Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-27
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The three-masted schooner Roger
Drewry yesterday completed loading a
cargo of about 500 tons of Cumberland
coal at the Georgetown piers Of the Con-
solidation Coal Company and sailed in
tow OF the Taylor tug Camilla for the
mouth OF the river, en- route to a New
England port to unload
The Drewry brought laths here from
st. Johns, New Brunswick She will go
back after another load for this city as
soon as she discharges the coal she
now has aboard.
The fOur-masted schooner Margaret
Doyle. which unloaded ice at the George
town pier of the American Ice Company
Is under the coal chutes taking aboard
cargo of about 1900 tons of the fuel
Tor northern port. She will be ready
to sail about the end of this week. By
that time another of the vessels dis
charging ice here will be ready to be
towed to Georgetown to go under the
coal chutes.
The sharp-stern schooner Beulah Land.
at Alexandria unloading glass making
sand for one of the Alexandria glass
plants. will complete the discharging
OF her cargo today and will sail again
for the Severn river. near Annapolis, to
bring another cargo of the sand to
Alexandria. The vessel is under char
ter to run the winter supply of sand
from the Severn to the glass plants at
Alexandria.
Arrived-Schooner Kate Darlington,
pine lumber from a Virginia point to
the dealers here; schooner Lizzie Burt
watermelons from a Potomac point; tug
Walter F. Meade. towing several sand
and gravel laden lighters from down
river; tug James o. Carter. light, from
Il down-river point: tug Dallman. with
creek.
Sailed-Scow Bush. for river point
to load cord wood for this city; A e.
Co. scow, light, from Alexandria for
QuanticO in tow of tug Cater, to load
sulphur ore to Alexandria; schooner J.
K. Clark, light for a river point to load;
schooner Hattie Stark. light. for Vir-
ginia port to load lumber; schooner
Bertha May for Monroe creek to load
cord wood; bugeye Frenchy light, for a
Potomac point to load; tug ROsalie with
Il tow of lighters for Piscataway creek.
Memoranda-Schooner ]. ID. Ballard
is at a dOwn-river point loading for this
city; schooner Sidonia Curley is under
charter to load lumber at a Virginia port
for this city; schooner S. l.. Bowen Is in
Wades bay loading cord wood for the
dealers here: schooner Maine. after UNI
loading pipe at Cape Charles City, will
go to Norfolk for cargo: schooner
Grace G.>Bennett is at a river point load
ing pine lumber for this city: schooner
Mabel and Ruth will go to a North Caro-
lima port for d cargo of lumber for this
city.
The easterly winds of the past three
days caused unusually high tides in the
river yesterday and last night and at
high water the low-lying wharves were
nearly awash and all the low country
on the Virginia side the fiver was under
water. The water will continue high
until the easterly storm is over, and 1T
will quickly go down as soon as the
wind shifts toSthe northwest
The Baltimore tug Esther Phillips
with a tow from Baltimore is on her
way to this city and one of the Southern
TRANSPORTATION Company tugs with a
tow of barges laden with coal is also on
her way to this port from Baltimore.
They should arrive this afternoon or
tonight.