Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
FOR RENT-ATLANTIC CITY, NJ.
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The wharves along the lower river did not
suffer the damage it was thought they
would in consequence of the heavy drift ice
coming down upon them. and the officers
OF the steamer Wakefield, which has made
one trip to the lower river since the ice
disappeared. report that all the wharves
they went to were but little harmed and
that the damage done them was much less
than in previous years The reported car
rying away of Brents wharf Port To-
bacco creek cannot be verified. as the
steamer has not gone into the creek since
before the freeze. The fact that Smiths
wharf and Stuarts escaped damage is re-
garded as remarkable, the ice was re-
ported piled over them in large masses. and
1t looked as if they could not be saved.
Arrived: Tug Eugenia, with a tow of
sand and gravel laden barges from Piscat-
away creek; tug Radiant. towing three OIL
laden barges from Baltimore for this city
and Alexandria.
Memoranda: Schooner Samuel Wood has
sailed from the Rappahannock river for this
city with cargo of pine lumber: schooner
A. II. Qu!nby will sail for the Rappahan-
mock to load lumber as soon as danger of a
freeze Is over; steam barge Dennis Simmons
has arrived at Edenton. n. c.. from this
city, and will load lumber and shingles for
dealers here; schooner L. A. Plumber, laden
with building stone. sailed from New York
for this port Thursday last
The two-masted schooner Emma Wills
which arrived here about three weeks ago
with cargo of pine lumber from a North
Carolina port. left here under sail yester-
day morning bound for the Carolina sounds
There was no ice in the harbor and but lit
tie between here and Alexandria, but off
Fort Foote the ice that made last night
looked to be quite thick and the schooner
was forced to stop at Alexandria.
The tug Camilla sailed last night with a
tow Of light oyster vessels bound to the
beds in the lower river to load back to this
city; the sloop Dove. which has been in port
here since before the freeze, sailed yester-
day for the oyster beds on the lower Po-
tomac.
The steamer Charles Manchester. it is
stated. will leave Baltimore early this morn
ing on her way to this city. The steamer
has been at Baltimore. as has been stated
for several months past having new boilers
installed and other work done in prepara-
ton for the excursion travel during the
coming summer. 1t is expected she will re-
sumo trips on her route to Mt. Vernon and
Marshall Hall within the next few days
Capt Henry Turner is in. command of the
steamer on the trip. She should arrive here
some time late this evening or tonight
The two-masted bay schooner Thomas and
Henry, which was ashore on Swami Point.
in the lower Potomac. for several weeks
leaking badly, and which, as reported was
f1oated by the revenue cutter Apache early
in the past week, was taken to a shipyard
in the Coan river by the cutter and will
then receive the repairs necessary to put
her IN condition for service. The schooner
was blown on Swami Point bar in a heavy
gale January 20 last while loading oysters
for the Baltimore market
The work of overhaulng the tug Rosalie,
belonging to the Smoot Sand Company has
been completed at Alexandria, and it is ex-
pected she will go into service tomorrow
towing sand and gravel laden barges from
river points to this city.