Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-29

been making life burden for the short
lobster fisherman along the Maine
coast lately. and q visit Of their sloop.
the Columbia, to Casco bay. last week.
created more CONSERVATION among inc
r law breakers In that locality Una"
would "A faid Ut Parson Pearson dcPu-
ties upon the Portland rum sellers.
!, Ana speaking Of Holsters calls IN
mind an article which lately appeared
in one of the New York Sunday papers.
on The Decline of our Fisheries
Among other things, it says "Mackerei
are becoming more and more scarce
each year. The lobster industry Is al
ready on the verge of ruin and unless
effective measures are taken for the
protection OF the Grand Bank fisheries
, the cod that are SO numerous thcrc
may before many years follow the ex-
ample OF the maCkcrcl and seek other
, waters. Possibly these statements
may sound like the cry of an alarm
iSt. hut they ale not opinions. they ar"
positive statements backed up ny
facts. Articles of ihis nature cruise
fishermen and fish dealers great dcai
of amusement. as they are generally
ful! Of opinions that cannot be backed
up by facts. as could be easily asccr-
tanned by referring to statistics. In
commenting upon the article i'm ques-
ton. prominent Portland fish dealer
said: THAT article is all rot. The
| mackerel catch of last year is the
best Tor twelve years: the catch was
h..yl sI I'm ,F..tlr
was only 23.46S barrels The catch to
date Is over 100000 with the prospect
that thousands Of barrels will be add
cd while the writer in that article
says hat the seasons catch will he
about S0.0o0. The lobster catch in
Canada for the last year where much
Of our supply comes from was better
than for years. Tho catch in this
state was also better than for years.
The cod are scarce because so many
are devoting their time to mackcrcl
catching
Another monster in the line of Maine
architecture is the five masted schoon-
OF Al thur Sietz. which was launched at
the Bean shpyard. at Camden, Tues
Her keel is of oak and IL was laid
last April 1t is noted that this is the
first schooner without cathcads. She
is also the first. Of the siNty-cight
which H. NJ Bean has built to sail
from Camden Her frames. and there
are ciGhty-eght. are Of white oak and
ncr ceiling and planl.iug are Of south
ern pine. Most Of her machinery was
made in Bath. Her stuckless an
chors weigh So"o and 1900 pounds Her
gross tonnage viii bc 22l7 and her
cost viii probably reach 100000. She
will be in command of capt. Kicker
son of Fall River. and capt. John g.
Crowley of Taunton will be the ma nag
ing owner.
Tho town OF Milbridgc has Il ship
yard in which three brothers work as
master carpenters almost within
speaking distance OF one another The
three brothers are Levertt. Charles.
and Warren Strout. The first is fore
man of Capt Warren Sawyers yard
under whose supervision is being con-
structed the largest craft ever docu-
mentcd in either Of the customs dis
tiicts in Washington county. The
second has first place in T.. T.. and
Alonzo Sawyer's yard. while the third
who can start n vessel from the keel
and work his way 10 where old Glory
flies. is making the spars for Captain
Sawyer's big four-mastcr. The belt
as champion spar maker in those parts
is claimed for him. as this is the hun
dredth vessel he has spared This
veteran has used the broadaXc and
chalk line in every yard, save one.