Evening star., 1907-07-06
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

Consolidation Coal Company barge No. 16
has completed the loading of cargo of
about 400 tons of soft coal from the mines
about Cumberland. Md, and the tug Ca
milla sailed with her in tow for Point
Lookout where she was anchored to await
tow Of coal barges from Baltimore going
up the coast. She will be taken In the tow
and will be carried to her destination by
one of the big sea-going tugs of the Con-
solidation Company. No. 10 is consigned to
q port in New England and after unloading
her cargo will come back to this city or
Baltimore for another load. c. C. Co. barge
No. II is next to load coal for New England
at the Georgetown piers. Other barges will
follow No. II under the coal chutes at
Georgetown.
The two-masted river schooner r. Ma
son, which was hauled out on the big ma
rine railway at the Alexandria shipyard for
several days past undergoing general over
hauling, has sailed for Wades bay to load
cargo for this city. While on the railway
the schooner had her hull under water
given thorough repair and she was caulked
and painted in preparation for a busy
freight season on the river. The tug ]. L.
Selectman, which was hauled out at Ben
netts railway for attention to her hull and
painting, was put overheard yesterday aft
ernoon and at once returned to commission
on the river towing sand and gravel-laden
vessels.
coal from Philadelphia for Washington
dealers; bugeye James o. Wright lumber
from the lower Potomac; schooner E. L..
Bowen, cord wood from river point for
the local market; schooner G. c. Wheeler,
pine lumber from the Rappahannock river
to Georgetown; barge Cecil fertilizer from
Baltimore at Alexandria,; bugeye Eleanora
Russell, pine lumber from Machodoc creek;
barge Norfolk, fertilizer material at Alex
andria from Baltimore; bugeye A. ]. Law
son. pine lumber from Potomac point
Sailed: Tug Capt. Toby, light for Occo-
guam, to tow raft of piles back to this city;
schooner Rover; light. for Norfolk. to load
pine lumber; barge Potomac, light, for
| Cricamuxen creek. to load railway ties;
schooner Cadet, for st. Marys river, to load
wood; schooner Lottie Carter, light, for a
river point to load back to this city; schoon-
ers Father and Son and Silver Star, light,
| for Quantico to load; sloop Metompkin.
! light, for river point to load for this city;
! barge Virginia, light, from Alexandria for
| Baltimore in tow Of tug Volunteer.
| Memoranda: Barge Atlantic is under
| charter to load railway ties at Occoquan
for New York; schooner Samuel Wood ha S
| been chartered to load railway ties at a
Virginia point for Philadelphia, and hard
| coal back to this city; schooner Mabel and
| Ruth is under charter to load lumber at a
| North Carolina point for this city; barge
| Arundel has completed loading ties at a
river point for New York and has sailed;
| barge Atlantic is lying in Occoquan creek
| loading cargo Of ties for northern port.
| The United States revenue cutter Apache.
| which arrived in port here early the morn
| ing of the Fourth and spent the holiday ly-
| ing at the Washington barracks pier, sai>d
| yesterday afternoon on cruise Chesa-
peake bay. While in port Thursday the
! ship had many visitors
| The tug Bohemia came into port yester-
| day towing four Southern Transportation
| Company's barges laden with hard coal
| from Philadelphia for Georgetown. In the
| fleet were the barges Albemarle, Patuxent.
| Katherine Brady and T. J. Cleaver. The
boats in all have aboard about 5000 tons
| of coal.
| AS the pungy Martha A. Avery was going
| down the river from this city yesterday aft
| ernoon she ran ashore on the flats a short
! distance above the naval powder magazine.
! She did not strike the mud with any speed.
and when the tug Camilla passed her a few
minutes afterward the swells made by the
| tug were sufficient to lift the vessel from
| the mud and allow her to slide back into
| deep water.