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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1901

Page

9

Nantucket Steamer Clears Ice After Seven Hour Struggle

The Nantucket left Woods Hole at 8:30 AM and labored seven hours through heavy ice to reach open water. Old seamen report unusually thick ice off Nantucket with fields piling up at the harbor, likely preventing new vessels from entering until warmer weather.

Nantucket Woods Hole

Nantucket Steamer Breaks Ice. Vineyard Boat Delayed

The Nantucket steamship broke through the ice at Nantucket and will be here tonight staying until the route clears. The Vineyard boat reached Tidgartown but could not proceed to New Bedford due to ice near Buzzard's Bay. Inside Woods Hole a five mile ice field formed, an unusually large midwinter condition.

Ottage -City Nantucket Vineyard Tidgartown New Bedford Buzzard’s Bay Woods Hole

Manchester trade ships and Boston harbor fleet tensions

The British steamer Mancunia will load grain for Avonmouth after taking 268 logs of mahogany from Nicaragua and then rejoin the Felder Dempster line. Boston port activity features multiple vessels, cargoes, wrecks, and notable exports and imports for the week, including coal and fish prices, with several schooners chartered or built for northern trade.

Mancunia Chelsea Nicaragua Felder-Dempster Line Avonmouth Eng George D. Sémery Manchester Ship Canal I’ Wharf Lucy Joerlin Bertha M. Miller Lettie G. Howard Clara Ry Farwood Noith Memory Boyd Leeds Nereid Haddock Arthur D. Story Essex George Parker East Boston Joseph B. Maguire Albert Flygore Maguire Gull Island Newfoundland Malcolm Baxter, Jr William Grant Wilams Ross Towboat Company Newport News Barcelona Trapani Poothbay Gloucester Jennie French Potter Grand Junction Vera Cruz Mexico William Wilkie Ross William G. Williams Valdare Horn New England Anthony Annapolis Maine Boothbay Long Wharf Jamaica Metropolitan Coal Company Captain Nugent A.W. Chesterton John B. Prescott Lighthouse Channel Peter W. French William E. Cleary Jennie French Percy Birdsall Potter Palmer Eleanor A. Percy Nobska National Dock City of Itehburg S. Pizzati West Indies Lghter Sampson Atlas Svinh J. Nickerson Mary P. Wellington J. A. Olsen Louise B. Crary Galveston Norfolk Sumner Street Independent George M. Grant

Harbor and Shipping News From Cape Area

George P Davenport served as master of the Anna E Kranz. The Seminole will return to Highland Light from Vineyard Haven to remove its mast when weather allows. The Mystic arrives with coal cargo, the Romsdal reports heavy damage after a forward bridge outage, Florence B Edgett reaches Cape Town, and Ivernia arrived in Liverpool. The Landsman.

George P. Davenport Anna E. Kranz Seminole Highland Light Vineyard Haven Cape Mystic Cape Breton Romsdal Hamburg Cunard Ivernia Liverpool Florence B. Edgett Cape Town

Shipping News Mini Almanac Highlights Arrivals and Clearances

Shipping news records arrival of Auxiliary cruiser Prairie and multiple vessels from Baltimore London Norfolk and Newport News with merchandise and passengers to various ports. Cleared schooner Jennie C May bound for Rockport and Alexandria while steamers and barges sail toward Portland Newburyport and Philadelphia. many vessels towing barges.

Prairie U. S Swift Baltimore Barrowmore Phelan London Kershay, Howes Norfolk A. M. Graham Navahoe Johnson Brunswick Charleston Ss. C Buenaventura Utes Newport News San Joaquin Orton Smith Valdare Anthony Annapolis Percy Birdsall Holmes Silver Heels Gray Elizabethport Annie Gus Lunt Raritan River N. J Lulu Mitchell Salem Mass Oriole Edgar F. Zaickenbach Clintonia Jennie C. May Rockport Alexandria Wind N. W St. Croix St. John N. B Portland Eastport Gloucester Hector H. F. Dimock New York Boylston Axim Ovo. A Arctic Lunenburg N. S Agnes May Hampshire Philadelphia Tamaqua Portsmouth N. H Suffolk Monitor Shawmont Dolphin Schuylkill Philadelphi Newburyport William H. Gallison Lorberry Juno Strafford

Rutland railroad stock exchange ends next Friday

Local stockholders must surrender common shares for preferred at a rate of one for ten under the plan in effect. Boston parties critique the terms offered for the exchange as the deadline nears.

Rutland Railroad Boston F. W. Clement New York Central Hudson River James Ruskatan Buchanan Massachusetts Institute of Technology W. J. Davidson M. ©. Brush New York Central & Fr Water Department of City of Water Commissioner City Hall Mass A. P. Martin Water Commissner

Electric rail projects expand across New England region

Boston readers learn of multiple planned electric street and tram ventures from Nashua to Concord and Onset, with Boston investors backing lines. Updates include a six and a half mile extension, new traction routes, and possible elimination of the last horse car in Massachusetts. Major appointments and construction progress on rail networks are reported along with upcoming social events and travel promotions.

Boston New Electric Street Railway Corporation Nashua Massachusetts Onset Junction New York, New Haven & Uwartford Onset Bay Henry W. Crapp New Bedford Whaling City Onset New York Central Hudson River Railroad F. W. Chaffee Albany Winehendon Mass Boston & Maine Railroad Perkins Cambridge Streets Charlestown City Point Lodge Brotherhood of Railroad Bethesda Hall Boston Elevated Railway Company Commercial Street Ferry House Hanover Street Central New England Railroad W. J. Martin New Place

California business openings lure investors with rail deal

A Boston agent promotes profitable California openings via the Santa Fe route. The notice invites inquiries on a homeseekers’ ticket from Chicago to California, valid from February 12 to April 30, 380 miles strong, with contact at Inquire & W Manning N FE agent, 332 Washington Street.

Washington Royal Blue Line Boston National Capital Philadelphia New York A. J. Simmons N. BE Washington Street California Santa Fe Chicago Inquire & W. Manning N. FE Mass

Northern New Hampshire Rail Schedule Fragments

Southern Division timetable notes routes and stations from Manchester to Montreal with multiple daily runs listed. Includes Sundays schedules, special branches, and conditions such as limited stops and exceptions at specific towns and resorts.

Fitchburg and Nearby Train Schedules Fragment

Fragmentary timetable from Fitchburg division listing stations from Greenfield to Detroit and Cleveland with numeric times and connections. Entries show early morning and afternoon departures with several cities across New York and Ontario, incomplete but indicating a regional rail route.

Palmer Boston Passenger Agent at Old State House

Boston passenger agent UT. Palmer and A C Kendall of Clark & Co appear with Peter Cla Riadall at the Old State House in a partial OCR reading describing names and affiliations.

UT. Palmer Boston Old State House Clark, A Kendall Peter Cla F Ri Adall

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