Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-30
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

Vessels to bring cargoes Of pine lumber
from Virginia points to this city are report
ed to be very scarce, in spite Of the fact
| that good rates for freight are offered For
| two weeks or more one Of the leading lum-
Der firms of the city has been endeavoring
to obtain a vessel to bring two or three car
goes Of pine lumber from Walkerton. Va,
to this point, but so far has been unsuc-
cessful. 1t Is stated that the scarcity Of
vessels Chesapeake bay and its tribu-
taries at this time is due to the fact that
many of the vessels that have heretofore
carried lumber have been withdrawn from
that trade and are now engaged in oyster
dredging.
lumber from Virginia port for dealers in
Baltimore; tug Minerva, towing several
scows laden with sand and gravel; schooner
Sidney Jones' cord wood from river point;
schooner E. NJ. Skinner, lumber from the
Rappahannock river; schooner Thomas B.
Schulz, shingles from Norfolk; steam barge
Daniel K. Jackson, cord wood from a river
point; scow White Wings, light, to load
street sweepings to Poplar Point, on the
Potomac schooner Father and Son, lumber
slabs from a river point; schooner 8. L.
Bowen, cord wood from a river point;
schooner j. II. Cunningham. cord wood
from river point at Alexandria; schooner
Addie, oysters from Potomac beds; schooner
Eta. cord wood from a river point.
Sailed: Schooner Lena, for a river point
and Nellie. Martin Wagner, Eddie Cook,
Fair American and George w. kibble, light
for Potomac oyster beds to load schooner
Isaac Solomon and Eleanora Russell, light
for Wades bay to load for this port; schoon-
er Sidney Jones, light, for Liverpool Point
to load; schooner Peri, light, for Alexandria
to load general cargo for Coles Landing:
scow Roam, fertilizer, for Sandy Bar, Md.
Memoranda: Schooner Mcnamara is re-
ported in the river laden with shingles for
this port; scow Bush is at Red House cove
loading a cargo Of wood for this port;
schooner Edith Verral is in Dogue creek
loading for this city; schooner f. M Skin
rer Is under charter OF go to Virginia port
for cargo of lumber when she completes
discharging her cargo here; schooner Eugie,
before reported for this port with lumber
from Nomini, has gone to Baltimore with
her cargo.
The three-masted schooner Carrie Strong,
laden with full cargo of laths from Dali
house, New Brunswick, arrived in port
yesterday morning and is laying at the
wharf. foot of 10Th street to unload. The
schooner sailed from Dalhousie over two
weeks ago, and is reported to have had quite
| a rough trip down the coast, though she es-
capped damage. She left the Vineyard Octo-
! Der % and arrived at the capes Of the Ches-
Alexandria for an hour or two while the
| marine hospital surgeon made an examina-
| ton of her state Of health.
The steam barge Lily and Howard, be-
| longing to Carter & Clark of this city,
| which has been lying at the 10th street
Ing overhaued and will, 1t is stated, be put
| in the sand and lumber carrying trade on
| the Potomac this fall. under the command
| Of Capt. Charley Raley. The boiler and
machinery Of the vessel are receiving at
| tention as we'll as her house and hull.