Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08
NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The three-maSfed schooner Mary Pen
dleton and the big four-masted schooner
Nanlear Black are in the river with
cargoes. and are expected to reach their
unloading wharves within the next day or
two.
The Black, with pine lumber from Jack.
sonville. is consigned to dealers in this
city. Yesterday afternoon she was at
the upper end of the Kettle bottoms. II
is expected that tug will pick her up
and bring her into port this afternoon OF
tomorrow.
The Davenport has a load of plaster
from Halifax consigned to one Of the fer
tiliZer- making plants at Alexandra.
With pilot aboard she is sailing up the
river. 1t may be day or two before
she arrives at the Alexandria wharf.
Several years ago consignments OF Halt
fax plaster by the vessel load were quite
common at Alexandria, In recent years
the receipts have fallen off. The Daven-
port will be the first vessel to bring the
material to Alexandria in the past two or
three years.
The new wharf at Fort Hunt Is on an
artif1cia!ly dredged basin about hundred
or more yards inside the channel line.
Local steamboat men are not acquainted
with the lines of the deep water into the
wharf and are unwilling to go into the
wharf with their steamers for fear OF
putting them ashore. This condition Is
causing some trouble to the contractors
sending cement and other supplies to the
fort
Army authorities at Fort Hunt will not
receive shipments at the old wharf.
Steamboat men will not take chances In
going into the new pier. A few days ago
a shipment of cement for the fort was
refused at the old pier. The steamboat
that had it aboard had to bring it back to
this city.
It is stated that the government will
be asked to mark the approach to the
new Fort Hunt wharf SO that river
steamers can go in and out. When the
cut into the new wharf was first made 1t
is said to have been twelve feet deep.
Now ii is stated to be several feet less
than this. the mud from the surrounding
flats having washed into IT and filled IT
considerably.
Arrived: Schooner A. Fl. Quinby, lum-
Der from Virginia point for the deal
ers: schooner Cecilia Sheppard. grain
from down-river point, at Alexandria:
schooner Grape Shot, cord wood from the
lower Potomac: bugeye William r. Villas.
lumber from Coan river for the dealers
here: S. .. tug No. l.. towing tank barge
No. Il. laden with oil in bulk from Balti-
more for Georgetown; bugeye G.. w. Law
SON pine lumber from Machodoc creek
for the local dealers; scow Bush, railway
ties from Marshall Hall: tug Camilla.
with "A tow from down-river point; tug
Meade towing sand and gravel-laden
lighters.
Sailed: Schooner Isaac Solomon. light.
for a river point to load back 70 this city:
schooner Lorena Bramble. light. to Alex
andra en- route 10 river point: bugese
William r. Avery. light. for down-rlver
point to load back to this city; schooner
J. {. Cunningham. light. for Occoquan
10 load for this port: sloop Daisy, from
Alexandria. for Pennington. Md. with a
general cargo aboard; schooner Silver
Star with a general cargo from Alexan-
dria for Quanticp: tug Capt. Toby, for
river point with a tow.
Memoranda: Schooner Nernetta Anne
is reported in the river bound here Win
a cargo of wood. schooner Oscar Is under
charter to load cord wood at a Virginia
point the river for this city. schooner
Oakland is al "A river point 10 load lIn-
Der for the dealers here, schooner john
Nicely is in Mattox creek loading for this
city schooner Dan Ballard is loading IN
the st. Mary's river for the dealers at
this city.
The power yacht Naomi. belonging to
William Phillips of this city, which ar
rived here last week from Boston, made
a trip down the river yesterday after
noon with Mr. Phillips and q party OF
friends aboard. The yacht will remain at
this city throughout the summer. ana
will be used for pleasure cruising on the
Potomac and on Chesapeake bay.
The steam yacht Giayota. belonging to
Jonh r. Dos passes of New York. which
recently had her machinery overhau!ed.
was taken for short trial spin down the
river Saturday to test the new work. Inc
Yacht will leave here in few days with
her owner aboard for a trip to the mouth
OF the Potomac.
The tug Southern of the Southern
TRANSFORMATION Company fleet was day
or two ago fitted with a new wheel at
Baltimore shipyard She was put over
board and sailed with a tow of coal-laden
barges for Norfolk. The Southern was
formerly the tug Edward F. Gummell OF
this city and is used to bring coal-laden
barges from Philadelphia TO this city and
other ports on the bay and its tributaries.