The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-06-07

Passport, June /. 1t may not be unln-
teresting to the readers of the PRhSo
having more or less acquaintance Win
our down east" people to glance over
the local notes of an absent cores
poudent.
The early appearance of the small
fishes'' in these parts was quite unex-
pected, and encouraged the sardine
packers to open their factories, and sound
the whistle for cutters and sealsrs. Dur
ing the mast two weeks, between eight
and ten hundred hogsheads, of small her
ring have been received at the factories in
this city and Lubeo. 1t has been busy
time for all classes of people who engaged
in the industry.
Nearly all of last seasons pack, and
this springs catch have been shipped.
some of the large dealers find it to thei1
advantage to freight their goods to St.
Andrews, n. B., and send them by roll
over the G. P. Road to Chicago, and
other Yves tern cities. They can save,by sc
doing, two or three cents per case On the
costs OF freight.
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packers down east are an uncertain fish
So far as coming regularly and in large
numbers. The hopes of packers are sud
denly blasted at times by a general
"strike cut" of the fish. The regular
season for saruine packing commence:
about the middle of July and continues
until the fifteenth of December The
supply begins TO fall off after the last OF
October
Prices in the Boston markets have
fnctuated during the past month. The
war excitement has affected the prices OF
fish, as we'll as wheat, and commodities.
An effort has been made by large
dealers to form syndicate to control all
the factories along the coast There
seems to be q fair prospect that it will be
effected.
Bay and harbor fishing is engaged in
very successfully by number of residents
of this city. 1t is no rare sight to see
small fleets of boats lying off in the bay,
half mile from the wharves. The men
at the lines come in with twenty or more
nice cod, pollock or haddock. After sup
plying the markets they lay in a good
stock for family consumption.
Work on the Washington County rail-
road is progressing finely. The branch to
connect Eastport with the main line.
starts at Ayers Junction" in Charlotte
A large force is at work at this time on
deep excavations through high promon-
tories of solid rock in the path of the
surveyed route. At the noon hour the
workmen are busy attending to the
blasts. A succession of loud reports are
heard far away. The road bed is COM
pleted number of miles on the Island
and the foundation structure of the rail-
road bridge spanning the water between
Carlow's Island and the main land is
showing good proportions. The greatest
piece OF masonry work along the line Of
the road appears at Dennysyille, eighteen
miles from this city. There a solid abutt-
ment is completed for the iron&s bridge,
which Will span Denny's river. The
stone and granite structure contains up
wards of six tons of rock firmly cemented.
1t rises thirty feet above the surface
Of the water. 1t is confidently believed
that residents along the line of the road
will hear the shrill whistle of the engine
before the snow of another winter covers
the ground.
The New England Telephone and Tele-
graph exchange are progressing with the
Whitney, Dennysville and Marion to con-
10 complete the circuit of the long dis
lance telephone in Washington county.
Farmers improved the fine weather of
tr'o weeks ago, and most of the crops
were in the ground before the late rains
came on. Grass is looking finely. There
is a good prospect of large hay crop.
A lew salmon have appeared in the
market, mostly taken at st. John. few
have been captured by the rod and fly in
Denny's river. {. II. K.