Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-29
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW SAND DIGGING MACHINE TO
BE PUT IN SERVICE.
Coal Shipments to Northern Ports
Naval Collier Sails for Nor
folk-Other Matters

The new sand-dredgng machine, No. 2,
built at a Baltimore shipyard for the Po-
tomac Dredging Company, arrived on the
mouth of Piscataway creek. the head
quarters of the company owning her, yes
terday evening. in tow OF the tug Marion
Cameron. Owing to the draft of the tug
she was not able to take the new machine
up the creek where she will work. but
anchored her outside. and the tug D. M.
Key carried her up the creek at high
water last night. The new machine is 30
feet long. 30 feet wide. and 8 feet deep.
She is OF the endless chain bucket type Of
machine. and is said to have a greater
digging capacity per day than any of the
other diggers employed on the river. and
to meet the demand for sand and gravel
freighters when the new machine gets to
worF five new barges have been added to
the carrying fleet of the Potomac COM
pany. No. will start operations In Piscata-
way creek within the next two or three
days.
There was a fair demand for fresh fish OF
all kinds sale at the wholesale fish mar
ket on the 18th street wharf this morning.
Butterfish and trout made up the bulk OF
the supply. Prices are steady.
The watermelon business was quite dull
today although two vessels with melons
aboard have arrived at the wharf since yes
hundred according to the grade.
There were but few crabs on sale at the
wharf market this morning and prices were
firm.
The big four-maste6 schooner j. c. Straw
bridge completed the loading of cargo
of about $40 tons of Cumberland coal at
the Georgetown piers yesterday evening
and sailed with II bound to Boston. The
tug William II. Yerkes. jr., Captain BOD
Brown, left port yesterday evening with
the Strawbridge in tow to the mouth OF the
RIVER, from which point the schooner VIII
continue her voyage under SAIL Inc
schooner Rachel Stevens Is next 10 go
under the coal chutes at the Georgetown
piers to load a cargo for a New England
port.
Repairs and New Construction.
The little power launch Sylvia. owned
by Mr.. c. Green of this city, Is hauled out
on the marine railway to be painted and
TO be made ready for service. The launch
will be put overheard today, and 1t is
stated that the owner of the boat and
small party of friends will leave here IN
her for a cruise on the river.
The new naphtha launch built at the
boatyard at Jones' Point near Alexandria,
for Messrs Charles w. Bell and ]. Sidney
Douglass, has been completed and has gone
into service. She left Alexandria few
days ago with her owners and Mr.. Wallace
of this city aboard for cruise on the river
as far down the Coan river In Viz
glnia. The new launCn is q large ana MANU-
some craft, and Is the latest addition TO
Potomac pleasure craft.
The big naval collier Marcellus. which
anchored off Alexandria a day or two ago,
did not come up to the navy yard here as
was expected, but, lying In the stream off
Alexandria, unloaded the old gun mounts
she had aboard. from the Brooklyn navy
yard, on to the naval ordnance factory
barges. and the tug Choctaw brought the
barge and Its cargo to the navy yard. The
Marcellus yesterday afternoon raised her
archor and sailed. 1T is understood for the
Norfolk navy yard.
The little tug Sunbeam, which was en-
ployed about the piers of the new highway
ridge when they were building, ia now
al Baltimore being overhauled and put In
order for service. When the work on the
little steamer is completed she will go to
Havre de Grace, Md, for service In con-
nection with the building of a bridge over
the Susquehanna river. by Mcmillan q
McDermott The tug Dispatch, formerly
employed on the Potomac, is in service on
the Susquehanna in connection with the
bridge work.
The work on the longboat Mary Ann
Shea at Benefits boatyard will be COM
pleted this week. and the vessel will be
put overheard ready to go down the river
and load cargo for this city. The power
yacht Cicona will then be hauled out on
the marine railway to have her bottom met
aled and TO complete work on her.
The Passing Craft.
pleted the unloading of her cargo of Ice
at the wharf 1914 street southwest yes
terday afternoon, and sailed in tow OF
tug for Norfolk to load cargo of coal for
Boston.
The schooner Wildfower, laden with
about 5000 feet of pine lumber from the
happahannock river has arrived in port
for local dealers.
The sailing scow Daniel, with a cargo
OF pine wood aboard from Belmont bay,
came up the river yesterday and berthed
at an Alexandria pier to unload.
The Baltimore tug Volunteer came into
port yesterday to take the big barge Wi
comico to Norfolk TO load lumber.
The lumber-laden schooner w. Hackett,
which has been lying in the stream for
day OF two. has been berthed at the wharf
foot of 9th street to unload.
The schooner Oakland has arrived in
port from the lower Potomac with a cargo
Of cordwood aboard for the local dealers.
The schooner Harriet Z. Ely. with cargo
of about 6OiOo0 feet of boards aboard. Is in
port at the wharf foot OF 18th street to
unload. She comes from Virginia lumber
port and her cargo Is consigned to local
account.
The schooner Samuel Wood has been
chartered 10 go to the lower river to load
cargo of railway ties for the Philadelphia
market. She is also under charter to bring
return cargo of about 800 tons of coal
for this city.
The barge Roundout OF Baltimore has
arrived at the naval proving grounds at
Indian Head. Md, laden with soft coal
from Norfolk for the naval smokeless pow
der plant Owing to the build of the
barge and the fact that she has no rudder
the services of the tugs William II. Yerkes,
Jr., and the Camilla were necessary to put
her In Mattawoman creek. where She Will
unload.
The schooner Puritan. with a cargo of
about 1000 feet of lumber aboard came
into port yesterday, and is berthed at the
wharf foot OF 18th street to unload.
nf ha Pa 6al
has returned TO duty aboard the steamer
Wakefield on the Wirt's wharf route.
Boyd's and Vicinity.