Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-11
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The big four-masted schooner Henry l..
Peckham. which has been in port here for
the past ten days discharging a cargo OF
Maine ice at the pier of the Home Ice Com
pany, at the foot of 131a street southwest.
was yesterday taken around to George
town and placed under the coal-loading
chutes to take aboard a cargo of about
600 tons OF Cumberland coal for Boston
or another port in New England. Consol-
idation Coal Company barge No II COM
pleted taking aboard her cargo of soft coal
early in the week and was taken to the
mouth Of the river by the tug Camilla to
be turned over to tug going up the coast
to Boston and Maine ports. No. IL carried
away about 1900 tons of the fuel. AS soon
as the Peckham completes loading, which
will be in the latter part of this week. her
place under the loading chutes will be
taken by another c. c. Co. barge. which Is
reported on her way to this city from Bos-
ton for the purpose
The dealers in fresh fish at the wholesals
market on the 18th street wharf are COM
planning of the garbage collection service
about the wharf during the present hot
weather. One dealer stated yesterday that
the garbage wagons called at the wharf
fish houses early in the morning before the
days receipts. brought from river and
Chesapeake bay sources, had been deliv-
cred. and before the refuse fish and crabs
had been culled from the barrels coming in.
THE consequence is" the dealer said, "ths
condemned stuff is left lying here through
the heat of the day until it becomes posi-
tive menace to health. / called up the
garbage people several times Tuesday my
self and finally had to appeal to the health
department" The dealers are now pre-
pairing to take concerted action to bring
about a better condition of affairs in the
collection of the condemned fish and crabs
Arrlved-Schooner May Brown, railway
ties from river point for the dealers here;
schooner Mary Ann Shea, pine lumber from
river point: scow Bush, railway ties from
a Virginia point to Alexandria to be loaded
on barge Patuxent: tug Rosalie, towing a
fleet of sand and gravel laden barges from
a river point; steam yacht Giavota, from a
cruise to the lower Potomac.
Sailed-Schooner John Bright. empty bar
rels for river point; tug Minerva with a
tow of scows for Greenway; schooner Bes
sic Ford. laden with bricks and building
material for river point; sioop Enolia,
light for North Carolina port to load wa
termelons for this market schooner May
flower, light for a river point to load back
to this city.
Memoranda-Schoon John McGinnis has
been chartered to load lumber the Rap
pahannock river for Philadelphia: schooner
Samuel Wood has been chartered to load
railway ties at Nomini for Philadelphia;
schooner Clara Leonard Is at a river point
loading for this city; steam barge d. *.
Jackson is lying in Aqua creek loading
wood for this port.
The two-masted schooner Samuel Wood
of this city has completed an oyerhaung
and painting at the Alexandria shipyard
and han sailed light from Alexandria bound
to Nominl creek, Va where he will load
cargo of railroad ties for Philadelphia.
The schooner Mabel and Ruth, wnlch I'M
loaded lumber and shingles at this city, has
been taken up to Georgetown and Is lying
at a pier there taking aboard cargo OF
broken stone for Norfolk. where 1t will be
used in public work The schooner will be
ready to sail about the end of this week.