The Republican journal., 1907-05-02
SHIPPING ITEMS. The sch

Melaies Is at last off for ROndOut Ear,,
last winter she loaded slaves up the Roc.
duce river, but got aground in COMING an.
and the deck-load had to taken off hoforo
she could be hOated. The schooner thar
went to Rockland for repairs and retnrninc
for her deckload could get no farther than
Castlne as the river was closed by ice. She
wintered at Castne and last week was at
Rockland awaiting favorable weather IN
proceed to destination. The fishing
schooners Willie L. Swift, Capt. Fred T.
Dorr and the William Matherson. Cant 7
F. Hutchins, both of the T. NJ. Nicholson
fleet, cleared from Bucksport Thursday for
Magdalene island after herring. :. Sch, L.
ID. Remick, Capt George A. Gilchrest. sail
ed Thursday for Bucksport to load shin
timber at the Peary yard for Belfast, Can't
Gllchrest bought all the material in the ward
after the building of the Roosevelt and part
of il was brought here last fall. Capt Gil
chrest arrived back last Sunday afternoon.
coming into port in fine style with sails
winged out, and anchored off the railway.
The New York Herald has made a new de-
parture in its shipping news department.
Heretofore the word sailed has applied to
steam and sail craft but now the Herald
uses steamed and sailed. The old way
strikes US as the simplest and best.
STEAMER NOTES. The steamer Percy
", of the Ellsworth, Bluehill & Swans
Island Steamboat Co., is now on her route
and leaves Ellsworth at a. M, TUESDAYS.
Thursdays and Saturdays for South Surry,
Bluehill, South Bluehill, North Brooklin.
West fremont, Mckinley and Atlantic. Re-
turning, leaves Atlantic Wednesdays, Fri
days and Sundays at M, makes same
landings as on outward trip, and reaches
Ellsworth early in the afternoon. -. The
citizens of Camden have voted to buv full
set of colorS for the new turbine steamer
Camden, to be formally presented while the
boat is at the wharf there by First Select
man j. H. Hobbs. The LincolnvilIe band
has been engaged to furnish music for the
occasion. 1t was also voted to present the
steamer with a fine picture of Camden har-
Dor and mountains to hang in the saloon. -.
Beginning June LIST the steamer Ruth,
which ran for some time last fall on the
Bangor BrookSville route, will make daily
trips except Sundays, from Bangor to all
river landings, including Northport, Belfast
and 1slesboro. The return trip will be
made in the afternoon. This is new route
and ought to be a paying one....E Eleven
frames for the turbine steamer Belfast are
in position at the Bath Iron Works. All
the material for the frame has been receiy
ed and the work will be rushed. " The
freight steamer City of Philadelphia, with
$50 tons of fertilizer from Cartaret, n. j.,
arrived at Stockton April Goth. She is TAX
ing the place of the Mohawk, which is haul
ed OF for repairs. Steamer May Archer,
Capt. L. A. Archibald, is now carving the
mail to Monhegan. She leaves Port CLYDE
every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at
a. N. for Monhegan and Boothbay Har-
Dor; returning, leaves Boothbay Harbor at 1
O'Clock p. M for the same ports on the same
days, thus making three trips week until
June, when daily trips will be established.
......The Eastern Steamship Co. has an
nounced its summer schedule. Steamers
leave Belfast tor Boston every uay except
Sunday at 4.30 p. m. On the Mt. Desert &
Bluehlll Division steamer leaves ROckland
on the arrival of the Boston boat every
morning except Monday. On the Portland
4 Rockland line the steamers will leave
Rockland at a. m. Mondays, Wednes days
and Fridays. ....... The steamer Schoodic,
which has been building at the Portland
Shipbuilding yards at South Portland, was
launched Tuesday. The Schoodc is built
on about the same lines as the steamer Ma
QUOT of the Harpswell Steamboat Co., and
is to run between Winter Harbor and Bar
Harbor. The Schoodc is owned by the
Winter Harbor Land Co.