The Portland daily press., 1897-11-04
HARBoa NOTES.
Items of Interest Picked Up Alongshore
YesseidaT,

Shipping Commissioner Tolman Is
signing crews for the following vessels;
Schooner Carrie Norton to Porto hlcp,
Charles Davenport to Newport News and
return, schooner Seabird to Bangor ana
return TO western port, schooner h. r.
Pettigrew from Portland to Rio Janelrq.
The II. +. Pettigrew which Will SAIL
shortly with lumber for Rio is the only
vessel which has carried This kind OF
cargoto Rio from Portland in many
years,
regular packet line of vessels has peeh
running between Por land and Paysonuu
and Demarara every six weeks all the
year round for several years. These vessels
all load Ii general cargo here and are cons
signed to merchants who are rivals III
business and who buy all of their gooos
in this city. The Edith l.. Allan and the
Ida G. Southland are now loading cargoes
for these ports and will shortly sail
The schooner John b. Coyle will short
ly sail for Bahio Blanco in the Argentine
Republic with cargo of lumber. Ihls
is the last port on the Atlantic seaboard
and it is not often that vessels sail from
| Portland for this point.
| The only fish arrivals yesterday was the
Uncle 10. She brought in $4,000 pounds
| Fishermen have been taking advantage
of the fine weather and the business
during the last few weeks has been ex-
ceptionally good for this time OF the year.
W. E. Carter the junk dealer who lets
a great many boats during the summer
season will have new dock for his boats
next year. This will probably be on the
westerly side of the Portland pier. Con-
tractor Bennett is building a new wharf
for Mr.. Carter on the easterly side OF
Portland pier.
The steamer Percy ", which was re-
Gently purchased in Bath by j. ii. Nc
Donald for service on the route to be
established between Portland and the
yesterday for the trial trip. a S the hand
some little steamer went down the harbor
she was saluted by everything that is run
by steam and her captain, Charles Howe,
returned the compliment with interest.
The Percy V. will leave Small Point har-
will arrive in Portland some time this
afternoon. 1t is very likely that the SER
vice between Portland and Small Point
harbor and other points on the New
Meadow river will be a tri-weekly one
and the promoters of the line are in hopes
~ h,,il 10 OIL, in
senger and freight business. The steamer
Will land for the present at Portland pier,
although she may later have a regular
landing place on Long wharf. This
steamboat line will prove of immense
benefit to the residents of that section of
the coast between the Kennebec river and
Harpswell and will undoubtedly meet
with good patronage.
| The tow boat Samuel B. Jones of
Machias is the latest addition to the feet
of tow boats in the harbor. Captain
George Matthews is her master and he is
expected to go to work towing barges for
the dredge in few days The arrival of
the Jones makes the towing fleet of Port
land mum Der thirteen, and with this I'M
lucky number an accident to some of
them may be expected at any time ac-
cording to the superstitious people along
shore.
The scow Ajax is still engaged in trans
porting gun carriages for the new fortifi-
cations at Portland Head from the Bos-
ton and Maine wharf to the Fort Preble
dock.
The schooner Demorey Gray is dis
charging cargo of coal at the Inter-
ma ional Steamship company's docks.
The schooner Addie Jordan sailed yes
terday afternoon for New York with a
cargo of empty barrels from the Portland
cooperage company.
The steamer Bay State of the Portland
and Boston line did not reach this port
until $50 o'clock yesterday morning.
Painters are at work changing the
color of the Spring Point ledge lighthouse
fr II dull red to a lighter color.
70 give some idea of what the lobster
demand is in Boston and the business
carried on by Portland dealers two firms
yesterday shipped over 5000 pounds of
Holsters to Boston by express and it was
poor day for Holsters TOO.
So far 625 cars of bonded grain is in the
new elevator for expectation by the Eng
lish steamers Besides this there are three
cars of package freight in bond for ex-
port and three cars of package freight
from Chicago for the export by the steam
ers. SssEs
The first of the English steamers is ex-
pected to arrive here somewhere about
November 18th or Noyem Der goth.
lcT1he oo11eotor of tho mort will shortly