The Portland daily press., 1895-04-12
GOOD BYE PARTISAN UNTIL NEXT
FALL.
The Big Steamer Sails for the Last Time
Full and Valuable Cargo-Ihe Question
of Coal Serious One with the Owners
of Ocean Steamers,

VI SOdI d serious Oho Will Tie OWn CT
of Ocean Steamers,
Capt. William Snow of the Glouceste
schooner W. Parnell O'Hara, brought il
yesterday 200 pounds of halibut ant
5000 pounds of cusk, the'catch during
ten days trip. Capt. snow is one of tn
get-there shippers He doesn't II ind tn,
weather very much, but is off as soon "a
he has sold his fish and got his supple
on board. While his present catch viii
not come within within about $S0O.of tn
value of his last, the men made goot
money, and were fully satisfied with TIN
luck, and well they might be consider
ing that other fishermen have made 81
very little of late. j. W. Trefethen bough
the catch of the O'Hara. Capt. Snow
saw no other fishermen. He JUS
touched into the great storm of Tuesday
but not enough to trouble him. The
storm apparently did not go far off the
coast.
The Gloucester schooner James an6
Ella put in yesterday for q supply Of
| Cldfu UHIG. One Is uIteu as sIdUullilGi,
and will 60 to the western banks.
Every steamer that leaves this port
now is watched by increasing crowds.
Yesterday the crowd seemed to he large
ly made up of photographer and of boys
who were anxious to be took" as they
termed it. One young lady with an out
fit didn't get chance to get a good
"shot" and a small boy remarked
hav'nt took us yet" Apparently the
boys thought they would make a better
picture than the steamer. The noble
boat glided out from the wharf and into
| the stream, and then was watched out
| of sight by some who will welcome her
| back next fall, and by others who will
very likely never see her again The
officers said good bye to many friends
months
The cargo of the Partisan is valued at
Sill, 1887, and included the following arti-
Giles: 81, SOP bushels of peas, II, 400 bush
els of corn, 1916 barrels of apples, 249l
boxes of cheese 1850 cases of match
splints. 952 maple blocks, 1926 boxes of
meats, % tierces of meats, 237 cases of
mattresses. 5 cases of leather, cases of
tobacco, Is radiators, 81 organs, 3,0S6
bales of hay. IA cases of heels, 40 bales of
leather, IA cases of cigarettes, IA barrels
of potash, 154 cases of lawn mowers, 1856
sacks of -four, .S75 sacks of oatmeal, 1850
bales of cotton, 143 bundles OF paper and
numerous other, sundries, among which
is twin baby carriage. She got g sup
ply of 663 tons of coal In Portland,
being the first steamship to procure fuel
here this season.
She took out six saloon, five intermedi-
late and eighteen steerage passengers, and
will take seventy saloon passengers at
Halifax. Among her passengers from
Portland was Fred Scanlon son of Capt.
Scanlon, shore captain of the Dominion
line en- route to Bon Plateau Luxem-
hourg to attend the ordination of his
brother who is a member Of a religious
community.
The question of coal is serious one
with an ocean steamer, and with freights
at the present low rate it takes full
cargo to pay expenses. and the steamship
companies have been willing for months
past to let boats remain tied up rather
than to take the risk of cargo at exist
ing terms. There has been of late
change in the manner of constructing
boilers for ocean steamers and they are
now made to burn much less coal than
formerly. 1t is believed that improve
ments now in progress will reduce the
consumption of coal by ocean steamers
at least one half.
The cargo of the Vancouver
will be entirely discharged by
noon today. She was taken over to
the Grand Trunk elevator yesterday, and
took on board a portion of her return
freight of loose grain, ana was then taxi
en- back to Mol. Among the items of
her cargo are, 800 bales OF hemp. There
is large amount ofasfreight now ON the
way from Canada and the West, while
considerable portion of the cargo of the
Vancouver is already here. AS the sea-
son draws to close the receipts will be
kept down SO as to avoid reshipment to
Montreal.
The detained feet Of coasters took ad-
vantage of the favorable wind Of yester-
day and left for various points along the
coast. " l expect quite feet in within
twenty-four hours,n said Mr.. Blake who,
by the way, is having the planking of
his wharf renewed at needed points.
Mr.. Hunt and Mayor Baxter went to
SouthPortland yesterday and. took look
at the steamer Mary W. Libby. The old
boat will be repaired in the most thor
ough possible manner. Mr.. Hunt said
yesterday that it would also be necessa-
ry to make some repairs on the South
Portland side, the ferry slip needing
some attention.
The Nova Scotia schooner Mary Aman-
da, sailed for Boston yesterday, having
repaired damages.
Captain Bennett of the Cottage City
reports that they had a very bad trip
from New York to Portland. There W as
an unpleasant com bination of rain, thun-