Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-15
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

A pile driving machine has been work
ing on the new pier of the Firth Sterling
steel plant for several days driving sheet
piling about the structure il order to pro-
tect it from ice during the winter months.
The sheet piles are white oak and are
being driven as close together as it is
possible to drive them across the face of
the pier and along portion of each side.
1t is also stated that several big punches
of piles to serve as ice breaks Will be
driven above and below the pier before the
driver completes the work The steel plant
pier Is built at the point on the District
shore of the river where the full force of
the ice sweeping down from the upper Po-
tomac is felt 1t is there that the ice
gorges in past years have formed, and old
rivermen assert that with heavy ice ana
sudden thaw 1t Will require a we'll
built structure at the steel plant pier site
70 withstand the assault it would receive
Hunters returning from the lower river
counties of Maryland and Virginia report
that birds of all kinds are plentiful, and
with the aid of well-broken dogs good
bags can be obtained. v lid ducks and
geese are also reported plentiful and the
hunters who Lave gone down the Po-
lomac recently have had fine sport Rab-
bits and squirrels seem scarce and so far
this season comparatively few have been
killed, although better hunting for such
game is looked for after snow appears.
Hunters are going down the river on
every trip of the steamers, to return after
week or ten days with glowing
counts of fine sport.
Arrived: Schooner ]. NJ. Johnson. canned
goods, from Nomini creek for the local
dealers; schooner Mary Elvis and Martin
Wagner, oysters in the shell, from the
Potomac beds: schooner William Henry,
cord wood from a lower river point; tugs
Marion Cameron and ]. T. Selectman
towing lighters laden with sand and
gravel from down river points; tug Prin-
cess of Baltimare. towing barge SAUCER
ties. at Indian Head with coal for powder
making plant; large Pride of the West, hay
and corn from a point on the Chesapeake
DOnohue. light. at Alexandria to load
railway ties for New York; tug Columbia
of Philadelphia, with a tow of coal-laden
barges for the Georgetown dealers.
Sailed: SchoonerS f. 2. Evans, Lottie
Thomas and Ethel Vale and soop Enola
light, for the oyster beds at the mouth of
the Potomac to load for this city; schooner
p. E. Smith, light, for a river point to load
cord wood for this city; schooner A. H.
Quinby, for the Patuxent river to load for
this city; tug Dixie. with light barge in
tow, for Baltimore to load hard coal;
schooner Nellie and Matte, light, for a
river point to load; schooner Silver Star,
light. for a down river point to load cord
wood back to this city; schooner PLUME
Smith, for Occoquan to load lumber for
the dealers here; sloop Ada Wood, light,
for Blackstone Island to load oysters IN
the shell for this market; Alexandria
Chemical Company lighter, for Occoquan
to load sulphur rock for the acid works
at Alexandria; schooner Lottie Carter,
light. for Nomini to load cord wood;
schooner Eta. light for the Wicomico
river to load oysters in the shell.
Memoranda: Barge PatuXent has ar
rived at Alexandria from Norfolk with
a cargo of fertilizer material: tug For
tuna is on her way to this city from
Baltimore with coal-laden lighters in
tow; schooner Freddie Hamblin is re-
ported loading lumber at a North Caro-
lima port for this city; schooner William
Henry is loading cord wood at a river
point for the dealers here; schooner An
ME F. Conlin is expected to recharter to
load ties at Alexandria for Boston.
The tug James o. Carter of the Taylor
feet was out of service yesterday hav-
ing the tubes in her boiler renewed and
having some other repair work done to
put her In order for active service on the
river. The Carter returned to service to-
day.
AS the steamer Harry Randall was on
the way up the river early Wednesday
morning she ran into a large flock of
wild swan near Budds ferry. So near to
the steamer were the birds before they
flew away, the officers of the boat as
sert, that with ten-foot pole they could
have been hit from the deck Of the
steamer.
The steamer Newport News Of the
Washington and Norfolk line, which was
yesterday withdrawn from the day route
to Norfolk and the jamestown exposition,
is being painted about the hull and put
In order to relieve the steamer Norfolk
on the night route to Old Point, the
jamestown exposition and Norfolk The
change in the steamers, 1t is stated. will
be made this week.