April 2014 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 21. 17 May 1906
HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Bangor Daily Commercial - Early 1900s for many years.
Fate of the Old DELLA COLLINS The old steamer DELLA COLLINS which passed through various vicissitudes during the 30 years she was on the Gardiner and Augusta route, has recently been sold to John Barnes, who successfully disposed of her boilers to Rowe Bros. of Portland, who are having them installed in the new steam lighter they are having built in Bath. As to the engines, Mr. Barnes is in no particular hurry to sell them, for they are strong and powerful although slow, and he feels that there will eventually be a demand for them. The hull of the craft has been kept in good condition and the DELLA does not leak a drop. Mr. Barnes is to remove the pilot house and may then lease the boat to private parties who want to hire her for a house boat to cruise along the coast, or she can be used a lumber carrier and according to her new owner’s prophecy, there is still lots of good life in the craft.
The new steamer CITY OF AUGUSTA, which was blown on Winslow’s ledges in the Kennebec opposite Bath three weeks ago and sustained severe injuries which necessitated sending her to Boston for extensive repairs and alterations after she had been in commission only four days, was expected to return to Bath Wednesday. Among the many improvements which it is said have been made on her, may be mentioned an additional steering rudder. She is expected to make connections with the steamer RANSOM B. FULLER upon her arrival from Boston Thursday morning.
22 May 1906 Excursion Boat Now
The Steamer CIMBRIA is Defi nitely Off Bar Harbor Route
Too Much Competition
Capt. Barbour Says a Smaller Boat Devoted to Freight Would Do Well – May Be a New Line.
The steamer CIMBRIA which for many years has been a familiar fi gure along the shore towns on the route to Bar Harbor, will be greatly missed this summer, as it was defi nitely stated Tuesday that it had been taken off the Bar Harbor route for good and for all. There are many inconveniences attended the removal of this boat both to the merchants of this city and to the traders in the towns where she touched. It has been the practice of many of the down river merchants to purchase their goods in Bangor but under the present condition of things it is far more economical for them to buy in Rockland as the Eastern Steamship Co. runs a daily line down through Eggemoggin reach.
The steamer CIMBRIA is being
refi tted into a fi rst class excursion boat and henceforth will be devoted entirely to that service, having no regular route and going here, there and everywhere that there is business for her. No freight is to be carried and the boat will be strictly for passengers. There is an excellent chance for a boat smaller than the CIMBRIA to do a good business down through the reach to Bar Harbor. The reason that the CIMBRIA was hauled off was not because the freight business was small but because the passenger business has been cut down on account of the competing lines that run to Bar Harbor at the present time. There are a large number of wharves that had to be leased and of late the owners and agents have increased the rent. This, with a decrease in the passenger travel, caused the route to be an expensive one for the Barbours, who own the CIMBRIA.
At the present time when the people along the route are feeling the need of a boat connecting with Bangor good rates might be made and there is said to be a good opening for a steamboat line. It is understood that Capt. Benjamin Arey of the TREMONT is to run a boat down over this line if a suitable
From the Director Continued from Page 9.
the science when it comes to the well-being of people and the entire lobster industry. This was carefully monitored since the November 2013 Zone D meeting. The DMR brought in their scientists and feel that it is much better to close a small area and keep the product safe. Getting right down to the decision making, what would you do? I will not go on with this report. I regret that I was not able to attend the U.S./Canadian Town Meeting this year in Portland. This was sponsored by the Lobster Institute and I’m sure that they did a wonderful job hosting it. Mike had surgery on his ear last Wednesday which was quite extensive. The good news is, he was told that he probably wouldn’t be able to hear in that ear after surgery and the doctor was able
to graft a new ear drum. This means that he has been able to hear a little up to this point. Thank you to everyone that sent us prayers and support. This has been a diffi cult year, but everyone has made it so much easier to handle.
Our next meeting is scheduled for May
at Jasper’s in Ellsworth – 6:00 p.m. We hope to see you there. Sheila
8th *Due to an approaching snow storm, the
Water Quality Certifi cation pre-application Public information meeting that had been scheduled for March 26, 2014 has been postponed and rescheduled for Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center, located at 80 Belmont Avenue in Belfast, Maine. Doors will open at noon and the meeting will be held from 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
CANADIAN FISHING NEWS Continued from Page 20.
fi sheries management changes. We will also work with interested har-
vester organizations to develop modern, in- dustry driven, self-rationalization initiatives that improve the economic outcomes of the industry. However, let me be clear, these initiatives will not include taxpayer-funded buyout programs. I look forward to hearing from harvesters on how we can assist them in this regard. Finally, as recommended in the Report, I can assure you that I am committed to working with the Provinces and our industry
steamer can be procured, and that a number of Bangor business men are interested in the project. The TREMONT is to be kept on the run that it is making now. The line is an important one to the merchants of this city and doubtless some provision will be made to cover the route.
Capt. Barbour Talks
Capt. George H. Barbour said to a representative of the Commercial Tuesday morning: “We are all done with the Bar Harbor route. Our wharf will be let to any boat running over that line, and the owners need have no fear of competition from us. All we reserve is the right to run excursions on the CIMBRIA and a place to land at the wharf. Competition and the lack of passengers caused us to abandon the Bar Harbor line. The boat of the Eastern Steamship Co. cut into us at Sargentville, Deer Isle, Sedgwick and all the landings on Mount Desert island daily, and the Maine Central fl eet also cut us at the Mount Desert landings as far as Southwest Harbor. Then the Bangor to Castine boat took much of the travel and reduced the fares, making it so we could not see our way clear to continue the line. There has been some talk that the Eastern Steamship Co. when they took over the wharves along the route raised the rates and crowded us out but I wish to state that this line has always been very fair in its dealings with us.”
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Bangor Port News Schooner ISAIAH K. STETSON Sold to New York Corporation Shipping Very Dead Harbor Master Tracey Says Port Business will Shrink Fully 60 Percent this Year
The Bangor schooner ISAIAH K. STETSON has been sold to a New York transportation company by the owners, nearly all of whom are Bangor men. The STETSON was built at Brewer by E. & I. K. Stetson and was the fi rst vessel to be launched by the firm. Her master builder was Josiah Hathorn and her fi rst captain Charles Trask who commanded her
Since her launch in 1882 she has been a familiar marine fi gure in the port of Bangor, and all the way up and down the coast from Halifax to South America. She was wrecked about two years ago outside of Rockland and brought to the Stetson yard where she was later repaired. Her last master was Capt. Merritt Smith of Bucksport and she recently arrived at Gildersleve, Connecticut, from Brunswick, Georgia.
The STETSON has a gross tonnage of 313, net 271; length, 139.6; breadth, 31.3; depth, 10.3; and carried a crew of six men. Monday’s arrivals in port included the
barges PINE FOREST and FRANKLIN with coal for the Maine Central and The Bacon & Robinson Coal Co.; the schooner EDWARD E. BRIARY to load ice and the schooners NAT AYER with lumber from the Eastern M’fg Co.’s, and the ANNIE F. KIMBALL for Northeast Harbor with lumber from Smith’s Planing mill. The tug LENAPE sailed from Fort Point with the barges SHAWMONT and PAXTANG for Boston, where she will pick up the barge BROOKSIDE and proceed to Philadelphia. Tuesday the only clearances were the small schooner JENNY LINDE, Capt. Billings, for Stonington with lumber from
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partners to develop a modern data collec- tion system. Real time and point of sale information will help demystify the price at the wharf and allow all industry players — from ocean to plate — to make better, more informed choices about their businesses. Successful outcomes of the Report will depend on all parties — the Government of Canada, the Provinces and harvesters — playing their respective roles. As such, I continue to look to industry for leadership and to the Provinces for support on how best to move forward on these initiatives together.
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