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

The little tug Powhatan, which was car
ried ashore in consequence OF having
broken her rudder by the drift Tce
near the new steel plant wharf last Tues
day evening, completed the repairing Of
damages at Alexandra and Thursday after
noon returned to service at the new sewer
outlet. But her troubles were not over.
In moving about in the vicinity Of where
the sewer pipe was laid in the bottom Of
the river the tug struck a lump OF mud
thrown up by the dredging machine in
digging the trench for the sewer pipe and
on it she stuck hard and fast. Fortunate
ly she went on the lump at dead low
water. for she succeeded in getting afloat
little, and was not harmed by striking on
the soft mud. The tug was employed
in pumping out the sunken lighter,
used in lowering the sewer piping into place
In the sewer outlet, which sank day or
two ago.
Arrived-schooner Avalon, with a cargo
of oysters from the beds in the lower river;
tug Camilla: with an+ tow tow Of light vessels
cumseh, light, from the naval proving
grounds at Indian Head, Nd.
Sailed-Schooner Mary A. Hall. light, for
Alexandria for a cargo; barges Patuxent
and W. j. McIlvaine. gravel, from Alexan-
dria for Norfolk; barge O'Brien, broken
stone, from Georgetown for Norfolk; tugs
Bohemia and Edward Gummell. with tow
of light barges for Norfolk and Baltimore:
barges Albemarle and Howard L. Neff,
light, from Georgetown for Baltimore;
schooners Winnie Windsor, Goldie c. and
John Bradford. light, for Potomac oyster
Memoranda-Tug M. Mitchell Davis
passed in the capes yesterday towing
light four-masted schooner bound to Balti-
more. Barge Daniel is at river
point waiting an opportunity to get to
this city with a cargo of cord wood; schoon-
er Samuel Wood has been chartered to load
a cargo of lumber on the Rappahannock
Simmons Is at North Carolina point load
ing cargo of lumber and shingles for the
dealers here; schooner Grace G. Bennett,
after unloading here, will go back to New
bern to load lumber for this city; schooner
Amanda Lewis is loaded with, oysters at
river point for this city.
One of the large pile-driving machines
belonging to William Banks of this city
and used in wharf repair work about the
city is hauled out at the wharf foot Of
o street, having some repair work done
to her hull and being put in good order
for service during the coming spring and
summer wharf-building season.
The thin ice that formed on the river
during the past week Is hard enough to
cut the wooden hulls of vessels running
through it unless they are protected by
heavy galvanized iron or other metal. Sew
eral oyster-carrying vessels are reported at
points along the lower river putting
plankS on the OUTSIDE OF the nuns or Otner-
wise protecting them against the Ice so
that they can be towed to this city. In
the feet are the Amanda Lewis, M. H.
Stevens, A. H. Bixler, Fannie Shepherd
and Escort. 1t is expected that some of
these vessels will return this evening or
tomorrow in tow Of the tug Camilla.
A large steam yacht, name unknown, is
reported lying in the Kettle Bottoms, of
Colonial Beach, on her way to this city.
The steam yacht Logonia is reported as be-
ing on her way here and the vessel re-
ported may be she.
The u. 8. army tug Lieut.. Alonzo >cush-
ing made q special trip to this city last
night to bring up large number or the
Officers stationed at Fort Washington and
Fort Hunt, and their wives, to attend a ball
given at Washington barracks In or-er
to do this the regular trip Of the tug to this
city yesterday afternoon was omitted.
The little tug Capt. Toby, the new tug
Of the feet Of A. J. Taylor & Bro. has
been laid up Auntil the ice is out OF the
river. The tug has wooden hull and has
not yet been covered with metal for work
in Recovered waters