Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-30
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The little Baltimore-owned tug Comet.
which has been chartered by the Potomac
Dredging Company of this city for service
In Fiscataway creek, has arrived from
Baltimore and has gone in service. The
tug is employed In towing the barges laden
with sand and gravel from the machine at
work in the creek to the big tug Marion
Cameron In deep water at the mouth of the
creek, and also to take the light scows
brought down from this city by the Cam
eron, up Piscataway to the digging ma
chine to be loaded. The Comet was en-
pioyed in this service last summer and fall
but at the beginning of winter she returned
to Baltimore. Since leaving here cary In
the fall the Comet has been given a general
overhaulng and is in good order for serv-
Ice. The Comet relieved the tug Capt. Toby
in this service
The two-masted schooner Sam Wood is
lying a the wharf foot Of 18th street load
Ing cargo of oyster shells for the eastern
shore of Virginia. where .they will be used
In planting depleted oyster beds. The Wood
will take away about 800 bushels of the
shells. it being the largest cargo of shells
to leave here this season. After unloading
at the eastern shore port the schooner will
go to Virginia port to load lumber for
this city.
Arrived: Bugeye A. j. Lawson lumber
from a lower river point to the dealers
here; schooners PLUME L. Smith and May
the river for dealers here: schooner Sidona
Curley,r pine lumber from the Rappahan-
mock river; schooner Earl Biscoe pine wood
from Occoquan for the local market, bug
eye Ada Ballenger. and power schooner
Emma fish from the nets in the river; tug
Cameron. towing three scows laden with
sand and gravel from Piscataway creek
Sailed: Schooner Eta light for the lower
river to load; schooner w H. Bixler. for
the Potomac oyster beds, to load Isaac
solomon. for river point. to load cord
wood for the dealers here: bugeye GOldie
c., for a river point to load; tug ]. T. Sc
lectman. towing several light scows for
the digging machines down river
Memoranda: Schooner E. NJ. Skinner is
unloading fertilizer material at Alexandria
schooner G. c. Wheeler is loading shingles
at port in North Carolina for this city
schooner r. Mason is in NARROW bay load
Ing cord wood for this city; steam barge
Dennis Simmons is at Edenton, n. c. load
Ing lumber and shingles for this city; tug
Volunteer has sailed from Norfolk towing
barge Patuxent, bound to this city. with a
cargo of pine lumber; schooner ]. p Rob-
inson Is in Upper MachodOc creek loading
cord wood for this city; schooner Eugie is
loading lumber on the Rappahannock river
for the dealers here.
The big seagoing barge Wicomico Is lying
IN Aqua creek loading a cargo of about
lO,OO0 railway ties for the New York mar
ket. AS soon as the vessel is loaded she
will be taken in tow by tug and carried
up the coast to her destination 1t is
stated that two barges are under charter TO
load cargOes of railway ties at Alexandria
for ports in the north, and will begin the
loading of their cargoes during the coming
week. -s.-..-.-ssyls..5s = -..--=1ess.,
The hull Of the houseboat formerly used
as a gaming place on the river below
Alexandria is lying in the Eastern branch
at the foot of Sd street and is being torn to
pieces for the lumber that is in it The
heuseboat was built at this city about three
years ago. but was of too light construc-
ton to stand the strain of the electric
lighting machinery, and of the crowds often
aboard it.