The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-11-09
THE GOOD SHIP ARYAN,
She Will Continue to Sail the Seas Under ;
New House Flag.
Boston Globe of Nov. 9Th.

Boston Globe of Nov. 9Th
At noon week ago Sunday eight bells were
struck on the only full, square rugged ship that
flies the American 1ag-the Aryan-as she lay
beside the National dock at East Boston.
There was little crowd of invited guests on
the deck of the ship at the time. The striking
of the eight bells was significant to these
people, and the ceremony which followed may
yet possess an historical significance in the
maritime history of Boston and the nation
Five minutes before the eight bells were
struck, two bells had been struck, and Capt
Machlachlan then ordered the old house flag,
which had been floating from the main truck,
hauled down.
When the eight bells were struck the owner
of the vessel, Mr.. Eugene P. Carver, stood on
the quarterback and quietly told the captain,
who stood nearby, to order the new house flag
to be hoisted to the main truck. The captain
gave the order and the new flag was hauled
aloft. Every eye watched the new flag until
it was fastened at the truck
This new flag is symbolical. 1t contains the
National colors shield in the center, sur
rounded by four large blue stars on white
ground The shield is like the one Washing
ton used for coat of arms.
But the event itself me ant, first, that hence
forth the Aryan is to hail from Boston, where
once the greatest fleet of clipper ships that
ever sailed the seven seas hailed from and
sailed thence to every port in the world. In
the second place it meant the birth of new
maritime house-the house of Carver-which
may be the "white hope" of that revival in
American commerce which so many people
look forward to. For Mr.. Carver has proved
in this ship that an American sailing vessel
can successfully compete with the sailing YES
sells of any country even in deep water" He,
at least, is confident that American skill and
Aroa hrajn J1rbn i,,to
shipping, can make commerce pay today as it
did in the old days before the Civil War, when
the American flag fioated from the mastheads
of ships in every port in the world.
81 have demonstrated in this ship that it can
pay" said Mr.. Carver with emphasis, "for in
the three years since l purchased her she has
paid for herself, and l refused $4,000 for her
a short time ago in San Francisco.
This was the last of the American square,
Triggers" continued Mr.. Carver, "and she was
about to be turned into coal barge in the
latter part of 1907-the panic year-when
purchased her, overhaued her and started in
to see what there was in American commerce
From my experience with the Aryan am sat
isfied that we can yet compete with the world
on the high seas"
There is something of sentiment in Mr.
Carver's hope and in his undertaking, for he
comes from family of seafaring people and
he spent some years of his young life at sea.
Among those on the deck of the Aryan, Sun
day was his mother, who went to sea with her
husband nearly go years ago and accompanied
him for years thereafter. So it runs in Mr.
Carver's blood and when he PAGES the deck of
this ship he does it with more of feeling and
of sentiment than do most owners of vessels
nowadays.
He can use the quadrant and he has not for
gotten what he learned of navigation from his
father. And there is much of the old-school
ship discipline-the discipline of the ships of
go years ago-in his makeup and general bear
ing. Then the captain gave the orders to the
mate and the mate repeated the orders to the
crew. The captain was boss, but somebody
else executed the orders.
Mr. Carver doesn't like to hear the boss of
anything talk too much. That should be left
to others, and he believes this principle is as
true of land enterprises as of the organization
of a ship, and he is connected with many
enterprises in which this rule is enforced.