The Republican journal., 1904-05-12

Willis E. Wight of this city, who will take
Immediate possession. Mr. Wight has
driven team for Cooper & Co. for many
years and is now to engage in farming.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Sch. Orion arrived
from Orland May 9TH with brick for Cooper
& Co., and is loading lumber at Bangor for
the same firm. Sch. Polly, Capt. George
F. Ryan, arrived May 9Th with general
cargo from Boston. Sch. Myronus arrived
May 9Th from Port Reading with coal for
the Belfast Fuel & Hay Co. In hauling
into her dock she collided with the wharf,
carried away her jib stay, broke her martin
gale and sustained other damage to her
head gear. Sch. Sunnyside was in port
May 9Th on her regular packet trip between
Belfast and Stonington.. Bark Auburn
dale, which arrived at Boston last week
under jury rig was hauled out on the rail-
way for examination. few sheets of
metal were found to be chafed off, and new
metal was put On. The Auburndale will
undergo thorough repairs and will be
rugged as barkentine instead of bark.
Bark Penobscot loaded at Boston last week
with lumber for Buenos Ayres. There are
prospects of an interesting race to the South
American port between the Pen0bscot and
the Norwegian ship Western Monarch,
which is ready to sail for the same port....
Sch. Sadie Willcut, Capt. Pendleton, has
chartered to load cut granite at Clark
Island, St. George, for New York, at 81 per
ton and wharfage. :. The Portland Argus
says: "W. H. Reed has stretched the keel
for four-masted schooner in the part of
cold ship yard at the East End, not taken
up by the house and yard of the Heating
Coal Co. The keel measures 10 feet and
the schooner when completed will undoubt-
eddy be a fine one. ....Sch. Metinic has
chartered to load cut granite at Railroad
wharf, Rockland, for Annapolis, Nd, for
the Naval Academy buildings. The gran
lite is brought from Waldoboro by rail.
After discharging at Annapolis the schoon-
er will go to Mattapony river, Va, to load
white oak timber for Dunn & Elliott,
Thomaston. 1.-THE Kineo, the only five
masted steel schooner in the world, sailed
from Newport News May 9th with cargo
Girl arrived Sunday from Rockland with
hard pine for Gilchrest. This is the fourth,
and last, cargo to be transhipped from
Rockland where it was brought from
Georgia during the ice embargo.
STEAMER NOTES. At a recent meeting
of the Eastern Steamship company, several
changes were made In the duties Of some
of the officers and agents of the company.
Those of local interest were as follows: F.
S. Sherman of Rockland was appoi nted to
the office of general agent over the Mt.
Desert division and Penobscot river and
bay landings with headquarters at Rock
land. II. I. Sanborn of Bangor was ap-
pointed to the Office of supervisor of re-
pairs to wharves and buildings to have
jurisdiction over the Mt Desert division
and the Penobscot river and bay landings
of the Bangor division with headquarters
at Bangor. lon and after June 9th the
steamer Pemaquid will make two trips
daily between Rockland and Castine, call
ing at Dark Harbor, Islesboro, on the way.
The trips are arranged so as to connect
with the Maine Central train service at
Rockland, the Pemaquid leaving that port
at $50 a. m. and 40 p. H. every day except
Sunday, when she will leave at s a. M.
The Castine was in Rockland last week for
the final repairs to her machinery, before
going into commission, and is now at her
summer quarters at the railroad wharf,
Belfast. She will take the place of the Sill
yer Star on the Castine, Islesboro and Bel
fast line, May 18th, while the latter is I'M
dergoing repairs. The Castine will do a
general excursion business on the bay and
river this season. The Eastern Steamship
Company will hereafter hail from Bath,
says an exchange. 1t seems that previous
ly the whole fleet of some thirteen steamers
have hailed from Portland. Bath is also a
winter port, the Austin, Fuller, Kenne
bee, Della Collins and the Boothbay Divi-
sions having been laid up there. The win
ter pay roll at Bath has been $4,000 per
month and the repairs, hardware and sup
plies called for large sum in addition....
The Verona, which has done most of the
excursion business on the Penobscot river
since she was launched two years ago, will
go to Portland June Is to be run under
charter by the Casco Bay Steamship Co.
for the summer.