The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-01-16

VA ship Sea Witch, which was built
- Jackson at East Boston in 1872,
aSfI owned by the estate of Richard
Hk IT., has been sold to the North
~ almon company for $2,75r. She is
NO. an Francisco.
H. cetown, Jan. 9. Sch. Melissa Trask,
from lgor for New York, arrived here
to- aking and crew working hard at
the lDui is; was blown off and lost 1000 it
lumktI rom off deck on the edge of Georges
Bank. Hassed through great mass of lum-
Der and logs, probably from a Maine river.
Roston, Jan. II. Bark Herbert Black,
Capt blanchard, arrived yesterday from
Philade phia with cargo. She was towed
here by the tug Storm King. The bark was
recently purchased by the Boston towboat
COMPANY. and after she discharges her cargo
of coal She will he taken to East Boston and
converted into floating elevator for use in
transporting grain about the harbor. She
will have capacity of 10000 bushels.
Rockland, Jan. 8. There were thirty
schooner and three banks in Rockland har-
Dor yesterday, an unusual winter spectacle
and a pretty marine picture. Nearly all ran
in for shelter from the nor easter. Early in
the morning pretty sight was presented
off Owls Head when four schOOners from
the eastward, ,Vvak to neck came in through
the snow and Sow. A half mile behind
them were twot, hree masters footing it
pretty evenly for the inside of the bre k
water. While it was pleasant inside the
shippers sad that there was a nasty sea
outside witt indications of a heavy storm.
Only a few Hentured out in the afternoon
for nearby ports. The weather is so
treacherous his month that the captains
are wary of ii, and hug the coast as much
as possible
CHARTERS sch. j. Manchester Haynes,
Apalachicola to Boston, lumber, 81. Ship
Susquehanna, Baltimore to San Francisco,
300 tons of coal, s. Ship W. F. 8abcock,
baltimore TO- 81 Francisco 310OtnpS nf coal
81. Bark c ? Dilton, Turks Island to
Baltimore, sat &C. Schr. Edward Stewart,
New York to tiuanica, rails and general
cargo, $1,000 sch; Ed. II, Blake, Fernan-
dina to New York, lumber, 500 Sch.
Florence LELAND. Savannah to New York or
bridgeport, lumber, p. t. Sch. Marie Palmer,
Baltimore to Boston, coal S1.25 Sch. H. f.
Pettigrew, Philadelphia to Portland, coal
1925.
DISASTERS, INC Bark Auburndale, Dow,
from New ! ORR 10 Rosario (before reported
WaterloggedJ, got aground at kilom Nov
10th in the south channel. She entered
Buenos Ayres from the roads Nov. 18th to
discharge and repair. =. The Am sch Lillian
Woodruff, Capt Farnham, from Boston
Dec. md for AKIN, w. G. A., has put into
St. Vincent, C. Y. l., with loss of some
spars and with sails and rigging damaged.
which will occupy week. Sch. Cactus,
from Philadelphia for Key West, before re-
ported wrecked on the Florida coast, was
sold as she lay for S175, and cargo S110
! The vessel was valued at 1900 and partly
insured. Ship S D. Carleton, at Honolulu
Dec. Ind, from Tacoma, reports having met
very heavy weather, was thrown on beam
ends, rigging strained and sails carried
away decks were full of water for much of
the time
SHIPBuILDING. The three-master build
ing at the Cobb-B1tler yard, Rock land, for
Capt Saunders of Orland will not go over
board this month as announced on account
of delay occas0ned by the weather. She
will probably be launched about the middle
OF February. There is a rumor that some
vessels will be built at the Birch Point yard
in Wiscasset, Me, next summer. -. Charles
Y. Minott of Phippsburg, Ne, is to get out
the frame for another big sen. this will
make 30 vessels constructed by him in that
town; he also built the last wooden ship
constructed in America, the Aryan in 1898.
1.-The Camden Anchor Rockla Machine
Company is making a ten hqEsa nerA" en-
CINE for the tender of the I'll mas
ter, which is under construction by the
Fore River Ship & Engine company of
Quincy, Mass H. NJ. Prince of Camden is
building the tender, which is to be delivered
in Boston, and will 30 to that port under it's
own power.