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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1891

Page

3

VESSELS IN PORT LIST OF READABLE SHIPS AND NAMES

A long OCR list details vessels primarily steamships and brigs with masters, tonnages, and destinations. It catalogs ships like Bowden Anderson 388 Boston Fruit Co Jamaica in port at various wharves, with numerous other vessels, masters, and owners listed for Atlantic and South Bay areas.

Bowden Anderson Boston Fruit Co Jamaica Long Boston Forbes J G Hall & Co Yarmouth Lewis Carroll, Brown Halifax Lewis Colla McDonald Delong & Seaman Stewart's Charlestown Herman Winter Nickerson H M Whitney New York India Liscard Campbell Furness Lisbon Ny&ne Trott Avarro Spat Telieria C Furness London Spartan Crowell E B Sampson Philadelphia Long Wilkesbarre Cates Lehigh Valley Coal Co Atlantic Works Colorado Wright Jonn Emery & Co Burnham’s Gunn Nor Bollmann Gill & Lootz Cunningham Banks Becca Urowell Bray Whitney, Foysland & Co Lincoln’scotts Bay Steele John G Hall & Co National ‘Remont Brophy JS Emery & Co Eees Leighton’s Barkentines Arlington Leach Africa eHoosac Angora Acker Whitney Pousland & Co Mary Warner Benson J Flitner & Co Porter’s E Baecock Palmer J S Emery & Co Annie K Storer Richardson C Hunt & Co Sagua Mystic Aquilla Sencabaugh Hammett Whitney, Pousland & Co Fisk’s Arib Dol Yi J H Flituer & Co Marquand Trnestine Whittier S Emery & Co Csorter’s Eugene Hale Harding F Alexander Surinam Caswell’s Glenorchy Curry Barclay, Clements & Co Atlas Stores Jennie Hurlbert Morang Walter, Friend & Co Albee’s Atlantic Dye Works Equalasks Grigas Batter Glen Bjorkland

Shipping News: Feb. High Water and Boston Port Arrivals

Maritime report records high water and morning observations at Boston Harbor on Feb 5 6, with arrivals from steamers Bowden Boston Yarmouth NS Spartan Philadelphia and City of Gloucester plus schooners from Belfast Searsport and St John. Other ports list vessels sailed or in port including Navarro Genesta Carrie Belle and Luna.

Bowden Boston Anderson Port Anto Ja Boston Co Forbes Yarmouth J. G. Hall & Co Spartan Snow Philadelphia E. B. Sampson Herman Winter Nickerson New York Whitney Tremont Craig Portland City of Gloucester Rector Gloucester Watertown Day Beverly Salem Sarah W. Lawrence Haskell Mary Eliza Morrisey Belfast Hrunette Knox Searsport Bickey Bird Schoffeld Force SC Harbor Navarro Span Telleria London Furness Schs Genesta Reinhardt la Have Petite Riviere Lanenburgh de Long & Seaman Carrie Belle McLean St John J H Flitner & Co Essex Taylor Baltimore A M Grabaw City of Savannah Googins Savannah On & Barnard Williams Lulu Edward L Warren Ratriot St Andrews Sullivan Apalacnicola Ada Ames Port Johnson Rockland Fannie E Wolston Celina E Waterman Highland Light W Morse Ech Elsie Bayles Niphon Kodiak Saturn Harry Lord, Jr Sle Peast Charles F Mayer Portsmouth William Kark Steawer Cottage City St. Mary Ana William K. Wark Jennie C. May Lizzie May Hutchings Hayti Hull Geestemunde Energie Ger Hamburg Poynésia Martello Ilollo Mark Kelverdale Shanghai Liverpool Bayonne Rossmore Marseilles City of Hankow King San Francisco Fleetwood Rotterdam Marie Heinrichs Tyraparn Sara Caina Ital Halifax Valparaiso Shenir Haudry Wellington Marie Becker Barbadoes St Croix Carter Cape Hayti United States COLON Samaria Philadelphiai Liuefields Nic Oston Sd George Paine Alice Archer Gibbs Apalachicola Cardenas Odorilla Molland Hatteras Schs Lvolution Bartbuk Wilmington Maggie Cain Meves Gamma LeCain Siir Thomas F Collins Ar Prior Hattie Sanborn Toronto Glasgow Havang Orizaba Matanzas Port Edwin A Gaskill Smith Sp Johns Wyle Ballmore N B Sehs Chautauquan Dixon Minnie Claylor Quinlan ST Marie Guat Vaan Lindtner Albert H Smith Kendall Boston & Philadelphia Steamship Line Indian Long Wharf Charleston West Cunk Missions Sampson Massacitus Setts Suffolk Sarah J. Rust William Appleton Rust Monbruary A. D The Boston Poat John W. McKim Esquire Elwah George Register Massachussetts Superior Courrt Addie Phillips Eugene M. Phillips Poland Cumberland Maine Chicago Cook County Illinois Commonwealth

Innovation in Shipping Cuts Molasses Duty Advantage

An April 1 tariff change endangers molasses importers by removing the sugar like 16 cent per gallon break. To adapt, Walter Frend & Co arranging a 631 ton schooner Senator Sullivan refitted with 12 to 15 wooden tanks for 200000 gallons. Four round voyages from Cuba to a northern port are planned with discharge anywhere the charterers choose.

Walter Frend & Co New York Senator Sullivan Cuba Hatteras Méssta Wm F Green & Son East Boston Chieese Boston

Freight and Charter Rates Inch Ahead in Mixed Trade

New York Feb 5 Spot tonnage remains steady as rates hold. Charters include Ark Calliope with 7500 Dbis refined petroleum and naphtha for New York to London at 1s 54. Ships Ladakh and Othello carried 80,000 cases refined petroleum to Calcutta and San Francisco to Cork, Havre, or Antwerp, with M E Watson at 408.

New York Ark Calliope London Ladakh Calcutta Grin San Francisco Cork United Kingdom Havre Antwerp M E Watson Same

Foreign Ports Shipping News Summary

Foreign ports report various vessels sailing or departing. Antwerp and Bordeaux records show several ships from Perth Amboy St John NB and Greenock, while Batavia reports steamer for New York and Baltic routes list bark and barque movements. Sailing updates include Madrid, Halifax and New York bound vessels with dates in January February.

Antwerp-Ar Jaburg Perth Amboy Bordeaux Maiden City St John Batavia Pisco Nor Eckersberg New York Hremen Saler Ger Baltimore Barry Stormy Petrel Douglass Santos Harry Bailey Hoar Bermuda Trinidad Cardiff M & E Cox Halifax Thurber Greenock Gibraltar Strathdes

Seafaring Trade Records Off Essex and Pointed Ship Sales

A Essex report lists multiple vessels laden with codfish halibut and herring from various ports including Placentia and Georges with totals in thousands of barrels and tons. It notes four Essex craft nearing launch for M Walen & Son Frank Foster John Pew & Sons and Providence firms. Several vessels including Halcyon Rattler and A Kimball have changed owners or sellers with private terms and new routes to Pensacola Philadelphia and Wilmington.

Glouvester Henry M. Stanley Placentiary N. J Martha A. Bradley Georges Ethel Earnest Norwood William Foye Essex M Walen & Son Frank Foster John Pew & Sons Providence Sch Halcyon Keser Pensacola Fla Rattler Theate Andrew Leighton George J. Perkins Sch . A Kimball Joseph W Perry

Maritime dispatches report troubled shipping conditions and grounded vessels

The report details the Polaria southbound from Stettin reported overdue and sighted with damage near 47 N 44 W, the Glenfmart delayed out of Glasgow causing unease as 75 percent extra premium offered for cargo reinsurance with no buyers, and multiple vessels including the Mackinaw and Nyassa facing steering failures and grounding incidents along with tugs and assistance dispatched from Newport Providence and Philadelphia.

Polaria Stettin New York San Francisco Glenfmart Glasgow Esterday Newport Mackinaw Providence Baltimore Monomoy Tuttle At & P Windsor Norfolk Narragansett Pier Nat Sutton Philadelphia Nyassa Bluefields Fort Delaware Santiago Coquimbo Pensacola Prince Rupert Newcastle Eng Roa Y Delaw

Bright aground on Brandywine Shoals with crew landed

Bright of Poston from Philadelphia for Cienfuegos ran aground on Brandywine Shoals full of water. Tug Hercules failed to free her, three more tugs departed to assist. Crew landed at Lewes and taken to life saving station. Captain Carter hired wreckers to float the vessel.

Bright Poston Philadelphia Cienfuegos Brandywine Shoals Hercules Lewes Carter Portland Sir George H Holden Port An Prince New York Rotterdam National Line Denmark London Davies Leith Shieles Dundee Clyde William Gordon, McKellar Cardiff Buenos Ayres Waterford

Shipping News Roundup From Atlantic Ports Feb Report

Maritime notices from Baltimore to New York list schooners steamers brigs and sloops sailing Feb 4 to 6. Vessels include Chatham from Boston Berkshire Providence and several others to Bremen Heligoland and loadings for Cuba. Ports mention Belfast Me Brunswick Ga Clarks Cove Me Columbia Falls Me Charleston SC Chatham Passages Nellie F Cushing Hyannis Hampton Roads Mobile New Orleans Newport Haven New Bedford and more with many ships steamers and barges clearing or sailing to various destinations.

Baltimore Chatham Boston Berkshire Providence Stacy Clark Bowers Charleston Calvin B Olcutt Pearce Fred A & ‘Thompon Orchilla Midlothian Kingstwin Jam Wm Crane Savannah Missouri Philadelphia Santuit Boston Seth Lowe Palliop Barthagena Vark Bearse Hermann Bremen Toledo Harve Montana London Eunice L Crocker Brocker Galveston Carrie Hart Somerset Alexander Elder Liverol Heligoland Geestemunde Provience John Weasley M C Haskell Luther Roby Henry Souther Belfast Nellie Pickering Ferguson Lookport Brunswick Paramatta Scott Barbados Clarks Cove Anna E Kranz Torontal Norfolk Columbia Falls Josephine Ellicott New) Cole Annapolis Cuba Ethel Swift Roas Kingston Emma Middleton Banks Newtown Creek Adels Ball Halleck New York Vidette Tunnell Tug International Venus Annie W Weston Ocean King St Mary Mears Rosario Scis St Thomas Crescent Do Tor Do Dutch Island Harbor Nellie F Cushing Rockland Frerlandina George M Adams Standish Standard Oram Fort Royal Hyannis Port Peter Il Crowell Cyrus Chamberlain Hampton Roads Barkentine Alice C Dickerman Cook Havana Mobile Sallie Laguyra New José Spinney San Francisco Matanzas New Bedford Salley John Ames Case WE & WL Tuck Eldridge Newport News Geo A McFadden Malcolmson Twilight Predmore Laura V. Rose Leeds Reindeer Wyant Fisher’s Island Geneti Weaver Tngg Hunt Murray Marion F. Sprague Josiah K. Smith Clara A. Donnell Alfred Sinbrook Coast Wise Nobska 5Th Alicia Crosby William Johnson Portsmouth Joshua Baker Horatio L. Baker Fortuus Wortpea Ie Loring C Ballard Boothbay Veet North 5Th Cottage City Portland Robert A Rathbun Hoboken Surfolk Arcadian Halifax Wprymouthian Odessa Richmond Hull Rotterdam Feutonic Liverpool George W Clyde St Domingo Jersey Joston Maud Jarrington Anderson New Haven Gigi Coe Xonewburyport Jennie & Afutsons Willieme Delaware Charlie K Schull Rogers Mantanzas Vincesown W Morse Sarees Sipon Kodiac Kodiac and Sch Elsie A Lore

Harbor and port movements slow to start February

In port 5th, multiple schooners and barges move with tugs Winch and Orne towing for Boston and New York. Vessels salied February 5 include Gate City bound for Boston and various ships at Vineyard Haven and Sullivan with destinations to Annapolis New London and Providence. Revenue cutters Samuel Dexter and Franconia noted in sail and tow operations amid NW moderate winds.

Port 5Th Harry S Lord Sullivan New York Fletcher Port Johnston U M Winch Swhs Engle Brown St John Charlie Woolsey Rogers Rockland Rondo Hunter Providence Adrian Thompson Lunenburg Lizzie Small Lawton Hattie King Collins Harriet Full Rockport Boston Eskimwood Winch Girard Win Orne Sehs Lottier Lucerne Heather IL Maggie Willett Savannas Gate City John G Schmidt Baltimore Vineyard Haven Samuel Dexter Clifton Ludlow New London Annapolis Inport Slater Carrie Easter Richard Peterson C F Sears Harold Benson Gill & Baird Yankee Maid M Vassar

Vessels Laid Up in Boston Harbor Trade List

A period list shows vessels laid up or active in Boston and surrounding ports. It catalogs numerous ships and schooners with owners and vessel names including Mindora Luscomb and Avon Parks, plus Chelsea and Dorchester entries. The Friday publication includes lines for Green's EB, Buck's Chelsea, and Craigie's bridge listings among many others.

Mindora Luscomb Allen Greene Nickerson Liverpool Ann Powers Marquand Alfred W Fisk Keene E. Green Abby K Bentley Kelley Avon Parks Abel C Buckley Adams Albert Fletcher Ada Herbert Warr Dorchester Annie G Quiner Nichols Ots Benjamin F Crocker Simpson Green’s Bay State Baker Green's Belle Hardy Tralfic Westcott Buck Chelsea Belle Halliday Bartlett Campridge, Perry Caroline U Murphy Glendon Charles E Raymond Thatcher Craig’s Bridge Colin G Baker Connecticut Linnell Wood Stanley Lawler’s Calvin F Baker Hatch Carita Landry Piper's Dolphin Cambridge Quincy Point Dora M French French Bay Enos Phillips Peg Rock Huntley Weymouth Barhes Price City Cholses Ellen M Baxter Gray Winthrop Fleetwing Wiliams Warrenbridge Fairwind Lawson Stearns’s Roxbury Florence Nowell Leignton’s Harry L Whiton Rich Henry N Squire Hannibal Pendleton Hattie M Crowell Chase Harmona Smith Henry R Conndon Brown Sny&near Helen McFarland Buck's Chelsea Herbert Higgins McQuesten’s Ira Laffrinier Crowell Craigie’s Bridge John B Norris Bobbing Commercial C Haraden Strout Emery H Butler Ees Lawlor S Kb JP Wyman Hodgdon Lawlor’s E B J Paine Kendall Emery’s Josie Hook Fickett Joseph Eaton, Jr Chatfield Medford Lizzie Young Pierce Monroe & March’s Lottie K Friend Would Lizzie C Rich Lygonhia Fullerton Martin City Wharf Ophir Dodge Sesweet Erences EB Otronto Hammond Oliver Schofield Hunnewell’s EF Cain Raven Small Stearns’s Roxbury Ruth Robinson Rachel Seaman Green Rodney Parker Chelsea Sallie Crosby Munroe & Murch’s Samos McQuesten's Sarah Jane el Sea Flower Quinn Roxbur Thurston Oecesss Neponset Burhai Cragte

Foreign mail departures from Boston and New York dates

The list details multiple overseas mail departures by steamship from Boston and New York for February and March. It covers destinations including Nova Scotia Yarmouth St Lucia Cuba Scotland Germany France and many Caribbean and Pacific ports with exact sailing dates and closing times for Boston and New York offices.

Nova Scotia Yarmouth Boston Yucatan Campeche Tabasco Chiapas Cuba City of Washington N. Y Scotland New York Ethiopia Glasgow The Nethern Rotterdam St Croix St. Thonas St. Croix Windward Islands Grenada Trinidad and Tobago Muriel Sp.u Bocas del Toro Hagin New Orleans Hayti Caracas Venezuela Trinidad British Dutch Guiana Oranje Nassau Costa Rica Port Limon Hispania Great Britain Ireland Belgium Netherlands Austria Germany Denmark Sweden Norway Russia Umbria France Switzerland Italy Spain Portugal Turkey la Champagne Havre Miquelon Newfoundland Halifax Carroll

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