Evening star., 1908-01-18
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The brokena piling in the ferry slip at
Alexandria. which was broken about ten
days ago by the ferry steamer Lacka-
wanna. has been pulled up and the slip
wall Strengthened. but until a number OF
long piles are received from a down-river
point the rebuilding OF the broken slip
wall cannot be completed. A pile-driving
machine Is at the ferry wharf waiting the
piling. and as soon as the latter arrives
the slip will be made stronger than IL was
before the accident. 1t is stated that pill
ing sixty or seventy feet long will be
used In the work. In order to get a firm
foundation In the bottom of the river. The
slip is being used by the steamer Lacka-
wanna daily, but unusual care has TO he
exercised In landing the steamer. The
piling wanted for the work will arrive
here, II is stated, early the coming week
and the work on the slip will then be
completed. The rebuilding of the wharf
at the foot OF n street by the High Point
Plantation Company will be started soon
Bids were opened a week or ten days ago.
The structure Is TO be made practically
new one.
The barge Robert Greer of Philadelphia
and three barges belonging to the South
ern Transportation Company are reported
ashore in ST. Marys river with the tug
Bohemia lying near them ready "a pull as
soon as there is any possibility of getting
tuch dliudt. lie DdFgeS ana the tug. II Is
stated. were on their way from Baltimore
to Norfolk. and were caught in n gale.
They sought shelter in the st. Marys, but
even there the gale was SO heavy that the
barges were blown ashore on very high
tide. Capt. Growder of the tug William
II. Yerkes. jr.. of this city. was in the ST.
Marys Wednesday and the barges were
then lying with only a foot or two of Wa
ter about them. An unusually high tide
will be necessary to float them.
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lumber from North Carolina port for
the dealers; power bugeye Stephen Lark.
oysters I'm the shell from a Chesapeake
bay point; tug Rosalie. with a tow OF
sand-laden lighters from river point:
steam barge Daniel *. Jackson. cord
wood from a Virginia point for the deal
ers. schooner Sidonia Curley. pine lumber
from the Rappahanock river for the local
market: power barge NJ. b. Wright, oys-
ters In the shell from the Chesapeake bay
beds: plngy Thomas II. B. Brown, cord
wood from Nomini for the local market:
barge McNslly. hard coal from Baltimore
for Georgetown dealers.
Sailed: Schooner William II. Bixler.
light. for down-river point to load back
to this city: tug Camilla. light, for the
81. Marys river to get barge bound 10
this city; scow Sea King. light. for Mar
shall Hall to load cord wood for the deal
ers here; sloop Pritchett and bugeyes Will
lie Clarence and Mary and Rebecca. light.
for the Potomac oyster beds to load for
this market: tug Eugenia. towing light
scovs for a down-river point.
Memoranda: SchoonerS Maud s. and W.
II. Reach are at river points loading cord
wood for this city: tug Yerkes has returned
to service on Chesapeake bay. pungy T. r.
Brown will return to the lower river to
load cord wood for the dealers here;
barge Wissahickon is lying at Georgetown
unloading a>cargo of hard coal: barge
Totusky, has sailed from Cherry Hill with
a cargo of railway ties for Philadelphia:
tug S. Q. No. IL, towing barge No. "a. has
arrived at Baltimore from this port and
the barge has reloaded oil in bulk and is
on her way back to this city.
The Norwegian steamship Athaue. Capt.
Madsen, which sailed from Port of Spain.
Island of Trinidad, for this city with a
cargo of asphalt, passed in the capes
Thursday, but instead of coming here
found her orders changed and has gone to
Baltimore. She will unload a portion OF
her cargo there and will then come to this
port to complete dscharging.
The tug Fortuna Of the Southern Trans
portation Company fleet sailed from this
city and the Potomac with the barges
Mascot. Wicomico. Totusky and Pamun-
key for Baltimore and Chesapeake City.
The Fortuna left three coal-laden barges
at this city.