28 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 
with 85,810 pounds of halibut, and stocked $4,676. The time of the trip was seventeen days, the 
shortest ever made to the Grand Bank. 
The schooner Ossipee, Captain O’Brien, arrived at Gloucester from the Grand Bank April 6, 
1874, with 90,628 pounds of halibut, the largest cargo of the season. Prices were low, and the 
stock, which amounted to $2,533, was not so large as some made during the previous months. 
Schooner Gertie E. Foster, Captain Morris, which arrived from her first trip to the Grand 
Banks on Monday, September 14, 1874, brought 40,199 pounds of halibut, and sold for 124 cents; 
stocked $3,340.20. 
The Cape Ann Advertiser, December 4, 1874, states that Capt. Edward Morris, who has fol- 
lowed the Grand Bank halibut fishery in the Lizzie K. Clark and Gertie E. Foster, has stocked 
$20,000, the largest stock but one ever made from this port. The largest was made by the Racer, 
Capt. Walter M. Falt, who in 1866 stocked $22,000. In the three years 1873 to 1875, inclusive, 
Captain Morris stocked $64,996.78 in the halibut fishery. 
~The Forest and Stream, March 18, 1875, prints the following: 
“ Schooner Edward Grover, Captain Wheeler, arrived from the Grand Banks on Wednesday 
with 45,000 pounds halibut, having made the trip in three weeks, a remarkably short time consid- 
ering the rough weather.” 
The Forest and Stream, March 25, 1875, states as follows: 
“Schooner Chester R. Lawrence, Capt. Thomas F. Hodgdon, which arrived at Gloucester from 
the Grand Banks on Monday, weighed off 126,566 pounds of halibut and 5,480 pounds of codfish, 
the largest fresh fare ever landed up to that time at this port, and stocked $4,708.20, the fish sell- 
ing for $63 and $3 per hundred-weight for white and gray. On both trips he bas brought in 
147,946 pounds of halibut and stocked $6,892.22.” 
The record of the Centennial while under the command of Captain Murphy is a very remark- 
able one. She sailed from Gloucester on her first trip February 15, 1876, and between that time 
and August 28 made six voyages to the Grand Bank, bringing home about 600,000 pounds or 
fish, caught in from 60 to 150 fathoms of water. She then stopped halibut fishing and went with 
a load of herring to Gottenberg, Sweden. February 25, 1877, she again started halibut fishing, 
and between that time and October made four trips, with the average fares of 100,000 pounds. 
The Cape Ann Advertiser of March 3, 1876, thus records the largest halibut trip from 
George’s Bank: 
“Schooner Pioneer, Captain Osier, from George’s on Monday, February 27, 1876, weighed off 
65,000 pounds of halibut, stocking $2,960.12, which is the largest trip of halibut ever landed from 
George’s. On her former trip she landed 30,000 pounds, stocking $1,107, making an aggregate of 
$4,067.12 for the two trips. These halibut were caught on hand-lines in what is known as deep- 
water George’s fishing, which is from 100 to 150 fathoms in depth, and this is the first season in 
which this kind of fishing has been pursued with any marked success. The cook’s share was $167; 
high-line, $181. Time absent, three weeks.” 
The Advertiser of April 28, 1876, says: ‘“‘ Schooner Epes Tarr, Robert Grant master, left Glou- 
cester, March 28, 1876, put into Halifax, March 31, and sailed April 1 for the Grand Banks. She 
returned Wednesday, April 19, and landed 54,500 pounds of white halibut and 24,442 pounds gray, 
the stock aggregating $3,161. The crew will clear $120 toa man. All her fish were caught in 
four days, and had it not been for the moderate wind on her homeward voyage, which occupied 
nine days, she would have made the quickest trip on record.” 
The same paper of March 28, 1876, records the following: “(Week ending April 28, 1876, 
