Evening journal., 1898-01-18
ALONG THE CHRISTIANA
Notes Caught While Strolling
BY the Riverside.
SCENE OF ACTIVITY AT THE YARDS

4NEW 81 IL EAlo OONChflNlNjf
WORK AT FACTORIES. SHOPS
AND sHuPYNRDs. PROM THE
RAILROAD BRIDGES TO THE
RRANDYWINE.
All OF the small boats, which usually
lie around Market street bridge are
either hauled up on shore or put under
cover for the Winter
The steam barge Samuel n. Hart.
man, cf Philadelphia. Is unloading
moulder's sand at the J. Morton Pool
whali.
The steamer City of Chester Is hav-
ing new guard rails and new bulwarks
put In at the Harlan and HCl.ingsw0rth
shipyard.
7. A. B. Widener's handsome steam
yacht Josephine, is still lying at the
wharf in The Harlan and Hollingsworth
shipyard
Work onMillionairoWe.de' beautiful
and swift schOoner-yacht, Hlldegarde,
still continues.
George Gould's yacht, Niagara, IS
nearly plated in, and will be ready To-.
launching Within a month.
William DuPont's yacht, Au Revoir
|
of the Winter and early Spring.
The steamship Glenochil Is I'm tho
Harlan and HOllingsworth drydCck and
almost ready TO he examined.
George Childs Drexe's yacht, AicedO.
is receiving a coat of white paint on
her hull Work on the inside OF hen
has not been commenced yet
Six passenger coaches have been re-
painted and Ovcrhauled at the P. w.
a b. shops, near Third street bridge,
The coaches look as good as new in
every respect.
Life boat Maker Thomas G. Num-
whose shop is az the foot of Fourth
street. rs filling a contract for ten metal
life-boats TO he used by tugs and steam
ers In New York Mr. Munn will COM
plete the ten boats in three weeks from
the time he commenced building them.
The steamship l4aurada Is lying at
her berth near the p. w e. b. bridge.
She VIII have to DE painted and over
hauled before she goes into service
again.
The planklng on the base Of the p,
w. & b. railroad bridge is In a forlorn
y condition. On one side the planl1s are
= all gone. and on the other side parta
y are gone, and Others are almost ready
7 to 80. The piling Is also in a decayed
condition.
II The now government ferryboat be.
ing built at Pusey and Jones' Is being
rapidly housed in.
The United States lighthouse supply
steamer Zizania Is receiving repairs a.
70 the Pusey and Jones shipyard. Shs
~ viii have a new foremast and spars
n and her matches and tenders Will b'
changed She will be at the company
wharf fer several weeks.
~ New 8leepers are being placed unde
l the rails OF the p, w. g. B. switche'
% and sdines at the rear OF Old Swede
Church.
10 The two scows and the dredgini
s. steamer being built by Jackson anA
Sharp Company are getting we'll unde
10 way. The company Is also loading ans
q shipping cars to South America.
h Morris & Cummings dredge No. II
which has been on the Pusey AM
Jones marine railway for repairs, i
~ nearly ready for service again.
v Hughes Brothers q Bangs Oarge
IS Nos. II. l3, IS, 90 26 and 2S are moor
ed 10 the Pusey and Jones wharves 10
II ! repairs.
o- The Agbermarle is still on themarin
railway at Encch Moore and Sons
81, shipyald
5n The entire outfit cf the De,awar
VI Construction Company. with the eS
ceptiOn az the machines at work on IN
r. Fort Delaware battery. Is tied up at IN
ty mouth Of the Brandywlne for the VIII
ter.
,'s The three mastcd schooner Virgini
Rulon. which went aground on Lewe
Is at Pusey and Jones waiting for n
Z pairs.
A through freight from Baltimoa
passed Through Wilmington yesterda
at afternoon. It numbered thirty-one car
p- an heavily loaded.