The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-01-08
HARBoR DRIFT.
Items of Interest Picked Up Along the
Water Front.

with her mainsail badly torn She reported
it as having been very rough night outside
on Wednesday,
The schooner Gem Of Boston, Capt. Sawyer,
arrived here yesterday afternoon and Will
load here for Cuba.
The fishing arrivals yesterday were the
Uncle Joe and George W. Piece with 5000
EACH
The steamship Corona OF the Thomson
line sailed Yesterday afternoon for London
and New Castle She had as her cargo
among other things 43, 100 bushels of peas,
$3.50 bushels of barley, 400 bags OF asbestos,
$50 bags of peas, 80 boxes of canned corn,
100 crates of evaporated apples, 80 bales of
cotton, 9 cases of leather, 202 kegs of but
ter, $50 pieces of deals, 66,093 bundles OF
shocks. From the United States she took
away 53i bales and 25 rolls of paper, 1884
pie es of oak lumber 1875 barrels of pork, Ga
boxes of meal, $50 pals of lard, 4,21o boxes
of canned meats and $50 blocks. Besides this
she carried 351 cattle and 161 horses being
obliged to ship % cattlemen to care for
them on the way across.
The steamship Scotsman of the Dominion
line also sailed yesterday afternoon for
liverpool She carried, among other things,
A., 535 bushels of peas, 1888 bushels OF
wheat, 1856 bushels of barley, 1860 bushels
of oats, 2,756 barrels of apples, 500 SACKS OF
flour, 1867 packages of meat, l,9l1 palls OF
lard, / ,154 boxes of cheese, LOLA boxes o-
butter and 90 organs. The Scotsman also had
on hoard 647 cattle and 53 horses. she car
,ied three cabin, five intermediate ana 70
steerage passengers from Portland
,rbis leaves Portland for the first time
sinoe the season opened without an English
steamer in port. The Monaghan Will ne here
tb,s morning and the Peruvian IS expected
at any time. The Labrador will probably
arrive here next week some time.
An important change is being made in the
offices of the Casco Bay Steamboat company
ON Custom House wharf They have here
tofore been in Curtis place, corner OF Deer
and Fore streets. The building on the wharf
is being remodeled in the upper part, new
stairway built and large handsome offices
will be finished in the lower end, command
ing view of the harbor and bay.
The rigging, spars, sails, windlass, etc. of
the wrecked schooner Robert ]. Carter We're
sold at au ction yesterday and for the most
mart good prices were realized on all of the
articles sold. The sum obtained for the
wreclage was nearly $4,000. The wreck has
not vet been sold by those who hold it and
no definite plan has yet been decided upon
in regard to it.
There were three fishing arrivals yester-
day aggregating about 5000 pounds. The
catches of late have not been very heavy.
The freight business at the Grand Trunk
is at its top notch boom at present and
there is plenty of work for the train men.
Tne 70 ad is putting in new water tank OF
about Is, 900 gallons capacity near Ethe west
approach of the railroad bridge over Pea
body river Foreman McAinnon has charge
of thework and is rapidly pushing it toscom-
pletion.
Frank H .ssMcKeen is the new station agent
and operator of the Grand Trunk at Fall
mouth, having assumed his duties there.
Mr. McKeen comes from Gorham where he
has been stationed for several months.
1t has always been understood that the
steamer fremont, Capt. Corners, would take
The place OF the Mt. Desert on the Bar Har-
Dor route. This arrangement has been an
aulled by the owners of he fremont
A portion OF deck house was found float
ing off Portland Head light near Pond Cove
Teach Wednesday by two lobster men. 1t
was nearly demolished and is supposed to
be portion OF the wreck of the Robert 1.
Carer
The brand new lobster schooner Eva III.
Martin barge of Cptain Martin off this
city, IL 1er first "trip eastward and was
at Rockiand yesterday where she is taking
on Il cargo of lumber for Bass Harbor. The
schooner is an entirely new and handsome
craft and was recently completed at East
Boothbay. She halls from Portland.
The fishing schooner Annie and May sailed
yesterday from Gloucester, Mass, with
good fare of salt fish. She disposed of one
thousand pounds of balibut to local dealers.
The big tug Ice King CT Bath was spoken
T 4 the Cape late Wednesday afternoon. She
l. id the lightship No. Il in tow for Vine
yard Sound where she will be stationed.
Llring her stay in Bath the lightship has
extensive alterations and i'm
provements at the Bath Iron Works.
parting salute WAS given the ship.
Another large crowd visited the wreck of
the schooner Robert I. Carter yesterday.
The hulfllas been examined by Diver Nat
Gordon Capt. Jerome Arnold of Gloucester
was in the city yesterday and attended the
auction sale of portion of the wrecl1age
taken from the schooner Carter. IL was his
opinion that if couple of large wrecking
tugs could have got at the vessel as she
Lay grinding on the rocks she could have
been got off and could have been repaired
with the outlay of about $1,000. At the pres
ent time it looks as if three or four times
that sum would be necessary to get hel into
any kind of shape. Captain Arnold called
upon several old friends along the street.
LIZ 10 largely interested in vessel property.
One of the busiest men on the water front
is Dr.. Huntington, the cattle inspector. He
Inspected over one thousand head of live
stock and saw them loaded on the outgoing
steamships.
!. There were hardly dozen sails in the en-
tire harbor yesteday and there were few ar
rivals of departures
At two O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
patrol wagon was called to Custom House
wharf to take to the station a rum craze
sailor of the fishing schooner Ramona.
The fellow, who is a native of Cape Breton,
had become unmanageable and during the
time when members of the crew were trying
TO quiet him he smashed several pieces OF
crockery. His right wrist was SO severely
cut by the edge of a platter that blood
nif