The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
RICH WHALE SHIP CARGOES
SOME VOYAGES THAT WE'RE REC
ORD BREAkE RS.
Fronts Made ny sailors Or New Bedford
Voyages In which WlIalSbone Was the
Chief Product Capt. ~l'ierce's Great
Catch-succcssfuI v Venture Of the Envoy.

twenty-One months, VIII "A cargo Nhlleu al
not far from Si25, 900. has caused. says the
Ner Bedford Stamford. no end Of talk along
the waterfront and among others who are
interested in shipping.
Some nave even gone ~ far ~ TO speak
of this voyage az the best cut ever made
by a vessel haiing from New Bedford.
Such a statement, however. il as far out
of the way as to say that Capt. Smith caught
his whales right here in Buyzards Bay.
He certainly made n good voyage and is to
be congratulated on his success, but in
speaking Of the arrival of such q rich cargo
we are apt TO forget occurrences in the past
of a similar nature. some of which place
the present arrival way in the shade. There
are a number of record voyages which
whalemen to-day speak of with pride. and
still others which are recorded in the annals
of whaling which make some of the older
residents smile when they hear the talk
which IL handed out by some who see only
the happenings Of the present.
IL isn't but two years ago this coming
fan that Capt. II. II. Bodfish OF Vineyard
Haven. master of the steam whaler William
Baylies. arrived down from the Arctic
Ocean. only six months from San Francisco.
with a cargo valued al not far from s1sS 900.
The lucky ships of the Arctic feet in the
hSt ueCd0c nave muue SOIHe grew CuiS,
and it isn't such a great while ago. Novem-
her 3, 1899. 10 loo exact. that the steamer
BeluCa. after wintering north the previous
season. arrived at San Francisco with the
product of sixty-three whales. That season
was an exceptionally good one north. Mel
vile Bay was full OF whales. and the Beluga's
catch, after twenty-four months absence,
must have sold for $3.50. 900. even though
the price of bone had dropped.
Some great voyages ave been made in
which whalebone has figured as the prin-
cipal product, as is the case with the Jose
phine. Take the voyages made by the
late Capt. Jacob Taber in the '6Os. He
made a record with his whaling in the
Hudson Bay, and frequently one hears of
the work of this veteran. All of his cruises
we're Of short duration. On November
ls, 1851. he sailed from this port in the ship
Northern Light. and she was back and at
her berth at Merrill's wharf October II,
lse2--just eleven. months from home-with
l~.2a5.barrels Of whale oil and 10. 300 pounds
of whalebone. Again, in April. 1853, he
sailed in the same vessel and was back in
port during the fall Of 1854 with ! .270 barrels
of whale oil and 10000 pounds of whalebone.
ThatAcargo was valued at 500, 900. and bone
sold for less than one-hah what it now
brings.
CAPT. Charles e. Allen, master of the
Black Eagle. was another successful Hudson
Bay fisherman. one of his cruises. extending
over n period of sixteen months, netting
the owners 1850 barrels OF oil and 10000
pounds Of whalebone. On June 4. 1884,
Capt. Ebenezer Morgan sailed out of New
London in the old Pioneer for the Davis
Straits, and fifteen months later he re-
turned with a cargo which sold for $50, 900.
Among other bonanza voyages in which
vessels have cruised for the bone producing
Ieviathan might be mentioned the follow
ing: The ship Onward, Capt William H.
Allen (who died not long since in Connecti-
cut)5 returned to this port, July 5. 1882,
after forty-five months absence. with
40 barrels Of sperm oil. $3.50 barrels of whale
oil and 90, 900 pounds of whalebone. That
voyage Melted the owners $500. 900. while
the very next cruise of the ship. with the
same commander. resulted in a catch Of
more than 5000 barrels OF oil and 81, 100
pounds of whalebone. Capt. Thomas Mellen
Of Edgartown was first officer when she
returned from her first voyage.
Still another clever cut during that
decade was made by Capt. Valentine Lewis
in the old ship Cormthian. he returned
April 20, 1858, forty-four months out, with
$50 barrels of sperm oil, 3 1893 barrels of whale
oil and II $50 pounds OF whalebone. The
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2,3Ue barrels OF oh anu 'o'Wo POUNDS
OF wlialeoone' absent ABOUT sk months
on SEPTEMBER 'apl. ,oRdh o, rue naIn-
bow spoke the steamer, pinpoer rugged,
and being lhlofIneu WlMre the mary anu
Helen took her whales ne pi' OUT Ior that
iocaiity, wheh ne, 700; Iau 6Ieasy, Inck'
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more than seven months; having taken