Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-23
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

steamships are becoming 50 common In
the harbor here and at Alexandria that
their arrival creates no more comment
than does the coming into port Of
schooner loaded with lumber or ice
The American steamship Wilhelmina Of
New York completed unloading a cargo
of phosphate rock from Port Tampa, at
Alexandria. yesterday She sailed for
Newport News to load coal for a south
Atlantic port.
The British steamer Nanette with crude
asphalt aboard. came up river yesterday
evening with part of her cargo aboard
and was berthed at this city to unload
The steamer came originally from the
Island of Trinidad, but went first to New
York and there discharged a portion of
her cargo. 1t is stated that the vessel still
has ahoard over a thousand tons OF
asphalt to unload here for use in street
Improvement and other work.
The Norwegian steamer Parran is at a
South American port loading asphalt for
| this city: She should arrive here some
| time in the early part of July.
A year or two ago the arrival of a
steamship in the local harbor was a nov
city.
Reports coming from the lower river
state that the Potomac is now rapidly
clearing up Within the next week all
vestige of mud will have disappeared
from the water and the river will once
again be of the deep green color that salt
water always has
The currents from the upper river dur
ing April and May sent large volumes of
| fresh and muddy water as far down the
river as Colonial Beach and even below.
For several weeks past the water as far
as Lower Cedar Point has been almost
fresh enough to drink.
Now that no rain of consequence has
fallen for about two weeks the mud Is
having q chance to settle and the salt
water of Chesapeake bay is slowly push
ing its way up the river. Should the
| rainfall be light for the next two or three
weeks the water will be brackish up to
Glymont and crabs VIII again be caught
there, as they have been In past years.
1t Is reported that a live crab was
caught yesterday in the river off the
mouth of Great Hunting creek just below
Alexandria. 1t is supposed the crab es-
capped from one of the numerous barrels
of the crustaceans brought up the Pc
tomac by the river boats.
The berry and tomato canning plants
along the lower Potomac are making
ready to start operations. This week
several plants will start packing black
berries for this and other markets The
outlook for the tomato crop is excellent
and will probably exceed the big crop of
last year.
The canning of tomatoes is the chief
industry of the counties in Maryland and
Virginia bordering upon the Potomac On
the Virginia side of the river there are
about twenty or twenty-five canning
plants that give employment to a hundred
or more hands each. The bulk of their
output comes to this city.
Arrived-Bugeye Clara and Hattie can
ned goods from the Rappahannock river:
bugeye Fleetwing. barreled herring from
Nanett asphalt from New York: tug
William H. Yerkes. jr.. with a tow:
Standard Oil Company tug No. IL. towing
tank barses 80 and a oil in bulk for this
city and Alexandria: tug Powhatan. tow
ing scoW laden with lumber from Oc-
coqu4n: tug Rosalie, with a tow from
PScataWay creek.
Sailed-Steamship Wlhelmina. light.
from Alexandria for Newport News to
lead coal; tug James o. Carter. towing
dian Head: Standard Oil tug No L. tow
ing tank barges Nos. ~ and 81. light for
Baltimore to load back to this city; tug
Eugenia, for sand-digging grounds below
Byans point with tow of light scows:
schooner Silver Star light for a down
river point to load cord wood for dealers
here.
observation-disclosures Almeda Wiley is
at a New Brunswick port loading spruce
laths for the dealers here: schooner NJ. o.
Teel. laden with ice for this city. passed
Nantucket June Is: schooner Early Bird
is at the Nth street wharf to unload her
cargo OF LUMBER; schooner Belmont Is at
a river point to load back to this city:
barge Patuxent is lying at Alexandria
waiting a tug to take her to Chesapeake
bay point to load: schooner Grace Ben
nett. in port here. viii! go to North
Carolina point to load back to this city.
The tug Eugenia of the fleet of the
Smoot Dredging Company. which was
out on the marine railway at the Alex
andria shipyard last week. was. on Sat
urday last. put overheard and has re-
turned to service towing on the river.
The Taylor tug Camilla yesterday was
hauled out on the Alexandra railway to
have her hull under water cleaned and
painted and her wheel frightened on the
shaft The Camilla will be put overheard
today and will go down the river seeking
tow.
Il littla xz.hat II Is that