Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-25
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The officers of the steamer arriving here
from Norfolk yesterday morning report
having passed in the river Saturday night
loaded three-masted schooner anchored off
NanJamoy creek, and loaded two-masted
schooner lying off Lower Cedar Point. The
three-masted schooner is supposed to be
the Samuel B. Hubbard, on her way from
Maine port to this city with cargo Of
building stone for use in one of the big
buildings in process of erection here A
schooner answering the description of the
Hubbard was reported anchored in the river
last week and tug was sent to bring her
here. When the tug reached the vessel it
was found to be light schooner, which
was on her way to Somerset Beach to load
railway ties for New York, and the tug car
ried her to her loading point The tug
Camilla Is down the river, and this vessel
will be brought here if 1t is the Hubbard
What the two-maSted schooner is is not
known, as no vessel answering her descrip-
ton Is known to be coming here at this
time.
The tug Radiant. which arrived here Sat-
urday evening with three barges of the
Standard Oil Company in tow, sailed again
yesterday afternoon. with the three light
tank barges for Baltimore, where they
will again load cargoes of Oil in bulk and
will be brought up the Potomac to fill up
the tanks of the company stations here and
at Alexandria.
The schooner Merrill G. Hart, from Stock
ton Springs, Me-, for this city, with cargo
of building stone, sailed from Rockland the
22d instant. The Hart was reported loaded
and at Rockfand two or three weeks ago,
and it was thought that she was on her way
to this city long ago. She is supposed, how
ever, to have been detained at the Maine
port by bad weather. She should arrive
here early the coming month.
AS soon the work on the boilers and
engine of the steamer Harry Randall of the
Washington and Potomac Steamboat Com
pany fleet is completed she will go to either
Baltimore or Newport News to have some
hull work done and to be put in trim for
her regular run on the river during the
coming summer and fall 1t is stated that
three weeks or month at the shipyard will
be required to complete the work to be
done to the steamer, and that 1t will be
the first or middle of April before she will
be ready to take her place on the Nomini
and Lower Machodoc route.
All the ice houses. stables, wagon repair
shops and Office buildings of the American
Ice Company on the wharves at the foot
of 9th and 10th streets southwest are being
painted a vivid yellow with brown trim
mings, the colors of the ice company, and
it is said that the ice houses in George
town and other parts of the city Will be
adorned in like manner. The bright colors
of the buildings make the river front look
gay, even on a dull day.
The work of cleaning up the burned lathS
and lumber Thich4Swere scattered about
during the big nre at the lumber yard OF
johnson & Wimsatt about a month ago,
is now progressing rapidly, and before the
end Of the present week order will be re-
stored from the chaos. 1t is stated that
the plans for the new office building and
storage sheds for lumber, to take the place
of those destroyed in the fire, are completed
and that building operations will soon
be started.
1t is reported that parties were in the
city a few days ago endeavoring to secure
additional wharfage room for the use or the
steamers, which, report says, are to be
brought here to run upon the route to Nor
folk. The lessees of the lumber wharf at
the foot of 9th street southwest were APP
preached, as were the holders of leases
on other property along the river front. No
definite information as to when the talked
of company will start operations can be OBJ
tanned.
Capt Frank w. KNIT master of the tug
James o. Carter, who has been spending
several DAYS leave of absence at his home
at Alexandria, returned to duty on his boat
this morning.