The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-05
HARBoR NOTES.
Items of Interest Picked Up Alongshore
Yesterday.


Sixty more cars of export-. grain in.bond
arrived over the Grand Trunk. 1t was
mostly corn.
At Randall & McAllister's, Central r.
Il. barge No. 8, of New Jersey, arrived
yesterday and gave the new steam shovel
an opportunity to show itself.
N. E. Trefethen added new lobster
car to bis equipment at Portland pier yes
terday.
Not less than dozen large four-masters
loaded with coal are due to arrive in port
and they are badly needed. The coal
dealers have been unable to fill orders in
full and will be very Thankful when they
show up. One arrived yesterday forenoon.
1t was the Mary Manning with large
cargo for the Grand Trunk.
There have been quite number of
changes among the tug boats in the har
Dor. Captain George Matthews has left
the Samuel B. Jones and taken position
as captain of the G. A. Warren. The
vacancy left has been filled by promoting
the engineer Mr.. Sidney Harvey to the
position of captain. Mr.. Maloney takes
the berth of engineer. Mr.. William Cook
the popular engineer of the Sebascodegan
has accepted the position of engineer on
the Ben Hur, the former engineer Mr..
Robert Perkins, having taken the engi-
neer's berth on the stone steamer John
Wise. There are now thirteen tug boats
doing business in the harbor.
The steamer Lorna brought in 1000
Holsters for G. W. Marston.
Two fishermen had their nets set off
Macksworth island Wednesday for larger
fish, and succeeded in pulling up nine
teen barrels of fine herring
The fishermen who were dragging We'd
nssday night for mackerel had good luck
and some beauties were brought in yester-
day.
Captain william A. Colby of the steam
er State of Maine, who has been ailing
some time has fully recovered from his
sickness and has relieved Captain Thomp-
son of the Cumberland, who has been
running in his place between Boston and
New Brunswick.
1t has been definitely decided to use the
old elevator in addition to the new one
this winter.
A large quantity of old copper plate
which has been stripped from old vessels
on the marine railway recently, has been
brought to Portland and will be shipped
to the manufacturers of copper plate who
will melt 1t over into new sheets.
The Grand Trunk people have moved
the semaphore from the foot of the steps
leading from the yard to Fort Allen park
to the high bluff just outside the fence of
the park.
The government lighthouse tender May
flower has just been completed at the
Bath Iron Works and sailed for Boston
yesterday. Few yachts are finished as
elegantly as the Mayfiower and she is
popular boats.
The Harpswell steamer Aucocisco
brought up an unusually large freight
yesterday morning. 1t consisted chiefly
of Holsters, CLAIMS and all kinds of fish
going through to Boston, and the West.
The cutter Levi Woodbury., sailed on
trip to the eastward.
The largest dredge in the world pulled
up stakes or rather "spuds" yesterday
morning and went to the Portland COM
pany's wharf for quite extensive repairs
She expects to be out of commission
about three weeks. 1t is said that the
tug Samuel Jones has contract to tow
mud scows when the dredge returns to
work.
The four masted schooner, Charles
Davenport was towed outside and sailed
for Norfolk, Va, for cargo of coal.
Shipping Commissioner Tolman signed
a crew for the Major Piokards, bound to
enc or more ports in South America.
The increasing traffic on the Grand
Trunk system will necessitate the build
ing of no less than 1000 new box cars and
work begins at once. Half will be built
in Canada and half in Detroit.