The Portland daily press., 1900-05-28
ALONG THE WHARVES.
The Tangent, Fine Yawi, Added TO
the Yacht Fleet.

Mr.. Il. +. Taylor, one of the leading
officials of the Portland company, is
having built as yacht kind of craft
which has never been owned by u Port
land man. 1t will be rather new to this
harbor. Work began on it about two
months ago and Mr.. Taylor hopes to have
1t put into the water by the time that
the cruise of the Portland Yacht club Is
held, in about two weeks. He is plan
ming to enjoy a months cruise in Il be-
ginning the first of August, and going to
the Bay of Fundy. The yacht is to be IS
feet over ALL IL feet wide, % feet water
line, is to have flush deck and cabin
Il by Il feet. She is made for cruising
and Is built very heavy. There will be
IA five-ton iron keel outside and there
will be no inside ballast. Mr.. Taylor
has given the name Tangent" to his
new craft A crew of two will be EN-
ployed aboard.
The arrangements for the cruise of the
East End Yacht club have been complet-
ed and the members are anticipating a
most enjoyable time They leave Port
land on Tuesday night for Middle Bay,
Chamberlain's landing, in Brunswick,
and will return Wednesday night. Some
of the members will be unable to get
away Tuesday night and will go by train
TO Brunswick on Wednesday morning
and take carriages TO the landing which
is about three miles from the railroad
station. If pleasant on Wednesday morn
ing the club will visit the old church at
Harpswell the second oldest church in
Cumberland county. During the day,
President Benjamin Thompson will en-
terrain the members at his summer cot
tage at Little Whale Boat, Harpswell. In
the evening a sail will be taken to Mid
die Bay and there Gen. Chamberlain will
meet the members and invite them to
his home where he will read an interest
ing paper.
On Saturday President Thompson re-
ceived request for information about
the famous local yacht Laurel. The re-
quest was from Mr.. Arthur ii. Clark,
well known business man and yachts
man of New York. Mr.. Clark says in
his letter that the Laurel is the Oldest
yacht in the United States and that it
deserves honorable mention in a work
which he is preparing and viii CHI is to
give history of yachts and yachting.
Mr. Clark writes President Thompson
that there We're several yachts In the
United States prior to the year 1920, but
so far as he has been able to ascertain
none of them are now in existence. Pres
ident Thompson has prepared reply and
will send to Mr.. Clark copy of the
Portland Advertiser of the year 1921
which contained the announcement that
the Laurel would carry passengers to the
commencement at Bowdoin College.
On the steamer Horatio Hall which ar
rived at this port Friday was fine au-
tomobile owned by Mr.. II. c. Baxter
who rode in the equipage to his home in
Brunswick that night. There also ar
. rived on the same steamer number of
handsome horses on their way to Bar
Harbor for the summer.
On Saturday the steamer Aucoc isco
carried a large number of passengers and
a big freight on her trip to Lo ng Island
and Harpswell The same was true of
the steamer Percy ", of the Mcdonald
steamship company. Affairs about the
wharves of these two steamers Saturday
looked decidedly Summertime with this
big business in evidence.
the marine railway and now the yacht
Brentwood, owned by Mr.. Cate Of Balti-
more, has gone to that place for repairs