Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-06
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON TIE RIVER FRONT

The tug William H. Yerixes. jr.. Of
the Taylor fleet of this city, at Balti-
more for the past two months receiving a
general overhauling. VIII 90 into service
today and will come to the Potomac to
take the big four-masted schooner AIDE
laide Barbour from Alexandria to Baiti-
more. where she will load soft coal for a
Florida point. The Yerkes, It is stated.
is practically a new vessel as far as her
machinery is concerned. Since laying up
at the shipyard the engine OF the towboat
has been rebuilt, many parts of II being
renewed. and the boiler has been given q
thorough overhauling. Capt. Ollie Crow
der of this city is in command Of the
Yerkes. After delivering the Barbour at
Baltimore she will take up general towing
work on Chesapeake bay and its tribu-
tarfes. The Yerkes is the largest Of the
meet OF towboats owned here that is now
in service on the bay.
The Southern Transportation Company
Darges Potomac and Totousky are lying
IN occoquan creek taking aboard cargoes
OF railway ties for the Philadeiphia mar
ket. The vessels wifi each load about
600 ties. and 1t is expected that they
VIII complete their cargoes and sail in
tow of tug during, the present week.
last cargoes Of ties 10 leave the Potomac
for the next month. unless the weather
continues very warm and there is little
danger Of the river and its tributaries
being closed by ice. Several hundred
thousand ties have been shipped from
Alexandra and points along the Potomac
during the past year, and ihany more
vessel loads are awaiting shipment TO
Philadelphia. Boston. New York and other
big ports in the north. .s
T1aran v,es<,fu - III -
the War Department were Saturday de-
livered on the wharf OF the Washington
and Potomac Steamboat Company for
transportation to Fort Washington,
where the cables are to be used in electri-
cal work about the fort and for subma-
about eight tons and half, one reel
weighing about four tons and the others
over two tons each. The steamer Estelle
Randall will take them to their destina-
ton during the present week.
Arrived-Schooner William n. MCGUIRE,
oysters in the shell from the beds In the
lower Potomac; steam barge Daniel K.
Jackson. pine lumber from q Virginia
point for Washington dealers: tug Capt.
Toby, towing A. c. c. lighter with sui
pf1ur rock for the Alexandria acid works;
schooner Halle a. oysters in the shell
from the Potomac beds; tut Camilla.
with tow from a lower river point
scow Bush. cord wood from a river point
schooner M J. Stephenson, oysters from
Potomac beds; schooner Lottie Carter,
cord wood from Machodoc.
sailed-Sloop Enola. light, for Poto-
mac point to load oysters in the she'll
schooner Belmont. light. for Maddox
creek to load cord wood for tl1ls market:
tug Minerva, with a tow for down.
river point: schooner Edna and Nellie,
light, for the Wicomico river to load back
to this city; bugeye Evalon. light. for the
lower river to load oysters for dealers
here: tug Camilla, with tow OF small
river craft for lower river points; schoon-
err Laurina Branble light, for a Potomac
point.
Memoranda-Schoone Lottie. Carter
and Earl Biscoe have sailed from points
on the river with cargoes of wood for
this port: schooner W. H. Harkraves will
60 to a Virginia port for q cargo Of lum-
Der for this city or Baltimore; schooner
Nellie Lewis has sailed from Baltimore
for, Alexandria with fertilizer material
aboard; barge Patuxent. laden with rail-
way ties from Alexandria, has arrived
at New York; Standard OIL. Company
tug No. IL has arrived at Baltimore with
tank barges Nos. SO and q, light, from
this city.
Capt. James Herbert has taken charge
Of the schooner Laurena Bramble, which
he last week purchased from Capt Jim
Elliott of Alexandria, and has sailed
aboard her for the lower river, where she
will load a cargo Of oysters for this mar
ket The Bramble will be kept in the
oyster trade until next spring. when she
will join the fleet running lumber and
cord wood to this city.