Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-21
PENOBSCOT SHlPBulLD,Nc
Revival Of the Business Along the Big River
Over East

~ last the shipbuilding boom which
began in the western part of tha St,,.
about tWo years ago. appears ~ bov.
rt",h he'd The Penobscot and ,ha u-int.,
VIII probably see more shipping under
construction III this part of Maine Than
Tor many Years The first sailing YES
sci To be built on the river since 1891
was launched at the yard of Mckay
biN. Buc ksport, about 4 year ago.
Shc was the four r-mastede schooner
lhaiilnEi and was wrecked in August
on The ice at Ivigtut Greenland.
rms same firm is at work on a five
hi@Sted schooner, which will he distinct
from an other schooners in her class.
rms vessel Will be the smallest five
master alloat, being smaller than many
. Ipuf- masters 81 the coal fleet now sail
ing out of Bangor. She is designed fo,.
the Greenland trade, in which her own
ers are financially Interested. The rea-
son for putting five masts into the
schooner is that her sails will not have
! 10 be so much, but will be much easier
I" handle. and Yet will allow the same
sail area. She will have a spike bow
spirit. and in this respect will be diff
terent from all other five masters
The schooner has been named The
James w. Paul, Jr. She will be go
feet in length. 23 feet deep and 10 feet
beam. and will have a carrying capac-
ity Of about 1900 tons. She Will be
launched before December.
Immediately after the launching of
the James W. Paul. Jr.. Mckay K Dix
VIII begin the construction Of a four
master 10 take the place in their fleet
made vacant by the wreck of the
Thallima. The frame is now at the
yard of the firm. and work will be
rushed so that she can b. launched
carly next spring.
+. q |. *. Stetson of Bangor Will
build a four -masted schooner of about
1900 tons in Brewer this winter. This
schooner will be commanded by Capt
Charles TraSk of Brewer. who has for
many years sailed in command G. yes
sells Of the Stetson fleet. and IS now
master Of the schooner l. X. Stvtson.
owned by them.
The Stetsons have one of the finest
shipyards on the Penobscot, and some
Of the best specimens of the shipbuild-
erS' art that ever floated have been
launched from their yard They have
Maine. 1t has two cradles. large enough
t. accommodate very large vessels.
These cradles are operated by steam.
instead Of hand power. like the other
railways in Maine.
T. T. Cassidy 4 son Of Bangor, Large
owners in shipping. have under con-
sideration plans for tWo-masted
schooner n their yard here.
At the Barbour yard in Brewer the
Pangor * Bar Harbor Steamboat Com
pany is having a new boat constructed
for excursion business. This new boat
Will he 120 feet Tong. ~ feet beam ana
fn.t deep. She * expected TO develop
n speed Of Il knots
The last three -maSted schooner to be
built in the district of Bangor was the
Aetna. built in the winter of ls9o-9l.
" nile the last tWU-maSted or fore and
aft schooner was n yacht designed for
a governor Of one of the West India
islands. which was built in the early
sos Tho term ''fOr--anu-aft schooner
il useless N this day. as with the eX-
..ption Of q few places in the Maritime
Provinces, where a tOpsail schooner is
occasionally built. al are straight fore
and-aftcrS.