Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-25
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The little tug Dallas, belonging to the
High Point Plantation Company of this
city, which was out Of service for sew
eral weeks past, has returned, and, 1t is
stated. is making daily trips between this
port and the dairy farm of her owners
In Fairfax county, Va. a short distance
below Gunston wharf. Before going
into commission the tug was fitted with
her ice-breaking pillow. as she is to be
kept running throughout the winter. The
Dallas, while only small boat. is an ex-
cellent ice breaker, and during the past
two or three years when thick ice covered
the river she was able to make daily
trips to High Point when the larger boats
had to lay up. AS yet the Dallas and
the harbor police steamer vigilant are
been fitted with plows. but it is stated
that between this and the first of the
year most of the tugs will be so equipped
in readiness for a freeze on the river.
on the river front by stoppage Of work
of all kinds and everybody taking a
holiday. The exceptions are at the
steamboat wharves, where the schedules
call for steamers coming In or leaving
for river points today. At these wharves
sible. All the steamers arriving from
the lower river have cedar bushes tied
at the tops Of their fagpoles. and the
steamers are wearing their flags in honor
dali. which came into port early this
morning. had aboard another large con-
signment Of Christmas boxes from per-
sons down the river to their relatives and
friends here. and in the early hours Of
this morning the landing place of the
Randall was a busy spot. The travel
on the river has been heavy this week,
passenger lists having been made up Of
persons going to their old homes down
the river to spend the holidays:
pine laths from Norfolk for deal
ers here; bugeye Sallie White, oys-
tiers in the shell from Potomac beds;
tug Selectman, with tow Of lighters
from a river point; schooner Edna A.
Pogue, pine lumber from the Rappahan-
mock river. for the local market: tug Ca
milla, with tow of oyster-laden YES
sells from down river point.
Sailed-Schooner James Clark. light, for
the lower Potomac to load lumber: bug
eyes William F. Villas and Martin Wag-
ner, light, for the Potomac oyster beds
to load back to this city; schooner Reach
light. for the Yeocomico river to load
cord wood; tug Rosalie, with a tow of
Monkeys point: tug Camilla, with a tow
of light vessels for the mouth Of the Po-
tomac; schooner Winnie Windsor for
Blackistones Island to load oysters for the
dealers here.
observation-disclosures A. H. Quinby has
been chartered to go to Nomini to load
cord wood for the dealers here; schooner
Eta is in the Wicomico river, and will
load oysters for this market after the
holidays; tug Marion Cameron has arrived
at Baltimore with a tow of light barges
from this city: tug Dixie sailed from Bal
timore yesterday with tow of coal-laden
barges for the dealers here and at George
town; schooner Grace G. Bennett is at a
port on the North Carolina sound loading
lumber and shingles for the dealers here
The two-masted bay schooner Samuel
Wood, one Of the fleet of Carter & Clark
of this city, which arrived here day or
two ago with cargo of cord wood
aboard from a. bay point, has gone out
of service. and will lay up here for the
winter. While out of service the schooner
will be given a general oterhaultng. and
will be put in good order for service when
she goes into commission in the spring.
The schooner Edna A. Pogue. which ar
rived here yesterday with cargo Of pine
lumber, has been berthed at the pier
foot of 9th street southwest to unload.
She is a no-topmast three-masted vessel
with a sharp stern like a bugeye. and is
the only vessel of her kind in service on
Chesapeake bay and it's tributaries. She
differs from the schooner Beulahland. the
only other sharp-stern schooner. In that
she has no topmasts