Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-06
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The material being excaVated from the
dock at the chemical works at Alexandria
Is being brought up to the sewer outlet and
dumped in the trench in which the twin
pipes of the sewer outlet are laid. 1t Is
stated that the trench in some places Is
fifteen feet deep, OF deeper. and though
the pipes are anchored with concrete the
trench is to be filled up over them, and
this method of filing 1t has been adopted.
The dredging work is being done about
mile and a half from the sewer outlet, and
the mud is brought scows up to where
the pipes lie imbedded in the bottom of the
river and dumped. The work of placing In
position the two short sections of piping,
forming the shore end Of the sewer outlet,
is in progress. and will, it is thought, be
completed within the next few days. The
outlet pipe laying work has progressed I'M
der many difficulties, but has been success
fully accomplished.
The big tug Marion Cameron belonging
to the Potomac Dredging Company. has
gone into service the river. after a stay
Of several months at Baltimore, during
which she has been given a general over
hauling in preparation for hard and con-
tinuous work during the coming nine or
ten months She sailed yesterday morn
creek. and yesterday afternoon with a tow
Of loaded scows- The tugs Resale, Capt.
Toby. ]. T. Selectman, Minerva and others
in the sand-towing business came into port
yesterday evening with tows of scows
laden with sand and gravel strfnging out
behind them. In all, twelve or fifteen load
ed lighters were brought to this city.
The two-masted schooner l.. A. Plum
from New York with a cargo Of about 500
tons of stone aboard for the new District
building. Is reported to have arrived In
Hampton roads a day or two ago, and. al
though no information has been received
here regarding her sailing. it is thought
she is now on her way up the bay to this
to meet her at the mouth of the river and
bring her into port. She will be taken
to Georgetown to unload her cargo at the
pier Of Littleheld. Alvord & Co.
arrived at Alexandria day or two ago.
started up the river yesterday with load
Of lumber aboard, and went ashore on
the fats almost abreast of the pier of the
new steel plant. 1t is said that her OBJ
jective point was the steel plant wharf,
but she went on the bottom hundred
yards away from it, and was hard and
fast aground all day yesterday. The pres
ent end of the pier is in about four feet
Of water at low tide, but 1t is proposed
to bring 1t out to the deep water of the
the pier is to be started within the next
week or ten days. Material for the work
is now being gathered.
The big scow belonging to the street
has been hauled out on the marine rail-
way at Benefits boat yard for several
days past being caulked and having other
repair work done, was yesterday put over
board and will be ready to be turned over
to its owners as soon the house can be
rebuilt upon it. The lighter was injured
in a heavy gale on the river several weeks
ago, the wind blowing the house on 1t.
The current caused by the rains and
melting SHOWS in the mountains about
the headwaters Of the upper Potomac did
not amount to much. The rivermen were
confident it would run strong for two or
three days, but instead Of doing so the
flow became less yesterday morning. and
before night had stopped almost entirely.
flood tide was able to make against the
current yesterday morning.
The schooner William H. Bixler sailed
yesterday morning light for the oyster
beds in the lower Potomac to load back
to this city. The bugeye A. ]. Lawson has
sailed for Nomini creek to load a cargo of
pine lumber back to this city. The schoon-
er Quinby has been chartered to load
lumber at river point for this city.
1t Is stated that the tug NJ Mitchell
Davis, which is now in port here. will
shortly return to the Delaware river to
resume her charter tender to the dredg-
ing machines employed in the improve
ment of the approaches to Philadelphia
by water.