Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-05
NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The big hydraulic dredge Florida, belong
ing to the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Dredg-
Ing Company, which has been employed for
several months deepening the water in the
harbor here. completed the work several
days ago and Is now lying idle in the har-
Dor off the foot of 9Th street undergoing
general overhauling and painting in prep
aratfon for going to some other point where
her services are needed. 1t was expected
that the Florida would do some dredging
work about the site of the new pier which
it was proposed to erect at Fort Hunt, but
that work has been abandoned. 1t is stat
ed that the managers Of the Mount Vernon
property are negotiating with the dredging
company to deepen the cut channel from
the main channel Of the river into the
Mount Vernon wharf, used by the steamer
running there
Arrived-Steam barge Dennis Simmons,
lumber and shingles, from Edenton, N c..
for dealers here and at Alexandria: tug
vessels; barge White Wings at Alexandria
with fertilizer; schooner Edith Verrall,
cord wood from river point for the deal
ers; Amanda Lewis E. P. Evans and g.
W. Kibble, oysters, from Potomac beds;
tug Cameron, towing sand and gravel-laden
barges.
sailed-Tug William H. Yerkes, jr., for
Chesapeake bay, seeking tow; Dora and
Mary and Rebecca, for river point to load
back to this city; schooner Belmont for
Occoquan to load cord wood for dealers
here; power barge Louisa, from Alexandria
with general cargo for Nomini creek
barge James T. Easton, light for Balti-
more to load hard coal for this port; barge
Marjorie, light for Nanjamoy creek to load
railway ties for Philadelphia; schooner E.
S. Johnson, light for Cambridge Md, to
load canned goods for Baltimore; sloop
Daisy, from Alexandria with general
cargo for Pennington, Md
Memoranda-Schooner Grace G. Bennett,
laden with lumber and shingles for this
slant; schooner Goldie C. is in Maddox
creek loading a cargo of cord wood for this
port; schooner j. p. Robinson is in Upper
Machodoc creek loading for this city;
schooner H. B. Kreager has been chartered
to load phosphate rock at a Florida port
for dealers at Alexandria,; schooner Flying
Scudd sailed from Norfolk for this city
with cargo of lumber October 20; schoon-
pahannock river for this city with cargo
of pine lumber.
The power launch India, owned by parties
in this city, which has been out on the
marine railway at Reagans boatyard for
the past week, was Saturday afternoon
launched and will go into service, making
hunting and fishing trips down the river
this fall. While on the railway she was
given a general overhauling.
The beautiful weather of yesterday was
taken advantage of by the large majority
of the pleasure craft owners on the river
for cruising, the first one they have been
able to take for several weeks. The
launches began leaving port early in the
morning and before noon the yacht anchor
ages were practically deserted for the day.
Capt. Jack Taylor is pushing work on the
new steam tug Toby, and it is expected she
will be ready for her trial trip within the
next week. The tug is one of the smallest
on the river, but is equipped with a large
engine for towing work.