The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-19
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
And Other Items Picked Up Along the
Wharves.

and Ella NJ. Doughty had 10, 900 each,
the Uncle Joe and Leila B. Fernald
10, 900 each, Mystic Tie 5000, Moses B.
Linscott and the H. L. Wyman 5000
each, Minette, Evelyn L. Smith and
George r. Keene 5000 each. The lobster
arrivals were the Edith Thompson with
1900 pounds, the Morning Light and Eva
g. Bell 1900 each.
The GUTTER Woodbury. sailed yesterday
afternoon on cruise to the eastward.
The steamer Frank Jones came off the
marine railway at high tide yesterday
aud the schooner Nellie Burns took her
place to be painted.
The Central Railway. barge No. 10,
hauled down into the stream yesterday
morning loaded with ice and is now
awaiting tow boat to take her to New
York.
The schooner Alicia B. Crosby came in
yesterday morning with her foresail in
ribbons and with story to tell of rough
weather and hard passage. She went
to the Maine Central wharf to discharge
her cargo of coal.
The steamship Lycia will sail at one
O'Clock this afternoon with a cargo of
$500 tons of freight and $50 cattle.
The Frank Jones, looking like new
steamer and in first class trim for the
summers business, Is now at her
wharf near the International Steamsh Up
c0mpany's pier. She Will shortly begin
making her regular trips to Rookland
and Maohiasport.
Late yesterday afternoon many vessels
came in for har Dor and all Indications
pointed to coming storm.
The lobster fishermen have been having
a very severe winter of it. The weather
has been so rough that they have been
unable to get out to pull their traps and
consequently Holsters have been very
scarce and high. The wholesale dealers
have found considerable difficulty this
winter in keeping their regular custom
ers supplied.
The small boats have begun to go shore
fishing now and this will give many fish
ermen who have heretofore been idle
plenty Of employment.
port about three o'clock yesterday after
noon after an exceedingly long and rough
passage. On account of the low tides
the vessel stuck In the mud when half
war in her dock and was obliged to wait
for high water before the stevedores
could go to work on her cargo. She
brought over Is returning cattlemen and
about 700 tons of freight. She was 20
days on her trip across the Atlantic.
sTAe steamship Vancouver sailed for
Liverpool via Halifax at about half past
two yesterday afternoon. She hauled out
into the stream at noon on account Of
the low water and got away without
mishap Of any kind. She took 4, 500 tons
Of freight and three cabin, five inter-
mediate and 20 steerage passengers.
Two sailors named Carlson and No
Lain who were hurt on the steamship
Iona during her voyage to Portland were
| taken to. the Marine hospital where they
will bel obliged to remain for some
weeks.
Yesterday morning the big New York
ocean tug Carbonero arrived here to pull
the wreck of the Robert Il Carter OFT the
South Portland flats and tow her to
Boston. The Carbonero hitched on a big
hawser to tha Carter and gave mighty
pull. The Carter didn't even CULVER.
Then the Belknap. came to the rescue,
and both pulled together. Not a bulge
on the part of the Carter. Then out came
the Demerest and all three Of them pulled
and strained. The big hawser on the
Carbonero snapped in twain, and the tug
shot far out into tine stream. The attack
was soon renewed but without avail, 50
the battle was finally abandoned and the
Carter still remains firmly imbedded in
the mud. 1t will preba bly, be necessary
to fill her hold with empty barrels before
she can be floated, and the prolific sub
ject of moving the Oarter has not yet
been exhausted.
A few Portland people went to Bath
yesterday to witness the launching of
the big four masted schooner, Frank N.
Palmer. She is the largest schooner
rugged vessel in the world.
The steamship Scandinavian has sailed
fl om Glasgow for this port.
The. Corona sailed from Newcastle for
Portland Tuesday.
The sea gulls have been more notice
able in the harbor this winter than for a
| long while before. The lower harbor
WAS thickly dotted with them yesterday
morning.
Work is being crowded on the steve
dores at the English steamer wharves
and the vessels are being loaded with all
possible dispatch to make way for the
others hourly expected. A large number
of horses were put aboard the Iona yes.
terday morning and her cattle were put
on board last evening.
| The Gloucester schooner Marriner, be-
fore reported as having had such hard
experience, after disposing OF portion
of her large catch Of haddook, sailed
yesterday for Lenoon for Gloucester. AL
traces of ice and snow had been removed
and she did not much resem BILE the YES
sci that arrived Tuesday.