Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-19
Passing In and Ont.

Of the tug Juno
Passing In and Out.
The two-masted schooner Annie Ellen has
arrived In port with full cargo of Vir-
ginia pine lumber for johnson & Wimsatt.
The schooner E. M. Swimmer, with a
cargo of lumber. sailed Thursday from Suf-
folk. Va. for this port. 1t is stated she is
consigned to Johnson & Wimsatt.
The Lucille Western. having unloaded
Island nelghborhood, and will load for this
port.
The American Patriot and Isaac Solomon
are in port with cargoes Of cordwood from
river points for Carter & Clark.
The Baltimore tug Favorite, with light
barge in tow sailed today for home.
The schooner Susan E. Porter, with a
cargo Of lumber and shingles from New
bern, N. c., has arrived in port for John
SON 6 Wimsatt. She is unloading at the
wharf foot of 18th street southwest.
The Peri has arrived in port with full
load Of cord wood from the Nomini neigh
borhood for Carter Clark.
The steamer Wakefield, which arrived
from the lower river yesterday evening,
brought up large quantity Of live stock
for the local dealers.
river point, and will load cargo Of oysters
for the dealers here.
The pungy Ida May has gone to Alexan-
dria, and will there load a general cargo
for lower Potomac points
The schooner VIM. L. Franklin, laden
with glass making sand from the Severn
river, Nd, has arrived at Alexandria for
the Old Dominion Glass Company She is
unloading at the wharf of VIM. A. Smoot
& Co.
The Uriah Horner has gone to Alexandria
to load a miscellaneous cargo for river
points.
The Sidney Jones and the Peri came into
port yesterday with cord wood for the local
dealers.
The schooner ]. D. Bell, which has been
hauled out on Benefits railway for two
launched and has sailed for the lower Po-
tomac to load.
General News of the Port.
The pungy James Beach Of Alexandria
is hauled out on the small railway at the
Alexandria shipyard. receiving thorough
overhauling. Her hull Is being practically
rebuilt, and the boat Is being caulked from
stem to stern. Before being launched she
will be repainted. She will engage in gen.
eral freighting on the Potomac
The heavy northwest winds of Thursday
night and yesterday made the water so
low in the river that the steamer Wake
field was unable to make number Of her
landings in the creeks. In the harbor here
the water was three feet below its usual
level.
The reports from the lower river are to
the effect that in consequence of the large
NUMBER Oh QT6uSeTS at WOFk on the natural
oyster beds, the bivalves are becoming very
scarce. and the same condition of affairs
is said to exist on the Rappahannock river.
The bark Rebecca Crowell. now unloading
a cargo of asphalt at Georgetown, has 1t
Is stated. been chartered to load railway
ties at Alexandria for Boston.
One of the large sand and gravel digging
machines of the National Sand Dredging
Company Is at work on the Maryland side
of the river off the mouth of Pohick creek.
The long boat Leroy, while on her way
down the river yesterday in the heavy
northwest gale, was caught by a sudden
flaw off Marshall Hall and had her jib car
ried away and her other sails torn and
damaged.
The old oyster police boat Chesapeake of
the Virginia fleet has been transformed
into tug boat at Baltimore for service on
Chesapeake bay and the river. She will re-
tain her old name and will hail from Nor
folk. where she is owned.
The naphtha launch Edna, with a hunt
ing party aboard, returned to port yester-
day evening.
The Glymont Improvement Company has
placed Henry Carter. colored, in charge of
the wharf at that place.
The Norfolk and Washington line steamer
Newport News yesterday took large party
to Newport News to witness the launching
of the new steamer Siberia of the Pacific
Mail Company's fleet.