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

The sand and gravel dredging companies
doing business on the Potomac are again
in operation, after an enforced idleness of
more than month on account Of the thick
ice which formed on the gravel beds early
in February. The ice has now disappeared,
and the dredging machines are in opera
ton in Piscataway creek and at other
points on the river. The tug Yerkes. which
is towing for the Potomac Dredging Com
pany until the tug Marion Cameron returns
to the Potomac, came into port yesterday
with three large scows laden with gravel,
and the tug Eugenia brought a tow Of five
sand-laden scows to Alexandria. Sand and
gravel-laden lighters will come into port
from river points from now on, and in
few days the entire fleet of diggers, tugs
and scows will be in active service.
The schooner Lottie Carter. which has
been laid up at the 10th street wharf for
the past two months, is ready for service,
and tomorrow she will sail, light, for a
river point to load cargo Of cordwood
for this port; the schooner A. Fl. Quinby
which has been laid up with the Carter.
will complete overhaulng this week and
will sail for the Rappahannock river to
load lumber for the dealers here; the barge
Marjorie has completed the loading of a
cago of about 400 tons of broken stone at
Georgetown, for Norfolk, and is waiting
tug to take her away; the barge Agnes Nc
Nally is unloading cargo of coke at
Georgetown for dealers, and when light
| will be taken back to Baltimore to load
again for this city.
The schooner Samuel Wood sailed from
| the Rappahannock river for this city more
than a week ago with cargo of lumber,
| and is expected to come into port within
| the next day or two; the schooner Winnie
Windsor has sailed for the lower river to
| load a cargo of oysters for this market;
| the steam barge E. James Tull is in Deco
guam loading a cargo of oak piles for the
extension of the pier of the new steel plant
on the river near GieSboro Point.
One of the large lighters used in the
carrying away of street sweepings and
other waste material from this city to
points along the river below Alexandria,
where it is dumped into the river, has been
nett's yard for the past three weeks.
Owing to the fact that the hull was frozen
no work could be done upon it until Fri
day. The caulking and overhauling of the
craft is being pushed, and she will be
ready to put overheard early in the coming
week.
The schooners Eta and Laurena Bram-
Bile, laden with oysters in the shell from
river points, were brought into port yes
terday by the tug Yerkes and were berthed
at the 18th street wharf. These boats
loaded oysters before the freeze. but, being
unable to come up the Potomac, they I'M
loaded at Baltimore and then came back
to the Potomac beds and loaded for this
market The demand for the bivalves is
not heavy, and they are selling at prices
ranging from Coo. to 81 per bushel.
The tug NJ. Mitchell Davis, Capt. Frank
Taylor which was recently given a general
overhauling at Baltimore, returned to this
city, her home port, yesterday, with tow
of oyster boats. She will sail for the bay
to engage in general towing within the
next day or two.