The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1896-07-02
Marine Matters.

Barque EVE Reed, Capt. Whittier at
Boston June 23d, from Rosario renorts
was struck by squall June 9th. and LOST
tore upper topsail, topgallant sail and the
royal and flying jbs. 49, ''N
Bark Edward May reported by the Trr-
| olno as leaking at sea, was spoken June
10th by the steamer Nedamore, which has
arrived at Baltimore from Liverpool. The
| May signaled that she was retnrnino
leaking. She was in lat. Al p. Ion. IS "a
with all sails set and steering as close to
the westward as the wind would hermit
In the afternoon of the same day fresh
gale came out from the west-southwest
and veered during the night to west
northwest. The May left New York Nav
! 10Th for Honolulu.
The big four masted schooner :. p.
4 Blackburn was launched at Bath June
24th by Percy Il Small. The vessel is of
| 1876 tons, built of selected oak, hackma
tack and hard pine, and cost S72, 900. She
will be commanded by Capt. Alexander
Ross of Somerset, Mass, and will engage
in both foreign and coasting trade. She
is named for former Bath boy who has
won success in Boston, New York and
Philadelphia business circles, and he with
| Mrs. Blackburn and friends were Iauncb :
| ed on board.
! The bark White Cloud, owned bv
! Messrs. John S. Emery & Co. of Boston,
F, and now at that port is to be converted
into a three -masted schooner. The White
Cloud was partially dismasted some
months ago, while on passage from Per-
nambuco for New York and was obliged
to put into Bermuda for shelter She
was towed from that port to New York,
and later was brought to Boston. When
the work of making her over is completed
the vessel will engage in the general
freighting business. She will be com
manded by Capt. Health formerly mas
ter of the barkentine Hancock.
The new steamer W. G. Butman, built
by Irving Adams of East Boothbay from
designs by Capt. William G. Butman, ar
| rived at Rockland last week to have her
machinery put in. She is 50 1-2 feet in
length over all, Is feet beam, and feet
| depth of hold. Her frame and planking
are of white oak, her ceiling is Of south
ern pine her decks are of the best white
pine, laid in strips. All her finish, inside
and out, is OF selected cypress, finished
bright in oil, no paint being used on any
portion of it. She is divided into com
partments by water tight bulkheads. Her
forecastle has five berths, three large cup
| boards for dishes and cooking ware, with
| plenty of lockers in addition. 1t is we'll
lighted with three large dead lights, and
has a good sized cooking range for the
crew. The floor and ceiling overhead are
of hard pine and everything is as neat as
a pin. The pilot house is roony and
| light, has excellent steering gear, a set of
drawers for clothes, charts, etc, and,
what is unusual, windows in the rear as
we'll as the front, through which every
| thing astern as well as ahead can be seen.
| The boiler and engine room is spacious
and will contain an iron water tank for
ward of the boiler, with a capacity of 500
gallons, a boiler, built by E. Hodge Y Go.
of East Boston, "A inches in diameter and
| ! feet long. There will be two engines
aft of the boiler, acting in unison, techni-
| cslly described as ''double steeple com
| pound with capacity of 10 horse pow
er. The coal bunkers are built along the
| sides of the boiler room, which contains
also a fine double action pump, of modern
style and efficiency. The cabin is directly
aft of the boiler room and over a well for
the transportation Of HOLSTERS, It con
! tains two double berths. with baggage
rooms, toilet and water closet adjoining
| 1t is to be handsomely furnished. The
WELL which extends under the cabin and
a portion of the after deck, has a pump
which fills it all the time from the sea, up
to a certain point, from which it runs out
again, thus keeping up constant circula-
ton for live fish or Holsters. 1t can also
be pumped dry when required for icing
mackerel in their season and other kinds
of fish, and also for freight when needed
The freight room proper, however, is in
the hold aft of the well, is roomy and has
ample matches, and is to be used entirely
for the purpose named The boat is sup
piled forward with patent windlass of
galvanized iron and has every other need
ed appliance. She is to ply between Rock
| land and the island OF Matinicus as a pas
senger. freight, fish and lobster steamer,
and will be commanded by Captain Will
! liam G.. Butman.