Evening star., 1907-08-29
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The summer excursion season on the Po-
| tomac is rapidly drawing to a close and
within the next three weeks all the hun
dreds of residents Of this city and Alex
andria who have been spending their sum-
mer vacations at the resorts along the
lower river will have returned home and
| the resorts will have sunk into quiet for
another eight months. The steamer Harry
Randall, on her trip from the lower Po-
tomac, brought up full passengerlis from
the resorts in Lower Machodoc and Nomini
creeks In Virginia and from Coltons and
the Wicomico river resorts in Maryland
The steamer Northumberland, which also
come into port yesterday morning. brought
vacationists from the resorts in the lower
part Of Maryland and Virginia. The sea-
son at Colonial Beach ends September s,
| when the excursion boats stop making their
daily trips. but the river line steamers
will continue to stop at the resort for
several weeks longer, and many will re-
main at Colonial Beach until cold weather
arrives.
The four-masted schooner Annie M. Pen
ny is at the wharf foot of 18th street
southwest unloading a cargo of ice from
the Maine ice fields for the Home Ice
Company. The Penny sailed from Maine
about fifteen days ago, and came in
! through the capes of the Chesapeake with
at Cape Henry She was well up in the
river when the tug Camilla picked her up
and brought her up to this city. The ice
will be used by the interests in this city
independent of the American Ice Company
to supply their patrons. The big schooner
has aboard cargo of about LOCO tons of
the refrigerating material.
Arrived: Schooner Lottie Carter, lumber
from Nomini Cliffs; schooner Samuel Wood,
cord wood from the lower Potomac; schoon-
er Raymond. lumber from Nomini creek for
dealers on the Eastern branch; barge Pa
tuxent, fertilizer from New York for Alex
andria; schooners Isaac Solomon and
Plumie E. Smith, cord wood from river
points. schooner Mabel and Ruth, lumber
and shingles from a North Carolina point;
schooner Bertha May, melons from the
Rappahannock river; barge Appomattox,
fertilizer from New York for Alexandria; ;
steam barge Daniel K. Jackson, railroad
ties from a river point.
Sailed: Bugeye Levin Woolford, light for
Maddox creek to load back to this city;
schooner Virginia, light, for Norfolk to
load for bay port; schooner Mayfower
light, for river point to load wood; barges
Reliance and Mercury, light, for the Rap
pahannock river to load ties for New York
or Philadelphia; bugeye Kathleen, for CO.
lonial Beach, with merchandise; schooner
Edwin R. Hunt. coal laden from George
town for Cape Henry, en- route to New
England port; schooner sidonra Curley.
light, for the Rappahannock river to load
lumber for Washington dealers.
Memoranda: Schooner Sally ron, laden
with lumber for this city, sailed from
Charleston 22d instant; schooner Lewis H.
Coward, from Georgetown, with coal, ar
rived at Boston, 27th instant; barge Two
Friends is lying in Curriomen bay, loading
railway ties for the Philadelphia market;
schooner Kate has been chartered to load
lumber the Mattaponi river for Balti-
more; schooner Charles H. Daiger is at a
river point, loading lumber for this city;
the sailing scow Daniel is at Colonial
Reach nD1OadinR Of soft for
the electric lighting plant.
The tomato canning factories on Nomini
creek are turning out large quantities Of
the packed product, and the output will be
the largest in ten or fifteen years The
steamer Harry Randall brought up 500
boxes consigned to dealers here