Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-10
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT.

The big marine railway at Alexandria,
which was out of service for a month past,
has been put In good order and vessels are
again being hauled out upon it. The en-
gine room containing the machinery was
SO badly damaged by fire more than a
month ago that new machinery had to be
purchased and installed before the plant
could be put in service.
Arrived: Tug Radiant, towing s. o.
barges Nos. o. 81 and IT, laden with oil
in bulk from Baltimore; U. s. s. Tacoma,
sand and gravel laden scows from the
lower river schooner Amanda Lewis, oys-
/ tiers from beds in the Wicomico river.
Sailed: Schooner E. S. Johnson, light for
q bay port to load canned tomatoes for
dealers here; tug William H. Yerkesy jr.,
towing two barges for Norfolk: schooner
Ella Hill. light from Alexandria for bay
port to load lumber and shingles; schooner
Belmont. light for river point to load a
cargo of cord W Jod back to this city; tug
Cameron. with a tow Of light scows for
Piscataway creek.
Memoranda: Barge Provost has been
chartered to load railway ties at Cole
Landing on the Potomac, for Philadelphia;
barge Alexander Gibson has completed
loading a cargo of stone at Georgetown
and Is waiting for a tug to tow her to Nor
folk; schooner Sara NJ. Lunt, laden with
laths for this city, sailed from Dalhousie,
New Brunswick, for this port 2Sth uitimo;
barge Marjorie has been chartered to load
lumber at Mill Creek, Va, for Philadel-
phia; tug Dixie has arrived at Baltimore
with a tow of light coal carrying barges
from this port.
The schooner Fred A. Small, which ar
rived here Saturday from Red Beach, Me-,
with a cargo of cement in barrels. will
unload eco barrels here and will then be
taken by the tug Yerkes to Baltimore to
complete the unloading of her cargo.
Large quantities of grain are now being
shipped from the wharves on the lower
Potomac to dealers here and at Alexan-
dria to be sent to the mills for conversion
into -four. Tobacco Is also being shipped
from the lower river to be transferred to
the Baltimore Line steamer at Alexandria
for shipment to Baltimore whence it goes
to Holland, France and other European
countries.
The schooner Samuel Wood, belonging to
the Carter fleet Of Washington, owned
vessels, which has been employed since last
spring in running hard coal from Phila-
delphia to this city, has gone out of serv-
Ice for the winter. She will lie up at the
foot Of 10th street and will be given a gen.
eral overhauling. Her master and crew
have gone to their homes in Maryland to
spend the Chritmas holidays.
Colton's wharf on the lower Potomac,
which has been Off the schedule Of the river
line boats for week or more while the
pier was being given general overhaulng,
is again in service, the work there having
been completed. The steamers are making
regular stops there.
The work of repairing the damaged rail-
ing of the United States army tug Lieut..
Alonzo Gushing, which was badly broken
in collision with the ram schooner Grace
c. Bennett, has been completed and the
tug now shows no trace of the accident
The work was done while the vessel was
making her regular trips between this civ
and Fort Washington and Fort Hunt