Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-28
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The steam launch Neva, which was
used by the United States Army
engineer officers in charge of the improve
ments on the Potomac river before the
larger tug. General Warren. was assigned
to duty in her stead, has been sold. 1t is
stated, and her new owners have taken
her to Deane's boatyard at Alexandria,
where she Will be rebuilt 1t has been
about four years since the Neva was in
active service. and during that time she
has been lying half under water at the
army engineers wharf in the Georgetown
channel of the river above the new High
way bridge. The Neva in her day was
quite speedy little craft. and 1t Is I'M
derstood that she Is to be used as pleas
ure craft when she again returns to
service.
The full-rigged American bark Boyl-
stone. which arrived at Alexandria re-
Gently to load a cargo of railway ties
for Boston. is the first vessel of that
type that has been up the Potomac in
several years, and she has been visited
by a number of persons since she has
been lying off the Alexandria docks. The
Boylstone is one of the type of fine sail
ing ships built for foreign trade that are
rapidly being displaced by tramp steam
ers. This, 1t Is stated, has forced her
to engage in coastwise traffic, in which
the foreign ships cannot engage The
Boylstone will load about 1900 ties
She came to Alexandria light from a
northern port for the cargo of ties.
Arrived-Schooner Five Sisters, pine
lumber, from a river point for the local
dealers; scow Bush. cord wood from
Aqua creek: steam barge Daniel X. Jack
son, lumber from Occuquan; schooner
Mary Ann Shea. pine lumber from Aqua
creek; schooner Amanda Lewis. oysters
from Potomac beds; tug Marion Cameron
towing five sand and gravel laden lighters
from Greenway flats: schooner John, Nc
Ginnis, wood from the Rappahannock
river.
Sailed-schooners Thomas B. Schan,
Ella Hall and Freddie L. Hamblin. light.
for North Carolina ports to load for this
city: schooner William Henry. light. for
Wade's bay to load cord wood for dealers
here; tug Camilla. towing S. o. Co. tank
barge No. II. light. for Baltimore:
schooner Isabelle, light. Mount Holly to
load sand for the dealers here: schooner
William Cunningham light. for Aqua
creek, to load back to this city: schooner
Peri. light. for Potomac creek to load
Memoranda-Barge Saugerties is lying
at Indian Head unload ding a cargo of coal
for the naval powder-maklng plant:
schooner s. l.. Bowen IS at Liverpool
Point loading cord wood: barge M. A
Hooper is at Liverpool Point completing
a cargo of ties for Philadelphia; schooner
Nettie is under charter to load lumber
at Potomac point for the local dealers;
schooner Lily w. Owings has been char
tered to load canned goods al Sharps
wharf. Va, for Baltimore; schooner Peer
less has been chartered to load canned
goods on the RappahannCcS river for this
port.
The two-masted river schooner Mary
Ann Shea, which about a month ago lost
both her masts in a squall on the river.
has during the past week been refitted
with new spars in Aqua creek. and is
in service While her maSts were build
ing the Shea was not laid up. but brought
cargoes of cord wood here in tow of a
tug.
The bugeye Ella and the pungy Cora
Mckenney, which have been hauled out
on the marine railway at Alexandria for
attention to hull and for repair work to
put them in order for the oyster running
pairs. and are again in service. The
of canned goods to this city has been
hauled out on the Alexandra railway to
locate and stop a leak.
The Philadelphia barge Warwick has
completed the loading of a cargo of as
phalt paving blocks at the plant on the
Eastern branch. and has sailed with her
cargo for Richmond. Several millions of
Washington-made paving blocks have
been used In street paving in Richmond
in the past two years.
The Alexandria schooner Sidonia Cur
ley is lying at that port taking aboard
a cargo of bottles, made at the AleXan-
dria glass factories for Norfolk order
After unloading at Norfolk the schooner
will go to a Virginia lumber port to load
for this city.