The Portland daily press., 1896-11-17
GOSSIP ALONG SHORE.
What the shipping Men Along Commercial
Street Are Talking About.

The fish arrivals yesterday were the
Josephine Swahton with 1000, the Maud
Muller with $4,000, the Lucy Dyer with
IL, eU0, and the Albert W. Black with 5000.
The tug Belknap went to Rockland on
Saturday night and yesterday towed in
to Portland the brig Mary c. Haskell
which has been undergoing extensive
repairs at the former port. This brig will
load with lum Der for the West Indies.
The revenue cutter Wood bury arrived
yesterday afternoon after weeks cruise
to the eastward.
The first importation of grindstone'
OF the season arrived hers yesterday from
Lowor Cove N. S., consigned to the At
lantio Stone Co., Boston. The British
schooner Morris. Capt. Mclean, brought
the cargo in here and the grindstones
will be discharged and distributed about
the country from Portland.
The handsome schooner Rebecon j.
Moulton, loaded with shocks and lumber
for Guardaloupe, was hauled out into
the stream yesterday In readiness for
sailing.
The fishing schooner John M. Plum
mer is ON the marine railway undergoing
extensive repairs.
The old brig Katahdin, lumber laden,
bound for the westward, attempted to
sail yesterday afternoon, but after round
Ing the Cape found that the sea was too
rough and put back again into Portland
for shelter.
Five large vessels loaded with coal
arrived here yesterday and Sunday.
Among these were th@schooner Charley
Buck, which Ia now discharging coal
at Spears wharf South Portland; the
our-mnsted schooner John +. Randall
with coal for the Maine Central; the
schooner Em.na c. Knowles from Phila-
delphia with coal for A. r. Wright &
French with coal for the Maine Central.
and the schooner Calvin B. Orcutt, now
discharging coal at the Portland &
Rochester.
The movement of freight is very liyely
now and vessels are in great demand.
One broker has five charters waiting and
expects to have hard work .tofind vesses
The schooner Luis g. Rabe and Ida C.
Southland sailed for Demarara yesterday
morning.
The steamer Monaghan is on her way
to this port from Liverpool. She is ex-
peoted to arrive Monday.
Shipping Commissioner Tolman yester-
day put a crew ON board the schooner
Fred Jackson which was recently sold
to New York parties. The jackson will
shortly sail for Hillsboro, N. B., and
from there to New York, which will be
her hailing port hereafter.
A crew was also rut on board the
schooner John Stroup which will shortly
sail for Mnnoton, N. B., from there to
Portsmouth. N. a.
The demand for sailors is very good.
Shipping Commissioner ToIman being
able to secure men with considerable
difficulty to fill his orders and sometimes
being Obliged to send to Boston for men.
Sailors get from s23 to S25 month, as
good pay as they have received for some
years.
The following paragraph will give an
idea of what rough month at sea Sep
tsmber was:
The administration of the Bureau
Veritas has just published the list of
maritime disasters reported during the
month of Septe,n Der, 1885, concerning all
flags: The following are the statistical
retnrns: Sailing vesseIs-4 American.
Il 81 81
Q French, German, Italian, Is Norwe-
gian, Russia, Swedish, total 49,
Steamers-1 American, l Austrian, II
British. French, German. Norwe-
gian, . Swedish. total IS.
The leak in the British schooner M.
L. BonnelI, Capt. Mclean, now at this
port, has been stopped. 1t will be re-
mem bered that the vessel put into this
port leaking badly, as she had been
aground at the Isle au Haut.