The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-03
The Numidian and The Norwegian
Sailed Yesterday.
Loading Cattle on the
English Steamers.
Two Ships Arrived Here on
Tuesday Night.

There were seven big steamships In
mort at one time yesterdayand another one
expected to arrive at any time. A small
army of workmen were engaged around
the Grand Trunk docks and the scene
was full of life and activity. On all sides
could be heard the pulling of engines, the
rattle of the steam winehes, the shouts oil
the steVedores, the believing or cattle,
the hammering OF the carpenters engaged
In fitting up ships for cattle carrying and
the roar the machinery in the big eleva-
tor which was pouring thousands Of
bushels OF grain into the yawning holds
OF the big ships.
The steamship Corinthian reached here
ate Tuesday night from Queenstown by
the way OF Halifax. She brought one
cabin, three intermediate and eighty-six
steeraee passengers and the local part OF
her cargo was ll07 sacks of salt and five
packages Of 1arthen ware to Burbank,
Douglass Il Co.
Yesterday morning the Thomson liner
Devona hsulsi up to the dock. having
arrived during the night and anchored
in the lower harbor until morning. She
came here from Leith ami had very
rough winter passage, but no accidents
were reported. Her cargo was $40 tons of
coal for the Grand Trunk and thirty
seven tons OF general merchandise.
= Yesterday was busy day for the cattle
men. Altogether about five hundred head
of cattle were shipped from Portland yes
terdAy. The first ship to sail was the
NumidiRn with full cargo of grain and
general farm products and il6 head of
cattle. She took also about thirty five
passengers, Late in the afternoon the
steamship Nor geRian sailed from Port
land for Glasgow. She took 315 head Of
cattle and tw enty horses.
These cattle were brought into the
Grand frank yard from the etonk yards
at East Deering where they have been
resting for fsw hours since their long
journey from the West. They were all
kinds of cattle in this herd which was
loaded on the Numidian and Norwegian.
some of them were monsters and with
big horns which looked wicked enough.
Others were smaller and had their horns
sawed of or had lost them. The cars
carrying these cattle pulled in along side
the sheds and q fence was fixed up so
that run led directly to the deck of the
ship. When all was ready the doors of
the cars were opened and the cattle
started with a whoop and yell from the
attending men. They seemed bewildered
at first ana tried to go in every direction,
but were brought up against the fences
or urged in the right direction by means
Then they would start crowded together
for the runs into the shed. From the
wharf 10 the deck OF the ship 1t was quite
a drop and when the steers came to this
inclined runway some of them refused
to go down and would make frantic en-
deavors to turn hack into the shsd again.
This would cause blockade in tbs run
way and the steers would be piled up ons
one another, below and for a time the
attendants would have their hands full in
getting the procession started again.
Cattle can only he loaded about so fast
anyway, but quick work was made OF
the job on the Norwegian last night Tor
the captain of the ship was anxious to
get underway. When all were on board
the gang of carpenters returned to their
work OF fixing up the sheds to protect
the cattle on board the ships and this
stevedores began to hustle baled hay
aboard as fast as possible. The captain
paced back and forth on the bridge
urging on the work and the other officers
and saamen Of the ship rushed about put
ting the vessel in condition for going to
sea. When all was ready and the pilot
was aboard the CAPTAIN waved his hand
to Captain Barclay who stood on the
wharf, the big whistle sounded and the |
Norwegian ba5ked out OF the dock for
her long voyage across the Atlantic.
Thers have been thirty-two English |
steamer arrivals SO far this season which |
Is five more than for the corresponding |
time deal larger than those of last sea-
son and with the numerous coal steam
ers that are arriving ssmi-weekIy the |
tonnage this winter Is showing a great |
increase over p asst SEASONS.
The following vessels are on their way
to :PortIan1: Alnmers, Shield, December |
6; Ottoman LiverI DOL, December ~; Pc
ruvIan, Glasgow, December %; Iona, |
Shields, Dsoember IS; dominion, Liver
POOL; Buenos Ayrean, GLASGOW, December
3D.; Frisia, hamburg via Boston Deem
Der 80.
The Ottoman was expected to arrive |
here last night she has come salt con-
Eig ned 10 Ror.isnd merchants
The bark Grace Desring which is dis
charging salt at Central wharf will go to
B. and NJ. wharf Gnu load lumber at the
harrstt Lumber company for South
America.
The International Inns steamer State OF
Maine arrived from Boston yesterday
morning ami hauled OF for the winter.