Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-19
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

About two years ago John Miller of this
city sold small dredging machine, which
had been used in dredging operations about
the docks here, to parties In the West In
dies, and with the tug Fannie Miller. which
was also sold to the same parties, the
dredge left this city for Norfolk where
she was to be prepared for her trip down
the coast and across to the island of Haiti.
The tug and dredge lay for several months
at Norfolk. and 1t was finally reported that
they had sailed for Haiti, and. it was sup
posed. had arrived there. A day or two
ago the dredge. with the name changed
from Fanny to Jack. reappeared on the
Potomac in the dredging plant employed in
deepening the water in Occoquan bay, and
IT is ascertained that the dredge never left
Norfolk. but was sold there to Baltimore
parties who have the contract for the
dredging operations which have been in
progress on the Potomac for several
months past.
The freight pier at Glymont Md. at
which all the steamers plying between this
city and landings on the Potomac stop,
and Is now in excellent order. The pier
head at deep water on the channel. was
rebuilt year or two ago. and within the
past two weeks the shore end of the
structure has been rebuilt. and fender and
mooring piles placed about the outside of
the structure. Glymont Is one of the more
important shipping points on the Potomac
and quantities of freight go there from this
city and Alexandria almost daily.
Arrived-Schooner Virginia. pine lumber
from Virginia point for dealers: bugeye
A. ]. Lawson, lumber from a point on the
lower Potomac; bugeye Nellie Reed, rail-
way ties to the steel plant pier; steam
barge Daniel K. Jackson. cord wood from
a river point to the dealers here: tug Cam
eron. towing a fleet of barges laden with
sand and gravel from a river point:
schooner j. c. Cunningham. railway ties
from a river point to the Frith-Steriing
Steel Company.
Saied-Steam barge Dennis Simmons.
light. for a North Carolina point to load
back to this city: bugeye Ella. for lower
Machodoc to load for this city: schooner A.
II. Quinby for the lower Potomac to load
railway ties for Philadelphia: bugeye Ray
mond. light. for a down-river point to load:
schooner Chaplin, light. for the st. Marys
river to load for this city.
Memoranda-Scow Daniel is loading
building material at Alexandria for Colo
NAL Beach; schooner Farmers Friend Is
loading cord wood in the St Marys river
for the dealers here: schooner ]. C.. Straw
bridge is loading $4,000 feet of lumber at
Charleston. S. c., for this port: schooner
II. ]. Peckham Is loading ice at Maine
port for dealers here; the tug Dauntless
has sailed from Baltimore for this city and
Alexandria with tow.
Consolidation Coal Company barge No.
16 will not be sent to the jamestown ex-
position to discharge her cargo of about
LEO tons Of ice. as was expected but will
unload her cargo here. She is lying at the
wharf foot of 10th street and will dis
charge there. When light she will be taken
to Georgetown to load coal
The Alexandria owned schooner Nettie,
which has been lying at Deans boatyard
for the past week or ten days having some
hull work done. completed repairs and
sailed for the Rappahannock river where
she Will load lumber for this port.