Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-09
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The fishing sloop Lily Evans, owned by
Messrs Faunce & Bro. of this city, went
down to Alexandria Thursday. and taking
aboard her supply of ice and her fishing out
fit. sailed with 1t for the mouth of the
river. where Capt. Con. Faunce, her COM
mander. will put his nets into the water
Trout, perch, bass croaker and many va
rletfes OF saltwater fish are now being
caught In the lower Potomac. The catch
made by the men on the Evans will be
shipped by steamer to this city. Four or
five vessels from this city will join the
hshing craft at work on the lower end of
the Potomac and on Chesapeake bay and
their catch will be sent to this city
Arrived: Bugeye Kathlene, with a cargo
OF pine lumber. from a river point for deal
er; bugeyes M. c. Smith and Ella, pine lum-
ber from river point for Alexandria;
schooner c. G. Wheeler at Georgetown, with
lumber, from the Rappahannock river;
schooner Luther T. Garretson. plaster, from
Hillsboro. N. B.. for Alexandria: schoon-
field, Va. for the Alexandria dealers;
schooner Walter p. Snow. pine lumber from
the Kappa hammock river; barges s. NJ. Pre-
vost and Ann Thompson, with about 100
tons of hard coal each, from Philadelphia,
for dealers at Georgetown.
Sailed: Schooner r. Mason with cargo
OF building material for Wades bay;
creek, to load railway ties for this city;
scow barge Daniel, for Colonial Beach.
with soft coal; schooner Earl Biscoe. for
Matthias point to load cargo for this city;
schooner Curley. for river point, to load
pine lumber for this port.
Memoranda: Schooner John McGinnis.
now at Philadelphia, is to load cargo of
coal for this city; schooner Nellie and Mat
tie is loading pine lumber in Lower Macho-
doc creek for this port; schooner Grace G.
Bennett has gone to tho eastern shore of
Virginia to load fish scrap for Norfolk, and
lumber at a North Carolina port for this
city; schooner Lorena Bramble has gone
to Reedville, Va, to bring cargo of bar
relied herring to Alexandria for dealers
there; schooner E. Y. Daniel has gone 10
the Rappahannock river to load a cargo OF
pine lumber for this city; schooner Lottie
Carter Is loading cargo of lumber on the
Rappahannock river for this city.
The three-masted ram schooner Edward
Baird, jr., which brought a cargo of pol
ished marble to this city for the new mu-
nicipaI building, completed the unloading
of her cargo early in the week and has
gone down to Alexandria. and is lying al
the shipyard there to load a cargo of rail-
way ties for Boston. She will carry away
about 10000 ties
C. c. c. Barge No. Z, laden with about
800 tons of soft coal at Georgetown, for
Beston has sailed for the mouth of the
river, where she will be taken in tow by
an ocean-going tug, and carried up the
coast to her destination. barge NO .
passed in the capes yesterday, bound to
this city to load coal for port in New
England. She will arrive here sometime to-
day.
The steam barge Lily and Howard, when
has been lying out of service at the wharf
foot of 10th street for several months past
is to go into commission very shortly.
The tug Bartholdi, which has been on
the marine railway at Benefits boatyard
for several days undergoing an overhauling,
has been put overheard and is ready for
service. The schooner s. L. Bowen was
hauled out in her place The Bowen Is 10
will
done. The schooner Oakland is on the ma
rine railway at Alexandria for repair work.