The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-04-19
HARBOR NOTES.
Items Of Interest Picked Up Along the
Front.

Items OF interest Fickeu Up Ai0nk the
Front.
The schooner Grace Davis. CAPT. John
p. Osman, arrived at Ponce, Porto Rico,
on March 81
There is every sign around the Grand
Trunk wharves that the steamship season
is pretty well on Its wane, and the only
steamer In port yesterday was the Nor
weRian, which win be the Inst Allan liner
to sail. She will not leave. however,
until sitter the arrival Of the Leyland liner
Sheikh. which is expected daily.
The Hibernian, Captain Main, sailed
yesterday, bsi ng the last Allan liner for
Glasgow. There were no passengers but
she carried good sized general cargo, in
Guiding 60. 600 bushels of grain. her cattle
shipment aggregated 1888 head.
Several Of the employees OF the Grand
Trunk who have been here during the
shipping season are packing up In rsadi-
ness to leave. Four of the billing clerks
will leave Thursday, and turning to the
Office of the Allan line We find that Mr..
q Gorge ]. Smith, g. o. Hara and X.
Jsckle are booked to leave for Canada
Saturday next.
Freights for coal vessels are dropping
on. Ar enc tine during the season as high
IS 81. 80 could be got for coal from Balti-
more to Portland. The rate has heen
gradually dropping and yesterday vessels
Con Id be chartered for 9. to-.
Steamer State of Mann rived at a.
m. and sailed for Boston.
The crew of the Ajax succeeded yester-
day In raising the tug Salem and the tug
@. A. Diokey took her in tow and landed
her on the beach near the marine railway
on the South Portland side. The deck Of
the schooner Horace Albert appears above
the water at the scene of the wreck, but it
IS thought that little remains of her bot
tom worth saving.
Schooner Spartan hove insight of the
break water yesterday afternoon about
four o'clock.
Steamer Charles +. Mayer came in tow.
ing barge A with coal for Randall, MoAl-
lister s. Co.
Other arrivals were: Schooner Ralp h
|Graut and ELY, City, and James Freeman
With coal and Maud S and Lillian.
Barkentine Hattie g. Dixon sailed for
Paysandrs, South America, loaded with
lumber and schooner Electra Bailey for
New York.
The revenue cutter Levi Woodbury. is
being fitted with her old time topmasts
These were taken Of when the cutter was
assigned to blockade duty outside of Ha-
vanR harbor.
The schooner MonsdA took = large load
Of laths and lumber down to Peaks island
yesterday afternoon to be used on new
cottages that are being erected.
The ooasting schooner Maud s., which
arrived from the east. reports passing near
Mussel Ridge. St. George, the soho oner
Eastern Light. This latter vessel sailed
from this port last Saturday for Bar Har-
Dor and the captain Of the Maud S. says
she is minus her jibboom.
Captain william +. Harding Of the
schooner william H. Clifford. will take
charge Of 1.-THE new five master NJ. D..
Crsssey now nearly completed at Bath.
Captain a. ]. Wylie. formerly of the
schooner Carrie A. Norton will succeed
to the command of the Clifford.
Considerable anxiety is felt in shipping
circles for the safety of the American
steamer Kanawha, Capt. j. Evans.
which sailed from Newport News on
March 80 for Bermuda, and, SO far as
known, has not yet arrived there. Il he
vessel was:loaded with coal and should
have reached the island in four or five
days at the very latest. The Kanawha Is
propeller steamer Of 43l tons net regis.
ter. She was built at Bath In 1851 and Is
owned by John A. Donnell OF New YORK.