Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-09
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The bugeye Sweet. which arrived here a
day or two ago, is lying at the 11th street
oyster wharf loading a cargo of shells for
the seeding of barren oyster grounds on
Chesapeake bay. She Is said to be- with
one exception, the largest vessel of her
type ever built, carrying a cargo of nearly
a hundred tons. and unlike most bugeyes
carries a main topsail and two jibs. The
Sweet is seventy-three feet long and was
built at Pocomoke City. Md, in 1901 She
is owned is Crisfield. Nd. The vessel is
handsome one. and like most bugeyes is a
rough weather boat and a speedy sailer
she Will carry away several thousand
bushels of the shells to a depleted shore
to furnish holding ground for new growth
of oysters.
The steamer Queen Anne of the Washing
ton and Potomac Steamboat Company fleet
sailed Yesterday morning fer Newport
News, where she goes for her annual paint
Ing and overhauling. There are now four
W ashington owned steamers at the New
port News shipyard, the steamers Nor
folk and jamestown, belonging to the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Company,
and the steamers Harry Randall and Queen
Anne of the Washington and Potomac
Company service. 1t is expected that the
Harry Randall and the Norfolk will be
ready to return to this city some time dur
ing the present week.
Arrived: Schooner Silver Star oak Ium-
Der from river point for addition to the
pier Of the F'irth-Sterling Steel Company;
schooner Osceola. cord wood from river
point; schooner Rafting Joe, oysters from
Pocomoke sound; schooner Nora Russell
cord wood from the lower Potomac for
dealers; scow Daniel, railway ties from
Chicamuxen creek. at Alexandria; scoW
Bush cedar posts, from a river point for
Washington dealers; fattie Upshur. CLAIMS
from the Eastern shore; scow Sea King
cord wood from a river point for Alexan-
dria dealers.
Sailed: Schooner E. P. Evans. for the
Potomac oyster beds to load for this city;
schooner Kimball, empty barrels for a Po-
tomac fishing shore; schooner Fair Amer-
can, for the lower river to load: bugeye
Kathleen. light. for a river point to load
back to this city; bugeye r. H. Stewart on
a pleasure cruise; bugeye Edna and Nellie,
with part cargo of fish barrels for a river
point
Memoranda: Schooner Mable and Ruth
has sailed from a point in North Carolina
for this city, laden with pine lumber:
Va, loading lumber for this city;
barge II has sailed from Baltimore for this
city laden with oil in bulk; schooner Ro-
yer sailed from st. Marys river for Nor
folk Saturday, with a cargo of gravel;
schooner Kate Darlington has been char
tered to load broken stone at Georgetown
for Norfolk; barge Reliance is loading
stone at Georgetown wharf for the
jamestown exposition grounds.
The schooner Melvin Hart which is re-
ported to have been over six weeks on a
trip from the Maine coast to Alexandria
destination this morning. The tug William
H. Yerkes. jr., brought her from Hampton
roads to Alexandria.
The barge which came to this port sew
eral days ago under the name Of P R. r.
1O1 has been renamed by her owners. the
Southern Transportation Company Of Phila-
delphia, and when she sails she will have
the name Wicomico on her name boards
to- hn No..
lying at wharf in Georgetown unloading
q cargo Of coal.