New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-03
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"" '''eS went IN a body, the two of them to the
ms o"her TO get him to appoint the
o'"er master Then the managing owner told
'e uiu not nave anything to do with it.
SINCE ne ala not own anything in the bark
"hen they came to compare notes they had
spent a lot OF money and were no better off than
before; in fact, the advantage was aptire,v wifi
the managing owner, who had got q good ,,rico
Tor a property that it did not paw To RIM Can,r
DAVIS had fifteen thirty-seconds Can'n Davies
had hfteen thirty-seconds also and the remain
ing TWO thirty seconds We're owned by the ships
husband South-st. ship chandler He played
lalT win both shippers: he would sell half to
each II they wanted to buy him out very badly.
nut he would not sell all to one and thus be a
party to giving him control over the other can
'''i > investment He suggested that they take
the Nellie H. turn and turn about and that's
no" IL was that the bark had two shippers
Inc way they fixed it that when Cap'n
Dawes brought the Nellie b. in from a voyage
ana had her discharged down to a clean floor.
he should turn her over to Cap'n Davis to char
ter and load and sail until he got her down to a
clean floor at the end of the voyage When
Capn Davis had her in charge Cap'n Davies
was not to go aboard but he could come down
to the pier and find all the fault he wanted and
that was whole lot. and vice versa 1t was a
caution to see how each of these old SHIPPERS
put the bark into apple pie order before they
came INTO harbor from voyage. The paint
and cordage bills. to say nothing of white duck
must nave been something big. but the ships
husband who was in that line of business, never
ie' On as between the two captains so he must
nave been making good thing out of his small
interest in the Nellie B. The two old gentlemen
were great rivals. and it nip and tuck be-
tween them on every point connected with the
bark and it would be hard to say which was
the more jealous of the other
1t got so that they never would speak except
when handing the bark over and then they were
freezingly polite.
Good morning, Capn Davis" was always the
form that Capn Davies followed. the Nellie &.
/ is on a clean floor, and think you'll not find
anything the matter with her"
Thank you Cap'n Daveese,' was the unfail-
ing response. Il suppose it seems so to you.
but have brought a broom with me; she'll not
be the worse for a good sweeping. l suppose
you'll enjoy your rest while I'm gone"
Well, l wish you a prosperous Iading and a
! quick voyage You're getting Old man. and this
Will likely be the last voyage you'll make in the
/ Nellie B.. make the most of it."
Then they'd part, speeches. with rage. Not
content with sitting on the pierhead day after
day watching the loading Of the bark and find
ing fault with everything the other skipper did
/ Cap'n Davies thought he'd take a look at the
| bark in some foreign port; he wanted to see
whether Capn Davis saved up all his repairs
for the home port. whether he fixed the Nellie
: b. up creditable when she went foreign. The
/ bark had been chartered for Melbourne with
! clothespins and woodenware. That's a voyage
! that took her all OF a hundred days for she was
duh saiier. and Capn Davies had plenty Of
time to get out to Melbourne by steamer There
he waited for the bark to be sgnalized from the
! Heads, and when her number was made he took
a sailboat and hurried down Port Philip to see