Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-15
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The steam barge Daniel K. Jackson, which
had been lying at the wharf foot Of K
street for the past week having her ma
chinery overhauled. completed repairs and
has sailed for Occoquan creek to load for
this city. While laid up the boiler and ma
chiaery Of the Iaeasan xeres .stveusa@xe
era1 going over and were put, it is stated, In
good order. The Jackson will bring back a
cargo of long oak piles for use, 1t Is stated.
in extensive improvements which the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Company
will shortly make on its large piers here.
The piles are all to be over 60 feet long and
"a inches across the butt, and the contractor
who will furnish them has been securing
the woods of Prince William county, Va,
for the big trees.
Arrived: Schooners John Medley and Wa
ter Lily, oysters from Potomac beds for
this market; schooner Annie Combre, cord
wood from a down river point; schooner
Mary Ann Shea, pine lumber from a river
point for the dealers; schooners Earl Bis
coe and c. H. Dagger, cordwood from the
lower Potomac for the local market; tug
Bohemia. with a tow of coal-laden barges
from Baltimore; power barge Louisa, cord
wood from Nomini creek for the Eastern
branch: schooner ]. P. Robinson, grain from
upper Machodoc creek; tug Resale, towing
several sand-laden scows from Greenway
fats.
Sailed: Tug Edward Gummell. towing
two stone-laden scows for Indian Head
son. light for Potomac oyster beds to load
back to this city; tug William H. Yerkes,
towing Standard Oil Company tank barges
81 and n, light, for Baltimore to load back
to this port; schooner w. H. Mcclure, light
for a river point to load; schooners Escort
Bessie Reed and Enola, light, for Potomac
oyster beds to load cargoes for this city:
schooner Flying Scud, street sweepings, for
Norfolk.
Memoranda: Schooner Clara Leonard Is re-
ported in the river below Alexandria, bound
to this city with cargo of cordwood !;
schooner Helvetia, from Blue Hill, Me-. for
this city with cargo Of stone, passed Vim
yard Haven 18th instant: steam barge Dem
mis- Simmons is at a port in North Caro-
lima loading cargo Of lumber for dealers
here; tug Francis has arrived at Baltimore
with the barge Lucretia. from this city, to
load cargo Of coal for Georgetown.
The tug Bohemia of Philadelphia came
into port yesterday, towing the barges Ches-
apeake, James T. Easton and Edward Fay
coal-laden, for Georgetown dealers The
barges each have aboard about 700 tons of
the fuel for local consumption. Later the
Bohemia left port towing the light barges
Mary s. Brady, Roundout and Overlook to
Baltimore to load hard coal for this port.
The three-masted schooner Fred A. Small
which arrived at Georgetown several days
ago with a cargo Of cement in barrels from
Maine port, unloaded 500 barrels of her
cargo here and sailed yesterday in tow of
q tug for Baltimore, where she will dis
charge the remainder of her cargo.
The schooner Thelma, which unloaded a
cargo of laths here and was taken to Som
erset Beach to load railroad ties vas only
able to secure part Of her cargo there and
has been brought up to Alexandria to COM
plete loading. The ties the vessel is taking
aboard are consigned to New York. The
Thelma will load in all about IL 600 ties.
The gasoline power schooner Sea Bird,
Capt. Dave Faunce, which left here early
in the fall on hunting and fishing cruise
on the Carolina sounds returned to this
city yesterday afternoon and will remain
in port here until after the New Year.