The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-04-14
SUMMER EAMERs.
Plans OF Service the Coming season--ofber
Items Along Shore.

The wind was blowing strong and
steady from the westward yesterday al
ternoon and the vessels which came into
the harbor carried the bone in their teeth
and with everything drawing, their
rails under water and the foam boiling
up over their bows they seemed to almost
fly through the water, The fishermen
in particular presented beautiful pict-
ure rs they came down the harb0r with
every inch of canvas SPREAD, excepting
topsail, and when some distance away
from their wharf the sails would be
doused and the little vessels float grace
fully alongside the dock. A constant pro ;.
csssion Of coasters. fishermen and vessels
of all kinds were steamime in through
Ship channel all the afternoon and by
sunset q large number Of vessels were at
an Choir in the lower harbor
A large number of fishermen arrived
yesterday. Among them all they had
about so, coo pounds Of fish. The Albert
W. Black 81. L. Wyman, Thomas v.
Knight. Monticello, Jennie II. tiilbelt,
Lizzie Maud. Uncle Joe. Minnette were
some of these vessels, and besides thsse
there were great many small boats
Tho bark Hayden Brown came of the
railway yesterday where sho has ben
repairing, and has gone to Central wharf
to take in ballast She will sail for Ehl..
timore to load with coal for Portland.
The schooners Golden Ball and S.A.
Paine have gone to the railway for re-
pairs.
The Thomson line steamship Kildma,
Captain Roberts, arrived yesterday morn
ing about 7.3O. She left Newcastle on |
March so. and had fairly pleasant Jas
sage. Considerable drift ice WAS sect at
times. The Kildona,s only cargo was 45O
tons of coal for the Grand Trunk, Which |
served as ballast. Her only passengers
were nineteen returning cattlemen.
The Portland Steamship company will
this summer make splendid provisionfor |
the constantly increasing travel between |
Portland and Boston. Beginning July |
1, they propose to run three steamers, the |
Bay State Portland and fremont, Cling I
two steamers a day each way, incluling |
Sundays, making fourteen round rips
week. The Bay State and Portland
will run the same as now, each legingI
Portland or Boston at p. m. But the
fremont will be run almost oonstatly,
leaving Portland ct a. IN. every dag,
including Sundays, and Boston ever day L
at s p. m. including Sundays.
That will give two boats every light
from Boston to Portland, one Leaving st II
2. m. and the other Mt = I'm. Thi will
about double the ordinary capacit for,t
passenger traffic ana will prove a great L
convenience to the trave Hing pblir.
heretofore every statsroom would b saln
long before the honr of leaving Tnaerl
the new management, If passengs can
not get Stateroom on the O. clook hoat, i
he can step over TO the s O'Clock boS and
there get good room. From POLAND
to Boston there will he a day boat very
day, including Sunday, in addition b the
regular boat leaving each evening. The
fremont will he kept pretty busy, styling
at Boston only few hours before tuning
back to Portland and having only aout i,
three or fonr hours in Portland bfore
leaving again for Boston. She williake
some freight, If necessary, but will be
principally used to accommodate. tiaapas- Il
seHger traffic, which grows heavier ea6ilit
year. The Maine Steamship ooIpar VI
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beween New York and Portland this
summer, the John Englis, ManhttanI
and Cottage City being kept mt wor ALL
the time. A steamer will leave Poland
for New York i've evenings each week
and will lenve New York for Portlai the
same mum Der nf times.
The officers of the Casco Bay linewere
down the bay on Monday and sited
Peaks island. They intend to lild a
new theatre on Peaks island but far
have taken no steps in this dirftion
Probably plans for this new buildiy will
be adopted in few weeks and the the
work will be began at once.
The first steam yacht of the seam in |
the form Of the Katherine of NewYork
Teached here at one o'clock yesrday
afternoon. She went up to r..
Wright's to take in coal. She is OF way
to Bar Harbpr.