -four in the
| Portland market for thirty Holsters, and
they are taking them by the scores every
day.
| Last week the twenty men on the is.
land sold over $1,000 worth of the Holsters.
Mr.. Trefethen being very large buyer
through his smackmen. The day wa
fair, and by the way, he made the TRIP
from Portland to Moheagn in the Edi tn
Thompson,in five hours, the twenty men
sold $500 worth Of Holsters, and Walter
|
Davis, who didn't take up all of his
traps took $3S worth, and had he take I
up all his traps would have taken in S5(
that day
| Ii it had been good week last week
Mr.. Trefethen thinks the NJ onhegan PEG
| pie would have taken from $500 to $1,000
worth of Holsters They are making
money rapidly, but of course this is theil
best season. They are fine set of men,
and work hard for the success they
attain.
fishermen are great men in their pro fes-
sion. They will go out when it looks to
outsiders like taking too great risk. The
day he was down on the coast it was
blowing a gale, and yet the Monhegan
/
men were out in their boats. and did not
| They must have charmed lives, for there
is yet to be heard of the case OF q Monde
gan fisherman lost while out in his boat.
| All sorts and conditions Of men on The
sea seemed to be doing pretty we'll yes
terday. The arrival of the following
| Hchprpno phooPod ho 70 Of
ers in fresh fish: Emma, with 5000
pounds of cod and paddock; Lucy w.
| Dyer, with 5000 pounds; Uncle Joe. with
IL. 600 pounds; Albert W. Black, with
$4,000 pounds; Julietta, with 5000
pounds; Fairy Queen, with 5000 pounds
Ira Kilo brn, with 5000 pounds; Amy
| Wickton, with 5000 pounds; Lettia May,
with 5000 pounds; Mos SEES B. Linsoott.
with 10000.
The work of loading the Scotsman is
progressing we'll, and yesterday she was
taken to the elevator where she took on
1900 bushels of grain in addition to
what she had previously taken, bringing
her cargo of loose grains up to ~, 600
bushels, about 10000 bushels less than
was asked for. She was rapidly taking
on board her 5000 sheep. and the cattle
trains were close in yesterday. The
| package freight was disappearing rapidly
| desp lite the fact that two extra trains
came down over the Grand Trunk during
| the day.
Last evening there was lively work on
| the Grand Trunk. Five extra freight
trains were on their way from Montreal,
and others were rapidly being made up.
OF course this is the holiday season when
| freights are a little off for few days.
but Mr.. Woodman said that he didn't see
the slightest reason why sufficient freight
will not be secured for the two coming
steamers, and of course there will b no
| later trouble. Like all ths rest Of the
railroad men, MIR. Woodman does not
| believe that ST John is to greatly dam
| age the Portland direct steamer business.
or the Grand Trunk. He said yesterday
| that the Canadian Pacific has secured
some business for ST. John that might
otherwise have gOne to Baltimore, but
| nothing in the least calculated to trouble
the Grand Trunk. The demand made
upon shippers Of western freight will be
| at once met. The trouble was the great
Scotsman came herejust at the holiday
season, and at time when there hap
pened to be but little grain here.
Coasters are taking advantage of the
remarkable weather, and are not tying
up. Te coastwise trade is still brisk, and
shippers are wondering how much longer
they will be favored with open "roads"
and pots. They kept we'll out of the way
| OF the storm OF last week, and if the pres
ent weather continues for few days
longer will get in an extra trip all
round.
| The schooner Tay, from ST. John. had
a hard passage. She had cargo Of l.
635, 600 cedar shingles for r. Deering &
Co. Captain Spragg says he had the
toughest voyage in all of his tive nty
years of going to sea. The craft scudded
under bare poles for several days.
The Monaghan of the Allan line is due
now, and the Dominion is due here the
| latter part of the week, SO there is plenty
OF work ahead for the laboring people
along shore. and it ought to be merry
| Christmas for many