Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-06
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The pile driving machine belonging to
Aitcheson & Brother Of Alexandria, which
was employed at Glymont. Md, for several
days rebuilding the wharf there, has been
taken to Alexandria by the tug William H.
Yerkes, jr., and VIII start the work OF re-
building the wharf OF the shipyard there,
In preparation for the rebuilding OF
the marine railway, which was dam
aged by the fire about two weeks ago. The
machinery for raising and lowering the
cradle of the railway will be placed In posi-
ton as soon as 1t arrives at Alexandra
from the manufacturers. The burning OF
the Alexandria marine railway has caused
considerable Inconvenience to vessel owners
here, who are unable to have their boats
hauled out for necessary repair work.
Arrived: Tug Active Of Baltimore towing
barge Saugerties. loaded with coal for
Georgetown; schooner Isaac Solomon, cord
wood from Aqua creek for dealers: tug
Peerless. towing one barge laden with coal
from Philadelphia; tug Edward Gummell,
with coal-laden barge from Baltimore;
ola, cord wood from river points; schoon-
ers Winnie Windsor, Avalon, Silver
Spray and Mark Stevens. oysters from Po-
tomac beds; schooner Eleanor Russell, cord
wood from a river point: steam barge T..
James Tull, timber from a river point.
Sailed: Steam barge Dennis Simmons.
light. for North Carolina port to load to
this city; schooners E. z. evans, Amanda
Lewis and George W. Kibble. ligpt, for Po-
tomac oyster beds to load back to this city;
schooner Belmont light for river point
to load cord wood; tug Peerless. light. for
Chesapeake bay seeking: barge White
Wings, from Alexandra for a river point TO
load.
Memoranda: Power barge Louisa has
been chartered to load poplar logs in NOM
mi creek for Philadelphia: tug William H.
l;- cit hos rrfN ad Pa1 r.
more towing a loaded schooner; barge Bal
timore has been chartered to load cargo
of fertilizer material on the Great Wicom-
leo river for Alexandria,; schooner May
Brown, laden with pine lumber for this
port, has sailed from the st. Mary's river;
tug Bohemia has sailed from Baltimore
with tow of coal-laden barges from Phil
adelphia for this city.
The tug Resale, belonging to Mr. Lewis
E. Smoot. of this city, which has been laid
up for necessary repairs for several days,
has returned to service and is employed in
towing sand and gravel laden barges from
the lower river to this city.
The big four ma sted schooner Malcolm B.
Seavey, which was consigned to one of the
fertilizer factories at Alexandra, arrived
at Baltimore yesterday in tow of the tug
Jack her destination having been changed
after she sailed from Port Tampa. The
Seavey Is the vessel that was caught in the
storm of about ten days ago on the coast
and put into Charleston leaking badly. She
will dock for repairs as soon as she dis
charges her cargo.
One of the large sand and gravel digging
machines owned in this city has been taken
into the mouth of Four Nile run and is
digging sand and gravel there for in
this city. Several barge loads of fine ma
terial are taken out of the sand bars in the
run almost daily.
The U. s. naval ordnance foundry tug Tri-
ton, towing barge on which was gun built
at the foundry here, returned from the
proving grounds at Indian Head yesterday.
This gun had just completed its tests at
the naval proving grounds.