Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-20
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The sloop Water Lily. which ran ashore
on an old pile in Aqua creek early last
! week and was badly damaged was pulled
| off Wednesday afternoon by the Washington
! tug Capt. Toby and was carried to a shoal
| sand bar in the creek to prevent her sink
| ing in deep water The sloop will be raised
! in day or two and taken to Alexandria
TO be hauled out on marine railway for
repairs. The vessel is reported to have
large hole in her bottom and is otherwise
damaged.
The big sea-going barge Arundel has ar
rived at Aqua creek In tow of the tug Peer
less and has been taken to Coles landing
about five miles up the creek, to load a
cargo Of about 5000 ties. Later she Will
be taken to alexandria to complete her
cargo OF about 1900 ties, which she will
take to New York. The Arundel will be he
first vessel that has loaded ties at Aexan-
dria for about two months. but 1t is stated
that dozen or more cargoes will be sent
north from the Alexandria docks in the
next two months. The three-masted
schooner Cox & Green is on its way to
Alexandria from Boston to take aboard
cargo of about 1900 ties for a port in
New England. She is expected to arrive
at Alexandria by the end Of the present
week.
Arrived: Schooner William Schmink
canned goods from Chesa peake bay port
for the dealers; steam yacht August H.
from cruise; schooner John Medley,
oysters from Potomac bed: schooner
Eleanor Russell cord wood from down
river point for the dealers; tug Minerva,
towing fleet of sand and gravel laden
lighters from Greenway flats; barges Anna
NJ McNally, lrma McIlvaine and William
w. Curtin, coal and coke from Philadelphia
at Georgetown; barge Roanoke, fertilizer
from Baltimore, at Alexandria.
Sailed: Barge A. w. Embrey, light, for
Potomac creek to load railway ties; schoon-
er Father & Son. light, for Mattawoman
creek to load; schooner E. NJ. lilly, light
Tor bay port to load; steam barge Daniel
X. Jackson, light, for Aqua creek to load
WOOD for this CITY, sloop Enola, for Potomac
oyster beds to load back to this city;
from Alexandria, for a river point; bug
eye d. NJ Taylor, light, for the Kappa
hammock river to load; schooners Oakland
cargoes back to this city; schooner William
Henry. light for river point to load cord
wood back to this city for local market;
schooner j. c. Clark. light. for the ST.
Mary's river to load; schooner E. L. Tilley,
light, for the lower Potomac to load back
to this city; scow Fanny, light, for Pts
Getaway creek to load for this port; schoon-
er New Jersey, light. for bay point
Memoranda: Barge Minerva has been
chartered to load 1890 railway ties on the
Potomac for Philadelphia: schooner Almeda
Wiley will load soft coal at Georgetown
for Boston; barge ]. w. Janney has com
pleted loading gravel at Alexandria
for Richmond: barge Wicomico has loaded
ties on Potomac creek for Philadelphia
the schooner Sallie ron has been chartered
to load coal at Georgetown for a New Eng
land port; barge Potomac is loading ties at
Chapman's Store Nd, for Philadelphia;
schooner Maiden is under charter to load
coal at Baltimore for Boston.
The sand pump and dredge belonging to
the National Columbia Sand Dredging Com
pany of this city, which has been en-
ployed in digging sand and gravel from a
bar IN the Potomac river, has been sent 70