Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-26
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Repairs to the lighthouse service wharf
at this city, which were completed last
week. consisted of rallied walkway about
five feet wide from the entrance gate on
Water street to the end of the pier and
of new platform on the pierhead.
The Jessamne brought a pile driver and
a number of piles here and it was in
tended to thoroughly repair the structure,
but orders were received by her COM
mander instructing him to do only the
work that was done. as 1t had been de-
termned to reconstruct the pier in a short
time.
prepared. Funds are available for the
purpose.
When the government took possession
of the river front the portion south of
street, was reserved for government
purposes. The old pier of the Inland and
century ago used by steamers running
to Norfolk. Baltimore and New York,
was turned over to the lighthouse service
for a station.
repair work has been done to it since
the government took possession. It is in
a dilapidated condition.
The Maryland Dredging Company of
Baltimore, which has the contract for
deepening the river channels about this
do some work about Cape Charles. Pipe
and the pOntoons to float the pipe. used in
the work above the new Highway bridge.
will be sent to Cape Charles.
At points in the dredging operations in
the Virginia channel the big dredge Gen.
Mackenzie had to pump the excavated
material several hundred yards to the
point on the Potomac Park where it was
deposited. In operations on the Eastern
branch. where the Gen. Mackenzie is now
in service. the distance the excavated ma
terial is to be forced is comparatively
short SO that quantity of pipe and a
number of pontoOns can be shipped away.
The schooner Maine of the Carter fleet
is loading them and will sail today.
The fOur-masted schooner Margaret
Thomas completed loading a cargo of
soft coal at Georgetown Monday. and
yesterday morning she sailed In tow of
the tug Camilla en- route for Boston.
The Camilla took her to a point down
the river where she met the tug William
H. Yerkes jr., coming up with the ice
laden schooner Hugh Kelly in tow. The
tugs exchanged tows, the Camilla coming
to this city with the ice vessel and the
Yerkes taking the Thomas to the capes.
The schooner Roger Drewry Is loading
coal at the Georgetown piers of the Con-
solidated Coal Company, and she will be
followed under the chutes by the schooner
Margaret Doyle, which unloaded ice at
Georgetown.
Arrived-Tug NJ. Mitchell Davis. light,
to take the schooner Thomas F. Denni
son to Baltimore; schooner Kate Darling.
schooner Lizzie Burton. watermelons from
a river point: schooner l.. E.. Layton,
lumber from Virginia port; schooner
Hugh Kelly. ice from a Maine port;
schooner Mary Ann Shea. lumber from
Potomac point; schooner Sidonia Curley,
lumber from Rappahannock river: schoon-
ers j. d. Marvel and Mabel & Ruth, lum-
Der from Newbern, n. c.; bugeye
Frenchy. cord wood from lower Poto-
mac point: schooner Violet melons from
a river point.
Sailed-SchoOner Dennison. light. for Bal
timore to load coal for Boston: schooner
Maine. piping for dredging outfit. to Cape
Charles City: tug Carter. towing coal
laden barges to Indian Head: schooner A.
II. Quinby. light. from Alexandria for
Virginia point to load: schooner John w.
Bell. light. for Walkerton. Va. to load
lumber; schooner Horatio Seymour. light
Wood. light. for st. Marys river to load
back to this city; schooner Oscar, light.
for river point to load cord wood !:
schOoners PLUME f. Smith, Stephen
Lark and Mary & Inez. light, for the
lower Potomac to load melons; bugeye
cargo for a river point.
Observation-Disclosures Brina E. Pendle-
ton has sailed from a Maine port for this
city with cargo of ice: schooner F. Il.
Stenson is under charter to load soft coal
at Georgetown for New England port ::
schooner w. III. Tanner is under charter
to load coal at Newport News; schooner
Clemmie Travers is at PaumOnkey river
loading for this city: schooner Lottie
Carter is at river point loading: schoon-
er Elisha Atkins has arrived at Baltimore
from this city to load coal for a New
England point: schooner Lule F. Pollard
has sailed from Reedville. Va. with a
cargo for Savannah; barge Duke is un-
loading fertilizer at Alexandria.
The Taylor tug Capt Toby has been
chartered by the Miller company to act
as tender to scoop dredging machine at
work on the Eastern branch. The tug
will be employed. under the command of
Capt. kintz. upon this work for two
weeks or longer.