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in the state, the building of the battleship GEORGIA, which will not be completed for at least three years. The iron works has besides the GEORGIA, the cruiser CLEVELAND which was launched in 1901, and upon which the fi nishing touches are now being placed, in preparation for the offi cial speed tests, which it is hoped to have during the early summer. In addition to this is another government craft at this plant, a large steel caisson for the Portsmouth navy yard. The Messrs. Hyde recently closed the contract for a steel towboat for New York parties and two others of similar design for the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad. At the yard of Percy & Small a fi ve-
masted schooner is under construction for William F. Palmer of Dorchester, Massachusetts, and which it is expected will be ready to launch by the last of August. Elwell S. Crosby has recently launched
the big four-masted schooner JOHN B. BIEMILLER, and intends to build another schooner of similar dimensions soon, and if the present outlook for shipping continues he may build a small fl eet. The New England company has
recently contracted to build a four-masted schooner for James B. Drake, which will probably be launched some time during the winter. In addition to this it is understood that contracts have been practically clinched for two other good sized vessels. The Kelley, Spear company has
practically all the work it can attend to. This fi rm recently secured the contract for a four- masted schooner for Baltimore parties, and also the contract for a four-masted schooner for J. S. Emery & Co., of Boston. It is not expected that this vessel will be ready for sea much before the spring. In addition to these new contracts
the Kelley, Spear company has the small tug QUEQUEECHAN in frame for the Staples Coal company of Taunton, Massachusetts. Then there is the wrecking lighter RELIANCE, building for Rowe Bros., of Portland. Working has been commenced upon a three-masted schooner for Charles S. Hirsch of New York. Work has also been commenced upon a fl at bottom
lighter, which will be used for work similar to barges. There has been little distinction in
the class of vessels launched thus far this year with the exception of the fi ve-masted steel schooner KINEO, the fi rst of its kind ever built in the country, and the only steel schooner ever launched from a Maine yard. It is owned and managed by Arthur Sewall & Co.
18 July 1903 Schooner Yacht JEAN Owned Here This Craft Owned by Elbridge
Williams, Is a Recent Addition to the Local Pleasure Fleet.
The little schooner yacht JEAN has been
the means of many Bangor young people receiving much enjoyment this summer and there are many good times ahead of them from all accounts. The JEAN was purchased this spring by Elbridge Williams of this city who has a cottage at Islesboro. She is a fi ne little craft, 32 feet long and nine feet beam, being very speedy before a good breeze. She is kept at Islesboro most of the time
where a number of Bangor young folks spend their summers and she has been the means of adding much to their employment. Several cruising trips have been taken on her by Mr. Williams and several of his friends and the JEAN has proved a model boat for trips of this kind. Earlier in the summer the schooner was
anchored here in the river where she was used on almost daily sails. She will be brought up river in the fall and moored near the Brewer shore. She will then be used for these little excursions of Mr. Williams and his friends and will be continually in service as long as the river remains open. The idea of having a schooner yacht is
rather an innovation in Bangor. Although many people have always supposed that a sloop was much easier to manage than a schooner those who have been on Mr. Williams’ yacht say that it is managed as easily as most sloops of small size.
23 July 1903 A Maine Schooner Ashore
Stamford, Connecticut, July 22. – The
two-masted schooner MARY AUGUSTA, Capt. Johnson of Sullivan, Maine, during the
fog Monday struck on the inside of the reef which extends from Shippen Point to Cow Buoy and lies with her bow fi rmly lodged in the rocks. An attempt to fl oat the schooner at high tide was fruitless but another eff ort will be made at the next tide. The MARY AUGUSTA carries a cargo of 325 tons of fl agstones consigned to John Maxwell of Philadelphia.
25 July 1903 With the Ships
Two Large Coal Cargos are Waiting at Fort Point.
Bark MARIA Arrives
The Sails, Rigging, Chains, Etc., From Schooner WASHINGTON B. THOMAS Sold for About $4,500.
The barge INDIAN RIDGE with coal
for the Howland Pulp Co., and the Italian bark MARIA to load shooks for Messina by Rowland W. Stewart, before reported, came up from down river Saturday. The schooners GEORGE A. MCFADDEN, with 1,556 tons for the Canadian Pacifi c railway, and GEORGE E. WASCOTT, 2,445 tons for the Bangor & Aroostook railroad, are both below.
The only other arrivals Saturday was
the schooner LIZZIE C. RICH from New London with 20 tons of bolted iron for E. & I. K. Stetson. Clearances included schooners SALLIE E. LUDLAM, New York for the Ashland Mfg. Co., Omaha for Boston by James Walker & Co., Omaha for Boston by James Walker & Co., and John J. Hanson, Norfolk by Henry Lord & Co. with ice, before reported.
MONHEGAN on Next Week. The new steamer MONHEGAN of the
Portland & Rockland Steamboat Co., which is now being fi tted out at the Portland Co.’s work and which it was expected would go on the route between Portland and Rockland Saturday will not be placed in commission until next week. It was expected that the new craft would
be given her trial trip Saturday but Capt. Isaac E. Archibald, her commander, is very anxious that all work on board shall be completed and done well before she goes on and for that reason it will probably be Thursday of next week before she is placed on the route.
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POWER Sails and Rigging Sold. An auction sale of the sails and rigging of
the schooner WASHINGTON B. THOMAS which was wrecked several weeks ago on the ledge at Stratton’s Island was held Thursday afternoon in Portland. It will be remembered that the tug PORTLAND assisted by lighters made several trips to the wrecked vessel and succeeded in saving quite a portion of the rigging, etc. from the schooner and it was this property that was sold at auction. The sale was largely attended and the bidding quite spirited at times. Among those present were the Washburn Bros., of Thomaston, builders and owners of the wrecked schooner, L. J. Stevens of Bath, Nolan Brothers of Boston, J. S. Winslow & Co., J. Fowler, Thomas Towle & Co., J. R. McKay, W. E. Carter and Gutterson & Gould of Portland, all of whom purchased some portion of the material. The fi rm of J. S. Winslow & Co., of Portland, was the heaviest purchaser, buying 200 fathoms of anchor chains, etc. The auction realized between $4,500 and $4,600.
1 August 1903 With the Ships News of the Shipping The schooners KATHERINE D. PERRY
for the Katahdin Pulp & Paper company, and William K. Parks for the Canadian Pacifi c railway commenced discharging Saturday. The steamer HELM from Pictou, N. S., for the Great Northern Paper Co. with coal arrived Saturday. Clearances Saturday included the
following schooners although all of them did not get away, some going Sunday: MARY WILEY, Portsmouth, James Walker & Co.; SADIE & LILLIE, Boston, Sterns Lumber Co.; EDWARD L. WARREN, Vineyard Haven, f. o., Eastern Mfg. Co.; GEORGE E. WALCOTT, Philadelphia, light; C. B. CLARK, ANDREW NEBINGER, and REUBEN EASTMAN all for New York by the Eastern Mfg. Co.; WILLIAM B. HERRICK, Baltimore, American Ice Co.; COLLINS HOWES, JR/. Rockport, Sterns Lumber Co.; LIZZIE C. RICH, Vineyard Haven, f. o., Ashland Mfg. Co.; FANNIE HALL, Boston, James Walker & Co.; barge PINE FOREST, Philadelphia, light and Italian bark, MICELI, Messina, R. W. Stewart.
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