Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-02
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The annual exodus from the city to the
counties in Maryland and Virginia border
ing on the Potomac for the summer months
has started and on each trip of the steam
ers to the lower river landings quantities OF
household goods belonging to Washington
owners are sent down the river to furnish
summer homes. The heavy part OF the
travel down the river will come about the
middle Of June, however, directly after the
schools close, and will continue for week
or ten days. It Is estimated that OF the
several thousand families residing in this
city who come from the Maryland and VII
turn home as they call their old res
licences, to spend the summer months.
Two dredging machines are at work
throwing up an earthen wall along Inc
south side the Eastern branch, along the
edge Of the fats and 1t Is stated that this
portion of the flats will be raised above the
level of the river. 1t will require several
weeks for the local dredges to complete the
building of the embankment, and the ma
terial used in the construction of the earth
work is being taken from the bottom Of
the branch. When the embankment is fin
lshed the work of pumping liquid mud from
the Eastern branch channel upon the flats
will be started. A portion of the Eastern
branch flats were reclaimed about three
years ago.
Arrived: Sloop No Name, foundry iron at
Alexandria; schooner Peri. cordwood from
river point; Five Sisters, pine lumber
from a river point at Alexandria; light
house tender Maple, from Norfolk; barges
William A. Smoot, Florence O'Brien, Chesa-
peake, Rappahannock and Katherine Brady,
hard coal from Philadelphia for dealers
here; power launch Mindanao Of New York
at X street wharf; schooner William HI.
Mcclure, pine lumber from Nomini to the
dealers; barge No. 8 from Alexandria to
Georgetown to load coal for Boston; schoon-
er Edith Verrall, cord wood from river
point; tug Selectman with Tow from the
lower river.
Sailed: Schooner Sam Wood has gone to
Alexandria to load wooden boxes for Reed
VILE, Va; schooner Isaac Solomon, for q
river point to load a cargo for this city;
schooner ]. P. Robinson, to Alexandria to
load a general cargo for river point;
schooner Sidonia Curley, for the Kappa
hammock river to load pine lumber for this
city; barge B. T. Donaldson, light, for Bal
timore to load coal; schooner Isabelle, light
for Nomim to load cord wood for this city
u s. naval tug Rocket for the Norfolk
navy yard; schooner w. A. Taylor, light,
for Virginia port to load pine lumber;
schooner E. l.. Bowen, for q Potomac point
to load for this city.
Memoranda: Barge No. 20. laden with ice.
has sailed from Maine port Tor TINS city
or Alexandria; schooner Grace q. Bennett
is at Georgetown loading stone for Norfolk;
barge Marjorie is in Potomac creek loading
oak lumber for Philadelphia; barge Daniel
is at Alexandria loading cargo of sup
plies for Colonial Beach; schooner Lula
6uiIIan has been chartered to bring cargo
of glass-making sand from the Severn river,
Md. TO the Alexandria glass works.
The bugeye shaped schooner Beulah Land
vbich unloaded a cargo Of lumber here
has been taken to Alexandria and was
hauled out on the marine railway there fol
a general overhauling OF her hull under
water and for caulking. When completed
the vessel will go to a river point to load a
cargo of lumber.
THE pile driving machine. belonging te
Carter e Clark Of this city, is laid up al
the foot of 10th street undergoing gen.
eral oyerhauling of hull and machinery pre-
paratory to a busy summer season repairing
wharyes along the river front and down the
river The driver will be ready to return
to service in about a week or ten days.
The tug Walter F. Meade. which has beer
living at the wharf. foot Of N street. fol
the past ten days. having her boiler over:
hauled and for other repair work. VIII b<
ready to return to towing about the harbOI
within the next two or three days.