Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-21
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The bodybuilding and repair yards
both here and at Alexandria are all busy
just now with the spring rush of work
that will keep them employed on full
time until the warm weather of the sum-
mer. At Reagan's bCatyard the spring
cleaning and painting of ten or fifteen
pleasure craft of all sizes and kinds Is in
progress, and numbers of others are walt
ing their turn to go on the railway for an
overhauling. The old schooner Osceola
is on the railway at Benefits being
transformed into practically a new vessel.
But little Of the old vessel will remain
when the work is completed and when it
is put overheard new name will be given
it. Several launches are also at Ben
nett's for spring cleaning and overhaul
ing. Cumberland. at the foot of 9th
street southwest, has just completed the
employed in the finishing work on it.
Several small boats are at this yard TO be
cleaned and painted. At the two Alex
andria yards sand-digging machines,
scows and tugboats are being overhauled
and at Deans number of large power
boats are being made ready for summer
service on the river.
An American steamship, the name of
which is not known, is reported on the
way from Port Tampa. Fla. to Alexan-
LIZ
phosphate rock consigned to the AleXan-
dria Chemical Company to be converted
into a marketable fertilizer. The use of
steamships for freight carrying in a line
that a year or two ago was given up en-
tirely to the coasting schooner is on the
increase Formerly the sight of large
steamship on the Potomac was a rarity,
but within the past three or four months
several have come to this city and Alex
andria with asphalt. phosphate rock and
or II cor oh I'd Tho ~ n
the steamers for this kind of traffic is
said to be due to the scarcity of shore
cargoeS.
Workmen are engaged In rebuilding the
guards on the steamer Jane Moseley at
the wharf foot of n street southwest. in
preparation for the summer excursion
season on the Potomac. Other work is
being done on the steamer and she will
go into the hands of the painters the
coming week for spring cleaning and
painting. The steamer River Queen,
which, with the Moseey. will be en-
ployed in the colored excursion business
is being painted. She is now making
trips almost daily to Washington Park
with material to be used in improve
ments there.
Arrived-Schooner Johp/P. Robinson at
Alexandria with grain from Upper
Machodoc creek; L. S. S. Rocket from
Norfolk navy yard to navy yard at this
city: tug Capt. Toby with a tow of sand
and gravel laden lighters from Malta
woman creek; barge Mildred from Bal
tmore for this city with hard coal
aboard; tug Dixie with a tow of light
ers for this city from Baltimore; bug
eye Edna and Nellie, fish from Windmill
point for this market: tug Minerva with a
tow from down-river point.
Sailed-Bugeye James o. Wright. hight,
for a river point to load back to this city;
tug Rosalie and two light scows for Pts
Getaway creek; schooners E. P. Evans
and A F. Lewis and bugeye Avalon.
light, for the Potomac oyster beds to load
back to this city; schooner Grape Shot.
light, for lower Potomac point to load
back to this city: tug d. NJ. Key for d
river point to bring a tow of lighters
back to this port.
observation-disclosures Samuel Wood has
been chartered to load wood in Bre-
tons> bay, Md, for the dealers here:
lumber, for this city from Newbern. n.
c.. sailed from Norfolk yesterday; scow
Bush has gone to river point to load
ties for this city; sloop Enoia is at
lower river point loading oysters in the
shell for the dealers here; schooner Yer
raj is in Aqua creek loading cord wood
for this market.
The big seagoing barge Pamlico. now
unloading hard coal at Georgetown. has
been chartered to load railway ties on
the Potomac for New York and she VIII
begin taking aboard her cargo as soon
as she unloads her cargo of coal. The
Pamlico Is the first large vessel char
tered this spring to load ties for north
ern port from the Potomac. The Schoon-
er John McGinnis and y. III. Quib5y are
under charter to load ties to Philadel-
phia.
The naval tug Rocket which arrived
here yesterday, brought quantity of gun
carriage parts from the Norfolk navy
yard to be rebuilt at the naval ordnance
works here. The Rocket, it is stated.
will take load OF shells to the Nor
folk navy yard from the Firth Sterling
works on the river below this city.