The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-09
HARBOR DRIFT.
Items of Interest Picked Up Along
Shore.

of Portland This Summer-Other
News.
The hnrbor yesterday was as smooth as
turbed it's mirror-1ike surface and not a
breath of wind was moving all day. The
snow along the wharves has almost en-
tirely disappeared and the hackmen
along Commercial street have gone back
on wheels again.
The only fish arrivals yesterday were
the Hattie Maud and the Uncle Joe with
1000 each.
The schooner Ida G. Southland has COM
pleted her cargo for Demerara and is
really to sail.
Yesterday afternoon the workmen on
the Spring Point ledge light house were
engaged in putting the lantern frame on
the new structure. 1t looks as if the
light would be completed by March first
after all.
The steamship Cottage City from New
York which was due to arrive here Sum
day night was delayed by fogs and did
not reach Portland until 10 30 o'clock
yesterd ay forenoon.
The schooner Clara & Mabel from New
Har Dor was discharging cargo of salt
fish at Trefethen & Bearoe's yesterday.
The schooner Willie T., from the same
place, was discharging a, cargo Of salt
herring.
Four coasters were engaged in loading
lumber at the Berlin Mills wharf yester-
day.
There Is now little doubt about the
steamer Frank Jones running between
Portland, Rockland and eastern points
during the summer. The International
Steamship company has been notified
that 1t will be necessary for them to find
a new berth for the spare steamer Cum
berland which lies at the end Of Railroad
wharf as the steamer Frank Jones will
require that wharf as a landing place
early as the spring.
The hockey match between the clerks of
the Grand Trunk and the Steamship
oompany's clerks will be played two
weeks from next Friday night.
The steamship Scotsman, the largest
Atlantic liner that comes into this port
arrived here yesterday at s a. IN. The
Scotsman is commanded by Captain
Maddox and he reported an unusually
fine passage; certainly her time was ex-
oellent. She left Liverpool Thursday,
January 2sth, in the afternoon, and
called at Neville for the mails. She
reached Halifax in less than eight days
which is generally acknowledged to be a
fast winters passage. She had but two
days of bad weather, one of those being
on her voyage from Halifax to this port
She landed quite mum Der of passengers
at Halifax but only few here. Those
that were landed at this port were: First
cabin, Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar s. Converse,
from Halifax, destination unknown;
second cabin, Mr.. /. Smith. traveller, for
Montreal Miss Martha Washington,
coIored elooutionist, who is on route to
st. GATHERINGS Canada. In the steerage
were Adolf Sineigger, d hair dresser and
Michael Goldby, shirt maker, both from
Russia. AS the entire party WAS in per-
feet health and had sufficient money to
clear the law they vera quickly examined
and passed. Mr.. I. Smith. the travellt
had two gold finches in his possession
and he quickly sold these ON the wharf
for ten dollar note. He had CHINA
mon colored canary bird with him that
the gentleman wanted to buy but as it
WAS q present for friend he refused to
part with it. On the passage Miss Wash
ington proved a delightful entertainer
and was the lite Of the party. The
steamer brought 1928 tons OF miscellane-
GUS freight, some Of the principal items
being oranges, walnuts, 500 cases of gin.
dry goods, case goods. The Portland con
sipnment consisted Of % cases of oranges
to J. L Libby & Co., one package of
effects for the Grand Trunk, 96 cases Of
china clay for the Barring Bros. two
nackaQes of books for J. e. Prindle and
one package Of merchandise for tho
Lowell Cycle company. The task of I'M
loading her was finished last night and
she will be loaded with cargo that will
be the limit Of her capacity. The Scots
man arrived at an opportune time. The
Grand Trunks sheds and yards are COM
pletely glutted with freight. and to
make matters verse each day adds long
train londs of merchandise awaiting ship
ment.
At the present time the four mig sheds
are packed solid with freight, and yester-
day, it is said, that those officials most
directly interested were figuring on
securing another extra boat to help in
clearing away the immense amount of
delayed freight.
The steamships now are picking up
their cargces and one official said yester-
day that there is freight now awaiting
shipment that arrived here in November
last. Included in this freight is con-
siderable cotton and other bulky goods.
1t is said that there is tendency on
the part of the lines to hurry this i'm
mepse amount out of the way to make
way for the enormous amount of freight
that is on the Grand Trunk track stretch
ing from Island Pond to this city and