The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-02-16
Three Of Them Arrived During the
Day.
officials Called On to
Make Room.
The Ribston Had Stormy Pas
sage Over.

The business In the ocean traffic line
showed a rnthsr congestsd condition yes
asrday, Thres steamers arrived and opa
of them. the Hiberuian Of the Allan fleet,
remained out In the stream all day "a
suitable Accommodations had not been
M ade for her reception ut any Ct the
wharyes. She was a conspicuous sight ms
she lay at the end OF the Grand Trunk
piers aud directly In the course that the
Boston and New York steamers make In
arriving md departing from this city.
The word was given out In the afternoon
that che intended 10 remain right where
she was until propsr room had been found
for hsr at some of the docks. When this
report reached the ears Of the harbor
officials they at once set cut to investigate
matters The result was that orders we're
Soon dispatched to the officials OF the
Allan line that the Hibernian must be re-
moved to a wharf before the hour Of six
O'Clock IN the afternoon In o.der that
right of way might be made for the Eos-
ton and New York boats. Tue people of
the Allan line assured the officials that
they would do their utmost to relieve this
quite serious condition of affairs. Accord
ingIy It was decided to shift the steamer
Numidign about. Ths NumidiRn had
teen laying at thu end OF shed number
four and she was now pulled out OF this
placs and tied up at the end Of wharf
number six. Then the Hihernian was
towed into the spot which the Numidian
had beer carefully holding down. More.
orar Saa,,1ad khat thara tvould ha No
room for the Ribston, the steamer Of the
Thorn son line which arrived at few
minutes before three o'clock IN the after
noon. But the Ribston did not hang out
side, although no suitable quarters had
been arranged for her Hooommoda ton
She came In between whsrves numbers
three and four, directly aside of the
atesmsr Vaaaonyer of the Allan linz.
THIS was the bsst move possibls nader
the circumstances. In fact those who
were obliged to dissmbark and 70 aboard
of the newly arrived craft experienced but
slight disadvantage in first walking
across the decks of the Vancouver ana
thence climbing up over into tho Rib
ston. 1t IL probable that everything will
be as usual this morning so that the Rib
sion as well as the Hibernian will have
sufficient quarters. The Ribston, by the
way, encountered a somewhat severe pas
sage in coming across the Atlantic. She
left Tyne as long ago as January 23rd,
and met with a great deal OF rough
weather. Then In addition o this she
twisted her shaft which had the effect OF
making her progress slow. The othsr
steamer of the trio that arrived during
the day was the kesmun of the Donald
son line.
The Hibsrnian left Glasgow February
3rd, and proceeded direct to Portland
She brought $40 tons of cargo and there
were also twelve eattlemen. Her trip was
reported by the officers to have been q fair
one. The Ribston came Zig bit, but had
four cattlemen while the keemun had
good cargo, the exact returns cot having
bern made by the clerks OF the line last
evening. She came direct from Newcastle
which port she left twelve days ago. Her
passage was uDeventful
1t WAS expected that the Christiana Of
the Ham burg American liue would ar
rive at some time during the night. She
loft Hamburg January 10Th and her trip
must have been severe one. A week ego
she arrived at halifax, and at that port
she had teen laying until Wednesday
when she stan ted for Portland She bas
$50 tons of cargo The Cbristians is a SIS
ter ship of the Cspadis. which arrived 10
this city few Gays age.
Some arxisty Is felt CONCERNING the
present whereabouts of the brig J. Il
Hamlen, which has been out from Turks
island, bound to this port since January
10Th.
1hs schooner Beaver started to leave
the hArbor yesterday with lumber for
New York. She had not proceeded fai,
however. when her flying jib was torn.
Then she turned to and came back for
repairs. She will be all right within n
day or two.
II W