Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

| The big American steamship Wilhelmi-
ma, which carried cargo of 5000 tons of
| phosphate rock from Port Tampa. Fla,
to the Alexandria Chemical Company. has
unloaded and sailed for Newport News.
where she will take aboard full cargo of
soft coal for port on the Gulf of Mexico.
The unloading Of the steamer was accom-
plished in short order by the appliances
at the new pier of the chemical company
| at Alexandria The craft arrived here last
Sunday afternoon, and Monday morning
her matches were opened and the dis
| charging of her cargo started. The un-
loading operations were kept going al
most constantly night and day. and
| Wednesday afternoon the last bucketful
| of the rock was lifted out and stored in
the ware house of the company. 1t was
the second time the Wilhelmina has
brought phosphate rock to Alexandria to
be used in the manufacture of land fer
tilizers.
The steamer Newport News Of the fleet
of the Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat Company has returned from New
port News. where she was for two weeks
or longer undergoing her annual spring
overhauling and painting in preparation
for the summer excursion traffic between
this city and Old Point and Norfolk. In
addition to being reprinted and decorated
the boiler and engine of the big steamer
were put III OuSu OIucI dIiu bic Will
within the next day or two relieve one of
the smaller steamers on the Norfolk
route. 1t is stated that the steamer
Washington will next go to the shipyard
for her annual cleaning, painting and
Overhauling. and that she Will be there for
about two weeks. When she returns the
steamer Norfolk will be sent to the ship
yard for overhauling.
Deans pile-driving machine is at Not
ley Hall. or Washington Park Just below
A1oXon6rio he MIA hot H.,
ing the coming summer will be used by
the steamers Jane Moseley and River
Queen. running colored excursions from
this city. The pier is to be made strong
enough to carry a large throng and to
withstand the shock of heavy steamer
in landing. In addition to this work con-
siderable dredging is to be done about
the pier and the dredged channel into the
pier is to be widened and deepened. This
work is to be completed before the open
ing of the summer excursion season, about
the middle Of the coming month.
Arrived Consolidation Coal Company
barge No. s. light, from Boston, at
Georgetown to load soft coal for a New
England point; schooner A. H. Quinby.
| lumber from a Virginia port for dealers;
schooner Earl Biscoe. cord wood from a
river point; scow Bush. lumber from Mat
| taWoman creek; bugeye Sallie White and
| fattie Eunice. oysters in the shell from
the Potomac beds; schooner r. Bailey
Brown. cord wood from the lower Poto-
mac: schooner ]. P. Robinson. wood and
grain from upper Machodoc creek for the
dealers: tug Rosalie. with a tow from a
river point; schooner Federal HILL lum-
Der from Virginia point.
Sailed: Bugeye NJ. j. Stephenson. light,
| for a lower river point to load: schooner
| John McGinnis light. for the Rappahan-
mock river to load lumber for Philadel-
| phia; f1attie Annie Gertrude, light. for
/ Tangier to load clans for this market
schooner Sam Wood. light, for the ST
D. NJ. Key with tow for down river
point.
! Memoranda: Schooner Sidonia Curley
has sailed for the Rappahannock river to
load lumber for this city; barge Over.
brook is lying at the Washington bar
| racks pier unloading a cargo of hard
coal: schooner kirWan has gone to the
Rappahannock river to load for this city
schooner Beulah Land has gone to the
Severn river to lead glass sand for Alex
andria; schooner Edith Verrall is at a
| river point loading for this city.
AS a mark Of respect to the memory OF
the late Capt. E. s. Randall, for many
years a leading steamboat man on the
Potomac. the flags Of every steamer In
! the harbor have been flying at half-mast
kept at half-mast until after his funeral
this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock.
The steamer Middlesex of the Mary
land. Delaware and Virginia railway line
| arrived in port yesterday morning on the
| route between this city. the lower river
1 landings and Baltimore. She has taken
the place of the steamer Calvert on the
route while the Calvert is being over.
hauled and painted. =. -.