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1902. ] MARINE REVIEW AND MARINE RECORD. 19 Philadelphia route, took the Ocean's place. In April, 1861, the Sanfords with their accustomed liberality and loyalty, advertised to carry trcops, munitions of war and authorized government agents on their steamers free of charge. In the fall of 1862 she was taken by the government for war service, and was wrecked on the Florida reefs, while transporting troops to New Orleans, as was supposed, purposely, by a pilot of rebel sympathies. Steamboat communication with the Penobscot river was now suspended, the Daniel Webster also having been taken for war purposes. As may well be supposed, the new and beautiful steamer Katahdin, of 1,200 tons, Capt. C. B. Sanford, in command, George J. Wall and Levi L. Alden, clerks, came upon the route with a general welcome May 109, 1853. Capt. J. P. Johnson, who had seen many years' service on the Philadelphia line and on its steamers in government employ, succeeded Capt. Sanford the following year and continued till 1858, when Capt. Henry S. Rich of Bangor took charge until his death in 1872. Capt. W. R. Roix of Belfast then assumed com- mand. The Katahdin was a great favorite with the public and was a very strong seaworthv boat, conveniently and handsomely fitted up. She was built at the ship yard of John Englis & Sons in New York, and was continued on the route for many years with the exception of 1864. She traveled bravely through the ice, having more experience with that element than many Arctic steamers, running in the winter from Bucksport to Boston, her freight and passengers from Bangor being transported to Buck- sport by rail as is done now with the Penobscot. Her last trip was made from Bangor to Boston June 18, 1894, with Capt. Otis Ingraham in command, carrying 173 passengers and a full cargo of freight. Her cost, when built, was $250,000. She remained at her mooring at East Boston where her boilers were removed and other material of value, when she was sold for old junk, hav- ing finished a long and: useful life. can resist this formidable pressue, and can work at practically any The new steamer Cambridge of 1,500 tons, the largest and most sumptuous boat east of Long Island Sound, was brought on this line Sept. 2, 1867, by Capt. C. B. Sanford, with George J. Wall and Tyler Wasgatt, Jr., clerks and T. W. Holder, steward. She was continuously on the route until Capt. J. P. Johnson of the Katahdin took her in 1868 and continued until 1879 when he was succeeded by Capt. Otis Ingraham of Rockland. ~The most remarkable incident in her career was her disablement in the me- morable gale of Sept. 8, 1860. She was on her upward passage to Boston and encountered the gale after making Monhegan. Her steam pipe and rudder were broken and she drifted in the darkness at the mercy of the elements, bringing up her anchors near the rocks cf Pemaquid. 'Through these hours of imminent peril officers, crew and passengers made a most creditable ex- hibition of calmness and courage. All were finally relieved. These companion boats, Katahdin and Cambridge, previous to 1872, made together three round trips weekly during the busy sea- son and since that time four round trips. : ; At the Bangor end cf the route, N. C. Woodward was agent until 1851 when Loomis Taylor succeeded him, continuing until 1877 when Capt. James Littlefield assumed the position, and ia 1880 was promoted to the post of general superintendent of the line at the Boston end, where William B. Haseltine had served as agent from 1852 until 1880. In 1875 the ownership of the line changed and the previous organization was merged into the Sanford Steamship Co., new members being added. The Sanford's interest was finally with- drawn and the corporation was changed to the present Boston & Bangor Steamship Co. The Sanford line during its thirty-seven years' record has ever kept fully abreast with the demands of the traveling public, each new boat being superior to its predecessors; and during its long career, although not entirely free from the casualties of steam navigation, but one of its passengers, reckoned by more than a million, has received injury from any accident or fault of its steamers. The steamer Cambridge in command of Capt. Otis Ingraham, went ashore on a ledge off George's Island early on the morning of Feb. 10, 1886. She immediately commenced filling. The best of order was preserved and the passengers were all trans- ferred to boats and landed, no lives being lost. From the time of striking until the seven boats put off it was less than half an hour. 'The captain and officers of the United States revenue steamer Dallas did everything in their power for the comfort of the passengers. No explanation of the accident was attempted. The boat was a total loss. Her freight was scattered along the adjacent shores, and it was impossible for a wrecking craft to work, on account of the exposed position. The steamer was valued at $140,000. The Penobscot was placed on the river in 1882 by the Boston & Bangor Steamship Co., with Capt. Roix, commander. She was constructed in a very superior manner, magnificently finished and furnished. Her dimensions are about 255 ft. long, 38 ft. beam and 13 ft. depth. 1886 under Capt. Ingraham on account of a heavy rain and thick weather. She struck a ledge near Otter island, but taking but little water on account cf her watertight bulkheads. The passengers, though somewhat frightened, behaved well and were landed and forwarded by rail to Boston. The boat was raised and floated An accident happened to her in - and found to be much less injured than at first supposed. The palatial and swift steamer, City of Bangor, was placed on the route by the Boston & Bangor Steamship Co. June 17, 1894. She was the finest craft which ever plied in eastern waters. Cannon and whistles saluted her as she passed up tne river. She was gaily decorated from stem to stern. Among her colors were the new code presented to her by the Bangor board of trade, in recog- nition of the name given the vessel. Capt. S. H. Barbour and Col. F. D. Pullen were the principal owners and movers in es- tablishing this line, to whom much credit is due. Capt. Barbour has built for this line and others twenty-four steamers which are located all along the Atlantic coast. 'he first steamer launched from the Brewer yard was the May Field in 1879, the year in which the company was organized. At this time few cottages were built at Bar Harbor, thus the business was not very good the first two years. One trip per week was made when there were passengers, Capt. Barbour com- manding his own boat. Then business increased in 1880 when the City of Bangor was built; she was afterward sold to go out of the state and was wrecked on the coast of Massachusetts. The May Field was wrecked on the Maine coast, being owned at that time by the Bodwell Granite Co. With these two exceptions and the Cimbria, all the boats built by Capt. Barbour and his brother are still in active service. They at one time made trips to Ellsworth, doing quite a good business. These boats while in Capt. Barbour's hands were never allowed to run Sundays, he having respect for the Sabbath. Thev were offered and refused large sums of money to allow their boats to run on that day. Other steamers built were the Queen City, Buttercup, Nellie Kane, Cimbria, Florence, Leila, Susie May, Silver Star, Alice, Henry Morrison, Sedgwick, Castine, Creedmore, Mascot, Navis and others. re Quite a number of these steamers were built for the Bangor and Bar Harbor route. The Tremont was placed on this route June, 1895. She was a sister steamer to the Sedgwick which was built in 1892. .They were essentiallv passengers boats, especially adapted for day travel. Their speed was about 12 miles an hour and they were capable of carrying 200 people. The Sedgwick was sold to the government for $10,000, for use in Mobile har- bor as a transport from that city to a military station in the bay. This was in March, 1900. aS The Cimbria was built in 1889 at a cost of about $20,000. She was named for a large German steamship of that name, which had been chartered by the Russian government at the time when there was prospect of war between Russia and Great Britain. 'This steamship cruised in American waters and put into Southwest har- bor for safe anchorage, and being an object of interest people came from far and near to visit her, one of Capt. Barbour's boats con- veying them back and forth. The Russians made such a good impression upon the Bangor steamship men that when a new boat was built to take the place of the City of Bangor, sold to Portsmouth, N. H., they named her the Cimbria. The big Cim- bria was lost years ago in the North sea and the one named for her was wrecked at Bass Harbor in October, 1808, caused by a wrong signal to the engineer. She went on the ledge at high water. The Sedgwick went immediately to her relief and took all passengers and freight, no passengers being injured or freight lost. : The steamer Rockland and M. and M. belonged to the Boston & Bangor Steamship Co., and were on different routes on the ' river and bay. A number of other small boats have run on the river, among them the Marjorie, still running to West Brooks- ville the Annie commanded by Capt. Horace Atwood, which formerly run between Bangor and Hampden. BOSTON STEAMSHIP CO.'S BID ACCEPTED IN PART, Secretary Root has decided to accept the bid of the Boston Steamship Co. so far as it affects the transportation of troops fand military supplies between the United States and the Philippines which are sent or received by way of either Seattle. or Tacoma. The secretary explained that the existing service" at San Francisco would be continued for the present and aded that if satisfactory arrangements could be made for the dis posal of army transports, either by sale or charter, the trans- portation companies at that port would be given a share of the government business. Secretary Root intends to ask congress to modify existing law so as to authorize the secretary of war. to contract for the transportation of troops and supplies for a longer period than one year, so that he may make better terms for such service than is possible under the present system of. annual contracts. The navy department continues to receive applications from prospective bidders for plans and specifications of the two new armored cruisers. Among the concerns making requests are the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Me.; Cramps, Philadelphia; Fore River Ship & Engine Co., Quincy, Mass.; Maryland Steel Co., Sparrow's Point, Md.; Moran Bres Co., Seattle, Wash.; New-. port News Co., Newport News, Va.; New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N. J.; Susquehanna Boat Works, Havre de Grace, . Md.; The Townsend & Downey Ship Building & Repair Co., Shooter's Island, N. Y.; | Union Iren Works, San Francisco, Cal.; and.the United States Ship Building Co., New York.