The Portland daily press., 1897-03-06
HARBO DRIFT.
Prospects for the Summer and Gossip Oh
all Kinds.

Summer seems far away just now but
this does not prevent the people along
shore from talking about the posslpiiloies
of the coming season. They say ona'
Portland is to have more steamb oats
running into her harbor this season WAL
eger before and 1t is needless TO say enat
the combined feet will be the nness Oh
any port on the Atlantic COAST BESIDES
the coastwise lines there Is to De q CON
slant arrival and departure OF plg ocean
steamships which will LOAD mere Win
grain at the new elevator LOT Iofelgn
norts If is also rdmored that an all the
xaar roupd line of ocean steamships may
RIM into Portland ard taking it all in
all the coming summer promises to be a
very lively one.
Some idea of the number of vessels
that come into Portland harbor may be
had from summary OF the arrivalssdu
ing the month.of February. During that
time SO steamers. 217 schooners, brig,
three barks, and one barge comprised
the arrivals.
The steamer Herman Reesing brought
In 4, 500 Holsters for N. f. Trefethen yes
terday.
The scow Rival sailed for Orrs island
Yesterday forenoon with big load of
lumber, brick, etc.
The barge q. G. Champan, former
Portland ship, built in Bath. in 1877, has
finished discharging a cargo of coal at
the Maine Central and has made way for
the Sarah e. Palmer, which has cargo
of coal for the Maine Central.
The Rosa Mueller sailed yesterday
forenoon for House island, where she
will load ice for Oyster Bay, N. Y.
Work is processing rapidly on the
wharf for the steamer Frank Jones. The
freight shed: has been shingled, new
piles have replaced old ones. and new
planking is being laid.es
The empty kerosene barrels are being
removed from the hold Of the Robert /.
Garter ON the South Portland side, and
loaded on TO the scow Modoo. They will
be taken to the Kerosene works. When
work commences again on the old hull
this spring it Will probably be necessary
to put more barrels in before. she can be
foated. It was rumored on the street
yesterday that Boston firm has offered
to tow the wreck of the Coarter to Bos-
ton and, dock her for $500. Whether or
not this offer has been accepted could not
be asoertained.
On the South Portland side about
twenty yachts and sother crafts are hud-
died together unders cover of canvas,
where they have been drawn up for the
winter. The old sailors call it the South
Portland ship hospital.
There have been "a ocean steamers in
mort SO far this season which is larger
number than came here the entire season
last year. This does not include the
sulphur steamer Powhatan or the Tacoma
of the Black Diamond line.
The2 Frank Jonas went on the marine
railway at food tide yesterday.
The Austrian has hauled over to the
Grand Trunk elevator.
ThefNhmidian will arrive this morn
ing unless storm delays her. She sailed
from Halifax for Portland yesterday
morning.
The schooner Rebeooa F. Lamdin ar
rived here Thursday with partial cargo
Of ice in tow ofithe tug Seguin. The
Lsmdin will finish loading ice and gen.
eral cargo at this port and then sail for
Trinidad.
The schooner General Banks is loading
lum Der. for Boston at the Berlin Mills
company's wharf.
The bark Carrie Winslow has finished
discharging her cargo of salt and is now
loading lumber at the Boston and Maine
wharf for South America.
The steamer fremont of the Boston
lines is being put in shape for the coming
season. She will 60 on the route about
March Is.
At Widgery's wharf the coastwise yes
sells that are either discharging of
loading general cargo are the Lone Star,
Ada Adslia, Napoleon, William ". Web
ster, Superb and James A.. Brown.
The steamer ST. Croix arrived yester-
dag morning and continued on her way
at 10 O'Clock.
The steamer Msmnon has arrived at
Bristol.
The Laurentian sailed from Liverpool
on Thursday for this port.
The keel of the new boat which is
building for the Harpswell Steamboat
line has been laid and about half Of the
frame work is up. The best of white
oak is being used In this frame and the
new steamboat will be very staunch