The Portland daily press., 1897-03-12
HARBoR DRIFT.
Items of All Kinds Picked Up Along
Shore.

ne INTERNATIONAL steamship company
ina ugurate their Spring arrangement OF
Monday next, and after that date will
have two steamers week from Boston
and Portland. The steamer Cumberland,
Captain Thompson, which has beer
| hauled up at Portland, has been thor
oughly renovated and put In condition
for the spring traffic. Sailings from this
| port will be on Mondays and Thursdays,
ana from st. John, N. B., on Tuesdays
and Thursday. Stops will be made at
Portland and PASSPORT in 10th directions.
1t is understood that the Laurentian
will make another trip to this port.
= The sob ooner Caoouna Of the Black
diamond line arrived from Louisburg,
O. B., yesterday noon with I'LL tons OF
coal for the Grand Trunk. The Cacouna
left this port on Thursday. March 4,
arriving IN Louisburg the next day. She
commenced to load Monday finished and
cleared that day arriving in this port
again just one week from her sailing
time, which is very quick trip.
This tug Demerest went to Saco River
ycbocINdy h4Ak 0A0 sS"o" o-Ao oN3
boat Joseph Baker to this city where she
will be repaired for the summer season.
The ocean tug Ice King arrived yesteI-
day noon. She will tow the barge q. G.
Chapman to philadelphia.
The Numldian Of the Allan line Capt.
Macnicol sailed at 1.sO yesterday after
noon for Liverpool. She carries large
cargo Of about 1000 tons among which
are e645 barrels Canadian apples 1876
barrels A American apples 1900 packages
meats 900 cases splints 1900 pieces maple
blocks, 1850 sacks barn, 400 sacks -four,
COZ doors, q organs. Q pianos, 254sO
bushels peas, 1877 bushels oatH, S92
cattle and % horses make mp her live
stock There wore six cabin and six
steerRge passengers.
The steamboat Frank Jones is about
ready to come of the marine railway,
The schooner Nellie Burns has been
thoroughly overhsuled by g. A. Hartford
and has he'd new rigging set up by Nc
Glare. She will soon sail on fishing
trip after halibut on the Western Banks.
The bark Hayden Brown in ON her
A. Emery. She passed Gibralter Janu-
airy 80 and is due here almost, any day
now.
A despatch received from halifax yes
te1day says: Tbs Dominion steamer Van
couver from Liverpool to this port and
fat har FOR
days overdue. The vessel was detained
by terrific head gales and mountainous
seas. On March her machinery became
disabled and considerable time was lost
in repairing il. On the 3D. and 4th the
worst weather was encountered and on
one and eighty three miles respectively.
Two of the Vancouver's life boats were
smashed and other damage about the
deck sustained. Oil was used in the
worst part Of the storm with goods re-
suits. The vessel will leave for Portland
ms soon as the cargo for this port is
landed. The Vancouver brought out q
large nun Der of passengers.
There were no fish arrivals yesterday
and only few lobstsrs were brou ght in.
All of tie fleet bound to the westward
sailed yesterday, having been delayed
here the best part of the week.
Cattle shippers are well pleased with
Portland as a point from which to ship
their cattle to England. The Grand
Trunk has made superb arrangements
here or handling cattle and Portland is
getting an excellent reputation all over
the country as "a shipping port 1t seems
probable that cattle will be shipped from
here all the year ronnd, and in fact there
is some talk now of the Rider Dem pster
line running n monthly boat during the
summer out of Portland. 1t seems az #
the advantages of Portland as shipping
point wess being recognized.
Up to dark last night none of the three
b0ats overdue here had been sighted. Ii
is believed that some Of them must sure
ly get in today.