The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-10-29
ABOUT THE DOCKS.
Newsy lettings Picked Up Along
Shore.

First Schooner to Sail for Porto Rico, Uni
ted States of rica-Announcement
of the Allan Line-Old Iron for Mexi-
can Raiiway-Odd Pickngs Upon the
Wharves.
The four mastsd schooner Frank L.
Stinson WAS towed to Boston yesterday 10
have new masts put in her. Her o"nelS
found it cheaper to tow to Boston IMAM W
buy the nasts here. The tug Seguln UooA
the vessel to her destination.
A railroad is to be built near SANTA
Cruz. Mexico, from the old rails OF the
Portland and Rochester railroad. Inc
schooner Henry P. Mason is now loaded
with this old iron and lying in the stream
ready to sail for Santa Cruz with a load
of old railroad iron.
The captain of the bark Willard Mud
gett. who has been sick and whose illness
delayed the sailing of that vessel has SO
far recovered as to be able to take COM
mand OF the bark. His wife will accom-
pany him on the voyage to Bahia Blanca,
South America. whore she goes with a
cargo Of lumber. hn4
The first vessel to sail a from Portland
for Porto Rico, United States of America,
will be the brig Fl. c. Haskell. She is
now loading shook at Central wharf for
this port and will shortly be ready to sail.
A cargo Of hard pine Ia being unloaded
from the schooner Aaron Reppard onto
cars at the wharf of Richardson, Dana q
Co.. to whom the cargo was consigned.
W. u. Bennett, the contractor, has
driven six oak spiles into tho harbor as
range marks for the dredging company
The Fred II. Gibson will finish load
ing today and be ready for sea.
The four masted schooner Clara Good
win is on the railway and the Charles
Davenport will take her place there as
soon as the work on the Goodwin is
finished.
A S. revenue stamp was placed on the
manifest of the Cooney and 81 stamp on
the manifest of the Haskell.
The oil tank steamer Maverick is on
the railway at Boston being fitted with Q
new propeller.
The Allan line announces that their
first sailing will be November 20 from
Portland. This will be an admirable
Christmas boat for all who wish to spend
the holidays on tbs other side OF the
water. Good progress is being made on
the two new Allan boats, the Bavarian
and Tunisian, now building. The former
is promised for early In June and the
latter about the middle of August.
The schooper Edward Trevoy came in
yesterday morning with good fare OF
mixed fish. She was out In the recent
rough weather and tore her foresail bad
". Fish were quoted SO low today at the
fish houses that the captain proceeded to
Gloucester with his trip.
The Merryconeag is lying over one trip
at Portland pier.
Articles are open for the schooner Major
Pickands. bound to Baltimore.
Articles were opened at the office Of the
shipping commissioner yesterday for the
schooner Sarah G. Ropes, bound from
Portland to Philadelphia, thence to Gal
weston, Texas.
The Madalene Cooney is bound to
Georgetown. Demarara, British Guiana.
The masts of the schooner Terapin,
which foundered eight miles OH Cape
Tuesday afternoon. are stick
ing ND above the water, and the schooner
Maud S., which came into the harbor
Thursday morning narrowly escaped
running into them.
The scow Ripple, SO well known to
freq uenters of the water front, has been
sold to Boston parties. She sailed for
Boston yesterday morning.
Beginning next Tuesday, a change will
be made in the work of the Diamond
Island crews. The men who have been
working on the night shift will go to
work with the day men at seven O'Clock
a. M. and will work until six at night,
thus doing away with all night work and
giving the men day and quarter or
eleven hours.
Speaking of freight rates at the present
day, the captain Of a Maine schooner was
heard to say yesterday. that in 1889 YES
sell received S3.75 per ton for merely
bringing cargo OF coal from Richmond,
Va, to Clark's island, Me. At the
nresent time that amount Of money will
cover the entire expense Of freight storing
and all.
A remarkably quick job was made of
discharging the 600 tons of coal brought
here for the Machias Steamboa company
by the schooner Cumberland. The vessel
arrived here wednesday, and rain pre-
vented work on her cargo the first day
after her arrival. Before the steamer
Frank Jones came in Thursday night Mr..
BENJAMIN Willard had the schooner's
cargo discharged.
Captain Howard has returned from Sc
bago and Rangeley lakes, where he has
been hauling out his boats for the winter.
He will set to work at once, putting up
shed for an engine preparatory to the