The Portland daily press., 1899-05-27
HARBoR NEWS.
Items of Interest Picked Up Along this
Water Front

II the little steamer Nereus. which
started Wednesday for st. Johns, N. r.,
safely reaches her destination, she Will be
the smallest vessel that ever crossed the
Gulf Of Sc. Lawrence between the ATTAIN
tic seaboard and Newfoundland. The
little craft is only eleven tons net regis
tar. but she Ia staunch and strong and
has good sea-goine qualities. She was
formerly owned by Q. l.. Newman, and
has recently been sold to Randall Bros,
Of st. Johns who will send her out with
prospecting party along the coast.
The Nereus is making the voyage In
command OF Capt. Joyce, Of the sealing
steamer Ranger. The arrival of the
steamer Is awaited with intense interest
In the ancient colony, and no doubt her
skipper and crew will be rendered great
| welcome.
A name has been found to designate
the last mast of the new six -masted coal
schooner which Captain John q. Crow
ley will have built Mt Maine. When the
steamer Great Eastern was In existence
she was lifted with six masts, and the
last Zone, following the jigger, was
du bbed the after jigger.
Schooner Charlotte L. Sibley, now at
Belfast. for brunswick. Ca, secured q
crew at Bangor. Shipping agents at the
latter city report q scarcity Of sailors and
find 1t difficult to get together even q
small crew.
The Thomson line steamship Kildona,
Captain d. Roberts, sailed at two O'Clock
yesterday morning for London. Her
cargo was made up as follows: Foreign,
112, 2s6 bushels oats, 9s4 boxes cheese. 33, :
| 423 bundles shocks, 1898 bales hay. Do
mestic, 40S. 600 bushels wheat. S0i0
bundles and 172 bales pulp, 1000 pals
lard, $3.50 sacks flour, 800 head of cattle.
The Strathmore sailed from Newcastle
upon-Tyne, May 13 and is now due.
Fish Warden Abner johnson caught the
first mackerel of the season in his pound
at Small Point.
Yesterday lobster arrivals were: Eva
and Belle, $500 for A. j. Oliver. the
Blanche and Ida. 1900 for J.w. Trefethen,
and James X. Atwood with 10000 from
Nova Scotia for S. A. Skillings.
The Gloucester fishing schooner Edwin
b. Holmes came in yesterday and dis
posed of 5000 pounds of halibut to Loveitt
on Commercial wharf The schooner has
pet sea for Its mascot
The ship Arthur Sewall, Ca plain
Murphy, towed down the Delaware last
Saturday and expected to go to sea Sun
day on her long voyage to San Francisco.
1t took three tugs to. handloithe big ship
an even then she,had to be anchored three
times to await the tide.
The evidence adduced at the inquiry In
to the grounding of the Gnllis. showing
of speed, and that the helm failed to go
very hard stsrboard when ordered to be
put into this position by the pilot. The
officers of the Gallia were unanimous in
their opinion that II the ship had been
going slower the accident would not have
happened.
Several schooners arrived yesterday
| with cement. The Fiheman's load was
for Diamond island, Samuel H.rt's for
Carleton Bros, and the James l.. NAL.
loy's for Lord Bros
A new shed is to be built on Portland
pier to accommodate the Percy ", and
the rapidly increasing business of the
Small Point line.
The steamer Enterprise arrived from
Boothbay at 1.S0 p. IN.
The Aucocisoo was taken off the Harp
swell route yesterday and the Sebasoods-
gan went on. The former steamer will
be thoroughly overhauled before resuming
her trips