Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-17
rived IN port with eargoes of cord wood for

rived In port with eargoes of cord wood for
Carter & Clark. .--s....@ F,.r,. .y-re..
The schooner William and James, hav-
ing unloaded portion of her cargo Of
plaster here, has gone to Fort Washington
to complete unloading.
The Sidney Jones and Mary Frances have
sailed for the lower river to load cord wood
back to this port.
The schooner Carrie, with a cargo Of
fertiliZing material from T. w. Riley, has
sailed for Norfolk.
having finished discharging her cargo of
plaster for the Keystone Company, will sail
light for Cape Charles, to load fish scrap
for Norfolk.
Georgetown loading a cargo of broken stone
for Cape Charles.
The schooner c. c. Wheeler has COM
pieted unloading her cargo of canned goods
for A. d. Berckett g. Co.
The schooner ]. J. Hanson is discharging
a cargo of $50 tons Of ice for the Ameri-
can Ice Company.
The schooner Peri IS in port with cargo
Of lumber for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The Gilman Dove has arrived at Alexan-
dria with a cargo of poplar wood for ship
ment to Philadelphia.
General and Personal.
Rogers pile driver is at work at Alexan-
dria rebuilding the slip of the Washington
and Alexandria ferry
A large dredge belonging to the Union
Dredging Company of New York is on the
marine railway at Alexandria being thor
oughly overhauled.
Reardon's wharf at Alexandria is being
thoroughly overhauled and replanked for
the use of the Randall, Weems and Mt.
Vernon lines of steamers.
The handsome new tug Majestic. recent
ly built by Cahill and others of Baltimore,
was in the harbor here for short time
Wednesday. She Is a fine-looking craft
and was greatly admired by the local Stedm-
boat and river men.
Mr.. John Miller has recently dug deep
channel, $50 feet long, from the main chan
mel of the Eastern branch into his properly
at the foot Of Half street southwest. He
will shortly begin the erection there OF a
wharf large enough to accommodate good
sized vessels. The new wharf will be
solid earthen one and will be used by MI.
Miller for his brick and sand business. >,
The officers Of the harbor boat recently
counted 400 fishermen between the Long
bridge and the Anacostia bridge over the
Eastern branch
The little steam launch Cygnus has been
hauled out for the winter at the foot OF
14th street.
Robert McPaton has reported to the har-
Dor office that a large barge, valued at
s6S, went adrift from Four Mile river a
few days ago and nothing has since been
heard from it.
The wharf at Fort Foote has been over
hauled and rebuilt. New piling is being
driven at the ends Of the wharves to make
1t safe for the steamers to land.
Mr. c. A Thompson Of the coast survey
steamer Blake is away on a leave of alb
sence until the latter part of December.
Mr.. w. H Callahan, general passenger
agent of the Norfolk and Washington line
of steamers, has returned from Norfolk,
where he has been on business.
Mr.. G. r. Putnam of the coast survey
service has been detached from the surveys
on Chesapeake bay and ordered to Manila.
Mr.. VIM. A. Moore, chief engineer of the
Randall line steamer, who was confined to
his home by illness for several days, has
recovered sufficiently to be out again