Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-14
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

During a sQuau on the river about two
weeks ago the schooner Peri lost both Of
her masts, which were broken off by the
wind close to her deck. She was on her
way down the river to load back to this
city when the accident occurred, and 1t
was stated that she would be taken to
Aqua creek to lay up until new spars
could be made for her. Her owners, how
ever. concluded that the vessel could earn
spars. 80 a cargo Of wood was placed on
her and she was brought here in tow Of q
tug. The vessel has unloaded her cargo
and is on her way back to OccoQuan to
load another cargo. 1t will be several
weeks. it Is said, before the new spars
are ready to be placed in the vessel, and
during that time she will continue to come
to this city with wood and lumber cargoes
and a tugboat will be used to convey her
up and down the Potomac.
The three-masted schooner Annie F.
Conlon has arrived light at Somerset
Beach for New York and will there load a
part of her cargo Of railway ties. After
taking aboard several thousand ties at
Somerset the vessel will be brought up to
Alexandria to complete her cargo Of about
York 1t Is stated that 18 cents each is
now being paid as freight on ties to New
York and that freights to oBston are q
cent or two higher on each tie. It will
IaKe the SOUlOu dUOut d WCch VI I6Il UdyS
to complete loading, and by the time she
is ready to sail another vessel will be at
Alexandria to go on the tie loading dock
to load for New York or Boston.
Arrived-Schooner William H. Bixler.
oysters from Potomac beds for the deal
ers; schooner Oakland, cord wood from
Wades bay; schooner ]. T. Parks canned
tomatoes from COan river; tug Dixie,
towing five hard-coal-laden barges from
Philadelphia for Georgetown; schooner
schooner Earl Biscoe. pine lumber from
Nomini creek; schooner Samuel Wood,
cord wood from Nomini cliffs; schooner
Eta, oysters in the shell from the Po-
tomac beds; tug Dauntless. with one
barge in tow for Alexandria,; schooner
j. c. Cunningham. railway ties from a
river point; barge Dorchester. from Phil
adelphia with fertilizer material for Alex
andria-
sailed-Schooner Amanda Lewis, for a
lower river point to load oysters; schoon-
er Osceola. light. for Wades bay to load
cord wood for the dealers here; steam
yacht Giavota. on a cruise; United States
lighthouse tender Holly, on a cruise;
| river to load canned goods; schooners
| Fair American and Enola, light. for Po-
tomac oyster beds to load back to this
| city; schooner Martin Wagner. light, for
| Potomac point to load for this port;
| schooner Eleanor Russell light, for the
Wicomico river to load for dealers here:
schooner Nettie, light for Nomini creek
| to load lumber for the local dealers; tug
Carter, towing a raft Of piles from Alex
| andria to Fort Hunt; schooner isaac Sol
onion. light for a river point to load
cord wood.
Observation-Disclosures Florence NJ. PEN
| ley, laden with coal from Georgetown,
has arrived at Portland. Me-, her desti-
nation; schooner Finley has been char
| tered to load phosphate rock at Port
Tampa for Alexandria OF Baltimore at
$3.50 per ton; schooner Venue, from this
city, is loading fish oil at Readville, Va,
| for New York; schooner Maiden has ar
| rived light at Baltimore in tow of tug
William H. Yerkes of this city; schooner
PLUME Smith is in Nanjamoy creek load
| ing railway ties for this port; schooner
| Quicktime is at a river point loading
oysters in the shell for this market
The big seagoing barges Mary A.
| Hooper and ]. T. Donahue, now at New
York, have been chartered by Washing
| ton parties to come to the Potomac to
load railway ties for New York The
Hooper will load about 1900 ties and
| the Donahue, which is one Of the largest
vessels Of her kind, will take away about
| II GOO in her cargo.
The steam yacht Giavota, the largest
| vessel of her class at, this port, has sailed
| for cruise via the canals to New York.
Aboard the yacht were Mr.. Dos Passos.
a son of the owner of the vessel, and a
party Of friends. Capt. Addie Posey was
In command of the yacht
The schooner Maiden, which last week