Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-15
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

For the past week the tides in the river
have been running unusually HIGH caused,
1t is thought, by the easterly winds on the
coast backing the water up in the bay and
river. On several occasions the water has
been high enough to wash the banks on the
District side of the river between this city
and Alexandria, anu at points the wash of
the steamer swells has undermined the
banks and caused portions of them to fall
into the river. The quantity of earth that
has fallen into the river has not been large,
and there is no grave danger of the Poto-
mac making any serious encroachment on
the land in the District, but the wash Of
the river seems to be against the eastern
shore, and the water is slowly gaining o.,
the land. Rivermen say they can recall
having seen trees that formerly had their
roots we'll anchored in the soil on the river
bank, undermined by the wash of the waves
until the trees tumbted into the water and
finally disappeared
The light barge which the tu,- Sandow
delivered al Shoots wharf, Alex lndria, a
day or two ago is to be loaded with gravel
from Plscataway creek and will take her
cargo to the jamestown exposition grounds,
where 1t will be used in the construction
of the different buildings in the new park
Within the past three weeks two schooners
and several barges have loaded gravel at
Alexandria for the jamestown exposition
grounds and several cargoes of the material
have been taken from the st. Marys river
is being used in the roofing of the build
ings and for other work about the grounds
Arrived: Schooner Levin Woolford, lum-
Der from Potomac point to dealers; tug
Camilla, with a tow from the lower river;
barge Daniel, from Boyds Hole, laden with
lumber for the Eastern branch tug Select
man, with tow of gravel-laden ScowS from
Piscataway creek; schooner Maud s., lum-
schooner Leroy, railway ties from a river
point to Alexandria; schooners Winnie
Windsor, Lydia Vernon and Escort, oysters
from the Potomac beds; schooner Oakland
cord wood from Aqua creek.
Sailed: Schooners Goldie c., E. L. Keen
and Sam Wood for river points for cargoes
of lumber and wood; schooners VIM. II.
Mcclure, Willie Clarence and Edna and
Nellie for the Potomac oyster beds to load
for this city; tug Marion Cameron and four
light Scows for Piscataway creek; schooner
Clara Leonard for Nomini to load for this
city.
Memoranda: Schooner ]. T. Parks is load
ing lumber at Alexandria for a river point;
schooner Sidonia Curley has sailed from
Norfolk for the Rappahannock river to load
cargo of lumber back to this port;
schooner Clara Donnell, now unloading ice
at Alexandria, will go to Baltimore to load
coal for a New England port after unload
ing; schooner Levin Woolford Is under
charter to load lumber at a river point for
this city: schooner Isabelle is at a river
point loading cord wood for this port.
A flock of fifty or more wild geese was
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Wednes-
day by the passengers on the ferry steamer
Woodbury.. The birds were large and fed
undisturbed by the passing steamers and
| tugboats. The birds are now said to be
migrating to the north, and this is said by
the weatherwise rivermen to be sure sign
Of the coming of warm weather
The Washington and Potomac Company
steamer Harry Randall, which left this city
for Newport News last Saturday night, has
been locked at the big shipyard there. The
Randall will be at the shipyard for about
three weeks.
The steam yacht Diane, belonging to Gen.
Crozier. chief of ordnance Of the army
which has been lying berthed alongside the
yacht Gretchen, has been taken to the
wharf of the fireboat and will be berthed
there while the Gretchen is~on a cruise
south. The Diane will not go into service
unit! some time during the spring or early
summer.