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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1889

Page

3

Senate Debates on Elections and Public Statutes

The General Court debates money in elections and punishments, rejecting a bill limiting expenditures and a repeal move. Senate rejects a House reference, considers Water Works Security Co. formation, and notes assignments for Monday and Wednesday. House actions include a Boston health code bill and railroad safety discussions. Senate calendar highlights civil service, militia land, cemetery commissions, and Bell Telephone stock increase.

Symonds House Crosby Senate Committee On Election Laws Committee On Judiciary Committee On Mercantile Affairs The Water Works Security Company of Massachusetts Richard F. Barrett W. H. Bowker F. Parks J. H. Chapman William Wheeler Water Works Commonwealth Commonwealth of Massachusetts Marlborough Building Association Board of Gas Commissioners Woburn

Weather Signals Warn Atlantic Coast From Woods Hall To Eastport

A late evening weather bulletin reports twenty four hour forecast: Maine and New Hampshire see light showers and cooler air with northwest winds. Vermont sees light rain with stationary temperature. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut face threatening weather with cooler northwest winds. eastern New York experiences rain and cooler westerly winds. Cautionary signals remain displayed along the Atlantic coast from Woods Hole to Eastport.

Washington Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York Atlantic Woods Hall Eastport

Boston Port Calls Sailings Amid Mixed Weather

At Boston on May 10 the port reported arrivals and clearances. British steamer Gothenburg City from Antwerp arrived April 24, others include Norwegian Viking and Viking fruit shipments radiating from Cuba. Weather varied from moderate gales to fog and light winds. several steamers and schooners listed with destinations such as Boston, Liverpool, and New York.

Gothenburg City Harrison Antwerp U Furness Boston Serra Luzarraga Matanzas Reorts St Augustine Light Sch Viking Church Friis Banes Cuba Seaverns & Co State of Maine Hilyard St John Eastport Portland W H Kilby Frostburg, Mills Bennett, Rand & Co Morrison & Co M J Cook New York Hotties Satilla River J B Ogden Harrington Newport News Pochasset Herrick Allen Green Nickerson Philadelphia Decorrao Clark C Beach McKe Burns Eliot Harriet Full Rockport

Freight and Charter Rates Dominate Boston Trade News

Boston May 10 reports a surge in ice freights with high demand and strong rates across Atlantic and Gulf ports. Vessels carry paving, rock, coal, ice and lumber between Cape Ann, Kennebec and New York, with numerous schooners and brigs engaged to Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and beyond.

Boston Cape Ann Baltimore Philadelphia Norfolk Newport News New York Atlantic Gulf Ruigh Orlof Ray Chaleur Boton Windsor Venturer Little Glace Bay Vance Coalon Pt West Inpigs Aldine Porto Rico South America Alice Cayenne Claribel Rosario Richard Law New Bedford Bertha Lanesville Katie J Hoyt Bayonne P Hitchcock Kennebec L Dickson Charlestown Weymouth Mass TT Hedges Salon Maud Sherwood Jonathan Sawyer Frankfort E & Phillips Fitchburg Ri J F Willey Belfast Newburyport E M Fox Singsing Suiiver Bay View Atlantic City Bee Salem Washington Tue Bangor Altimore Charles Lawrence Fawn West Sullivan Georgie Clark H N Squire Wilmington York Imperial Shanghai Martha Cobb Hamburg Ugglar Cape Town Mark Ruth Bbls Iimanuele Ital Tunis Jose Maria Cadiz

Maritime Shipping Snags and Arrivals At Bangor Harbor

From Our Correspondents Bangor Me May 10 crews and masters including Twomey and Eaton arrive or sail for Baltimore Hoboken New York and Boston. Reports detail 245 000 pounds codfish 230 090 pounds halibut and 27 000 pounds handcock with multiple vessels loading, sailing or bound for cities from Grand Banks to Mystic and City Island.

Bangor R F Hart Dodge Philadelphia David Faust Asley Rondout Mary Jane Painter New York Abram Richardson Patershall New London Mt Desert Freeshey Boston Seraph Spear Province Boothbay Harbor Sarah Twomey Winnegance Bogton Salem Abbie S Walker Robbins Hoboken Gloucester Ada M Hall Grand Banks Gleaner Everett Pierce Clara F Friend Mary Story Annie Mary Florence Vilgrim New England Helen R. Low Edwin B Holmes Dido Marathon Georges Acacia Golden Rule Sarah Coyle Ida May Breeze Halcyon Oceanus Alabam Pepe Vineyakrs Havien Ar Oth Icis Hunter Tower Modena Cook Swis Hunter Beta Nellie Eaton Seth W Smith Darwin St John Stonington Taylor & Mathis Brenan South Amboy John B Norris Coffin Guy Head

Shipping Movements and Arrivals Listed in Harbor Notes

Bahía Blanca on May 7 reports bark Maggie Doug lass from Newport and Eremen sailed May 9, Weser from Baltimore. Dundalk notes brig Aldine bound for St John NB on May 9. Dover reports bark Quebec passing for New York on May 9. Dunnet Head records steamer Thingvalla en route to Stettin, New York bound.

Bahia Blanca Maggie Douglass Newport Weser Baltimore Dundalk Ar Aldine St John Dover Quebec London New York Dunnet Head Thingvalla Stettin

Sailed May dates for multiple ships and routes

Maritime notices list sailing dates and vessels leaving ports including Falmouth Genoa Glasgow Havre Hull Las Palmas Liverpool London Montevideo PAYSANDU Pozzuoli Portland Bill Queenstown and others. Vessels include Galatea Urbine Anchoria Ville de Dieppe Florence Adeline Sarnia Carthagenian Sarmatian Norcross Marianina D H Morris Persian Monarch Samarkand Watterdale Glencairn City of Chicago Una among many.

Falmouth Galatea San Francisco Cork Sarnia Portland Michigan Boston Carthagenian Montréal London Norcross Victoria Scotland New York Montevideo D H Morris Barbados Paysandu Perth Amboy Havre Queenstown Samarkand Watterdale Glencairn Stockton Reliance Hull Clan Buchanan Liverpool Loth City of Chicago New

Sea Ranger Arrives at Honolulu From The Arctic Voyage

Ocean report notes the bark Sea Ranger arrived at Honolulu on April 17 with 00 barrels of sperm and sailed on April 20 for the Arctic under the command of Captain Cogan.

Honolulu Bark Sea Ranger Arctic Cogan

Portuguese ship arrives for Grand Banks cod fishing at Provincetown

Provincetown reports the Portuguese schooner Julia 2d Ferrecra from Lisbon via the Western Islands after 19 days at sea with fine weather from St Michaels. The vessel will fit here for Grand Banks cod fishing. Also Plymouth notes the schooner Hannah Codimer sailing on May 9 to Boston with the Cissold to Wef Hadlock of Bucksport, continuing in fishing. This marks the last of a 1860 fleet of bankers from the port, once numbering 70 sail.

Provincetown Mass Julia 2d Ferrecra Lisbon Western Islands St Michaels Grand Banks Vlymouth Hannah Codimer Boston WEF Hadlock Bucksport

Red sectors set in Connecticut lighthouses in May

On about May 15 1859 fixed red sectors will be established at Southwest Ledge Light New Haven harbor entrance and Saybrook Breakwater Light mouth of the Connecticut River. The lights will show fixed white outside the sectors with red arcs defined by bearing angles and edge references to Branford reef Negro Heads shoal and Cornfield Point shoals. Placentia Newfoundland reports icebergs near lat 43 47 N lon 45 36 W to lat 46 57 N lon 48 54 W.

CON Secticut Southwest Ledge Saybrook Haven Harbor Branford Reef Negro Heads Connecticut River Cornfield Point Placentia Miniarene

Maritime traffic notices from 19th century voyage records

A compiled list of ship movements and positions including vessels from Philadelphia to Hiogo, New York to Demerara, Bath to Annapolis, and Portland to Buenos Ayres with lat long positions and dates such as March 11 near 3.5,32 W and May 3 at Dunkirk to New York, plus steamers Shawmut and Atlas bound for Boston with Cape Hatteras bearings noted.

Son Blip Chesebrough Ericason Philadelphia Hiogo Japan Win H Jones Hounslea New York Demerara Cedar Point Charles L Jeffrey Bath Annapolis Ravola Lockhart Portland Buenos Ayres Fratelli Bianchi Castelletto Ates Bowden Liverpool San Francisco Carnarvonshire Roberts Queenstown Harriet Hickman Dernier Dunkirk James Martin Fisiming Batavia Samarkand Bain United Kingdom Willard Mudgett Crocker Visagua

Maritime shipping notes from Atlantic coast hazards and repairs

Multiple coastal reports detail vessels ashore or lost, ships purchased for lime and granite trades, and salvage efforts. The May 10 dispatches cover the Ashnell wreck at Yabacoa, the May M Dyer loss near Cape Gracios a Dios, schooner wrecks near Port Townsend, and derelict searches off Cape Hatteras.

Washington, DC New York Cape Hatteras Hampton Roads Newport Josefa Portland Snow Sagua Philadelphia Rockland Lucy Jones New Haven L Keene Conqueror George Green South Thomaston Lizzie Annie Gouldsboro William Farrow Bell Windsor Heston Gangway Ledge White Head United States Vis Lech Eliza A Anderson Saviel GH Tapley Brooksville Samuel Watts Thomaston Turks Island Sidney Huoprer Sch Watts Washburn Myurant Caves Chestina Redman Havana Alice Borda Provincetown Victoria Euracoa

Multiple Steamers and Vessels Arriving and Sailing Across Ports

Maritime notices list ships and cargo movements from Antwerp New Orleans Buenos Aires and other ports. Vessels include steamer Switzerland bark Lewis Smith steamer City of Para steamer Mic Walters bark Samuel B Hale brig Oliva and more with arrivals at Port of Calcutta Havana Hamburg and Cape Race.

Antwerp Switzerland Ueberweg Philadelphia Lewis Smith Wright New York Aspinwall City of Forbes Champerico CAS NA Santa Rosa Senay Eee OP Cardenas Edwin I Morrison Lavensieied Adela Thackara Eackara Cape Race Cable St Ote von Johns Lee Amsterdam Fastnet Wisconsin Queenstown Liverpool Gibraltar Damara Dickson St John Unexpected Baronedos Ellie Carter Porto Rico Boston Omian Michigan Helverom

Shipping News Roundup From Ports Aboard Western Atlantic

Multiple vessels sailing and entering ports worldwide with arrivals at Kingston Lizard Montreal and Quebec, listing steamer names captains and destinations including Jeremie Havre London Pernambuco New York and Charleston plus cargos wood bark and ships under orders with dates March through May and various destinations including New York Philadelphia and Baltimore with several ships Cleared or Sailed in late April to May.

Kingston Adirondack New York Jeremie Aguan Greytown Nettie Shipman Charleston United States Lizard Italy Pearce London Bristow Havre Montreal George Walker Pernambuco Manzanilla Blanco Tucker Buenos Ayres Quebec Grecian le Gallais Glasgow Circassian Oregon Liverpool Queenstown Wisconsin Rosario Livero Ital Ey York Charles Parnell McLaughlin Barados John St Pearson Maloney Baraddos Teniers Alice Baltimore Spurnhead Lassed Florence Duncan Tacoma Hull Stedtinar Slavonia Schmidt ST Michaels Kennard Bettencourt Fayal ST Johns Sarah Wallace Holder Caspian ST John Livonia Lefour Newrysch Daphne Whittaker Eva Lynch Mahoney Dundalk Frank & Willie Brown Talcahuano Surlel Hetherington Caletabuena Hampton Roads Yoxohama Frank Pendleton Beverly Jonn C Sweeney Higbee Kennebec River Philadelphia Calais Terrapin Salem Addie Sawyer Boston Julia & Martha New Haven Glover Gen Scott N Jones Flash Light van Iburen Senator Grimes Kall River Junietta Nantucket Abigail Haines Lynn M M Chase Holmes Charleson Xate Aitken Brower Oscar C Schmidt Bacon William B Clowes Fenny Cousaw Mollie J Saunders Lewis Port Royal Cave Henry Darien Savannah Tillie Vanderherchen Bateman Endgartown Bertham Glover Spear Rondout Annie J Russell Sprague Rockland Schsillow Whitten Hallowell Clara Dinsmore Small Jerusha Baker Chase Eastport Richard Lane Smith Perth Amboy East Boardman Pike Augustus Hunt Jacksonville Marcus Edwards Outton Sayersville Key West K J Irelan Saarbruck Hoboken Mobile Northumbria Robinson Rio Janeiro Bark Onward Morris Montevideo Charles H Sprague Nickerson Portland Annie KE Moore Sackett Millstone Point Salmon Washburn Keefe Taunton Kate Scranton Eldridge Providence Texas Davis New London E M Reed Parker Britannic Olbvers Viola Matanzas Delcomyen Lampasas Galveston Pisagua Briggs Richmond Rock Light Parton Southampton Lucy P Miller Bangor Barks Persia Freedam Willey Pascagoula Oakes Plymouth Icis Commerce Wildfire Ann Eliza Laconia Jonathan Cone J Lindsey Bath Cornelius Soule Tenant's Harbor Silver Spray Joggins Annie E Moore Eleanora Willard Madggett Visagua Starlight Macknight Holland Foot Ondon Nevada Cushing Italia Craig Marselles Elias Ross Lanesville Lucy Cook Kennebec Atlantic City Newport Emma Luther Fall River Mary E Cuff Robert Mohain Doane Samuel H Walker Princeton Greenlaw Owl's Head George A Pierce Red Jacket Fleetwing Warvey Gouldsboro Thomaston Idaho Pensacola Carrie FE Pickering Jane Adeline Cora Dunn Aberlady Bay McGregor United Kingdom Panther Anderson Newburyport Elisha Gibbs Woods New Bedford K&s Corson Corson Gardiner Hattie Perry British Princess Belle of Matthews Yokohama Reading J W Troop Fritz Dyagasaki Favoritt Thomassen Koenigsburg Wm Coulman Bluefields Newcastle Shi Sapphire Antwerp Anna L Mulford Andrew Adams Turks Island Delaware Sentjnel

Busy Atlantic Sailings Report From Bath to Norfolk Ports

A long list of schooners, brigs, steamers, and ships sail between Bath and New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and other ports. Vessels include the Charles F Mayer, Hungaria, and Royal steamers, with multiple cargoes such as lumber, coal, and general freight.

Cunard Catanonia and Other Transatlantic Passengers Listed

Passenger lists from Boston to Liverpool aboard Cunard Catanonia include W H Bowdleur Richard Barlow Mig M A Col by Miss Martha Colby Newton Darling Miss MH Denny Mr and Mrs O P Downing Mrs George B Doane among many others in cabins 59 intermediate 50 steerage 160. Also lists for Umbria Lahn Elve La Gascogne and La Gascogne routes with various named travelers and companions.

Boston Liverpool Cunard Catalonia W H Bowdleur Richard Barlow Mig M A Colby Martha Colby Newton Darling MH Denny O P Downing George B Doane Dudley Emerson F A Elis George E Francis Gade Francis B Gilman Joseph Gill Hoar G F Hatheway RB Howard Mary R Jewett Robert Johnston R A Kipling A W Lawrence Cora Lewis Herbert MacKinney Philip L Moen Sophie Moen Theodore Morisson E Mount C F Morse Miss Morse FS Pratt Frank P Pownall G W Page Kate C A Prentiss Emily M Pierce Frederick Sugden Ida Ii Stebbins D A Stern Struthers John E .Tyler C Upton Kate Williams E le & Wills Henry le & Wills Royal Whitman New York G M Harrington Charles Gross Charles H Dalton F Hicks Kremen Norddeutscher Liovd Lahn

Mails Close At Boston for Global Packets and Steamers

Mails will close at the Boston office on specified dates for British, European, Asian, and Pacific routes. The schedule covers Nova Scotia Newfoundland St Pierre and Miquelon via Halifax, Great Britain, Ireland, East Indies, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, British India, City of New York from San Francisco, and Pacific routes including Umatilla Tahiti and Mariposa. Letters for Pacific steamers should be deposited eight or nine days before sailing.

Nova Scotia Newfoundland St. Pierre and Miquelon Halifax Boston Great Britain and Ireland Catalonia Blay Japan Shanghai Hong Kong East Indies British India Straits Settlements Siam Dutch East Indies City of New York San Francisco Hawaiian Islands Umatilla Australia New Zealand Fiji Samoan BP. m Society Islands Tahiti San Francico Post Jacksonville Washington Street J. A. Flanders Easterp Theo G. Eger Broadway

Proposals for Cumberland Coal for Boston Drainage Works

Sealed bids for 1500 tons of Cumberland coal to furnish and deliver to the Main Drainage Works Pumping Station Boston. At least 300 tons by June 1 1889 and balance by June 15 1889. Bids must state price per ton to cover 2240 lbs delivered in coal bins. Bond or certified check for 509 dollars. Bid opening May 15 at 12 noon.

City Hall Boston Loston Cumberland Coal Charles Morton City Hospital

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