The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-01
ABouT THE WHARvEs.
Items q interest Picked Up Along the
Water Front.

Yestbrday afternoon the steamer Ian
rentiaIh siled for Liverpool. She carr;ed
from Portland one intermediate and 1eO
steerage passengers. Her cargo was a
large one and included manv srti,,es
of general merchandise. The Canadian
cargo vas 1874 boxes, SO tierces. % kegs
and ssven parfels of meat, IL, 1854 boxes of
cheese 1858 boxes of butter, ASA barrels
of apples ioa cases of eggs, 8 Hrkins
IF butter s8l5 maple blocks, 1850 pieces
of deals, 100 splints, 90 boxes of axes
and 6 packages of sundries.
The American cargo consisted of 1ae5
boxes Of meats, "a kegs of meata M
barrels Of apples, 81, 97s bushels Of grain
s7s2 bushels of peas, 800 cattle and BIZ
sheep
The nsw steamship John Englis of the
Maine Steamship Company line will
leave New York for Portland on .Janu-
airy s:andwill shortly afterwards 90 on the
route batwesn this city and New York
Tie cficers of the new boat will bs !.
Captain Albert Bragg; first officer, r.
L. Haraing; chief engineer, David
Hincklsf; steward, James e. Chandler
The stealner Cottage City will 60 ont
of commission when the Englis is nut
on the route. Capt. Bennett Of the Cot
tsge Cit will take charge Of the Manbat-
tan. Itispropnble that the Cottage City
will again be put in service during the
summe season should the travel be
heavy enough to require it.
This proposed new steamship line be-
tween Portland and eastern Maine ports.
with Portland as the western terminus
is being generality discussed among shin
bling mel
The lssding men of Bangor, Rookland,
Camden, Belfast and other eastern Mama
ports are reported to have taken hold of
the project with a great deal of interest
and thsprospeots seem very bright. The
plan is for the boat to make a trip every
two days tn connect with the Grand
Trunk railway. the Maine Steamship
Company and the Canadian Pacific road.
which would make very convenient
connection for the merchants and travel
ling pOple and one that has been very
much needed for long time. The New
BrmDsric has q carrying capacity
of about $50 tons of freight and
will accommodate 400 passengers, the
boat 10 well furnished and lighted by
electricity. If satisfactory arrangements
can be made the company will be able
to begin business in the spring
The steamships Corona and Memnon
ara expected to arrive here today. The
pilot boat Maggie has been outside since
Mondsy looking for these vessels
The only fish arrival yesterday was
| the Thomas Knight with 5000. HOLSTERS
are very scarce and the schooners in the
| carrying trade between the eastern part
Of the state and Portland are finding 1t
hard work to complete their lobster car
goes.
Tie tow boat Denerest took the
schooner Sarah E. Palmer to Bath yes
terday for repairs.
There were busy scenes around the
Grand.Trunk wharves yesterday, where
several crews were at work getting the
Allen liner Laurentian ready fo- her
voyage across the water. Work was also
booming around the Labrador, as she was
taknga consignment of about 90, 600
bushels Of grain from the elevator. She
| will take on COZ head of cattle, 100 horses
and several hundred sheep.
The schooner r. I. Pettigrew of this
| port from Rio Grande, Nicaragua for
Boston, passed Vineyard Haven, Satur-
day
Thssteamer Merrimac, Capt. Morgan,
arrived at Hamburg, December 29th
from Portland, after fair passage
The PRESS WAS in error yesterday
morning when it stated that the under
writers Ind abandoned the wreck of the
Robert /. Carter. AS matter of fact
| the #rsck has not been abandoned and
the Underwriters have legal claim of
| onefourth of all the coal taken from the
Iiulkand have in many cases enforced
| this tlaim. Yesterday tho wreck was
surrounded by small and large boats all
| day, which hung on to the wreck as flies
hoyn around o molnsses barrel until
the heavy saa drove them in shore.
Every fishing boat which came into port
yesterday had on board its portion OF
the coal from the wreck and found a
| ready market for 1T along the water
front.
One reason for the laundering of the
Calvin 3. Orcutt, by which all on board
pershed. is serious one. 1t appears
that the Chatham bar whistling buoy
| has laen gone from it's proper moorlngs
| since the storm of December 18th and
at PRESENT. is located about one mile
southeast from its regular position.
Henes II is a pronounced menace to navi-
CATION and should be returned to its
proper nosition at once. At present YES
sells mining their course either way
from Il will run upon the shoals where
certain disaster awaits them. 1t is sald
by some mariners that had the buoy
been IN its right position the Inflated
Calm B. Orcutt would never have
foundered and the lives OF her Grew
| cTlarnn