The Portland daily press., 1896-03-30

SPooA LImOeF Erauo ffOmISGS TO Dc
Heavy This Year-Schooners Making
Port for Shelter. and Fishermen Forced
in by the Storm
line storm came on outside very abrupt
ly yesterday. The morning, SO the fisher
men said, was very fine, and when the
storm set in the change was very abrupt,
SO much so that some of the fishermen
had hard work to get back to their
schooners. The wind was high, and the
sea made rapidly, but still the real
trouble was the shutting down of the
thick snow storm. SIT was like running
into bank said one fisherman.
AnEoid sailor was speaking yesterday of
marks" show the extent to which YES
sci can be loaded. He suggested that
the lives of many American sailors might
be saved by trying something like the
Plimsoll system, and the making sure
that old and rotten vessels are not al
lowed to go to sea- AS it is now if he
owners can find a captain reckless
enough to go to sea in craft of this kind
they can commonly find some sort Of q
cargo, taking it If necessary at out rates.
Sailors everywhere know Mr.. Plimsoll,
and the particular old sailor who spoke
of him yesterday did SO with evident re-
spect, and remarked in a picturesque
way, "He's drifting now into the home
port, and I hope will drop anchor In
the heavenly roads" English sailors as
a rule have high opinion of their cham
pion, and one of the first questions asked
of the writer by an officer of an ocean
liner after making port was. elias the
death Of Samuel Plimsoll been an
nounced?"
There was some sharp work done on
the Grand Trunk yesterday. Some of the
freight held back at different points was
ordered sent forward, and during the
day and night six special trains came in.
The heavy snow storm in Canada last
week resulted in the detention of some of
the trains. Speaking Of the fact that
freight receipts have been rather light Of
late, railroad man said yesterday that
this state OF things is always looked for
at this season of the year. The forward
ers will not send freight along il it can
be sent held back safely until the open
Ing OF the st. Lawrence, not being dis
posed to pay for the long haul. This very
fact goes far in the direction of explain
Ing why Halifax or ST. John, will not
be- selected as the winter steamer port.
Forwarders will not send freight by a
roundabout route If it can be avoided.
The steamers from this port the balance
OF the season will take full cargoes, but
there will be, as was stated in the
PRESS few days ago strong effort
made to prevent an accumulation of
freight beyond the removing capacity
of the last steamer to leave here.
1t will be remembered that last year
three tramp steamers came here for
spool wood, after the close of the regular
steamer service. A gen tleman who was
in this citySaturday said that the demand
this year will be larger than ever before,
and that 1t will take at least double the
1895 number of 'tramps' to take away
the wood to be forwarded here for ship
ment. 1t will make considerable addi-
ton both to the business of the Grand
Trunk and to the export trade from this
port.
Yesterday large number of vessels
made this port for harbor. Several
three masters arrived in rapid succession,
and dropped anchor in the lower harbor.
Enough fish came in yesterday and last
evening to make it certain that this mar
ket would start in fairly we'll While no
one schooner had large catch, no
schooner came in without giving evil
dence that the trip had been fairly sue
cessful. The fishermen haven't had
much to encourage them this season, and
even yesterday were forced to run for
shelter.
Grand Trunk railroad men had hard
day yesterday. Rain was mixed with
snow at many points up the line, show
er of rain being followed by a 1irt of
driving snow.