The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-02-16
STORM DELAYS SHIPPING.
Many Portland Hound Vessel. Held Up
Somewhere by Ice and Adverse winds.

Many Portland Hound Vessel. Held Up
Somewhere by Ice and Adverse winds.
The stormy weather Of the past week.
tie intense. cold which has blocked many
harbors along this coast.and. the adverse
winds have kept many Of the vessels
bound to Portland either at anchor at
some sheltered point or frozen into some
harbor Of refuge so shat they cannot con-
tinue their voyage to this port Among
ths vessels bound to Portland which
have been held up from these causes are
tho John Il. Randall, Lydia NJ. Deering,
Charles r. hoffman, Sarah q. Ropes. I'd
win Il. Hunt, barge A, and Others.
The Manhattan Of the New York line
arrived here yesterday morning at 8
O'Clock. Capt Bennett put into Fal
mouth, of she Vineyard, where he lay
In safety during the storm. He reports
wild looking ..streteh of coast after the
storm. At Vineyard Haven vessels are
frozen In and so thoroughly coated with
ice that 1t Is impossible to make out what
they are Five CT six big sohooners are
lying In the ice OF Nobska. Capt. Ben
nett said that he picked out by her rig,
one of them the q. p. hoffman, and an
other for the John +. Randall, although
he could not be certain. Then Tiers were
other vessels of the Vineyard that he
thought were aground, but the ice was
60 thick that 1t could not be ascrrtained
definitely. He said tug boats are trying
L.. ara nd
get out two big coal barges. When they
do this IL will help out good deal as
they are pretty we'll in and II will leave
q channel for some distance. Just as the
Manhattan got uuder way TO leave the
Vineyard she noticed the schooner John
f. Randall, badly iced up. but recognized
by her new spanker, get up her anchor
and sail out towards Portland. This
vessel had a favorable wind yesterday and
may be expected in the harbor today.
The non arrival Of the GOAL vessels and
barges has caused some little uneasiness
among the coal dealers here. They say
that they have limited amounts of coal
on hand and are anxiously awaiting the
arrival of some of the coal fleet.
The regular train from Montreal over
the Grand Trunk due at & 10 q. M, was
one hour late yesterday morning. Pas
senger trains have been getting through
pretty nearly on time, but no attempt
has been made 10 start out freights. The
wind blew badly along the line and
made many bad drifts
Capt. Bryan OF the Auoooisco says he
has not seen so much ice for many years
as there was yesterday morning at
Harpswell and Orrs island. He said the
southerly wind, however, would break
1t up and send it out to sea.
The fishing schooner Uncle Joe, ar
rived about = O'Clock yesterday afternoon,
She came at spanking clip with the
southerly breeze from Bug light to a
point opposite Portland pier when her
skipper brought her up into the wind.
She looked as though she had Roadway
enough to carry her clear to the bridge,
but the captain took into consideration
his vessel. the tide, drift Ice and every
thing, so when she came across the end
of Comm ercial wharf she just lost her
headway. This was where she wished
to go and was as pretty landing as
one could wish to see. 1t only illus
trates the knowledge captains have Of
just what their vessels will do.
There is scarcity of deep water sailors
in Portland and very few in Boston. A
crew is coming down Wednesday on the
boat from the Hub and will go on board
the schooner Cumberland. which is bound
to the West Indies.
Work was resumed yesterday on the
sheds of the Manhattan Steamship COM
pany on Custom house wharf.
The Mcdonald Dredging company got
its mud diggers bacK into position and
has been doing the usual amount OF
dredging.
The ferry boat Elizabeth City is run
ming on schedule time.
1t looks as II the schooner G. j. willard
and lobster steamer Ocean View were on
the marine railway to stay. The ways
are covered with snow and ice to thick
moss of several feet.
The Manhattan had her flag at half
mast yesterday in remembrance Of the
| anniversary OF the blowing up of the
Maine. The steamer had q big freight on
board and a large crew Of men was put
on discharging her and hustling outward
frsight into her. She sailed for New
York late in the afternoon and the Ho-
ratio Hall arrived from New York.
| The ocean tow boat Valley Forge ar
rived early yesterday morn ing with coal
barges Oak Hill and Preston. The Oak
Hill went into Randall t& McA listers
and the Preston went to A. X. Wright's.
The Rows and all along the sides OF the
barges were thickly coated with glis.
tening armor of ice and frost
The pilot boat Maggie, Captains Oliver
and Parsons, had u very hard time dur
ing the gale of Monday and Monday
night She lay at anchor between House
and Cushing's islands and. as the gale in.
creased in velocity she began to drag her
anchor. Another one was got out SO she