Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-29
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Tue WORK or removing the old wharf
a. the foot of 0 street southwest, used
as the headquarters of the lighthouse
service at this city. preparatory to re-
placing 1t with new structure, is adj
Vancing rapidly. Already the decking
mas been torn of the old structure and
many OF the piles that supported the
pier have been pulled up. AS soon as
the work Of removing the old structure is
completed the building OF the fine new
pier for the lighthouse service will be
started. The pier now being torn down
was for many years the headquarters Of
The old Inland and seaboard Coastins
Company, and from its docks steamers
sailed daily for Norfolk and Old Point
and Potomac river landings, and once
or twice each week for New York For
eight years or longer 1t has been In a very
diiapidated condition. and has been an
eyesore to the river front The pier that
- TO replace 1t will be a modern structure
ouiit after the most approved patterns
1or wharf construction. 1t will be COM
pleted and ready for use early in the
coHihg spring. Tne building OF this new
per Will De followed, IT is understood bv
the Improvement OF the water front i'm the
vicinity of Washington barracks mark.
ana the rebuilding of the tumbledown
The big sidewheel steamer ST Johns q,
the fleet Of the Washington and Po,o
mac Steamboat Company, used during
the summer months to carry excur-
sionists to Colonial Beach. will leave
here this week. it is stated for RAJ
timore, where she will go to shpyard
to be overhauled and put i'm trim for TIE
coming seasons work The boiler of tie
steamer will be rebuilt, her engine and
other machinery overhauled. and other
IN ko,,
Tor service on the Potomac. While at
Baltimore the steamer will be locked and
her hull under water will be cleaned of
marine growths and painted, and the
upper works Of the big boat will be
painted inside and out. 1t Is expected
that the improvements to the St. Johns
Will make her: considerably faster, and
will appreciabit cut down her already
fast time between this city and Colonial
Beach. II is expected that the St johns
weeks, or possibly longer
thin skin of ice. no thicker than "A
window glass, formed on the Potomac
Sunday night. and the next morning II
was still visible in the Georgetown chan
mel until after . am. This is the first
ice that has made on the river this WIN
ter. and its forming shows that the Wa
ter of the river has reached d temperature
low enough to make ice should good co Il
weather come. The riyermen are not eX-
pecting freeze Just yet. but many Of
them are OF the opinion thar the Potomac
Will be covered with ice early in the
coming mcnth.
Arrived-Schooners Lottie Thomas AMI
James Q. Wright. oysters In the shell
from the Potomac beds for the dealers.
power barge Louisa, cord Wood from
Nolnni creek for the Eastern branch,
scow Fannie. cord wood from a river
point: tug Meade, with a tow Of sand and
gravel laden lighters from Greenway for
Cieorgetown tug D. NJ. Key, with a tow
from down-river point; :. q. Co. ting
No. L. towing tank bargeS - and "a.
laden with oil in bulk from Philadelphia.
Sailett-Schooners Winnie Windsor and
+. P. Evans, light. for lower rivsr point
to load back to this city; tug Camilla. for
the lower Potomac with tow OF small
oyster-carrying vessels: schooner LOTTO
Thomas, light. for a lower Potomac point
TO load oysters in the shell for this port.
tug Pride. with 4 tow of sand and gravel
carrying lighters for PiscataWay creek
Mamcranda-Schooner Hennia L. James
has sailed from Norfolk for this city with
a cargo OF lumber; schooner Davidson is
reported in the river from Boston for
Georgetown with stone aboard; schooner
Flying Scud is at Baltimore from bav
point: schooner Z. r. s. Dougherty has
gone to a bay point To load oysters in the
shell back to this city.
One of the sand and gravel digging
machines belonging to the Columbia Ma
tional Sand Dredging Company of this
city has been placed at the south end Of
the new railroad bridge over the Potomac
to dig sand and gravel for use in building
operations in this city. This machine will
be kept at work throughout the winter IL
the ice conditions are such that srows can
be lowed 70 and from George own.
Deans dredging ma chine Tas asst night
broue ut to the dock of the Norfolk &
Washington Steamboat COMPANY Al the
foot o. 7th street ard this morning VS.
begun the work IF dredg.. 2 tie Gpgh -
oeuti1 sufficient for the accCulm5dai.
~ the nen- steamer Sot,l land, IaiiuiIz
Newport E@ws. and which is o1pt.ctei
arrj-0 mere within The next Llo,tii ui IS
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