The Portland daily press., 1899-01-14
SOUTH PORTLAND.
The New Cat Boat will Present = Novel
Sight.

she is Nearly Completed and Worth
Looking st-Promo tions for Soldiers.
Battery E, 18th ArtilIery-Ciosc Of
Bowling Tournament and Award OF
Prizes - The Banquet - New Green
houses for Miles Nelson Company
Personal Notes, etc.
The boat which is now nearly completed
at the shed of Davidson and Griffith and
which Is intended for MIR. Ernest Ran
dali Of Portland, will present novel
sight as she flies over the waters. The
boat is known in YACHTING circles us q
small racing cat boat and is probably the
FIRST ever built In this vicinity and Is n
perfect type of those which have made so
many interesting races on the Hudson
river, In New York, and other places.
How the boat win appear, can be easily
gathered from the following dimensions.
She is 10 feet over all In length, six feet
wide, and across stern five feet ten
inches, and only seventeen inches deep.
Her bottom has dead rise of just six
inches, while her deck has dead rise OF
three inches This scow type carries one
sail of thirty three yards and IL is claimed
for these boats that they can make five
or six knots by the wind. She has an
iron center board of one quarter inch
iron, five feet long and nineteen inches
wide. When the board is down the scow
Is drawing about five feet Of water from
tip to point
These boats are not very expensive and
cost all complete and ready for the water.
with sailset about $50 TO s75
MILITARY NOTES.
The following promotions and appoint
ments in tho grades Of commissioned
officers of Battery h, 9TH Artillery, at
Fort Preble, have been announced from
regimentnl headquarters:
TO be ssrgeants: Corporals William X.
Davis, William +. Chicks, John J. Cur
lett.
To be corporal: Private James L.. Ellis.
Private william K. G. Lucas, Battery
E, eth ARTILLERY, has been transferred to
the Hospital corps OF the U. 5. army.
Sergt Schunoonmaker will leave today
ON a furlough of a few weeks which be
will spend in Cohoes, n. Y. He was a
former member of the Marine corps.
AT THE BOWLING ALLEY.
The last game in the present tourna-
ment was rolled Thursday evening by the
South Portlands and the Rough Riders,
the former club taking two strings out
of three and winning by seven points The
tournament closed with the following
standing of the various clubs-Deweys,
first. Prebles, second, schleys and Volun-
teers tied for third place. Hobsons. fourth
south Portlands fifth, Rough Riders.
sixth. Conoords, Seventh.
The prizes which were offered by the
manager of the alley, Mr.. n. W. 1refeth-
en- went as follows: The Deweys got first
prize valued at $40, the Prebles took
second prize valued at IS.
The South Portlands took So for highest
team total which was 1910.
Fred Wizards prize was 81 for highest
individual average and John Willard S.
for highest three strings and another IS
for highest individual string. Making
total of s35 which was devoted to prize
money or its quivalent
THE BANQUET.
A banquet of all the bowlers and their
friends will be given at the Temple house
in Portland. Saturday evening, January
IS, about $40 o'clock. Tickets can be
procured of the captains of the different
teams or of the managers at the alleys
The report that 4. j. harmon would
build green houses in South. Portland
seems to have no basis in fact. 1t is
stated upon good authority, however,
that the Niles Nelson company will build
two new green houses at selected point
in willard Work will begin as soon as
the weather conditions are suitable.
Louis johnson of jefferson street, is
sick with scarlet fever.
Winnie West was enrolled among the
pupils at Gray's business college in. Port
land this week.
1t has Deen found necessary to amputate
the leg of Clarencs Hobbs, the young
man of the bicycle factory who unfortu-
nately drove nail through the tleshy
part OF the foot few days since.
FIREMEN'S FAIR.
A regular weekly meeting.a and supper
of Volunteer Hose Co.. No. /, was held
Wednesday evening when the sub-com-
mittees for the coming fair were an
nonn sed as follows;
Committee ON observation-disclosures
Edward Paige.
Committee on soliciting money and
fancy articles-Forest j. Paige
Committee ON ADVERTISING VIM. Aus
tin Skinner
Committee on decorating tables and
hall-Frank l.. Peters, George Hapgood,
and Thomas j. Willard.
Committee on lunch counter-Charles
). Coffin.
Committee ON punch-Daniel II. ELI.
oft.
Committee on ice cream-Benjamin X.
Thompson.
Committee on tickets-George G. Crib