The Portland daily press., 1897-03-27
HARBOR DRIFT.
Items of All Kinds Picked Up Along
Shore.

| Shore.
Wild geese are flying northwara
Several flock have been noticed down the
harbor this week. Harry Hamilton and
Howard Hamilton of Harspwell, shot
two one day this week.
Captain David Storer of West Harp
swell has received news of the death Of
bis brother Captain Johnson Storer il
California. He was born in Harpswell
but has lived in California thirty-fve
years.
The schooner Charles II. Tricky,
which has been laid up at Widgery 4
wharf for the past two IL onths has been
chartered and went 10 Clark's ice pond
yesterday LII orning to take on a cargo OF
ice.
The big four mssted schooner Charles
Davenport arrived with large cargo OF
coal for the Or and Trunk.
The Rebecoa A. Taulane is loading ice
at Clarks.
Lobster arrivals have been few and far
between of late. The Alya brought l..
1900 for c. W. Marston & Co.
The fine four-master Charles P. Not
man finished discharging a cargo oil coal
for Randall & McAllister on the 10Th eli
March and sailed the same day to Nor
folk for another cargo. At seven o'clock
yesterday morning she was again at
Randall & McAllisters all ready TO dis
charge again. This is an unusually quick
passage.
At Gloucester only IS vessels are fitting
for the Grand Banks cod fishing, and
those are having hard work to procure
crews as but few provincial fishermen
have come to t11oucester this season
owing to the low price paid for fish.
Some of the vessels that have sailed,
went short handed but intend to call at
Nova Scotia to complete their compile
ment before proceeding to the Bank.
Quite business is done in picking W
the drift wood around the wharyes while
the English steamers are in port. All the
small boards and odd pieces of planks,
joist, ETC.. used in. keeping an incoming
cargo from rolling around in the hold
are thrown overheard this being about
the easiest way to dispose of it. When
several steamers are in port this wood
and the odds and ends from the cattle
pens, furnish drift wood enough to en-
ploy four or five men continually in
picking it up.
The work of covering tho exterior OF
the new elevator with the galvanized iron
sheets is slow work, as it can only ns
carried ON in fair weather. The side belt
galleries are nearly coluplete5 now, there
being seven spouts on each gallery BY
this number of spouts the hatch of any
vessel can be reached, no matter what
her length may be. Grain can be dis
charged Into two matches at one tina.
The grain is carried on one broad belt,
but an arrangement divides the flow Ii
desired SO part goes down one spout to
its hatch, while the remainder on the
belt keeps on to another spout and differ
ent hatch.
Captain 8. p. Drinkwater, formerly
of the schooner Matte b. Russell, has
taken command of the bark Grace Deer.
ing of Portland, and Captain John {.
Drinkwater, formerly Of schooner David
Tarrey. has taken command of schooner
Matte B. Russell.
A Waterman at the old elevator says
that certain unused bins are literally
alive with wharf rats and that dog that
fell into one of them short time ago
was killed almost instantly by the
ferocious rodents.
One hold of the new Thomson freighte
Deyona will hold SO, 00O bushels of light
grain. This vessel is houily expected to
arrive here.
The Golden Sheaf came out of the dry
dock Thursday and her place was taken
By the RenjaInin G. Cromwell
The Labrador sailed from Liverpool for
this port Thursday.
The schooner William B. Palmer, al
Philadelphia from London, reports heavy
adverse winds on the passage. The vessel
that sailed from England in company
with her have not yet arrived.
The schooner phineas W. Sprngna,
which took partial cargo of les at
Boothbay and then came here for the
balance of general cargo, has finished
loading and is all ready to sail to
DemcIara.
Shipping Commissioner Tolman paid
off the crew of thu Anua e. Kranz yester-
day and also shipped crew for the bark
Carrie Winslow bound TO South A merica.
Two of the crew objected to going aboard
one claiming that he was sick. He was
examined by the Marine hospital
physician who pronounced him perfectly
well, SO he had to go aboard. The other
had been inbibing too freely of the oil
OF joy and the services of an officers were
necessary in assisting him on to the yes-
sci. He swore he would jump overheard
but decided that the water was too cold
and resigned himself to the voyage. -
The steamer Alice is being painted
The tug Cornelis is being scrnped pre-
paratory to being painted and overhauled
for the summer season.
There were few arrivals of boat fish
yesterday afternoon.
Schooner Jacob Reed, Bunker, master,
arrived Friday morning from Brunswick,
Ga, with 400, coo feet pitch pine and
o,nrauc INN her for Rinhardsap Dana e,