Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-16
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

Barge No 20 Of the Consolidated Coal
cargo Of about 1.400 tons of Cumberland
coal at Georgetown yesterday and sailed
with it for Boston. The tug Camilla will
take the big vessel to the mouth of the Po-
tomac and will anchor her there until a
tow of loaded c. c. C. barges from Baltf-
more come down. and No. 90 will then be
hooked to the tow and carried up the coast
to her destination. c. c. c. barge No. Z,
which has been at Georgetown loading for
the past week. completed the taking aboard
of her cargo of coal last night and she will
sail to the mouth of the river today and
will possibly join the same tow that will
take No. 20 up the coast No. is con-
signed to a New England port and will. 1t
is stated. return light to this city to load
another cargo of coal for Boston. AS soon
as barge No. 10 completes the unloading Of
a cargo of ice at the 10th street wharf she
will be taken around to Georgetown and
will take aboard about 400 tons of coal
for northern point
The breaking of the shaft of the steamer
Harry Randall has prevented the putting
on o. the siX-trip per week schedule Of the
Washington and Potomac Steamboat Com
pany, which was to have gone into effect
today. 1t is expected that the Randall,
broken shaft repaired at the big shipyard
there. will return to this city about the mid
die of this week. and in that event 1t Is ex-
pected that the new schedule will be put on
some time the latter part Of the month.
Under this summer schedule the steamer
Wakefield will make three trips each week
to Wirt's wharf and the upper river land
ings. and the Harry Randall will make
three trips to Nomini and the Wicomico
river and the lower river landings.
Arrived: Schooner A. H. Quinby. coal
from Philadelphia for the Washington deal
ers: schooner Mary Chapman pine wood
from river point: dattie No Name, foun-
dry iron from Blackstone Island for Alex
andria: tug D. NJ. Key, light from Quantico
for Alexandria for repair work: tug Sc
lectman. towing fleet Of sand and gravel
laden bargeS from river point for the
local market.
Sailed: Scow Bush light for Aqua creek
! to load lumber and cord wood: tug ]. T.
Seectman and six light scows for river
point, schooner Five Sisters, for point on
the river to load for this city; schooner
Mary Ann Shea, for Aqua creek to load
cord wood for this city: schooner s. l..
Bowen. for the lower river to load pine
lumber for dealers here; steamer Mohawk.
railway ties from Alexandria for Boston.
Memoranda: Schooner A. H. Qunby has
been chartered to load railway ties on the
Potomac for Philadelphia and coal back to
this city; schooner Edwin f. Hunt has been
chartered to load coal al Georgetown for a
New England point: schooner Edith Yer
rail- is at river point loading cord wood
for this city: schooner Clara Leonard Is In
Wades bay loading for this port; schooner
Grace Bennett will load lumber and shin
giles at a North Carolina point for dealers
here.
Among the visitors to this port is the
yacht Gray Dawn, which arrived a day or
two ago from visit to Hampton roads and
the Jamestown exposition The launch is
a handsome one and yesterday went up to
Georgetown for a short stay.
The bugeye Avalon. which arrived here
Friday with a cargo of sand, has been
given a thorough overhauling and been fit
ted with new masts since her last visit here.