Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-18
ON THE RIVER FRONT
REPAIRS TO STEAMER WAKE
FIELD ABOUT FINISHED.
Tug Pickwick Again in Service
Yachts on a Cruise-Personal
and General.

The overhauing of the Randall line
steamer Wakefield which has been at the
| Newport News shlpyard for the past three
| weeks. will be completed during the latter
| part of the week. The steamer is expected
| to arrive here in time to take the place of
the steamer Harry Randall on the river
route Saturday morning. While at New
port News the iron hull of the steamer has
received almost an entirely new bottom
and the boiler and machinery of the steam
er nave been given 4 thorough overhauling
The main shaft of the steamer has also
been welded small crack having been
discovered in the big steel beam. The
| steamer is now in thorough order and will
run on the river route to Nomini while
the steamer Harry Randall is being over
hauled and painted for summer service
Inc tug Plckwick. belonging to the Mary
land Dredging Company of Baltimore
winch has been on the marine railway at
Alexandra for several days past for re-
pairs TO her wheel and shaft was launched
saturday evening. The tug Juno of Alex
andria has been hauled out on the railway
for repairs to her huh preparatory to going
out of service on the river
The revenue cutter Window. which
brought the daughters of Secretary Shaw
and party from Baltimore to this city ar
irving here Saturday morning has arrived
back at her station at Baltimore Lieut..
Cecil NJ. Gobbett, who has been ordered I'D
Tor examination for promotion is attached
to the Window. The cutter will leave
port within the next day two for an ex-
tended cruise on Chesapeake bay.
General River Matters.
The United States army lighter Ponto-
nier made trip from this city to the Po-
tomac forts yesterday with officers from
the Washington barracks aboard. The
Pontonier VIII make trips between this city
and Fort Washington during the summer
with detachments of the army engineers
battalion aboard
The heavy northwest winds of the past
twenty-four hours have caused unusually
low tides in the river-lower than they
have been for several weeks.
The bugeye yacht Javelin, belonging to
Dr. Greer of this city, left port Yesterday
for short trip on the river. Late yester-
day afternoon she was lying at an Alexan-
dria wharf. The power launch Stella, with
party aboard, was also out for trip yes
terday, and was lying at Alexandria YES
terday afternoon.
Mr.. John Perry of the harbor police force
has gone to the Adirondack mountains in
New York. for the benefit of his health
Capt. L. S. Randall has gone to Newport
News on business trip.
Mr.. John Martin of this city a passen-
ger aboard the steamer Harry Randall yes
terday evening on his way to Colonial
Beach on business.
Capt. Harry S. Randall and Engineer VIII
Reed of the Randall line left for Newport
News last night, and Will bring the steam
er Wakefield back to this city the latter
part of the week
Mr.. S. j. Hopkins of McGuires wharf, on
Nomni creek, and his bride, who were
| married in this city Saturday last. left for
their home in Westmoreland county. Va,
on the steamer Harry Randall yesterday
evening In honor of the bride and groom
the steamer left port with all her bunting
| flying.
The tug Emma has arrived here with the
barge H. l.. Neff, laden with hard crabs
| from Chesapeake City.
The schooner A. H. Quinby, laden with
| lumber from a Virginia lumber porr, has
arrived in port consigned to local lumber
dealers.
andria with a cargo of over 100000 feet of
lumber aboard from the Rappahannock
river.
The barge Columbia has arrived at Alex
andria with a cargo of over 800 tons of
hard coal from Philadelphia.
The schooner George A. Jordan is lying
at Shoots wharf at Alexandria loading a
cargo of railway ties for Boston.
The steam barge K. James Tull is in port
with a cargo of pine lumber from Aqua
creek for the dealers.
of general stores aboard, has sailed for the
lower Potomac.
The schooner Lorena Bramble is in port
for a cargo of supplies for the fishing
shores on the lower Potomac.