Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-04
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT.

The big tug Marion Cameron, belonging
to the Potomac Dredging Company Of this
city, returned from Baltimore yesterday
afternoon and this morning resumed serv-
ice tender to the dredging machine and
scows of the Potomac Dredging Company.
The tug has been at Baltimore for several
weeks undergoing a general overhauing
and being put in good trim for busy sea-
sons work on the Potomac. The sand and
gravel digging machine of the Potomac
company is at work in Piscataway creek,
and the Cameron is to be employed in tow
ing the heavily laden lighters to and from
the mouth of the creek. Owing to the draft
of the tug she cannot go into the creek
where the machine is at work, and a
smaller. light draft tug has to be used to
bring the scows in and out of the creek to
the Cameron. 1t is stated that the new
tug, Capt. Toby of the Taylor fleet, has
been chartered for this creek service until
the Potomac company can secure small
tug.
The Southern Transportation Company's
tug Dixie sailed yesterday evening, towing
the barge Marjorie, loaded with broken
stone. from Georgetown, and the barge
Chesapeake, with a large cargo of gravel
aboard, from Alexandria. The stone, it is
stated. Is to be taken to Norfolk for use
in some government work there. and the
gravel goes to the jamestown exposition
grounds and will be used in the erection of
some of the new buildings. Within the past
two weeks three large vessels, laden with
gravel from the Potomac river, have left
Alexandria, consigned to contractors at the
exposition grounds.
:, Arrived-Bugeye A. ]. Lawson. lumber
from a river point to dealers; schooner
William H. McGuires. oysters from Poto-
mac beds to this market; tug Dixie light.
from Baltimore for a tow Of barges: pungy
Levin Mcnamara. lumber from Nomini
creek for Alexandria; schooner Annie Com
Der. lumber from Nomni creek to Alexan-
dra dealers.
Sailed-Power barge Louisa, light, for
Mount Holly, Va. to load lumber back to
this city; barges Chesapeake and Marjorie,
gravel and stone for Norfolk schooner
Golde c.. light for the Potomac beds to
load back to this city; schooner Curley.
bottles, from Alexandria for Norfolk; tug
Camilla, for the lower river after a tow Of
oyster-carrying vessels.
Memoranda Schooner Samuel Wood,
laden with lumber from the Rappahannock
river, is reported in tie river bound here;
tug Radiant has arrived at Baltimore with
tank barge q, to load back to this city;
schooner Rena Cox is lying at Alexandria
taking aboard cargo for river point;
schooner Nettie. at Alexandria, has been
chartered to go to river point to load
cord wood for this city: scow Bush has
been sent to Marshall Hall to load cargo
of lumber for the addition to the steel plant
pier
Every vestige of ice has disappeared
from the Potomac and the owners of the
numerous pleasure craft owned here are
now arranging to have their boats painted
and made ready for service on the river.
Taking advantage of the fine weather OF
yesterday. a large fleet of pleasure craft,
which had been left overheard during the
winter. were out for short runs on the river
to Timber up their machinery in preparation
for longer runs when the weather becomes
settled. Within the next ten days the
larger part of the pleasure fleet will be in
service
The tug William H. Yerkes. jr., which has
been towing sand and gravel laden scows
on the river for the Potomac Dredging
Company, completed her charter yesterday
when the tug Cameron arrived here to take
her place. The Yerkes is now to be over
hauled and made ready to take up a charter
to tow fish-laden vessels from the nets at
the mouth Of the Potomac to this city.