Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-27
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The three-masted schooner Anne r.
Lewis, which arrived in the Potomac about
ten days ago and was taken to Somerset
Beach, Va, to load cargo Of railway
ties, has completed taking on her cargo
and sailed yesterday for New York. The
vessel, it is stated, has aboard about O,OO0
ties cut in the forests Of King George
county along the river during the fall and
early part of the winter. The Lewis is
the first vessel to load q full cargo Of ties
at Somerset for a year or more, most Of
the vessels taking on part Of the. cargo at
that point and then coming up to Alex
andria to complete the loading Of their
cargoes. AS soon as vessels can be char
tered they will be brought to Alexandria to
take on cargoes Of oak and chestnut ties
for New York. Boston and other points.
The shipping of railway ties is the big in
dnstry on the upper part of the navigabie
Potomac, but cutting OF ties is said to be
rapidly destroying the forests in both Vir-
ginia and Maryland.
The supply of oysters on sale at the
wharf market was augmented yesterday
by the arrival of the schooners Winnie
Windsor and George B. Faunce with car
goes aboard from the oyster beds in the
lower part Of the Potomac river The yes
sells were brought up the river by the tug
Camilla, and have aboard each about 800
bushels of the bivalves.. There is an abun-
dant supply ON sale at the 11th street
wharf, and the dealers are asking from So
cents to 81 per bushel for them While
there has been no over supply this winter,
the vessels have arrived here with cargoes
large enough to meet all demands, except
for about two weeks in the early part of
this month, when ice prevented sailing
vessels moving, even behind a tugboat.
The tugs James o. Carter, I apt. Toby and
D. NJ. Key of the Taylor Brothers fleet are
taking advantage of the dull times on the
river to be painted and overhauled while
waiting for the OnpniuR of the hl1Sv
season. They are berthed at the 10th street
wharf of the American Ice Company and
Capt A. J. Taylor Is supervising the work,
with Capt. Bob Brown and Capt Frank
Kintz to assist him. Capt. Brown has
charge of the machine repair work. while
Capt. Ilintz looks after the painting and
the woodwork. When the vessels return
to service they will be ready for spring
and summer of hard and steady work with
but few lay days.
Schooner Nettie has completed the I'M
loading of cargo Of lumber al Alexandria,
and as soon as navigation Is safe she will
sail for the Rappahannock river to load
lumber back to this city. Tug Yerkes went
into the Wicomico river with the big sand
dredging machine of the Potomac Dredg-
ing Company, the ice on the river making
it unsafe to tow the machine through 1t to
Piscataway creek. 1t will be brought up
the river later. Tug Camilla sailed this
morning with tow Of light oyster vessels
bound to the lower river to load back to
this market.
The United States naval tug Tecumseh
yesterday took lighter, on which was
one small naval gun, from this city to the
proving grounds at Indian Head, Nd;
where the gun is to be tested before being
sent to the ship for which it was built.
Hardly day passes but that newly built
guns both big and little, are sent from the
naval ordnance foundry In this city to In
dian Head to undergo their prescribed
tests =, 81 q ~
The tug Martin Dallman,. which has been
laid up out of service all the winter. went
into commission yesterday as tender to
the digging machine. deepening the dock
at the Alexandra ice wharf. 4. ~.