Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-30
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

BY direction of Capt David Van Cleaf,
manager of the Washington and Potomac
Steamboat Company. all the officers of
the five steamers of that line will appe ar
in new uniforms about the first Of the
month. and it Is stated that the wearing
OF the uniform when on duty aboard the
steamers Will be obligatory. The new
uniform is of dark blue and is modelled
after that used in the navy. No buttons
show on the coat. which is trimmed down
the front With heavy black braid The
rank of the officer is shown in the rows
Of gold braid on the cuff OF the coatsleeve.
On the collar OF the coat in front are
the letters w. & P. in gold. The cap
is of the navy type. That of the cap
tain. In addition to the gold strap across
the front, has a leaf of gold on each
eide of the visor. The uniforms are
being made by a local firm and many of
the thirty-ive or forty men who will
wear them have already received their
new outfits.
The southerly winds Of yesterday
brought into port fleet of about ten
vessels laden with lumber wood and
other cargoes from points on Chesapeake
bay and the Potomac river consigned to
dealers here. For several months the
lumber market in this city has been dull
and the receipts of lumber by vessel from
-udiS idHd. NHSiHld ana the larOllnaS
very light. 1t is stated that the market
has improved somewhat in the past two
or three weeks and the arrivals of lum-
ber-laden vessels more numerous recent
ly. although they are not arriving In the
numbers that came here year or TIVE
ago. Four vessels. having aboard about
half million feet of lumber. came into
port here yesterday and are discharging
their cargoes.
The steamer T. v Arrowsmith. char
tered by the Washington and Potomac
Steamboat Company to parties in this
city. who will operate her in the colored
excursion business. went into service yes
terday for the first time in several
months. She was taken for a short run
down the river yesterday afternoon to
give her machinery a trying out. and will
today make her first trip with excursion
lists aboard.
Arrived Schooner Hester A. Waters.
laden with pine lumber from the Kappa
hammock river for the dealers: tug D. NJ.
Key. TOW ing a raft OF pine piling for this
city; schooner Lottie Carter. cord wood
from Aqua creek; schooner William Ii
shear. canned goods from the lower Po-
tomac for commission dealers here:
schooner S. L. Bowen. cord wood from a
down-river point for this market: schoon-
er Edna A. Pogue. pine lumber from the
Pamunkey river. Va: tug Capt. Toby.
towing several lighters laden with sand
NJ A. Travers. lumber from a Virginia
point sloop Metompkin. CLAIMS from the
eastern shore: tug Yerkes. towing a
gravel-laden barge to Norfolk. schooner
Ella, cord wood for the dealers here;
tug Rosalie. with a tow
Sailed: Schooner Lena S. Mills. light
for Machodoc creek TO load back to this
city; schooner Nettie. from Alexandra
for Tappahannock to load lumber for this
market. tug Dixie. towing five light
barges from Georgetown for bay points;
schooner Thomas II. Bailey Brown. light
for the Coan river TO load; schooner p Z.
Smith, light. for a Potomac point to load.
Memoranda: Schooner Grace G.. Ben
nett has arrived at Norfolk from this city
en- route TO a North Carolina point to
lead; Standard Oil tug No. 12towing tank
harges - and Il. has arrived at Balti-
more from this city; schooner William +.
Villas is in the ST. Mary river loa ding for
this port: schooner Carrie has gone to the
to lead for dealers here.
The barge w. J. Davidson. which load
ed gravel at Monkeys Point for Norfolk.
sailed last night in tow of the Washing
tug for Norfolk. where she will
deliver her cargo. While sand is very
plentiful about Norfolk. gravel is scarce
and many thousand cubic yards are
shipped by boat from the Potomac to
Norfolk each year.