Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-08
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Five big cOaSt1ng SchOOners, laden WIFI
ice from the Maine ice fields. are either
at sea bound to this city or are loading
and will be ready to leave their loading
port early in the coming week. Several
vessels are also under charter to bring
ice here and they will be on the Kenne-
bee or at other ports in Maine within
the next week or ten days taking aboard
their cargoes.
The big four-master Young Bros, with
about 1.600 tons of the cooling material
aboard. sailed from Bath June 81. and is
due at the capes. Tugs Of the Taylor
fleet are lying off Cape Henry ready to
intercept the schooner and bring her
up the river as soon as she arrives at
the cape. This. 1t is thought. she will
do today. and should be unloading before
the end of the week
The schooners Brina NJ. Pendleton and
July 2. They will be in port here. it is
believed by the middle of next week
The schooners Francis NJ. and Mary E
H. g. Dow, the former on the Kenne-
bee and the latter at Booth bay, should
be here by the middle Of this month.
The supply of ice on hand is large, and
with that to be brought here from the
north assures Washington of refrigerat-
ing material throughout the summer
months
ne tWo-IdSleQ Day schooner EQOle,
which went ashore on the flats on the
western side OF the channel a short dis
lance below the steel plant pier several
days ago. is being lightened so that she
will lift out of the mud bed in which
she is lying and float into deep water of
the channel only about thirty feet from
where she is lying.
Yesterday one of the big barges used
to bring sand and gravel from down-river
points to this city was taken along side
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large portion of the cargo of gravel she
had aboard to the lighter was started.
The master of the schooner expects to
have enough of the gravel out of the yes
sci today to float her. She will then be
taken to deep water and the gravel re-
placed in the vessel and she will sail
for Newport News. The Eddie went
ashore Friday last
Freighting business for Potomac river
schooners is dull. Rivermen are not look
ing for material improvement in condi-
lions for the next ten weeks.
Fewer vessels with cargoes of lumber
and other materials are arriving here now
than for four or five years past. In
all the creeks and harbors down the river
vessels are laid up.
Many vessel masters are taking advan-
tage of the lay up to paint and overhaul
their vessels in preparation for the fall
trade. which is expected to be heavy.
Freights on lumber and other cargoes are
make nothing at them.
Arrived: Schooner James Writing.
sand from Chesapeake bay point: tug
Southern. with a tow from a"bay point;
tug James o. Carter. towing two canal
barges from Indian Head to Georgetown
en- route to Cumberland; tug Southern,
towing two coal-laden barges from Phila-
delphia to Georgetown; tug Minerva. with
tow of sand and gravel laden lighters
from the digging machines on Greenway
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a general cargo for Potomac point
Sailed: Schooner J. d. Bell. light. for
point down river to load back to this
city: schooner Leroy. for Wades bay to
sloop Enola. light. for Potomac point to
load cord wood for the local market: c.
c. Co canal barge. laths from Washing
ton dealers to point on C.. and 0: canal:
Baltimore to load coal for dealers here.
Memoranda: Schooner Florence NJ.
Penley has been chartered to load coal at
Georgetown for a New England port:
schooner Stella B. Kaplan. with coal from
Georgetown. has arrived at Boston;
schooner Clara s. Donnell has been char
tered to load ice on the Kennebec river
for this city: schooner Maria 0. Teel has
arrived at Newport News from Alexan-
dria to load coal: schooner Mayf1ower is
at a river point loading cargo for this
city.
The Philadelphia coal-carrying barges
Curriomen and Mildred arrived at
Georgetown yesterday with big cargoes
of the fuel aboard. The barges Patapsco,
Warwick, Delaware and Potomac. which
unloaded coal at Georgetown have sailed
in tow of Southern Transportation Com
pany tug for Baltimore to load.
The British steamer Nanette. which,
after unloading asphalt here. went to
Norfolk for a cargo of coal. sailed from
that port yesterday for Bridgetown. Bar
bados. After unloading at Bridgetown
the vessel will go to Venezuela for
another cargo of asphalt for port north
of Hatteras.
The schooner Edith Verrall Of the fleet
of Carter & Clark is at Benefits boat
ward to have her decks and other wood
work calked. She will also be given
general overhauling before she returns to