Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-05
GENERAL ITEMS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The schooner Judge Pennewell. which
yesterday completed the unloading Of a
cargo of barreled asphalt at Georgetown
and sailed light in tow of tug Camilla for
Norfolk to load for a port in the north.
is unique in the fact that she is a four
| masted ram schooner. one of the few ves-
sells Of that class afioat and the first one
to come up the Potomac. A ram schooner
is one that carries no topmasts, allowing
her to be navigated by a small crew and at
small expense. The Judge Pennewel is a
! new vessel, having been built at a Della
| ware river shipyard within the past year.
She is a vessel of shoal draft. enabling her
to go in all the harbors on the Atlantic
coast, and will carry about GOO tons.
Arrived: Schooner Sam Wood, hard coal
from Philadelphia for dealers; schooners
Eta and Winnie Windsor, oysters from
Potomac beds; schooner s. l.. Bowen. cord
wood from a river point; power barge
Louisa, canned tomatoes from Nomini;
schooner Sidney Jones, cordwood from
down-river point; schooner Josiah Smith.
canned goods at Alexandria, from Coan
river; tug ]. T. Selectman. towing three
sand and gravel-laden barges from river
point: schooner Stephen Chase. canned
goods from packing house on the lower
river.
Sailed: Sloop Water Lily. for the Po-
tomac oyster beds to load back to this
| city; schooner Eugie, light, for Nomini
| ferry to load lumber for Baltimore; schoon-
| er Isaac Solomon, light. for Chicamuxen
creek to load cordwood for this city;
| schooner Martha Avery, light from Alex
andria for Coan river to load; schooners
George B. Faunce and Mark Stevens, light.
for river points to load for this city:
schooner Amanda F. Lewis, light, for ST.
Jeromes to load oysters for this market.
| Memoranda: Schooner Grace G. Bennett
| will complete loading cargo of stone at
| Georgetown today and will sail for Ports
| mouth, Va; schooner Mabel & Ruth is at
| Newborn. n. c., loading lumber and shin
giles for this port; schooner C. c. Wheeler
has been chartered to load street sweep
ings at this city for Norfolk; schooner Net
tie is under charter to load railway ties
at Alexandria for Baltimore; tug William
H. Yerkes has sailed from Baltimore for
this city with the coal-laden barges Round
out and Lucretia in tow for dealers; barge
Patuxent has been chartered to load chest
nut railway ties at Cole Landing, on the
Potomac. for Philadelphia; tug Dixie is
reported on her way 10 this city from Phil
adelphia with a. tow of coal-laden barges;
schooner Clara Leonard is in Curriomen
loading canned goods for this city
The three-masted schooner Norambeega.
which brought a cargo of laths here from
port in New Brunswick. has completed
loading a large cargo of railway ties at
the Alexandria shipyard and will sail with
them for Boston The tug Camilla will
take her to the Kettle Bottoms in the lower
Potomac and the schooner will complete
| the remainder of her voyage under sail.
The pier at the foot of l street south
west, uSeu by the Steamer Jane hostley, 10
undergoing a general overhauling and
being made ready for the reception of
cargoes of pine lumber from Virginia ports.
1t is stated that new stringers will be
placed under the wharf and that it will be
redecked and put in frst-caSs order.
The longboat Five Sisters, which was
sunk in the Eastern Branch last Tuesday
by running upon sunken pile and punch
ing a hole in her hull under water. has
been raised and taken to Alexandria, where
she was hauled out on the marine railway
for repairs. While on the railway the
vessel will be given a general overhauling
TO fit her for winter service on the river.
The easterly storm of the past day or
two has caused unusually high tides in the
river, but there is nothing to indicate any
thing dangerous. The tide has been over
the sea wall on the Potomac Park, but has
not reached the level of the flooring of even
the lowest of the wharves.