Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-04
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The supply of ice from Maine points at
this city has been augmented in the past
| fort weight hours by the arrival Of two
additional vessels, the Augustus Welt and
the Margaret Thomas which were
brought Into port yesterday by the tugs
Camilla and NJ. Mitchell Davis, from
| the mouth of the Potomac. There are
now lying here and at Georgetown six
big coasting schooners having aboard
about 1900 tons of ice for use here. and
| in addition to this the schooner Alice NJ.
| Colbourn, with about 500 tons aboard.
has arrived and will dock today. The
vessels now here will require ten days or
longer to discharge, and before they are
light other big schooners will be here
with ice from Maine.
| The big dredging machine Gen. Mac
kenzie which has been employed for
several weeks past in deepening the chan
| mel OF the river from the bridges to
Georgetown. will have completed its work
| in a week or so and will be ready to go
| to the Eastern branch to take UP dredging
| work there. About $1,000 cubic yards of
material will have been taken out of the
Georgetown channel when the work is
| completed and vessels awning twenty
two feet can go in and out Of George
town. 1t has been less than five years
| since the channel was last deepened, but
| it has shoaled rapidly and twice within
the past two months vessels drawing
| about eighteen feet Of water hung up on
| shoaI spots above the Highway bridge.
| When the Gen. Mackenzie completes her
work there will be ample water in the
/ Georgetown channel to float any of the
vessels that come here with Ice and take
| cargoes of coal to New England ports.
| The United States custom house au-
thorities are keeping close tab on the
steamers employed in excursion business
on the Potomac to prevent any crowding
4 t,,,sx l1rvr 1nt
llaw. record is being kept In the Gus
tom house of the number of passengers
carried each day. While the steamboat
managers do not object to this close
watch. they say it is unnecessary Not
only are the passengers tailed at this
end, but the inspector now goes to the
other end of the routes and checks the
returning passengers.
| Arrived: Schooner Augustus Welt. ice
from Maine, at Georgetown; schooner
Margaret Thomas, ice from Maine port.
| at this city: schooner Five Sisters. cord-
! wood from a river point for the dealers:
power barge M. B. Wright. melons from
| Rappahannock river point for the deal
| ers: schooner Mary Ann Shea. lumber
| from Aqua creek for the dealers; schoon-
! er Mayfiower. cordwood from Potomac
point for this market; schooner Lily F.
Evans lemons from the lower Potomac;
| bugeye Catherine, melons from a bay
| point tug Carter. with a tow from
| down-river point: tug Martin Dallman
with a tow of lighters from Potomac
point.
Sailed: Schooner Levin Marvel. light.
for a Rappahannock river point to load
lumber; tug NJ. Mitchell Davis. with
tow for a bay point; schooner Silver Star.
light. for Potomac point to load back
to this city; bugeye John Bradford. light.
for point on the lower river to load
back to this city: tug Minerva. with
tow of light lighters for Greenway fats
to load: schooner Lawrence. light, for a
bay point to load watermelons.
Memoranda: Schooner Sullivan Sawin
is chartered to load coal at Newport News
for New England point: schooner Maine,
with ice from Philadelphia for this city.
passed out Delaware breakwater ID in
slant; schooner J. p. Robinson is in upper
Machodoc creek loading grain for this
market; schooner Mabel and Ruth is at
Newborn. N. c.. loading lumber for this
city; schooner Sam Wood is in ST. Glenn
ents bay loading lumber for this city;
schooner Oscar is at Nomini loading for
this port.
John Miller of this city has placed a