Page 24. MAINE COASTAL NEWS September 2016 HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Bangor Daily Commercial - Early 1900s
6 November 1903 With the Ships
News of the Shipping. Benjamin Cobb has arrived at Bath from
Fall River, Massachusetts, with Edwin Cobb, William Deering, and Henry Brown who are going in the new tug QUEQUECHAN of the Staples Coal Co, which is nearly completed at Kelley, Spear Co.’s yard. She will have her trial trip on the river the fi rst of next week when she will leave for Taunton to engage in work for the Staples Co. Capt. Dean of Taunton, purchasing agent of the company, is expected to come on the participate in the trial.
Bath Times: All records held by
stevedores in this city were broken by “the old gang” who unloaded the big barge MANHEIM for the Howard Coal Co. In actual working time of 33 hours they took out 1,556 tons of coal, fi nishing the work Wednesday afternoon. The average per hour for time was over 47 tons.
7 November 1903 Queer Names
Vessel of the Coasting Fleet Bear Many Odd Cognomens. JOHN and MARYs
Schooners on the Atlantic Coast Cause Much Comment by Letters on Stern – Some Samples.
Old sea captains and sailors, as well as
men interested in shipping in any capacity, will tell many queer names of vessels from the small sloop to the 2,000 ton ship. A glance at the Maritime Register will soon convince one of the truth of these names and that there are many exceptional cognomens which one rarely hears of. Many people have heard of the schooner
named BONANZA. Very appropriate for a money earner but she was sold for debt four times in three months and never paid any of her owners a cent. The vessel name, HARD LUCK, was a winner, however, being a regular gold mine for her stockholders. Did any one ever see any of the several schooners named SNOW FLAKE that was
not painted a sea green or black? Then there was the schooner named ROCKET which started here in Maine for Philadelphia with a cargo of Christmas trees and arrived in February. The following names do not seem very
appropriate if the owners wish their craft to remain above water but there are sailing vessels doing good business carrying such names as HAZE, TIDAL WAVE, THE BRICK, SNEAK, RESTLESS, ROAMER, RAMBLER and MIST and ROVER. The regular Sunday school book married-and-lived-happily-ever-after names such as SUNBEAM, SUNSHINE, RIPPLE, PEARL and MASCOT are very plentiful SKIPJACK would not seem to ensure a vessel a crew but there is a craft by that name.
Many JOHNs and MARYs. There are 317 vessels bearing the name
JOHN, alone or in connection with another name and 355 with that of MARY attached. These include schooners, sloops, brigs, barks, barkentines, brigantines, ships and a lugger. There are 27 vessels named MARY alone and 15 called MARY with another name on the end. MAY FLOWER adorns the stern of (?)
vessels and there are 16 VOLUNTEERS and 16 VIOLAS, 11 VIKINGS and nine by the name of NAUTILUS. THREE and TWO are used a lot,
59 times in fact, and 23 vessels bear the name TWO BROTHERS, 17 that of TWO SISTERS, 11 THREE BROTHERS and 11 THREE SISTERS. BRING GOLD is at least a hopeful name and there are many which seem to say that that schooner stands ahead, such as ADMIRAL, CHAMPION, CHIEF, VICTOR, ECLIPSE and HERCULES. There are nine THEADNAUGHTS and
three DREADNOTS. Other curious names include ACCUMULATOR, ACTIVE, CHIEF JUSTICE C. P. DALY, a vessel of nine tons, IRON AGE, IRON CLIFF, IRON CITY, QUEEN, HARVEST, METHODIST, THE OWL, THE BELLE, THE OCEAN, STAR OF BENGAL, and of ITALY,
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lowing businesses and individuals for their generous support. The event is operated soley by donations and this year marks our 6th
The Bass Harbor Boat Races Committee would like to thank the fol- annual event.
We would also like to add a very special thank you to Wid Minctons and the F/V Charles Bradley, we couldn’t do it without all of you! A.W. Pettegrow; Acadia Fuel; Acadian Sightseeing; Bar Harbor Bait;
Bass Harbor Boat; Bass Harbor; Boat House LLC; Branch Pond Marine; Brazier Trap Co.; Brooks Trap Mill; C&C Machine Shop; Carisa’s; Car- roll Drug Store; C. H. Rich; D&R Bait; D.C Air; Darlings; Doug Gott & Sons; Down East Fishing Gear; Downeast Diesel; EBS; Ellis Boat; Ellsworth Chainsaw; Everett & Kari Beers; Friend $ Friend; Friendship Trap; Fuddruckers; Global Beverage Warehouse; Gordius Garage; Gott’s Store; H&H Marine; Hamilton Marine; Harbor Barber; Haynes Garage, Inc.; Home Depot; Howlin Hill; Hyliner; James H Rich Boat Yard; Jeff ’s Marine; Kennedy Marine; Kramp Electronics; Lake & Sea Marine; Little Notch; Maine Point; Marine Hydraulics; Mceachern & Hutchins; MDI Shellfi sh; Miles Motor Sports; Moody Mermaid; NAPA; Nautilus Marine; Paradis True Value; Pat’s Pizza; Poseidon; Quietside Ice Cream Shop; R.E Thomas; Richard Stanley; Robert M Graves Plumbing; Ruth & Wimpy’s; S.W Boatworks; Salisbury Farms; Sawyer’s Market; Saw- yer’s Specialties; Sea Rose Trap; Seafood Ketch; Sears; Seaside Inc.; Skip’s Auto; Southwest Food Mart; Steve Stanley Electric; Swan’s Island Fisherman’s Co-Op; Tan Turtle; Under The Dogwood Tree; Upper Deck; Viking Lumber; Wesmac Enterprises; West Marine; Willeys Sports Cen- ter; and Worcester Bait & Runners. Our sincere appreciation,
The Bass Harbor Boat Race Committee: Scott Harper, Steve Harper, Parker Murphy, Colin Rich, Wayne Rich and Justin Spraque
FRANCE, and RUSSIA all iron vessels and SILVER CITY, BROOK, HEEL, SPRAY, MOON, STAR, STREAM and WAVE; STAR OF NORTH, SEA AND WEST, SPECIE, SPALPEEN and OSTRICH. * * * * *
With the Ships
“ ‘Nothin’ Doin’” in the Port of Bangor on Saturday
On Trial for Murder
Second Mate Johnson of Bath Schooner EDWARD E. BRIRY is Held – Has Good Lawyers
An artist could have made a picture
which would have been hung at any art exhibit if he could have faithfully portrayed the Penobscot over Saturday morning and entitled it, “Winter”. The stream was full of vessels, apparently deserted. Not a sign of life anywhere, hatches battened down, everything secured for a storm, sails furled and the big bulks lying motionless at the docks.
Arrivals Saturday were few and far
between. The schooner NEW BOXER go up from Winterport and schooners, which if they did not get up Saturday, will be up by Sunday are SARAH L. DAVIS, Boston;
FLORA GRINDLE, Lincolnville, lime for Eastern Mfg. Co. and George Nevinger, New York with 323 tons of coal for Bacon & Robinson. Clearances include schooners ROSA E.,
Camden, Sterns Lumber Co.; PORTLAND PACKET, Boston, Sargent Lumber Co.; LUTHER GARRETSON, Bridgeport, Henry Lord & Co.; EAGLE, New York, Eastern Mfg. Co.; CARRIE C. WARE, Vineyard Haven, for orders and Eastern Mfg. Co.; ABDON KEENE, Bar Harbor, F. H. STICKLAND and the C. M. GRAY, Castine for F. H. Strickland. Some of these schooners were doubtful about sailing Saturday but will sail as soon as the weather clears.
Trial of Mate for Murder. Carl G. Johnson, the young Swedish
second mate of the Bath schooner EDWARD E. BRIRY, who was arrested a few weeks ago charged with the murder of James Finch, a colored seaman, on the high seas, was brought before Judge Colt of the United States Circuit court in Boston Wednesday afternoon and asked for assignment of counsel to defend him against the prosecution. His request was granted. He
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Hampshire. In 2016, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s Atlantic Herring Section approved a one-year pilot of a new forecasting method that relies upon at least three samples, each containing at least 25 female herring in gonadal states III-V, to trigger a spawning closure. However, if suffi cient samples are not available then closures will begin on predetermined dates. There are currently no samples for the
Eastern Maine spawning area to determine spawning condition, therefore the Eastern Maine spawning area will be closed starting
Maine coast
at 12:00 a.m. on August 28, 2016 extending through 11:59 p.m. on September 24, 2016. Vessels in the directed Atlantic herring fi shery cannot take, land or possess Atlantic herring caught within the Eastern Maine spawning area during this time and must have all fi shing gear stowed when transit- ing through the area. An incidental bycatch allowance of up to 2,000 pounds of Atlantic herring per trip/ calendar day applies to ves- sels in non-directed fi sheries that are fi shing within the Eastern Maine spawning area. Eastern Maine spawning area includes
all waters bounded by the following coordi- nates:
68° 20’ W 43° 48’ N 68° 20’ W 44° 25’ N 67° 03’ W
North along the US/Canada border Go to
http://www.maine.gov/dmr/science-research/species/herring/eastme2016.htm
to view Maine Department of Marine Resources’ release on the spawning area closures. For more information, please contact Ashton Harp, Fishery Management Plan Coordinator, at 703.842.0740 or
aharp@asmfc.org.
The MDI Lions Club would like to thank the sponsors of their annual "Lobster Feed" at the Somesville Fire House, held in August.
Dealers: F. W. Thurston (Mike) H. R. Beals (Stu)
Fishermen: Chris Moore - F/V Lauri/Tammy David Graves - F/V Midnite Joel Harper - F/V Nite Prowler Brandon Bunker - F/V Silver Fox John Stanley - F/V Linda Sea Charlie Dillon - F/V Jana D.
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