The Republican journal., 1913-05-08
ALFRED JOHNSON.

ALFRED JOHNSON.
-bocker, the recently COM
man of the knockabout
The New England Fish
to send around Cape Horn
5nr business in tie waters
Pacific. with headquarters
- wing at T. wharf, Bos
9th.
mn the harbor the morning
A,r own power, on the trial
ncester, where she was
.bea. The appearance she
as gay and animated one
gracefully up the harbor,
- sharp, over-hanging bow
customary bowsprit pro-
water, high in air, and
,or from the exhaust pipes
b rglnes trailing low over
ing blue waters astern.
.,reamers, and the twenty
rs Of the entire Inter-
uttered laZily in the
lN her own motion, and
gmg from her stem head
# ler main boom, via her
cross the triantic stay
ac and thence down the
most to the waters below.
r-arer, her newness and
4 more and more appar-
ug black paint of her
sides, the gold-leafed
81 graceful sheer below
ut her newly vanished
a oregon pine, reflected
sharp contrast to the
east by the waving
s neatly furled and
. llaer new, white
.a the yard which has
r foremost for the long
tf sea work in the trades,
i the roaring forties,
-spe fashion for docking,
..,- ike a yacht amid the
.,.-4 and painless shore
he Georgia men that
IL which she ended her
From the decks of
re Of hats and friendly
r with the salutes of pass
rry boats to proclaim the
~ craft is being welcomed
Is we're ready to "catch a
sides of the dock, where
ra toilers of the sea and
P. among whom the knick-
.8me was already widely
. sathered to witness her
warm aboard to inspect her,
arir appreciation of her
7erH equipment and COM
rig quarters, so different
.a~ fishing vessels of even
~ 20.
locker is owned by the
Fish Company. whose
Boston. with branches
r. Mass, Portland, Me-,
u-ton, Vancouver, B. c.,
Alaska. The fact that
Incorporated under the
safe Of Maine explains
r- port as painted on the
stern is Portland,
built in Essex, Mass,
story from the plans of
ls designer of fishing
+ McManus of Boston,
gotten ready for sea
.re.. of Gloucester. She
ted, of the knockabout
is the very latest and
.as in design and con-
arr sister boat the Bay
rbocker is the most
Der class afoat, and it
affirmed that there is
or finer one in exist
& sre 90 far superior in
Harious types of boats
-r uations carry on the
dat they merit atten-
utu-ett5 and Boston in
be proud of having
heir existence today is
sslve efforts of three
as follows: First, to
Lawler, who built pilot
, iishermen between the
-seonCly to the late Ed
-. H9 Just prior to his I'M
fa pegirning to apply to
5 rerience gained from
signing successful cup
astly,. to the present
4 Nauus, he designer of
..tsr
me when these men
Nous attention to the
b. melton Of her fishing
'., Of Gloucester alone
d. -ttsr year scores of her
.hese men were literal
ats in craft unfit for
Hsrl which no men could
T-Ilng to take a chance.
rs Men the old Polly was
urer a century ago, up
d t. boyhood of men not
rme Of life, no advance
H- If was made in this
ava architecture. In the
1r-- decades, Ill this has
and the men who go to
DAY are as safe as men on
De- Their vessels combine
,acHts with the able quail
"Hfthiness of the clipper
=p9ch when our merchant
IL hts zenith and the Ameri-
1t be seen in any part of the
Il ltnky llttlesvessels, with
aeeful lines, can be steered
as readily as automobiles;
e their proper element, the
no errors for them; fog,
the shore are their only
rir standard strength and
are more than titanic, and
tier relatively moderate
'Eesence of ice-bergs means
'portunlty to replenish their
and cold storage space.
-sS When so much lament is
sdes over the decline of
Pong, too much emphasis
Ut lpon what has been ac-
galetiy right here in our
Wig this important type of