March 2018 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 25.


in the trip. The fare will be 50 cents for the round trip.


19 August Page 102.


Professor Baird, of the Fish Commis-


sion, is busy this summer with his new steamer FISH HAWK. In making inves- tigations for the benefi t of our deep-sea fi sherman.


* * * * * General B. F. Butler in his yacht


AMERICA has arrived at Halifax en route to the oil regions of Cape Breton. The General and his party are heavily interested in the Inverness Oil and Land Company. * * * * *


Hon. Edward Cushing, General Man-


ager of the Portland, Bangor & Machias Steamship Company, gave a reception at the East End Hotel, Bar Harbor, last week to a large number of railroad and steamboat men.


Page 107. One of the storehouses on the new


steamboat wharf at Blue Hill is up and boarded.


* * * * * A vessel has arrived at Blue Hill with


a load of soft coal from Nova Scotia for the Blue Hill smelting furnace. * * * * *


after August 31st


The steamer HENRY MORRISON, , will make two trips per


week each way, instead of three between Rockland, Blue Hill and Ellsworth. * * * * *


The lobster factory at Camden has shut


down for the season after putting up 48,000 cans of lobsters in about three months, and nearly the same number of mackerel. * * * * *


It is rumored that the steamer CITY


OF RICHMOND will next season resume her trips between this city and Portland and that another steamer will take the RICH- MOND’s place on the Bar Harbor route.


Page 108. The steamer QUEEN CITY will on


Tuesday next at 8 AM leave her wharf in this city and make an excursion to the Bagaduce region. A large number have decided to par- ticipate in the trip and a pleasant occasion may be anticipated. An excellent opportu- nity will be presented our citizens to behold the great mineral resources of the Bagaduce district.


* * * * * The man-of-war YANTIC on Saturday


last steamed down the Penobscot to Fort Point. Upon dropping her anchor, Mr. Rus- sell of the popular Fort Point House gave an appropriate salute by the discharge of cannon and the hoisting of colors. During Saturday evening a ball was given in the spa- cious hall of the Fort Point House in which the offi cers of the YANTIC participated. * * * * *


At the sardine factory they have had


more fi sh than they could take care of most of the time since the fi rst of July. They now employ 225 to 250 hands – pay out for help $1,200 o $1,500 a week, and $400 or $500 for fi sh. About two hundred cases are packed each day. Sardines are put up in three ways – in pure olive (not cotton seed) oil, in mustard and in vinegar; and mackerel in two ways – in tomato sauce and in mustard. A case contains 100 boxes of sardines or 24 large boxes of mackerel. [Machias Republican]


26 August Page 118. Captain J. H. Moyle, superintendent of


Blue Hill mine, was in the city over Sunday. * * * * *


HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1881 Captain Daniel Dunn, superintendent


of the Stewart mine, made a brief visit to Portland last week.


Page 124. The excursion to the Bagaduce by


steamer has been indefi nitely postponed on account of the accident to the steamer CITY OF BANGOR.


2 September Page 133-4.


WRECK OF THE RICHMOND The wreck of the steamer CITY OF


RICHMOND on a ledge in Penobscot Bay on Tuesday of the present week is universal- ly mourned. The RICHMOND has enjoyed exceptional popularity and was a general favorite among the traveling public. The particulars of the disaster expressed


in the briefest language are as follows: On Tuesday morning at the usual hour the RICHMOND steamed out of Rockland on her course to Mount Desert. The dense fog which has hung over the waters of our bay so much of the time during the past season was especially thick and impenetrable on this occasion. The RICHMOND kept on her way and was speeding at a rapid rate when suddenly and without warning she struck with great force on the reef which makes out from Mark Island. The Captain and officers acquitted


themselves with great credit and no panic ensued. The passengers were soon safely landed on Mark Island, which is uninhabited and everything possible was done for their convenience. Steamers, tugs and schooners came during the day and rendered what assistance was possible. The passengers returned to Rockland in safety. The baggage and freight was preserved in good condition. The early hopes were that the steamer could be hauled off and be repaired but these bright anticipations were soon dispelled and she is now rapidly going to pieces. Wreckers are on the way and it is expected that the furniture and machinery will be saved.


The RICHMOND was not insured and


the loss will be about $50,000. The company will not secure another steamer this season and the steamer LEWISTON will do the business of the two the remainder of the year. It is probable that during the coming winter the line will build a steamer to take the place of the RICHMOND. For fi fteen years the steamer which has now met her destruction has plied along the coast of Maine and it is with feelings of deep regret that the public bid her a long farewell. Persons unfamiliar with navigation


along the rock bound shores of our State have no conception of the obstacles which have at time to be overcome by the brave commanders and efficient officers who have charge of the steamers in Maine wa- ters. During the past month everything was much of time enveloped fog and for three successive weeks the RICHMOND did not encounter the sun at all. This steamboat casualty is not therefore


a surprise. It is more to be wondered that the past record of steamboating in our waters is so free from disasters. The unfortunate adventure of the RICHMOND is not due to carelessness of the offi cers and no blame attaches to them. Captain Dennison and fi rst-pilot Pollister have no superiors in Maine steamboat circles.


Page 135. The purser of one the Pacifi c Mail Com-


pany’s steamers tells the following story: “I was in Portland, Oregon, some years ago, attached to Ben Holladay’s steamer, the old AJAX. One day while lying at the wharf I heard one Webfooter say to another native:


‘Bill, what in thunder does the name of that boat AJAX mean?’ ‘Why you durned fool,” responded Bill, ‘AJAX is short for Andrew Jackson.’


Page 140. The two storehouses on the new Blue


Hill Steamboat Wharf are about complete and are large and thoroughly constructed buildings.


* * * * * The steamer HENRY MORRISON


excursionizes from Rockland to Blue Hill today (Friday). The Singhi Band will ac- company the excursionists. * * * * *


After this week the steamer HENRY


MORRISON will make two trips each week between Rockland, Blue Hill and Ellsworth, leaving Rockland every Wednesday and Saturday morning and Ellsworth every Thursday and Monday morning. * * * * *


The front of the old steamboat wharf at Blue Hill is being extended some 12 feet into the water by W. E. Grindle, Esq., who is the principle owner of the privilege. He is to build extensive coal sheds and proposes to keep a fi rst class coal yard. * * * * *


For some weeks shipping interests have


been quiescent in this vicinity owing to a scarcity of vessels. During the past week there have been a large number of vessels arrivals in our port and our wharves and docks now present an animated appearance. * * * * *


Yesterday the steamer QUEEN CITY


took a good number of excursionists and made a trip from this city to the Bagaduce to give our people an opportunity of beholding the mineral wealth of that highly metal- liferous region. A report of the excursion will appear in the next issue of the “Mining Journal”.


9 September Page 156. The steamer QUEEN CITY and


RALPH ROSS have each taken large ex- cursions from Bangor down the bay to the wreck of the CITY OF RICHMOND during the past week.


* * * * * Only a very small portion of ice cut


on the Penobscot during the last winter has been disposed of. The amount shipped from the port of Bangor thus far this season is not more than six to seven thousand tons. It is reported a large brig is now bound here to load with ice.


* * * * * The steamer JAMES A. GARY, which


has been plying between Bangor and New York, has been sold to the Mexican Con- struction Company and will henceforth be employed on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It is probable that another and faster steamer will be placed on the route between this city and the Metropolis.


16 September Page 167. Dr. William Warren Greene, a leading


physician of Portland, confessedly the ablest surgeon in the State, and one of the most skillful in the country, died on board the Cunard steamship PARTHIA, of uraemia, on the 10th


inst., and was buried at sea. He


had been visiting London as delegate to the International Medical Congress. He was a graduate of the medical school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, was for a time Professor at Long Island College and since 1865 at Bowdoin. He was about fi fty years of age.


Page 171. A new Boston enterprise is the Atlantic


and Gulf Stream Transportation Company, which has recently been organized to do a general steam freighting and transportation business between New York, Boston, and the Gulf ports. The company will represent Boston capital, among the parties interest- ed being Messrs. Oliver Ditson, Albert C. Smith, H. H. Mawhinney, W. H. Hill, Jr., James Littlefi eld, and others. The steamer RALEIGH, now receiving new boilers at New York, will be the pioneer vessel of the new line, which expects to do a good business in carrying railroad supplies for the Mexican lines now building and in the transportation generally of Gulf State and Mexican products. [Railway Herald]


Page 172. A company has been formed at Goulds-


boro to purchase a steamer to ply between West Gouldsboro and Bar Harbor. * * * * *


The Courier says the steam tug C. M.


WINCH took a passenger from Rockland to Blue Hill on Sunday last, getting $60 for the job. The copper camp is beginning to possess some attractions.


* * * * * In the towns of Orland and Penobscot


(Hancock County) there are a large number of brickyards and a very large business has been done this season. Messrs. Bowden & Grindle, of Penobscot, have manufactured over one million bricks this year.


30 September Page 198. Captain E. E. Small of the fi rm of Wig-


gin, Small & Williams, of this city, died on Friday last after a brief illness. The deceased as a universal favorite and will be much mourned in business and social circles.


Page 204. The three-masted schooner NEWTON,


of Baltimore, has been chartered to take a cargo of ore from Deer Isle to Swansea. * * * * *


At the Milton Works in West Sullivan


a vessel is being put in thorough repair and if Sullivan is not favored with steamboat communication during the winter months superintendent Shoenbar proposes to have this craft make regular trips between Sulli- van and Rockland.


* * * * * Red Beach is one of the busiest places


to be found in Eastern Maine. It is located in the southern portion of the city of Calais and on the shores of the St. Croix. A plaster mill owned by Pike, Newton & Company runs continually and an immense amount of plaster is made in the course of a year. The gypsum used is brought by vessel from Nova Scotia. The mill is now undergoing some repairs. This is also the centre of a large granite business. The quarry of the Maine Red Granite Company is but a short distance away. Hon. F. A. Pike of Calais is one of the most prominent members of the company. A large force of men are employed in the quarry and a great quantity of red granite is being taken out. Polishing works at Red Beach transform this granite into a very handsome article.


7 October Page 219. The HENRY MORRISON brought up


three tons of ingot copper from the Douglass Mine last night, and it was reshipped on the Boston steamer. [Rockland Courier]


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