The Portland daily press., 1897-02-16
HARBoR DRIFT.
Items of All Kinds Picked Up Alonf
Shore

The schooner Carrie f. Phillips from
LIE Have banks is discharging $4,000
pounds of mixed fish.
The schooner Golden Rule from Port
land, which was towed into Boston one
day laet week full Of water, has been
towed to Monroe's wharf at East Boston
where her 1eckload is now being dis
charged. The leak is supposed to beson
the top side, and it is thought that lhe
can be repaired without going on the
railway.
Randall & MoAllister are discharging
two big schooner's cargoes of coal-a
three master and a four master. The
BENJAMIN It. Poole Ii 1ischarging at the
Maine Contra. and the B. G. French at
the Boston and Maine.
The bark j. Fl. Hamlen cleared yester-
day with cooperage and deck load Of
lumber for Paysandu.
The steamer Powhattan, from Mediter-
ranean ports for Portland, has arrived at
Boston and will proceed to Portland
after discharging a part of cargo of
fruit atE Boston. Reports after passing
Gibraltar had moderate weather for six
days up to 30 W. Afterwards to Georges
Shoal had gales from SW to NNW. with
rough and confused seas, which frequent
ly swept over the ship. February S, lati-
tude 81. so N, longitude So w, had a
northerly gale with hurricane force, last
ing thirty hours; o tremendous comber
broke on board demolishing No. Q star
board life boat and doing other damage.
The steamship Iona passed Dover,
Eng, February 18th on her way to this
port. The Labrador sailed from Neville,
February 18th for Portland, via Halifax.
Coal is to be brought to this port from
the Nova Sootian coal mines by steam
ships. Here it will be loaded on to Grand
Trunk cars and distributed at Canadian
points, thus giving employment to extra
crews IF 'longshoremen at this port.
The first steamship is due Wednesday
and is said to be one of the BLACK
Diamond feet controlled by the
Dominion Coal company. The first
steamer will bring about two thousand
TONS Whether or not the steamers will
continue to come here until the st. Law
renee is open to navigation is not known,
but 1T is expected that is the programme
though nothing definite could be learned
yesterday forenoon.
The Memnon lies at shed No. 8, and
the Scotsman at No. L. Between the
sterns of the two vessels a rope stretches
about twenty feet above the water. Along
this rope, early yesterday morning one Of
the crew of the Scotsman made his way
hand over hand a distance of about fifty
feet.
Workmen commenced putting the tin
on the outside of the new elevator yester-
day.
The Merryooneag made her frat tri p
Saturday between Rockland and Bar
Harbor.
The Evelyn Smith went out Saturday
and returned yesterday morning with
10, 600. Among the other fish arrivals
were tho James Pool, with Is, 900; the
Carrie E. Phillips. with $4,000; ]. S.
Glover, 5000; Forest Maid, 1000; Mary E.
Haggett, 5000; Unole Joe, 5000. Ella
M. Doughty, 1900; Moses B. Linscott.
5000; Mary Gilman, 5000; Eva and Mil
dred, 5000.
Yesterday there was more coal in the
harbor than there has been at any time
for month. In all there were six four
masted schooners, four thres masted
schooners and two barges.
The revenue cutter Woodbury. sailed to
the eastward yesterday morning on a
cruise.
The John f. Randall cleared from
Philadelphia, Saturday for Portland
with coal for the Grand Trunk railroad.
Showed His Sympathy.