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

The heavy northwest gale which had
been blowing for two days caused unusually
low tides in the river Monday, the flats
and shoal spots in the vicinity of this city
being left bare by the retreating tides In
the harbor the water was blown out of
most of the docks. and in many instances
the steamers and sailing vessels in them
were on the bottom for a considerable
portion of their length.
Yesterday the wind died out and the
water came back into the river with a
rush, the flood tide being 81 unusually
strong one and running an hour or two
over its usual time. The steamer Estelle
Randall was able yesterday to get into
Mattawoman creek to make her landings at
Grinders wharf for the first time under
her new schedule. The lower river steam
ers are now able to make their landings in
the creeks down river.
One of the pumping machines belonging
to the Columbia National Sand Dredging
Company of this city. which has been en-
ployed in the digging of sand and gravel
on the river, was yesterday taken into Oc-
coquan creek to dig sand 1t is stated that
a much finer grade of building sand has
been found in Occoquan creek than is OBJ
tainable on the river.
Arrived: Schooner Edith Varrell, pine
lumber from Quantico for the dealers; tug
bugeye William F. Villas. fish from the nets
in the lower river. at Alexandria; tug Mar
ion Cameron. towing a fleet of sand and
gravel laden lighters from Piscataway
creek to dealers here; schooner E. P.
Evans oysters from the beds in the lower
Potomac for the local market schooner
Kimbell, fish, from the lower river.
Sailed: Schooner Sidonia Curley for the
Rappahannock river to load lumber for
this port; schooner A. H. Quinby, for the
lower river to load poplar logs for Will
mington, Del: schooner Minnie and Emma,
for a Virginia port to load lumber;
schooner Mark Twain. for a river point to
load oysters for this city; schooner M. A.
Shea, for AQUA creek. to load cord wood
for dealers here; ~bugeyes Maria Avery,
James o. Wright and Elenora Russell. light,
for river points to load; schooner Earl
Biscoe for a river point to load cord wood
back to this port
The schooner Samuel Wood completed the
taking aboard of a cargo of about 400 tons
of oyster shells at the 18th street wharf
yesterday. and sailed with them for the
eastern shore of Virginia, where they will
be used upon worked-out oyster beds in
an effort to make them again productive
The Wood Is the largest vessel to leave this
port loaded with shells in several years
but it is stated she will be followed at the
shell-loading docks here by several other
large two-masted schooners.
Memoranda: Schooner r. Mason is In
Wade's bay. loaded with cord wood, and
| is waiting a favorable. wind to come to
this city; schooner Five Sisters is loading
fertilizer material at Alexandria for Aqua
creek, Va; bugeye M. j.. Stevenson has
been chartered to run fish from the nets
down the river to this city during the fish
ing season now opening.
The tug Capt. Toby. i'm consequence of
the low tides in the river. was unable to
get into Nanjamoy creek to bring out the
barge Totusky loaded with railway ties
for Philadelphia.