Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-06-30
80 FINE SHIPS.

ouyine = wooden side-wheeters On
u the o. r' bangor line, marking an
nese men n the history OF a service
dollar ..rlv a century. These new
y The Camden and the Bel
'e belief .'sIturbines 1856 feet long, built
les when s' ,sorely fitted and furnished
~ con. y,
arith- - vas on this route for a lew
Is cubic ~ Int was withdrawn tenn
'ht feet ~ ,oont OF difficulty in hand
wide me Of the small landings, and
pston-st. John route last year.
height !. Tor her accommodation at
,ber or have been made, and this
natter :, sister ship, the Belfast, she
short. Il goston- Bangor run.
unless ~hoat line between Bangor and
ntnry. o,dest. in point OF contin-
nes Up r. in America, the first
.ertaia '.,ins been put on in the year
honest '..sn years after the first practi-
.,iou Of steam to the propulsion
pulp year earlier, in 1923. queer
1t &a allied the Patent, ran between
make. portland, and her first ar
and !, Maine port caased great ex-
foot che was built in 1921, at Med
te, it and seventeen hours was con-
u 90 q fine for her to make be-
i BY atom and Portland.
Of ,.;ne the Legislator and the
came along soon after the
olace .,kinr trips from BostdN to va
cut inc ports, and in 1924 me Con-
less rbch was built in New York
di, ann between that city and New
the ANA 10 Bangor. She was Of
thes tons. rugged with masts and
had an engine OF the Fulton
ests nth balance wheel and couplings
BOW the engine could be thrown out
'ent zion with the paddles.
A,ucellor Livingston, in which
cod ar Vanderbilt had an interest,
uld next steamer OF any Importance
uer I.rsd on the Boston and Bangor
OF y vas built in New York in 1916,
bis nousidered to be the masterpiece
ut lon. She had three smokestacks,
n .s,s, bowsprit and jibboom, and
Is. huge square sail on the foremost
al aft sails on the main. The
ton lost money because she was
n Ii Of a boat for the amount OF BUSH
or the line.
{. yictory, the McDonough and the
is u we're also am ong the early boats,
1t Bangor, built in New York, was
r, new boat, as well as the fastest
:; but time, that came to Maine. She
e ibout 400 tons, well fitted for her
S Nd did la profitab BILE business, gen.
9 crying about one hundred and
passengers on trip, at the rate OF
; between Bangor and Boston.
; Bangor ran on the route until the
ISL and in 1912 she was taken to
sditerranean, where for some time
y engaged in carrying pilgrims
lsYandris on their way to Mecca.
ngor was purchased by the Sultan
Key and added to his navy. An
fesmer, the Bangor, propeller,
few trips between Boston and
and was then purchased by the
States government and sent out 10
xrt in the attack on Vera Cruz,
shs won lasting fame. She was the
% steamer built in America.
lsSo to 1915 numerous steamers
the line between Boston and Ban.
gliding the Charter Oak, Huntress,
Ply, Express, Portland and Ad-
The Charter Oak was fine boat,
My intended for the New York and
aTsn line, where her owners, Capt.
suon Sanford and Q Mr.. Cunning
foand the competition OF Commo-
andsrbilt so sharp that they sent
u East. Vanderbilt followed them
lns, with the steamer Telegraph.
several years there was such brisk
between the two lines that the fare
70 bangor and Boston, which had
aign as y, was reduced to 81.
co capt. Sanford put the steamer
s'ot on the Boston and Bang or
aao That boat, on the night OF June
made the first trip to Bangor by
shhown as ''the outside rou e", GO
'oss directly from Cape Ann to
gan Island, instead of following
zoe coast as had formerly been done.
On this occasion, also. that time
were first used, the method being
,sop'ed by Capt. Sanford for his
i0sN ana Philadelphia line, and
a'u coming into general use.
u''sen years preceding the Civil
harvest time for steamboats,
'enobscot. There was no railroad
NY western part of the State to Ban
''A 1907, and so the steam boats had
'.siness' Some famous boats ran
y boston and Bangor in those days,
-ng the Senator, the Daniel Web
4,ss and handsome steamer, after
~ 20 run on the 81. Lawrence and
sae saguenay; the Governor, T.
s4' W. j. Pease and Kennebec.
=. was formed the company which
~ years operated what was known
w. independent line. Its origi-
~ Memnemon Sanford, died in
IN IN the following year, and the
was continued by other members
-, 'oro family. During the war
all the "down sos,u s+.h.a