The Portland daily press., 1896-10-30


there is no doubt that they are COM
mensurate with the value Of the service
rendered.
SAILORS IN DEMAND.
A very scarce article to find in Port
land at the present time is sailor.
They are so scarce in fact that several
times recently vessels were unable to
ship crew here and had to send to Bos-
ton for men. 1t costs considerably more
to bring crew from Bosron than it does
to sign the men here, hut it becomes alb
solutely necessary when they cannot be
procured here.
CREW OF WRECKED VESSEL
BROUGHT HERE.
The schooner Elma d., (Br.) Captain
Il. Comeau, has gone ashore near Port
Clyde and is total wreck. The Grew got
ashore safely. The Elma D. halls from
Yarmouth, N. T.. is six years old and
her tonnage Is in the register as 6S. Her
owner is Stephen A. Douoette of Cape
ST. Mary, Digby county, Nova Scotia.
The British consul has telegraphed for
the crew to come to Portland. They will
arrive today. Passage has been engaged
for them on the Audacieux, which will
clear for Nova Scotia Saturday.
OLD SCHOONER BRAMHALL.
The old schooner Bramhall, formerly
of Portland, but now hailing from
Calais, came into this port yesterday
afternoon for hartor. She is loaded with
lumber and is bound to the westward.
This vessel was originally built for J..
b. Brown of this city for his West India
trade. She has brought many cargoes of
sugar syrup to this city. and on her stern
is q picture of the old Brown sugar
house. The vessel was recognized by
many old salts along shore yesterday,
and brought back to them the recollec.
lions of the days when Portland's harbor
was forest OF masts and when Com
meroial street was crowded with heavy
drays hauling freight to and from the
wharves from one days end to another.
FREIGHT RATES GOING UP.
There is an unprecedented demand for
all kinds of ocean tonnage. particularly
of the American schooner class. for the
European carrying trade. S chooners like
the William B. Palmer, because of their
lnrge capacity, are sought after more
than any others. Other vessels which
bavs been chartered within few days
are the Lucy H. Russell and George E.
Walcott. Both have been in the Mediter-
ranean trade, the Augustus Palmer, now
loading for Limerick, and thu George
Bailey. chartered to carry a cargo to Rio
J:neiro.
Freight rates to South America have
been slightly advanced and it is expected
that the demand for vessels will advance
them still more Many of the coasting
sohooners Of the larger dimensions can
be used for the European trade If the
rates prove sufficient inducement for
them to engage in it. The activity in
ocean rates Is credited to the decrease in
the wheat crops of Europe and to supply
the deficiency from this side the Ameri-
can schooners are being chartered.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE GRACE
WEBSTER.
Seamen Charles Johnson, Benjamin
Hubenett and Victor Skalen, who are
Swedes, James Young of Ireland, and
George ". Jester of Philadelphia, who
was the cook of the disabled schooner
Grace Webster, arrived in this CITY yester-
day morning from Rookland. They will
appear before the United States District
| court to prove their claims for wages,
the five men having libeled the vessel for
the amounts due them.
Hon. George E. Bird has been retained
as counsel by the claimants and Benja-
min Thompson is the attorney for the
owners Of the vessel.
The counsel held conference during
the forenoon and agreed as to the wages
| and the time of shipment. There is q
dispute as to the time when the crew
was discharged.
OTHER ITEMS ALONG SHORE.
The schooner George P. Davenport,
which has been disoharging coal at the
Maine Central, hauled out into the
stream yesterday.
The italian bark Andrea Tobico with
salt from Tripani for Lord Brothers. ar
rived yesterday afternoon. She made the
remarkably quick passage here of sixty
one days. The last vessel from Tripani
to Portland was eighty-one days on the
voyage. The Andrea Tobico picked up
fisherman twelve miles off Portland
and he piloted the vessel into port.
The schooner W. q. Pendleton is az thu
Grand Trunk elevator waiting to load
for Damariscotta.
The schooner Leonora ia loading grain
OF the Grand Trunk elevator for Bangor.
The fishing sohooners George P. Nc
Lellan and George II. Kean. which have
been laid up SO long have been fitted out
again for another fishing voyage. They
sailed yesterday.
The barkentine Golden Sheaf, which
since she came in here in damaged con-
oltlon has been changed into schooner,
has completed her repairs and is now
taxing on board her deck load of lnm Der
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