The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-24
NO WONDER HE PROTESTED.
Captain Tuttle's LOug and Hard Pas
sage from New York.


Provisions Still in Demand in England
| and on the Continent.
Captain Henry S. Tutt1e of the schoon-
er Maggie Hurley made preliminary por-
test yesterday before Notary Public j.
H. Blake. and his story of his trip from
New York, as given In the document
was interesting, showing as it did the
sort of winter we have passed through,
that is as far as we've got, for while this
may be spring according to Robert B.
Thomas, 1t is still winter according to
facts. Capt. Tuttle agreed with all the
other captains who have made this port
that the present is the worst season on
record.
Capt. Tuttle left New York the 9th, for
Winterpolt, but thick snow storm sent
him to anchorage at City Island. Then
he reached Fishers Island sound, and
stayed there through heavy storm and
went from there to Vineyard Haven, and
was detained there by still another
storm. Then he went out, but went di-
rectly into the teeth of gale, and was
forced to anchor under Nausey beach.
He made another attempt to reach his
charter port, but was driven into Boston
lower harbor, and was later forced to the
upper harbor. From there he went to
Salem, and left there the same day, and
| Wednesday of last week ran into heavy
storm, and the schooner was rou ghly
handled.
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up badly, and about II was boarded by
a heavy sea, and the decks swept of every
thing movable. Capt futile for time
thought she would swamp, but he head
ed her for Gloucester. and anchored near
the schooner Caroline, destined a little
later on to drag her anchor and 60
ashore.
| From Gloucester the long detained
| schooner made this port without special
| incident, but she was leaking and SO
| Capt. Tuttle made his protest, as required
| by law.
The peculiar weather is OBTAINING the
coasters known to be on the way to this
port, and is making the coastwise bust
ness the most uncertain thing in the
| world
| Capt. Arbecan of Boston, will be at
the rooms of the board of trade Wednesday
afternoon for the purpose of explaining
the use of ships "Telemeter," OF dis
lance finder. 1t is the invention of Lieut..
j. M. Bower, and Lieut.. o. W. Lowery,
y. S. navy. The following is general
description of the invention, and it is
claimed that by it's aid many valuable
vessels and still more valuable lives will
BIO saved. 1t consists of graduated base,
having two circular plates or discs, one
being per manently fastened to the grad
uaUed base, the other movable. The discs
are divided into degrees, points and
quarter points of the compass, thus repre-
senting dumb compass There are open
ings on the movable disc, enabling the
markings on the base scale to be readily
seen. Attached to these discs, and
piyotally secured thereto. are two arms,
capable Of being swung to any point OF
the compass; said arms, as we'll as the
base of tie instrument, being graduated
to inches and tenths of an inch, up to Is
linches-each inch representing any num-
Der OF feet, yards or miles, according to
any scale it is desired to use. Suitable
clamps are provided to hold the arms
on the discs in any desired position; an
additional clamp being provided to hold
the movable discs in position.
The four-master William K Park, is in
the stream, well iced up but all right
She encountered some very cold weather
on her way from Philadelphia to this
port
j. W. Trefethen reported yesterday the
arrival of the Gloucester schooner Grace
L. Pierce with %. 600 pounds of salt fish
and 500 pounds of halibut, and the Glou-
cester schooner William H Ryder with
90, COO pounds Of salt fish and 1000 pounds
of haltbut.
The storm interrupted the steamer SER
vice badly. The Manhattan arrived yes
terday at LBS. and the St. Croix at 8
o'clock.
| A Grand Trunk man said yesterday
that there Is every prospect that the
freight business of the season will double
up over that of last year. and this de-
spite OF the fact that the line lost great
amount Of local freight business by rea-
son of u lack of snow during the opening
months Of the winter.
Despite the somewhat unfayorable re-
ports of few weeks ago. the demand for
provisions keeps up on the continent
and in England, and boxed meats will
be an important Fart Of tho cargo of
every steamer after this. Large shipment is
Of -four and of other grains will be made.
Bulk grains are now being received in
large quantities for shipment, and there
| is a continuing demand for the best
grades Of western flour. The shippers
of apples still find enough to forward,
and are said to be holding back some
| large lots for late shipments.
| The steamship Numidian left Halifax
for this port yesterday afternoon.