The Republican journal., 1903-05-21

and the steam road roller.
MI Edward Johnson has a good sized
Photograph, taken in September, 1869,
from Primrose Hill, of the harbor front
of Belfast. The shipping then in port
included four brigantines, a rig seldom
seen nowadays in these waters and
which is gradually going out every
where This seems somewhat surpris-
ing as it is very handy rig The last
brigantile to visit this port was the
TelOs, commanded for many years by
Capt Dow of Prospect, She arrived
here il September, 1899, from Turks
Island with a cargo of salt for the Swan
X Sibley Co., and was lost a few months
later. We think Capt. Dow was not in
the Telos when size came to Belfast,
but her commander at that time was
enthusiastic as to the vessels sea-
W0rthiness. etc, and she was certainly
q fine looking craft. The Telos was
built at Bangor in 1889, and was 81
tons net Until recently a Lincolnville
man, Capt. J. H. Monroe, was in com
mand of the brigantine Leonora, built
at Columbia Falls, Me-, in 1874, and All
tons net. but she was sold to 90 into
other business. Among the brigantines
built IL the Belfast district in the past
forty years were the Evelyn CHM,
~anch0 PanZa, Sportsman. Don
QuiXote James Miller II. c. Sibley, l.
". Parker and Ned White and not one
ct them is ah0at today.
The recent development of the natu-
ral resources of the Maritime Provinces
recalls the fact that a Maine man, Hon,
Albert Pilsbury of Machias, was one
of the first, If not the first, of Ameri-
can discoveries Of the rich fields for en-
terprise offered III the land of Evanga-
line and sea-girt Newfoundland. In
the late fOrtles or early hfties he made
tour Of the Maritime Provinces and
came home enthusiastic as to tleii- ag-
riculturaI and mineral wealth, their
timber resources, Water-poWer, etc; an
enthusiasm that never abated. Soon
after lie took up his residence in Hall
fax, where lie built the first marine
railway colstl ucted in the lower Prov
inceS. As the rise and fall of the tide
there is only five to six feet the repair
ing of vessels had to be done by heav-
ing them down alongside a wharf. a
somewhat risky and costly process.
Through his influence number of
Maine men went to Nova Scotia and
engaged i'll numbering and other lines Of
business, and company was formed to
operate copper mines III Newfoundland.
He often spoke of the fortunes that
might be made in numbering in that
Province: and now, half a century later,
a CanadianA merican syndicate, in
which Hsnry NJ Whitney of Boston is
a leading spirit, has been formed to
operate large timber areas in New
f0undIand. Three or four mills are now
i'll active operation and this years cut
will run between forty and fifty million
feet. Large pulp mills, for the success
full operation Of which splendid natural
facilities exist. will be established in
suitable localities ard this branch of
the business will be carried on extern
sively This syndicate will control an
area of about 5000 square miles, we'll
wooded with pine and spruce.
This item in a recent issue of the
Acadian Recorder Of Halifax recalled
another enterprise which Mr.. Pilsbury
started, the shipping of canned lobster
to Europe;
Owing to large quantity of Holsters ex-
ported from this port to Havre, and to
accommodate the different shippers,
Furness, Witty & Co., Ltd, have ar
ranged four monthly sailings during
the coming summer from Halifax to
Havre direct 1t is expected the sail
ing will be in May, June, July and Sep
TENDER. Should the service prove a
success, it is the intention of the Fur
ness Line to have the same sailingS
each year.
HOLSTERS are very high priced in
Great Britain, and forty to fifty years
ago were both plentiful and cheap in
Nova Scotia. A Boston canning con-
Germ was interested, and factory es-