The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-23
A DARING YANKEE SKIPPER.
Fests That Have Brought Capt. Line Jewett
to Ia SIS-Hasier.

BANGOR, Me, Sept 2l-The first Of Malne's two
siy-mast,d schouners, the George ". Wells,
launched at Camden On Aug. Il, has been
rig2ed. ntted ont ard tuwcd 10 sca, snd by this
time she must have reached one Il the coal
ports to take In her first cargo. The second
siN-mAster Ia stu on the stocks at Bath. and
will he launched IN n few weeks. Unusual In
terest IL lrlt In her, not only because she /, n
rival Of the Cardcn giant, but also because
she Il 10 he commanded ht the smhrteSt skipper
on the coast, capt. Lincoln Jewett Of South
Portland, familarly known all along shore a.
Line Jewctt. capt, jew ~ II a typical Down
But Skipper, one of the active. nervous kind.
way, In u great hurry and airnid Of nothing,
a'oat or ashore. In times ra-t he used to be-
regarded by ,hc old and careful salts a, all but
crazy. they shivcrcd at some OF ms frals Of
s%ramanship. and they predicted a grand mash
for him and his vessel "onr Of these day..
Jewett never waits for wind or weather when
there is a possible chance Of getting anywhere.
When he was a fisherman. sailing q little
smack out Of Portland, he gave the FISH dealers
there a turn which made their eyes stick out.
One cold and blustery day In winter he came
into Portland with a good fare Of fish. and
found the market bare. The weather had been
so bad that no one could get anywhere or catch
anything, and so IL looked Ike a harvest time
for Capt. Line with his good fare. The FISH deal
erS. however. thought differently. They argued
that the weather was 50 stormy thai JcWett
would have to stay in Portland and d,ro,r
Of his fare there at whatever price wa offered.
and 80 they made u pool, agreeing to pay
only a certain price. with the UNDER
standing that the fish should b" divided
among them, But the scheme didn't work.
Capt. Jewett told them all to so to thunder,
and to tha anna zpp,aut NJ all hands cot 4ruN, =
way In n hoU.ing snow-torm for Gloucester.
where he arrived AL right and got q high price
for his fare, The Portland fsh dealer. never
tried. after that, to get the best 81 cant. Jpwctt.
There's no trlin' what the Crittern DO, .aid
one uf. them. And ther" wasn't
Can't Je~"lt,s daring, good judEment and
and he was graduated from the little fishing
smack TO = good-sized schooner in the coasriuE
trade ie made quick trips and piled up div
id"nds Tor ne owners at such a rate that they
kept giving him bigger and better vessels until,
IN 1894. the fonr-master Charles = hoffman vas
hlllt Tor hin az bath. This was 4 vessel 10
Capt Jewett's liking She was Of 1902 tons
net register, carried about 2,2O tons. 81 coJl
and would sail like a pirate. 1ho way hs raced
her M and down the coast made tie Other coal
once Capt Line astonished the Shipping
world by a feat that IL without a parallel in the
ann8lS Of the coaStinR trade Thcro was q great
scarcity " conl, in Portland one winter a few
fourteen sail bound TO Portland from varipl4
places with the much-wantcd fuel They .td
had weather coming down from tho oUl"s ~
the Delaware. and when a furious storm came
NJ most Of them went into Ninovard Haven or
some other hGrbor Of refuge capt JeNe't,
however, was IN 20 mood for loanps in hrrhor-
lie know thot II he got into Portland With tia
whole feet he might have 10 wait Tor wo'ks 20
get dt.cnarged. so he kept right along, rnG,ri-
other vessels were reported a., arrived" ut tha
Vineyard, The CharlesP No'man was reported
Passed, sch, Charles P hoffman, Jevott.
NcWr'ort Newl 10Y Portland "
Passed" That little word in tho vineyard
ship news made the oHncr- - the hoffman ok
wa while aldermen declared that "Iiuc" Jnn"tt
was crazy sure enough The suowstorm ,.u-
tnu"d. WITH a how.lug north"nstor 20 spin II
a! ny. and the next afternoon, after passing
the Vine, AID. tho Charles p hoffman H., IN
by Portland Ncai ike a =" Seriug snow hank
Tie lghtkeep"r stared when she wont bl. a.
II ho had seen mn Az ailtluu and when the Dig
s"h"op.r cam" ten Inc ~ ~" harh,r o." few
'Inug,horelnen who hapI "u"d 10 be- about wcra
a-t"nrsred. tp she came. with everything
ua yrr and rouatCd 90 oT the coal docks Then,
20 e.. aI.ai5ue'tC' al who Ig il, can't love, Z
notuolv locked hcr without the aid Of "a tug
he lu7t brought her 70 and backed her into her
empty and all the Stovedur"~ l"9ang 80 that
he got qui X despatch Ia dlsCharGinc Two
aiterrard, OF his return trip, when ho
was r%LniinI down by cape Cod lao mot all tho
rest Of IL" nr,' coming up and made q few
cheerful remarks 10 81. h Of them as passed J
within hail concerning quick passages. loa'. :
<, morally Had he =" tod in the Vineyard Tor !
good weather q would have got into Portland
their turn in dlschargirg, he might have had
To wait two weeks or NOR" before he got tho |
coal ont Of the Charles + hoffman.
%"linc" Jewctt climbed the ladder Of success from
the little fishing smack Ia the 'our-wa,ter.
M has been successful in other ways, too, |
and now he Ia 10 he commander Of ono ~ tho
to wonders Z + shipping world the two
first siN-nasted schuoncrs ever built.