Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-10
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The three-masted schooner I. K. Stetson,
loaded with large cargo of laths in bum
dies from st. John, New Brunswick, was
brought into port yesterday evening in tow
of the tug Camilla and is lying at the wharf
foot of 18th street southwest to unload her
cargo. Her master reports having had a
pleasant trip down the coast from st. John,
all the bad weather he experienced occur
ring after he entered the capes and was
coming up Chesapeake bay. Being from a
foreign port the Stetson anchored off Alex
andria until Dr. Arthur Snowden. the ma
rine hospital surgeon, could board her and
give her a clean bill of health. The Stetson
is the only large schooner now in port, and
is the only one that has been here for sew
eral weeks.
Arrived: Schooner Sidonia Curley, pine
lumber. from the Rappahannock river
schooner Lottie Carter lumber and cord
wood. from river point; schooner Metomp-
kin, potatoes and oysters, from a Maryland
point; bugeye Eleanor Russell, cordwood, at
Alexandria: scow Fanny, cordwood. from a
point on the river; schooner Hattie G..
Wheatley, pine lumber, from a Virginia
lumber port, consigned to Washington deal
ers; schooner ]. T. Parks, canned goods,
from the Coan river. for dealers: bugeyes
George B. Faunce. Willie Clarence, Irene
M. j. Stephenson. Irene Cox, Martin Wag-
ner and Oyster Boy. oysters, from Potomac
raft of pine piing from river point; bug
eye Margaret, canned goods, from the Rap
pahannock river; schooner Isaac Solomon,
cordwood. from a Maryland point. for deal
ers: schooner Earl Biscoe, cordwoOd from a
river point.
Sailed: Schooner W. H. Bixler, light, for
river point to load oysters for this mar
ket; steam barge E. Jane Tull. for AIexan-
dria to load general cargo for Occoquan;
schooner Edith Verrall, light, for Aqua
creek to load cordwood; schooner Marie F.,
light, for river point to load; tug Carter,
with a tow for the lower Potomac; schooner
w. H French. light. for the Rappahan-
mock river to load for Norfolk; barge Patux-
ent. light, for Coal landing to load railway
ties for Philadelphia: tug Bohemia, with
tow of light barges for Baltimore.
Memoranda: Schooner SamI Wood has
been chartered to load railway ties at Leo
nardtown for Philadelphia. and will bring
hard coal back to this city; steam barge
Daniel K. Jackson is under charter to load
railway ties at Machodoc creek for the ma
val proving ground at Indian Head, Md:
schooner Wentz Roberts has been chartered
to load lumber on the Rappahannock for
dealers here: schooner r. Mason Is In
Wades bay loading a cargo of lumber for
this city.
The sand pumping machine belonging to
Lewis E. Smoot and the tug Eugeuia, tender
to the machine. have been laid up for the
winter at the wharf foot Of Sd street south
east. in the Eastern branch. for the WIN
ter.
The bargeS GlenWood, j. L. Easton ana
John 1. Brady. which unloaded hard coal at
the Georgetown piers. and the barge Wissa-
hickon, from Alexandria, have sailed light
in tow of tug Bohemia for Norfolk and Bal
timore to load cargoes. The barges going
to Norfolk will load pine lumber for Phila-
delphia.
The big Philadelphia-owned barge Chess
apeake has been taken to the pier at the
foot of South Capitol street and will take
aboard cargo of several thousand asphalt
brick to be carried to Richmond. number
o. cargoes of this asphalt brick have gone
from this city to Richmond during the past
spring and summer and were used In street
Improvement work there.