Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-13
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The pier and warehouse at Edgewater on
Lower Machodoc creek which was burned
about two months ago. has been rebuilt by
its owner, Mr.. c. E. Dagger and is again in
use. The pier is stopping point of the
steamers of the Washington and Potomac
Steamboat Company from this city. and is
an important shipping point. particularly in
the winter. when quantities of oysters in the
shell are shipped from there to the dealers
here. When the wharf and warehouse were
burned a quantity of merchandise shipped
from this city to merchants in Westmore-
land county. Va. was destroyed and the
loss wis total. The new pier occupies the
site of the old one. the shore end of which
was left standing after the fire, and the
new wharf house is somewhat larger than
the one destroyed. 1t is stated that the
cause of the fire has never been deter
mined. but it is thought to have started
from carelessly dropped match or lighted
cigarette.
The British schooner J. w Nelson. which
arrived at Alexandria about a week ago
from Cuba to load a cargo of oak timber
for a port in Nova Scotia. was yesterday
taken by the tug Camilla to Somerset
Beach, on the Potomac. about forty miles
below this city, to complete her cargo of
about 100000 feet of the timber. This is
the first cargo of Virginia oak that has
been shipped from the Potomac to a for
ViSH p''It lol HidHy years. AS TIE nelson is
of foreign registry under the marine laws
OF the United States. she can only load a
cargo at an American port for a foreign
port.
Aqua creek, pine lumber to dealers:
schooner Lauraine Bramble, fish from a bay
point for the dealers here; schooners Edith
Eerrall and 1Iottie Carter. cord wood from
Potomac points for the local dealers;
schooner Stephen Chase. lumber from a
river point for the dealers; tug Capt. Toby,
towing barge from down river to Alexan-
dria to load; bugeye Silver Spray, pine 1um-
Der from river point to Washington deal
ELS; tug Minerva with tow of sand and
gravel laden barges from a river point;
schooner Goodman, light from river point
to load street sweepings.
Sailed: Steam barge Dennis Simmons
light. for a North Carolina port to load back
to this port bugeye PLUME E. Smith, light.
Tor Potomac point to load cord wood for
this port; barge Norfolk light. for Deco
guam to load railway ties for Philadelphia;
barge katherine Brady. light, for Balti-
more TO load: barge Thomas J. Cleaver
light, for Norfolk to load lumber for Vir-
ginia point; schooner A. c. Eaton. light. for
the Rappahannock river to load lumber; tug
Dauntless with tow of light barges for
Baltimore.
Memoranda: Steam scow Daniel X. Jack
son has been chartered to load barrels for
a river point: schooner Edward G. Height
has been chartered to load lumber at Bruins
wick. Ga, for this city: schooner Emma S.
Lord Is under charter to load attls at Bay
Chaleur Nova Scotia, for this city;
schooner Daylight. to load ice for this city,
was at Bath the 9th instant; tug Bohemia
has sailed from Norfolk for Washington
with harges A. W. Embrey and Mary A
Hooper.
The big seagoing barge Atlantic which
has been lying at a river point loading a
cargo of railway ties was yesterday
brought up to Alexandria to complete her
cargo. The vessel will take about 108U0
ties to New York.