Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-04
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The three-masted schooner Laura Hunt,
which was reported frozen up in the ice at
Pictou, Nova Scotia, and was not expected
to arrive here until next spring, with
cargo of laths from Dalhousie, New Bruins
wick. has got out of the ice and is on her
way down the coast to this city. The
schooner sailed from the New Brunswick
port about a month ago, and shortly after
sailing, according to letters received here,
a cold snap came in the maritime provinces
and the schooner was frozen. in at Pictou.
In Nova Scotia. like in this vicinity, a
thaw came after Christmas, and the master
of the Hunt, taking advantage of the open
water secured a tug and was taken out to
out of danger of another freeze until
she reaches the Potomac. The schooner
has aboard over fifty thousand bundles of
laths consigned to Johnson & Wimsatt OF
this city.
Arrived-Schooner Nettie lumber from
the Rappahannock river to the dealers;
schooners Winnie Windsor and Fannie
Shepherd oysters from the Potomac beds;
tug Minerva, towing three lighters laden
with sand and gravel from river beds;
schooner William F. Villas, light from a
river point to load for the lower Potomac;
Standard Or barges 81 and II, laden with
oil in bulk from Baltimore for Georgetown.
Sailed-Barge Sea King, light for Neabsco
creek to load railway ties for this city;
schooner Belmont, for river point to load
for the Rappahannock river to load oysters
for this market; barge Roundout, light for
Baltimore to load coal for this port; schoon
er w H. Bixier, light for Potomac oyster
bed to load for this port; scoW Boush, light
for Marshall Hall to load railway ties for
this city.
Observation-Disclosures Sam Wood has
been chartered to load lumber on the Rap
pahannock river for Philadelphia; tug Will
lam H. Yerkes has gone to Baltimore TO
bring back a coal-laden barge; schooner
Mary A. Hall has sailed from Jacksonville,
Fla for this city with cargo of pine lum
Der; schooner Flying Scud is reported to
have arrived at Norfolk from this city with
a cargo Of street sweepings.
The excursion pier at Glymont, Md, with
the grounds there has been leased by Mr..
w. L. Woollen of this city, and the resort
will be used for excursion purposes during
the coming summer. 1t is stated he has
secured the steamer River Queen to run
between this city and Glymont during the
summer.
The pipe and pontoons belonging to the
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Dredging Com
pany, which were used In the work of
deepening the water in the harbor during
the past summer, have been taken to Alex
andria by the tug D. M. Key, and will there
be ioaded on railway cars for shipment to
Norfolk, where, it is stated, the dredge
Florida is employed on government con-
tract, deepening the approaches to that city.
The steamer T. V. Arrowsmith, which has
been lying out of service at Alexandria for
several weeks past, has force of workmen
aboard her overhaulng the canvas COW
ering on the decks of the steamer and
making them watertight 1t Is stated that
the Smith will go in service again early
in the coming spring.
The current which started running from
the head waters of the Potomac Wednesday
morning last has about run out, and this
morning it is giving the steamboats, and
sailing vessels but little trouble. Some little
rubbish was brought down by the end of
the flood and in it a stick of timber
about 90 feet long and IA inches square
The stick was caught by boatman and
lowed into Alexandria.