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Martha A. Owen, Assistant,
66
66
200
Abby N. Norton,
66
No. 5, 300
Emily J. Gray, Assistant
66
200
Sarah J. Tukey,
66
200
Angelia A. Small, Principal, Juliet M. Kendall, Assistant, Manthano Pickering, Master, Eliza M. Munger, Assistant, George E. Taylor, Master.
275
275
450
950
Mary E. McKenney, Assistant,
Martha E. Kimball, Assistant, Emily J. Leavitt, 66
175
Sarah J. Johnson, Assistant,
175
Mary C. Haynes, Mistress,
200
Lucinda N. Norton,
66
175
Sarah E. Evans, Mistress,
66
950
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Mary E. Barbour, Mistress,
Primary School,
No. 6, 66
275
Elizabeth Millet, Assistant,
175
Cordelia Hasty,
66
175
Mary H. Simonton, Mistress,
No. 7, 275
Clara E. Walker, Assistant,
200
Anne M. T. Adams, Mistress, , Assistant,
66
60
No. 8,
275
Harriet Larrabee,
66
66
175
Jane Haynes, Mistress
66
66
No. 9,
275
Adrianna M. Carlton, Assistant,
200
Susan T. Peters,
66
200
Mary J. Cumpston, Mistress,
66
No. 10,
275
Harriet L. Kimball, ..
46
66
66
175
Dorothy C. Clark, Mistress,
.6
No. 11,
275
Jane W. Bailey, Assistant,
66
200
Sarah E. Currier,
Caroline Riggs, Mistress,
66
No. 12,
275
Ann M. Garvin, 66
66
No. 13, 66
175
Louisa C. Proctor,
66
No. 14,
275
Mary E. Hannaford,
Long Island Summer School,
75
Eleanor C. Headman,
Peak's Island Summer School,
75
John W. Hobbs,
Long Island Winter School,
120
John Brackett,
Peak's Island Winter School,
120
The whole number of scholars that attended the public schools during the year 1857-8, was not far from 4,200 ; aver- age attendance about 3,000.
Present at the examination, close of the Summer Term, ex- clusive of the number in two schools, not definitely ascertain- ed, 3,801-with these two schools, probably rising 4,000.
Number present at examination, close of the Winter Term, 3,406.
THE CENSUS of the School Children, taken in June, 1857, made the whole number of persons in this city-
Between the ages of 4 and 21 inclusive, 8,147
Between the ages of 4 and 16 inclusive, 5,669
The whole amount of appropriations for schools for the year 1867-8, was $26,390 32.
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Mary J. W. Pennell, Assistant,
175
Eleanor C. Headman,
66
175
Cyntha M. Cobb, Assistant,
..
200
200
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CHURCHES IN PORTLAND.
RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS AND CHURCHES.
DENOMINATION.
Organ'd
LOCATION.
PASTORS OR RECTORS.
Ord'ned for Setl'd
1.First Parish,.
2 Park Street, ..
3 Second Parish, ...
4 Third Parish, ..
5 High Street, ..
6 State Street,
Congrega'al Trinitarian, 1853 State, near Congress, ..
7, Union, ..
Congrega'al Trinitarian, 1856 Congress, near Park, ..
8 St. Lawrence Street, .. Congrega'al Trinitarian, 1858 St. Lawrence Street,. . 9 Abyssinian, (col ). Congrega'al Trinitarian, 1828 Sumner, near Mountfort, ...
10 Chestnut Street, ..
Methodist Episcopal, ...
1804|No. 9 Chestnut, ....
11 Pine Street,.
Methodist Episcopal, ...
1846 Pine, near Congress, ..
Rev. B. Foster, .. 1856
1857
14 Federal St., Ist Baptist, Baptist, ...
1801 No. 69 Federal,.
15 Free Street, 2d Baptist, Baptist, ..
1836 Head of Free, ...
16 New Jerusalem,.
Swedenborgian, ...
1824 No. 170 Congress,.
Rev. Wm. B Hayden, ... Rev. Eugene Miller, .....
1828|State, near Danforth, .. . 17;St. Dominic's
Roman Catholic, ..
1856|Cumberland, head of Boyd, Rt. Rev. D. W. Bacon, ... 1856
1840
20 St. Luke's, ...
Protestant Episcopal, . ..
1851|No. 421 Congress, ..
Rev. Alexander Burgess, . 1853
1857
22 Friends' Chapel,
1790 Oak. near Prospect,
23 Bethel,.
Free Church,.
1847 Cor. Fore and Chatham, ... Rev. S. H. Merrill,.
1856
24 Universalist,
Universalist,
1821 Cor. Congress and Pearl, .. Rev. C. R. Moor, ...
1853
25 Second Advent, ... Second Advent, ..
1851 Clark's Hall ,.
1856| Mechanics' Hall.
1856
26 Spiritualist Association, Spiritualist, ..
The various places of worship in the city, in the aggregate, can probably seat about twelve thousand persons.
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Rev. Henry D. Moore, .. 1857 Rev. E. P. Thwing, 1858 . Rev. Amos G. Beman, ... 1856 Rev. Henry Cox, 1856 Rev. S. F. Wetherbee, .. 1858
12 Third Methodist, Methodist Episcopal, ... 1851|Congress, near Observatory, |1827 |Casco, 13 Casco Street, .. Free Will Baptist, ..
Rev. Wm. P. Merrill, .. . Wm H. Shailer, D. D, .. 1854 Rev. Geo. W. Bosworth,. 1855 1850 1856
18 Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic, ...
1839 Pearl, corner Maiden Lane, Rev. James Pratt, ...
19 St. Stephen's,.
Protestant Episcopal, ...
21 Preble Chapel,.
Ministry at Large,.
1851|Cor. Preble and Cumberland Rev. O. P. Tuckerman ...
1854 1856
Congrega'al Unitarian,. 1727 Congress, head Temple, ... Rev. F. Frothingham, .. Rev. H. G. Stebbins, .... John J. Carrurhers, D. D. 1846 Congrega'al Unitarian, . 1835|Cor. Park and Pleasant, ... Congrega'al Trinitarian, 1788 Cor. Middle and Deer, .... Congrega'al Trinitarian, 1825 Cor. Congress and Chapel,. Wm. T. Dwight, D. D ... 1832 Congrega'al Trinitarian, 1832 Near head of High, ..
J. W. Chickering, D. D . 1835
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Four new churches have been erected since the commence- ment of 1856, viz: the Union (Trinitarian); Congregational at an expense of $25,000; the Chestnut St. Methodist Epis- copal, at an expense of nearly $40,000; the St. Lawrence Street (Trinitarian) Congregational Chapel, and the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Within the same time the Free Street Baptist Church has been remodeled and furnished with new towers at an expense of $10,000, and the St. Stephen's Episcopal Church has under- gone improvements of a similar character, at about the same expense.
The foundations of a new Roman Catholic Church of large dimensions have been laid near the site of that of the Immac - ulate Conception.
St. Luke's, Episcopal Church, was built in 1855.
The State Street ( Trinitarian) Congregational, and Congress Street Methodist Churches, and Preble Street Chapel were buil in 1851.
JUDICIARY.
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Nathan Clifford, Associate Judge of the United States Su- preme Court.
Ashur Ware, of Portland, District Judge.
George F. Emery, Clerk of the Circuit Court, office new Custom House, 3d story.
Win. P. Preble, jr., Clerk of the District Court, office new Custom House, 3d story.
George F. Shepley, District Attorney, office Canal Bank Building.
William K. Kimball, U. S. Marshal, office new Custom House, 3d story.
This Court sits at the Court Rooms, new Custom House, April 23d and September 23d, unless Sunday should occur on these dates, in which case it sits the day following.
The District Courts are held at the Court Rooms, new Cus- tom House, Portland, Ist Tuesdays in February and Decem- ber: at Wiscasset, 1st Tuesday in September: at Bangor 4th Tuesday in June.
COMMISSIONERS of the U. S. Circuit Court, - John Rand, T. A. Deblois, William Willis, Edward H. Daveis.
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SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT.
John S. Tenney, of Norridgewock, Chief Justice.
Seth May, of Winthrop,
Daniel Goodenow, of Alfred,
Woodbury Davis, of Portland,
Jonas Cutting, of Bangor,
Associate Justices.
John Appleton, of Bangor, Richard D. Rice, of Augusta,
Joshua W. Hathaway, of Bangor, N. D. Appleton, of Alfred, Attorney General.
Timothy Ludden, of Turner, Reporter of Decisions.
. O. G. Cook, of Portland, Clerk of the Courts for the Coun- ty of Cumberland.
Court sits for the trial of civil causes in the County of Cum- berland, at Portland, 3d Tuesday of January-3d Tuesday of April-2d Tuesday of October.
For the trial of criminal matters - 1st Tuesday in March - last Tuesday of July-last Tuesday of November.
The Law term for the Western District consisting of the Counties of York, Cumberland, Oxford, Franklin and Andros- coggin, sits in Portland on the second Tuesday of July.
COURT OF PROBATE.
Sits at the Court House, on the first and third Tuesdays of every month, (except the month of August, when it has no sitting) at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
Wm. G. Barrows, Judge. A. B. Holden, Register.
COURT OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Sits at the Court House, Portland, 1st Tuesday in June, and 3d Tuesday in December.
Samuel Thing, Freeport, Chairman.
George Libby, Westbrook, Associate
Ellery H. Starbird, Falmouth, Commissioners.
MUNICIPAL COURT.
William Paine, Judge, William E. Morris, Recorder. Sits at the Court House, No. 8 Myrtle Street, every day, Sundays excepted.
Mondays and Thursdays are appointed for civil suits.
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LOCATION OF PORTLAND.
We find ourselves on a peninsula, projected into a beauti- ful bay (Casco) which sweeps along the shore for thirty miles, protected by numerous fertile islands, indented by convenient inlets for ship building and navigation, and affording safe an- chorage for the navy of the world. Our harbor, and the main approach to it, are scooped out by the Almighty hand from the solid rock, which furnishes a secure barrier against the wash and invasion of the sea. The inland harbor is safe and easy of access for the largest class of vessels, and when reached, they may ride there in security. We lie on the margin of the open sea, and as it were at the base of the loftiest mountains on the Atlantic coast, which elevate their gigantic forms in full view.
These natural beauties and advantages made this locality the place of resort for the earliest adventurers from the old world to the new. Here they planted themselves two centu- ries and a quarter ago; and maintained for a century, a stern and doubtful conflict with the aborigines and their allies, the French, for possession of this wide and beautiful territory ; most fortunately for the cause of civilization, it became after desperate struggles, the inheritance of the Saxon race.
This race is now in quiet possession, and is bound by every inducement and principle, to maintain and improve it. What has already been done is matter of history. We have stretch- ed forth our facilities of communication, in the most improv- ed and substantial form, to the extensive and valuable prov- inces of the British Empire, lying upon our north, and thence on and still on, to our distant prairies and cities lying in the vast valley of the Mississippi, with a prospect at no distant day, of reaching the great ocean of the West. Seaward, we hold direct communication with our Anglo-Saxon brethren of Great Britain, and all other portions of the old World. Our commerce visits all ports, our sails whiten every sea.
[The foregoing we extract from Mayor Willis's recent report. ]
The scenery of the city and vicinage is remarkable for its diversified picturesque attractions. The English traveler La- trobe and many other writers have expressed themselves en- thusiastically on this point.
The land on which the city is built rises gradually from the water side, so that the roofs and cupolas of most of the build- ings are in sight at a single view, and the appearance of the city on entering the harbor by the ship channel, is imposing and beautiful in the extreme, suggesting the idea of a city of thrice its actual extent. From Cape Elizabeth and from the
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Westbrook side of "Back Cove," the city also shows to fine effect.
The extensive views from the summit of the hill at the North-Eastern extremity of the city deserve the attention of the visitor, as also those from the summit of Bramhall's Hill, at the western extremity; but the most commanding views may be obtained from the tall tower known as the Observatory, in the eastern quarter of the city. Here the whole region . round about lies mapped out to the beholder-Casco Bay with its green islands, the ocean dashing against the rocky barriers of Cape Elizabeth, the harbor with its shipping and the forts which command its entrance, the village of Cape Elizabeth, the whole city, every roof and spire, and the numerous towns, ridges, and streams of the interior, sweeping away to the base of the White Mountains, eighty miles distant. An excellent telescope is mounted in the cupola.
At either extremity of Portland is a promenade one hund- red and fifty feet in width, lined with young and thrifty shade trees. These promenades are graded into three sections, two for walking, and the other for riding, and the succession of views developed in passing around them is scarcely less beau- tiful than from the observatory.
Portland has its historic fame. Not only was it often the scene of desperate strife between the settlers and the Indians and French, in the early occupancy of the country, during which it was twice destroyed, but on the 18th of October, 1775, it was bombarded by an English fleet under the com- mand of Capt. Mowatt, and laid in ashes.
On the fifth of September, 1813, was fought off the harbor the sanguinary engagement between the British man-of-war brig Boxer and the American brig Enterprise, which resulted in the capture of the former, not, however, without fearful carnage, Capt. Blythe of the Boxer, and the American cap- tain Burroughs, being both killed during the action. Their remains lie side by side in the Eastern cemetery, surmounted by substantial monuments, that of Blythe erected by his sur- viving officers, and the other by " a passing stranger."
In the same burial place rest the remains of Commodore Edward Preble, who commanded the American squadron during the gallant operations which resulted in the reduction of Tripoli in 1804.
The drives in the vicinity worthy of attention are numer- ous, among which may be mentioned as particularly interest- ing the road round Back Cove, the road to the Farm School, that to Evergreen Cemetery, and those to Cape Cottage, the Ocean House, the Atlantic House, and Prout's Neck, as also the Promenades.
In summer the delightful resorts of the Islands are much visited by boating parties, particularly " Diamond" and "Pleas-
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ant" Coves, White Head, and the watering places at Peak's Island; small steamers and numerous sailing craft are con- stantly passing to and fro.
The Distances to some of the pleasure resorts, from the head of Free street, are as follows :
miles. fur. yds.
To Libby's at Prout's Neck, by way of Broad's,
13
2
185
" Same-by way of Vaughan's Bridge, old road, .
11
1
80
" Same-by way of Cape Elizabeth Bridge, (passing Dr. Buzzell's)
11
0
123
Same-by way of the Bowery, round the Cape,
14
7
190
" Atlantic House, Scarborough, by way of Vaughan's Bridge,
9
00
Ocean House, Bowery Beach,
7
29
First of the " two Cape Lights,"
8
5
21
Cape Cottage,
3
4
17
Evergreen Cemetery, by the way of Woodford's Corner,
2
5
00
Marine Hospital,
2
6
17
From head of Cape Elizabeth ferry- ways, to Cape Cottage,
2
4
90
From Bowery to Libby's, Prout's Neck,
7
178
The distance from Union Wharf to
Diamond Cove is about
5 miles
Pleasant Cove,
5
.6
Peak's Island Landing,
3
White Head,
- 8 1-2 "
Cape Cottage,
3 1-2 "
Forest or Clapboard Island, -
7
BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVERAL WARDS.
WARD No. 1, commencing at the foot of India street, thence through the center of said street to Congress street, thence through the center of Congress street to Washington street, thence through the center of Washington street to Tukey's bridge; embracing all the city territory on the north-east side of this line, including the several islands belonging to the city.
WARD No. 2, commencing on Burnham's wharf, at the foot of Deer street, thence through the center of said street to Mid- dle street, thence through the center of said street to Franklin street, thence through the center of said street to a line paral- lel with the southern line of the lot of land on which the Ward
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Room of said Ward stands, thence following the boundary line of said lot, and on a line parallel with the northerly line of said lot to the center of Franklin street, and thence through the center of said street to Back Cove; comprising all the ter- ritory between this line and the above mentioned line of Ward No. 1.
WARD No. 3, commencing at the head of Long Wharf, thence through the center of Exchange street to Congress street, thence through the center of said street to Myrtle street, thence through the center of said street to Back Cove; com- prising all the territory between this line and the above men- tioned line of Ward No. 2.
WARD No. 4, commencing at the foot of Bank street, thence through the center of said street and also of Center street to Congress street, thence through the center of said street to Preble street, and thence through the center of said street to Back Cove; comprising all the territory between this line and the above mentioned line of Ward No. 3.
WARD No. 5, commencing at the foot of Maple street, thence through the center of said street to Pleasant street, thence through the center of said street to Oak street, thence through the center of said street to Cumberland street, thence through the center of said street to Green street, and thence through the center of said street to Deering's bridge; comprising all the territory between this line and the above mentioned line of Ward No. 4.
WARD No. 6, commencing at the foot of State street, thence through the center of said street to Danforth street, thence through the center of said street to Winter street, thence through the center of said street to Pine street, thence through the center of said street to Brackett street, thence through the center of said street to Dow street, thence through the center of said street to Congress street, thence through the center of said street to Dow's lane, so called, thence through the center of said lane, and on a line parallel with it, to the mill pond west of Deering's bridge.
WARD No. 7, comprising all the territory in the city to the west of the above named lines of Ward No. 6.
MORTALITY.
Among the many recommendations of our city, its health- fulness is not the least important. The social advantages which cities possess over the country, are often overbalanced by their destructiveness of health. In this respect, Portland compares most favorably with other cities.
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The deaths in Portland during the year ending with March 31, 1858, were 658, being 1 to every 44 inhabitants.
The deaths in other cities are as follows :
Manchester,
1 in 29
Baltimore,
1 in 35.4
Boston,
1 in 32
Leghorn,
1 in 35
London,
1 in 40
Berlin,
1 in $4
New York,
1 in 34
Paris,
1 in 32
St. Petersburgh,
1 in 37
Palermo,
1 in 31
Charleston,
1 in 36
Madrid,
1 in 29
Liverpool,
1 in 29
Naples,
1 ir 28
Brussels,
1 in 26
Rome,
1 is 25
The increase of mortality has been much larger than can be accounted for by the increase of inhabitants. Fifteen years ago the deaths did not exceed 1 in 70. It is mainly to be at- tributed to the great influx of foreigners (consequent en the construction of our railroads) who are not so careful bo pre- serve health as the native population, and among whom the mortality is very great.
The following table shows the diseases prevalent, and the number of deaths attributed to each disease for the last mu - nicipal year (1857-8.)
Scarlet Fever,
115
Measles,
3
Lung Fever,
28
Chicken Pox,
1
Typhoid Fever,
17
Dropsy,
5
Brain Fever,
7
Canker,
10
Nervous Fever,
3
Cancer,
5
Rheumatic Fever,
Abscess,
1
Yellow Fever,
2
Child-bed,
4 6
Throat Distemper,
3
Bowel Complaints,
37
Diseases of the Head,
33
Fits,
11
Sunstroke,
2
Peritonitis,
1 39
Diseases of the Lungs,
8
Mortification,
2
Consumption,
128
Painters' Colic,
1
Old Age,
29
Poison,
2
Liver Complaint,
2
Suicide,
2
Croup,
31
Still-born,
39
Whooping Cough, Total,
23
1 Unknown,
23
Males, 313.
Females, 289.
653 Unknown, 51.
Under 5 years of age,
284
Between 50 and 60 years, 28
Between 6 and 10 years,
65
60 and 70
28
10 and 20
37
20 and 30
42
80 and 90 23
30 and 40
51
Over 90 years, 4
40 and 60
29
Unknown, 19
Palsy,
9
Inflammation,
2
Ulceration of the Throat,
2
Casuality,
15
Fever and Ague,
1
Cholera,
Diseages of the Heart,
11
Infantile,
70 and 80 34
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MARRIAGES.
The number of intentions of marriage entered at the City Clerk's office during the year 1856-7, was 383. The number for 1855-6 was 390.
The number entered during the year 1857-8, was 228. Dur- ing this year many couples went out of the State to get mar- ried, in preference to complying with the law in force during the year, requiring intentions of marriage to be published three weeks before the marriage ceremony could be consum- mated.
METEOROLOGICAL STATISTICS.
The average temperature for the last thirty-two years, as indicated by the thermometer, on the mean of observations taken morning, noon, and night each day in the year, is 43 deg., 23 min., Fahrenheit.
The highest mark which the mercury has reached in the shade, during the time specified, is 100 deg., 5 min .; the low- est, Jan. 24th, 1857, is 25 deg. below zero.
The average temperature of each month in the year, for the last thirty-two years, on the mean of three daily obser- vations, is,-
January 18.90
July 66.22
February 21.41
August 64.60
March 30.03
September 57.78
April 40.27
October 46.30
May 49.65
November 36.11
June 60.33
December 24.50
The highest mean temperature for any one month for thir- ty-two years was for the month of July, 1825, when it reached 71 deg. The lowest mean temperature for any month for thirty-two years was for the month of January, 1844, 13 deg.
The mean height of the barometer at a station 87.5 feet above the mean level of the sea, for 1856 and 1857 was 29.848.
Rain or snow fell in 1856 on 140 days; in 1857 on 154 days. The amount of snow on a level in 1856 was 28 inches; in 1857, 61.7 inches.
The amount of water which fell on a level in rain and snow from May 19th, 1856, to Jan. 1st, 1857, was 30.6 inches; from Jan. 1857 to Jan. 1858 was 47.664 inches.
The prevailing winds in 1856 and 1857 blew from the differ- ent points in the following percentage: between North and East, 24 8-15ths; East and South, 14 ; South and West, 25 8-15ths; West and North, 35 14-15ths.
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BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.
Among the business corporations, &c., of the city, may be enumerated the following, viz :-
BOARD OF TRADE.
The following are the officers chosen November 9, 1857 :-
J. B. BROWN, President.
CHARLES M. DAVIS,
JONAS H. PERLEY,
Vice Presidents.
GEORGE W. WOODMAN,
N. O. CRAM,
A. E. STEVENS,
EDWARD M. LEAVITT,
JEDEDIAH JEWETT,
Directors.
DANIEL L. CHOATE,
JOHN LYNCH,
RUFUS E. WOOD.
CHAS. HASKELL, Treasurer.
HENRY FOX, Secretary.
PORTLAND MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
Incorporated Feb. 21, 1828. This Company has no agencies out of the city, and takes but few risks except in the city.
The whole amount of the risks taken by it since its organization, $19,468,068 00
Whole amount of risk Oct. 1, 1855,
985,568 00
Cash Funds, Oct 1, 1835,
43,489 84
Premium Notes,
29,569 74
The total amount paid for salaries, office rent, fuel, &c., since the organization of the company, is
18,505 38
or about $600 a year.
All policies are renewed free of expense, after running six years ; and notwithstanding this arrangement the total amount of losses of the company by fire since its organization, has not exceeded the interest received on its cash funds! And the company have now in possession ninety-five cents for every dollar of cash paid in, since its organization.
Office, 102 Middle Street.
PORTLAND STEAM PACKET COMPANY.
Organized under Act of Incorporation, in 1844. Their ob- ject was to establish a line of Steamers between this city and Boston. The Company have built several boats, and at pres-
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ent own three, the " Montreal," 945 22-95ths tons burden, built in 1857; the "Lewiston," 900 68-95ths tons, built in 1856; and the " Forest City," 869 13-95ths tons, built in 1854. These were all built under the immediate supervision of the Com- pany's experienced Agent, Capt. J. B. Coyle, expressly for their sea route, and more substantial boats, probably, do not float upon the water, while in point of fittings and finish, they will compare favorably with the best.
Capital stock, $200,000.
NEW YORK STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.
This Company run the new, staunchly built and handsome propeller " Chesapeake," which on an average makes the pas- sage in thirty hours. The accommodations for passengers are commodious and tastefully fitted up, and in summer time this mode of transit to and from the great Metropolis, is preferable on some accounts, to any other. This steamer leaves Port- land every Saturday afternoon, at 4 o'clock; fare, meals in- cluded, $5.
EMERY & Fox, Brown's Wharf, Agents.
PORTLAND COMPANY.
Incorporated August 8, 1846. Its object is the manufacture of Railroad Cars, Locomotives, and Machinery of various de- scriptions, mostly connected with the requirements of Rail- roads.
Its works are located on made-land, on the harbor side of the city, near the entrance of the Eastern Promenade and ad- joining the bridge of the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, with which they are connected by a branch bridge, and cars may be run directly from the works of the Company into the Railroad Depot. Capital stock $250,000.
The work turned out from this establishment has gone to every part of our country, and bears a high reputation for its strength, durability and superiority of finish.
JOHN SPARROW, Superintendent.
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