Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-11
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The steamer Wakefield of the Washing
ton and Potomac Steamboat Company fleet,
which has been out of service for severaf
days past, undergoing some repairs to her
machinery, was yesterday placed upon the
mail route to Gymont, temporarily reliev-
ing the steamer Queen Anne. 1t is expected
that within the next few days the Wake
field will be placed upon the lower river
route to aid the steamer Harry Randall In
caring for the heavy traffic between this
city and the lower river, which COMES each
year just prior to Christmas. The Wake
field will run on the same schedule with the
Harry Randall, and will make all the land
ings in the upper PAL Of the river. while
the Randall takes care of those in Nomini
and the lower river.
Arrived: Schooner. Leroy, cord wood,
from a Potomac point; scows White Wings
and Roam, light TO load street sweepings
for river points; schooners w. H. Bixfer,
M. ]. Stevenson, Ada Wood, M. E. Smith.
Fannie Shepherd, P. Smith. c. H. Pryor,
Avalon, Enola, and Lee Carter, oysters,
from the beds in lower Potomac; schooner
Fannie ougherty, Clans, from the Eastern
Shore; tug sandow, with a tow of two
Georgetown: tug Marion Cameron, with a
tow from Piscataway creek.
Sailed: Schooners Oyster Boy and Dove,
for Potomac oyster beds. to load for this
pOr1, schooner A. u. QuluDy, IOr virginia
port to load a cargo Of lumber: schooner
E. s. johnson. coal and general cargo, for a
bay port; schooner Mayfower. for a river
point, to load cargo Of cord wood for the
dealers here.
Memoranda: Schooner Ella Hill is at a
Georgetown pier. taking on cargo OF
broken stone for Norfolk; schooner Belmont
is at a river point. loading a cargo for this
city; steam barge E. ]. Tull has gone to
Machodoc creek to bring back a raft of pine
piles and oak piles on deck; schooner Flying
Scud Is ready to sail With a cargo OF street
sweepings for Norfolk
The big Philadelphia barges Alexander
Gibson, Matorfe, Experiment, and Roanoke
have completed the loading OF cargoes of
coal at the Georgetown pier and are now
waiting the arrival of the tug that will take
them to Philadelphia via the Delaware and
Chesapeake Canai to load cargoes Of coal
back to this port.
The tug Minerva of Georgetown has been
hauled out on the marine railway at Alex
andria to have her hull caulked and covered
with heavy galvanized iron In preparation
for service on the river during the winter.
when freezing weather comes. The Minerva
will later be fitted with her ice-breaking
pillow for service In ice.
The schooner May Brown, which left here
several days ago for Clifton Beach. with
Capt. Sonny Reagan and party, aboard.
to remove the machinery from the hulk of
the burned power launch Icicle. returned
to port yesterday afternoon. having COM
pleted her mission.
Black bass are being caught in good
quantities by the fishermen engaged in WIN
ter seine hauling in the Potomac, and guam
titles of the fish are being sent to this mar
ket. Bass are also coming from North
Carolina waters. The ffsh are in good de-
mand and prices are not high.
The work of rebuilding the old seow at
BENEFITS railway for hull for a dredging
machine for II. John Miller has been