The Portland daily press., 1895-03-15
THE WATER FRONT.
Arrival of the Oregon and Sailing of the
Numidian-GeneraI Harbor News-Fish
Not Properly Cleaned,


Inc water 'front.' was shade more HTely
yesterday, Tor 1t was case of welcoming
the coming and speeding the parting OF the
DIG ocean inner. The following was the
cargo OF the Numidian of the Allan line.
me Canadian exports were 1878 boxes of
cheese' aoa ooxes. and % tlerces OF meat,
oof oales OF nay, 1856 barrels of apples, loo
pieces OF sl1nts Ghey will make matches
out OF them over in England $50 bales of
OIL cake. l,25o bushels OF peas. 9 bales OF
leather, 63 logs, 100 cases soup, 70 cases
canned corn. 81 cases of tobacco, and
cases OF cigarettes. 50 packages OF
machinery, 81 packages of Emery stone. 81
Hofses, anu 90 cattle. Inc American part
OF the cargo was composed of 2s,l25, bushels
Oh corn' 9So boxes OF meat. l6ol barrels OF
apples' 2o6 bundles OF paper, TO tlerces OF
iara' 10 haIrels ana tlerces OF meat
Inc cuIoslties OF exports and imports are
many. for instance shere Is steady and
even hea'y export business carried on in
canadian organs, and now Canadian now
ing machines, ana harvesters are supplant-
ing those oil home manufacture in England.
hnglish matches are only dipped" there.
the rest OF the work of match making being
attended to in Canada. There is also a
->>--- "a
Canadian manufacture in other English
co!onles.
Inc oregon looked not bit the worse for
the heavy gales through which she had
passed When she doeked yesterday after
noon ana Captain Gibson shook hands with
the representative of the Dominion line.
WHO was the n1st to greet him.
Inc oregon as announced in the PRESS.
nf fh.
season. She saw no Ice. all the big "bergs"
reported py other steamers having gone out
OF her line. but she did encounter a series
VI "eaYs gales anu the roushest sort of
sea. oelng washed many times. From the
hlth OF March until she made Halifax the
Wlnd ana waves made the work of crossing
the Atlantlc slow and bard one. No
special damage was done. but the passage
coalo not Well nave been more unpleasant
than It was. break in the machinery
suited IN detention of three and halt
hours, ana incidentally In the blowing into
rlnoons OF the sails that were hoisted TO
help Keep her 1nto the wind. 1t was the
rougness SOFT Oh winter passage. such as
no other steamer had encountered before
ihls season.
Inc oarK Matthew Baird has sailed for
rom a-fltre with W sugar hogshead
shooKs VII neads ane bars. The bark also
carried 10y sugar hogshead shocks without
heaus. ehe also carried l,osl barrel shocks,
Win heaos anu hoops; also 2.223 porter
snooks Win heaos. ana 80 OF the same with
ou' 1he heaos' ana oiS rum shocks with
heaus anu ll'o4o slaves. lhIs was big
snip'hehI Tor one vessel to carry
mere was OUT a single fisherman in yes
sefoay. the schooner Amy WIeKson, with
oooo pouhos OF shore hsh-
ooniherclaI Wharr people are inclined to
Link chat IL Is time that bad practice en-
the part OF some hshermen was stopped by
the poard OF health, or by mutual agree
'hent on the part OF all dealers in fresh fish
ioC 10 ouS nsh that Is not dressed. city
ordnance approved March 7th. 1885. reads
as iolloWs: NO person shall bring into the
city Ior SAFE, or snail sell or offer for sale
any hallnut, cod. haddock. hake. ousk,
pollock OF sWordnsh' unless they have been
cleansed OF thelr entra1is, and such refuse
parts as are harmful to the we'll keeping of
such nsh.
Inc dealers say that some of the fisher
men are bringing in fish not properly
cleansed, and that fish that have been kept
IN that condition over night are not fit to
oe eaten. Inc 1act that spring is at hand
makes the practice doubly dangerous.
Love1tt Co., j. W. Trefethen and Mr..
sargent. Will decline to buy fish brought in
In the above condition. The dealers will
ask Tor the rigid enforcement of the city
ordinance given above, or else will try to
nave all dealers agree not to handle fish
that are not brought in cleaned.
pecu coincidence was noted along
the water 'front.' yesterday. Five vessels
were IN port pouno from hockport, Me-. for
Baltimore. lhey We're loaded with lime.
Mr. Dugan discharged the cargo of the
tramp steamer Cola in twelve hours,
taxing out 55S hogsheads, and ninety-one
| tlerces OF molasses. The steamer went on