The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-29
HARBoR DRIFT.
Items of All Kinds Picked Up Along
Shore.

Items of All Kinds Picked Up Along
Shore.
The Devona., Captain TAFT, arri we'd at
l p. m. Saturday from Newcastle, Rug
land. She had been out II days. She
came over fin water ballast, with the
exception of 100 tons of coal which will
be discharged at once. Her only passen-
gers were about dozen returning oattle-
men, all of whom were in good health
and passed the DOCTORS inspection.
TheDsvona is not what could be termed
handsome vessel; she was neither built
for speed nor beauty. She Is simply an
immense floating warehouse. She Is
375 feet long and 45 feet beam. She has
a.dead weight capacity Of 6,S40 tons
while her measurement by feet showing
her freight capacity is 1885, 2l4 feet, which
is equal to 5000 tons.
The Devona was built by Robert Con-
nal & Co. of Glasgow and this is her
second trip, the first one being to New
Orleans. She is the largest freighter Of
the Thomson line that has come to this
port. She has accommodations for 300
head of cattle. On her return passage
she will take out 400 cattle, 1870 horses,
and III, 900 bushels of grain besides a
large general cargo.
Mr.. John d. Murray, the horse dealer,
has, 1t Is understood, engaged passage
for 90 fine horses which will be sold across
the water. Mr.. Murray will accompany
them and attend to their sale personally.
The Devona has vely short masts, de-
signed SO she can pass under the bridges
in the Manchester canal.
Captain TAFT reports seeing several ioe-
bergs, but nothing out of the run Of an
ordinary passage. # -
The schooner Albert W. Black arrived
from cruise yesterday with full fare
of fish.
There was quite heavy swell In the
harbor yesterday indicative of high sen
outside. A large number of coasters
came in during the afternoon, seeking q
harbor.
The steamer Istria. that arrived in New
York from the Mediterranean lately
with fruit for that port and birthstone for
Portland consigned to the Grand Trunk,
discharged her fruit cargo in New York.
and sailed Saturday for Portland. She
was expected to arrive here last night.
The bark Carrie Winslow. Captain
Montague aud Thomas A. Goddard,
Capt. Cook, are in the stream waiting te
load for Buenos Ayres.
The schooner Phineas W. Sprague Is In
the stream waiting to take a load of ice,
and general cargo for Demarara.
The Partisan, Commodore barrett, Of
yesterday morning, and will probably
sail today for Portland. She will bring
ono saloon. seven intermediate and
| tw enty eight Storage passengers.
There was a large number Of well
known citizens aud families visited the
Grand Trunk wbarves yesterday, wit
messed the loading of the Devona at the
old Grand Trunk elevator, looked over
the big Scotsman, and inspected the new
elevator.
There were five trains Of general mer-
ohandise arrived over the Grand Trunk
for the steamers yesterday and there were
three outward trains. There will be six
hundred herd of cattle arrive by Tuesday
| for the Scotsman. and four hundred and
thirty on Thursday for the Dsvona, be.
sides a large number of horses for the
latter steamer.
| NJ <1Fk hla ID r. v~atl
the expectation Of horses on the Dsvona.
| Quinn & 90. have completed repairs on
the Saco river tug Joseph Baker aud she
will 60 on the marine railway on Mon.
day for further repairs.
The tow boat Honoybrook arrived Sat
urday with Central Railway barge No. 1.
The schooner City Of Augusta has
gone to Clark's ice house to load for the
| south.
| TIE bark Thomas e. Goddard, Capt
Cook, loaded with lumber and with hel
Grew all shipped ready for sailing is only
waiting favorable wind to sail forB usnos
Ayres
The schooners Lucy A. Davis and MI.
randi are undergoing extensive repairs
Mt Sturtevant's wharf.
The tow boat Demerest towed a hand
some new life buat In tended for thu Cape
| Elizabeth Life Saving Station out to
Trundy's reef Saturday. The boat arrived
on the Boston boat Saturday morning
from the government headquarters in
| New York.
| q. III. Sanborn, purser of the ST. Croix,
will, it is said, sever his connection with
the international Steamship company on
April LIST, to engage in the real estate
business in Worcester, Mass. Mr.. San
born's place will be filed by Fred Smith
for some time employed in the office OF
the company, Boston.
| The many friends in this city Of Capt
John Thompson Of the steamer Cumber-
land, are pleased to again welcome him
| on the route after his rest of the past
month while the steamer was hauled up
| in Portland. The weight of years rests
easy on Capt. John, and tho RESPONSE
bility growing out of the transportation
of the thousands of passengers, which he
safely lands year after year, has now be-
come second nature to him, yet he does
! not abate in the least that vigilance that
| has helped to make the name of the In.
ternational Steamship company the syn
onym Of safety.
The Partisan was expected at halifax