Evening star., 1907-11-02
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The little two-masted schooner Ella
Hi. owned by capt Frank Dixon 81
Alexandria. who is also her master, Nas
recently rebuilt AZ Alexandria and has
gone into the oyster running trade on the
river, loading her cargoes in the vicinity
OF Blackstone Island and bringing them
10 the Alexandria market While laid gp
she was put I'm thorough order and re-
painted. so that when she returned 20
service she looked like a new craft. She
is now lying al the King street dock at
Alexandria dIscharging a cargo OF oys-
ters In the shell. She will leave port
early in the coming week TO load another
cargo of oysters.
| The power barge Princess of Baltimore.
a new vessel. Is at Alexandria on her
first trip up the Potomac. She has aboard
cargo Of several hundred tons Of glass
making sand from the Severn river near
Annapolis consigned to one OF the Alex
andria glass making plants for use N
the manufacture Of bottles OF various
kinds. The vessel is lying at Smoot's
wharf. foot OF Princess street. unloading
her cargo. She is one of the new type Of
self-propelled vessels that has made its
appearance on Chesapeake bay and its
tributaries In the past five years. since
gasoline power engines have been per-
fected and applied to vessels of A hun
dred tons and over The Princess Is
rugged bugeye fashion. with her two
masts raking we'll aft She will carry
about 400 tons cargo and her engine will
drive her through the water at a speed of
about ten miles an hour. It is proba BILE
she will bring another cargo of sand To
the Alexandria glass plants before ice
makes on the river
Arrived-Bugeye Eleanor Russell. cord
wood from a river point for the dealers;
bugeye P. +. Smith. pine lumber from
river point for the local market: schooner
Ella Hill. oysters in the. shell at Alexan-
dria: tug ]. T. Selectman, with a tow
of sand and gravel laden lighters; tug
Capt Toby. with a tow from a down
river point; tug Rosalie, with tow from
Greenway fats.
Sailed-Bugeye Halle X, light, for
Blackstone Island to load back to this
port: tug James Q. Carter, with the barge
Roosevelt in tow for Coan river and four
light oyster boats for river points tug
Cameron. with a tow of light scows for
Piscataway creek: bugeye Edna and Mel
lie light for river point to load back
to this city; bugeyes Ethel Vale, Avalon.
w. F. Villas and D. J. Ballard. light. for
the Potomac oyster beds TO bad for this
market; tug Martin Dallman. with light
scows for the lower river.
Memoranda-Steam barge Daniel *.
Jackson is at river point loading for
this city: schooner Edith Ferral is in Oc-
couuan loading cord wood for this city;
schooner Enola Is at river point load
ing oysters in the shell for this market;
tug William II. Yerkes. jr., of this city is
towing on Chesapeake bay between the
canes and Baltimore: schooner Rover is
al Baltimore being overhauied for winter
service: schooner Ella V. Hill is at Vir-
ginia port loading lumber for this mar
ket.
In spite of the lateness of the season
and the cool weather travel between this
city and the jamestown exposition contin-
ues fairly heavy, but is not as large as 1t
was a month ago or during the summer
months The night steamers are well
filled every night and the chief fall-on
in the travel has been on the day steam
ers.
The Philadelphia coal carrying barges
Thomas J. Cleaver. William Donaldson
and Paumonkey lying light at
Georgetown awaiting the arrival OF the
tug that will take them to river points to
load ties for the Philadelphia market.