The Republican journal., 1912-03-14

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On oil painting of Jobs Island. at the lower
end of Islesboro, which was recently placed
on exhibition in Castine, has attracted much
favorable comment. The artist is Capt. VIM.
Leach of the schooner Marie L. Davis Of Pc.
nobscot.
At the March meeting of the directors of
the Home for Aged Women thanks were ex-
tended for gifts from Mrs. George w. Wins
low of Westfeld, Mass; Mrs. C. o. Poor, Miss
Sarah R. Gardner, Mrs. Annie Davis. Miss
Della Knowlton, Messrs. E NJ. Sanborn and
John F. Chapman of this c ity
Tomorrow, Friday, night the 18th annual
concert and ball of Seaside Hose Company will
be given in Seaside Grange hail. Kendall's
orchestra of Skowhegan will furnish music,
and the members of Seaside will spare no eff
forts to make the occasion pleasant one. Ice
cream will be furnished at intermission Chief
engineer S. S. L. Shute will be floor director,
assisted by members of the company. Adj
mission, so cents per couple.
DIR. and Mrs. George W. Stoddard having
bought bungalow in Pasadena, Calf, and de-
cided to remain there. had their furniture and
household goods shipped to them by rail last
week-about two and one-half tons in weight.
H. E. Mcdonald. assisted by Capt. A. c. Bach
elder, did the packing and it was no light job.
First, every bit of the surface of the furniture
must be covered with paper or burlap and
then Grated, and that took quite lot of lum-
Der, nails and hard work.
FROM SUBSCRIBERS. Mrs. E. o. Patterson
writes from Jacksonville, Indiana, where
Capt. Patterson is experimenting the con-
struction of dredgers for the government: II
cannot tell you how much your paper means
to US. We look forward to it coming like an
old friend and often meet Maine people who
bond of fellowship between Maine people that
nothing seems to change. ...A Fort Scott,
Kansas, subscriber says: II see by The Jour-
nal that you are having hard winter in
Maine and we are having the same here in
Bourbon county, Kans as"
SHIPPING ITEMS. The Philadelphia Vessel
Owners and Captains Association went out of
existence March 9th after 80 years of activity.
The directors of the association who in recent
years have been extensive owners of sail ton
mage find their vessels have nearly all been
lost in the last few years; and as those that re-
main are few in number there is no further
need of the association. Members said that
no better evidence of their losses is procurable
than the work of this winters gales in the
stretch of Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras
to Cape Cod. They said that the property de-
stroyed in this short stretch alone in the last
three months amounted to $1,000 COO. The
opening of the Panama canal, they say, will be
another death blow to sailing vessels which
have been rounding Cape Horn The same
day that the foregoing announcement was
made it was reported from Philadelphia that
the demand for sailing tonnage was greater
than at any time in the last rs years. Freights
on coal were $1.40 a ton to Boston and $3.50 to
Portland, Maine, higher rate than has been
paid in years.. :. Charters are being made in
New York for schooners to carry coal to Port
land at $1.5O ton, an advance of 20 cents
over the rate reported last week. The Port
land Press says: ut was only year ago that
it was difficult for the schooners to get charters
at any figure, for the rate was far below a
dollar and schooners were swinging idly at
their anchors for weeks at time The out
look was then SO discouraging that many cap
tains were anxious to sell their holdings in the
big schooners. Now, however, the whole
situation is changed and the big schooner
seems to be pretty good investment" {. Sch.
Lizzie Lane, which has been laid US in Long
Cove, Searsport was taken to Cape Jellison
last week.. Seventy vessels aggregatng
14.918 gross tons were constructed in the
United States during February The largest
was the steel steamer City of Detroit. ILL.,.
built at Wyandorte, Mich, and registering
6,l06 tons. Forty-one were steam vessels of
wood and four sailing vessels of wood while IA
were unrlgged wooden vessels. Only three
steel vessels, all steamers, were built. On the
Atlantic and Gulf 81 craft were built; on the
Pacific 35 and on the Great Lakes six. The
schooner N. E. Aver, which has been laid up
at this port during the winter, will be got
ready for sea in about ten days. Capt. MazralI.
her commander is spending the winter at his
home here.