Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-20
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

Four large sand and gravel-carrying
scows which were built at Rhodes ship
yard at Baltimore for the Miller Company
of this city are ready, it Is stated, for de-
livery and the tug William H. Yerkes Jr.,
of the Taylor fleet Of this city will in the
latter part Of this week or early in the
coming week bring them to this city. Mil
lers sand and gravel-digging machine Is
lying In the swash channel on the Dis
trict side of the river opposite Alexandria
and will, 1t Is stated, begin digging sand
and gravel near Goose Egg Island. A fine
grade of building sand has been located on
the edge Of the fats near the island by
the Miller machine, which has been max
ing tests about the island for the past
three weeks, and these beds will be de-
1t is to be transported from the digging
grounds to this city arrive here The ma
terial Will be used in the erection Of build
ings and in other work about the city.
A pie-driving machine from Norfolk was
brought here day or two ago by the tug
Anita and Is lying alongside the eastern
wall of the Washington Barracks Park
at the mouth of the James Creek canal.
The machine is to be used, it is said, in
driving foundation piles for a big building
that is to be erected at the park during the
coming months. 1t is stated that the driv-
ing of piles will be started as soon as
river and that the machine will be in
service for several weeks.
Arrived: Tug Dixie, towing two barges
from Baltimore for Alexandra and George
town; scow Roam, light from q river point
to load street sweepings; barge Sirius. at
Alexandra with cargo of fertilizer ma
terial from Baltimore: barge Katherine
Brady. hard coal from Baltimore for
Georgetown; tug Minerva towing fleet
of sand and gravel-laden lighters for
Georgetown; G. c. barge, light from Alex
Boston; tug J. T. selectman with a tow
from q river point
Sailed: Schooner Five Sisters from Alex
andria with general cargo for river
Walkerton, Va, to load lumber for Bal
timore; schooner B. w. Bramble light
for Lower Machodoc creek to load lumber
for this city; Standard OIL Company tank
barges 50 and II, light to Baltimore to load
back to this city; tug Dixie towing barges
E. Jennings and S. M. Provost, light for
Baltimore to load hard coal for this city;
barge Patuxent, paving block from the
Eastern branch plant for Norfolk.
Memoranda: Schooner ]. r. Dixon is
lying at Quantco loading cargo for this
city; barge Embrey, laden with railway
ties from Alexandria, has arrived at Chesa-
peake City en- route to Philadelphia; barges
Sirius and Katherine Brady have sailed
from Baltimore for this city with cargoes
of hard coal; tug Dixie Is on her way to
this port from Baltimore with a tow of
barges; schooner Daylight with ice for this
city sailed from Bath, Me-, 18th instant;
schooner A. H. Quinby has been chartered
to load hard coal at Philadelphia for this
city.
c. c. Company's barge, which has been
unloading ice at Alexandria for several
days past, completed the unloading of her
cargo yesterday and was brought up to the
coal loading piers at Georgetown to take
aboard a cargo Of about 1,6O0 tons of soft
coal for New England port The Ice
discharged at Alexandria is being used
In icing fruit-laden cars from the south
and going to northern markets. Several
hundred tons Of the refrigerating material
is used each week at Alexandria for this
purpose.
The schooner Mayf1ower, a regular trader
to this port with wood and lumber cargoes,
is lying out Of service at a river point
ceiving minor repairs and being painted
and decorated for the fall trade on the
river.