Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-16
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The big four-masted schooner Clara A.
Donnell, which brought the first cargo Of
ice of the season up the Potomac river and
discharged it at the Alexandria pier of the
Mutual Ice Company, is on her way to New
port News behind one of the tugs of the
fleet of A. ]. Taylor G. Bro. of this city.
She will load coal at that port for New
England.
A large four-masted schooner, deeply
laden, is reported in the river on her way
up in tow of a tug. and this vessel is sup
posed to be the schooner Estelle Phinney
laden with ice from Boothbay, Me-, for
Alexandria. The Phnney has been out
more than ten days, and brings a cargo of
about 100 tons. She will be berthed in the
new dock of the Mutual Ice Company to
discharge her cargo into the big new ice
house, where it will be stored until wanted
for icing fruit laden cars bound from the
south to Philadelphia and New York.
The three-nasted schooner Hubbard,
which has been lying at Alexandria for
several days past loading a cargo of rail-
way ties for New York, has completed TAX
ing aboard her cargo and sailed today in
tow of the tug Camilla for the mouth of the
Potomac en- route north. The schooner has
aboard about 5000 ties, 2,COO less than her
master calculated she would carry The
difference in the size Of her cargo was
caused by the fact that ties with which the
vessel is loaded are Of oak and are I'M
usually heavy so that the schooner, while
having room for more cargo, has all she
can carry in weight. Other vessels now
unloading at this city are to be taken to
Alexandria within the next day or two to
take aboard ties for northern ports.
Arrived-Schooner John McGinnis, pine
lumber from the Rappahannock river for
the dealers; schooner Silver STAR cord wood
from river point for the dealers; schooner
a. J. Lawson, lumber from river point !:
bugeye Col S. A. Graham, pine lumber
fr.nfD oh dNo fo- To-, xlooI
Marion Cameron, with a tow of sand and
gravel laden scows from Piscataway creek.
Sa1led-Schooner Levin Woolford, for a
river point to load oysters for this market
schooners Oyster Boy and Goldie c., from
Alexandria with cargoes Of brick and build
ing material for the lower river; schooner
Maud s., to Coan river to load lumber for
this city; bugeye Lawson. for river point
to load for this city; schooner Oakland, for
Aqua creek to load cord wood; schooner c..
III. Bramble, for a river point to load a
cargo back to this city.
Memoranda Schooner Lottie Carter has
sailed from Wade's bay for this port with
cord wood aboard; schooner Plumr1er has
been chartered to load railway ties at Alex
andria for New York; schooner Amanda
Lewis Is at river point loading oysters in
the shell for this market; tug Dixie has
sailed from Baltimore for this city with two
barges laden with hard coal; barges Mag
nolia and York are on their way to this
port from Baltimore with hard coal aboard.
The two-masted schooner Melvin c.. Hart
bound to the Potomac from New York, is
said to have aboard a cargo of potatoes for
wholesale house in Alexandria. When the
vessel left New York she was reported to
be loaded with building stone for this city
The cargo of potatoes aboard the vessel
will be the first one to be received at Alex
andria for many years.
The big boiler which has been lying on
the w. & P. line pier for several days past
was yesterday taken to Fort Hunt on the
steamer Estell lie Randall. The boiler which
weighed about four tons, will be used in
fort.
Efforts are being made to pump out the
sunken steamer Jane Moseley, lying on the
mats OF the Eastern branch near Buzzard's
Point. A sand pumping machine is being
used to suck the water out of the steamer.
and when she is fioated she will be taken
to shipyard for necessary repairs.