Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-24
NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The schooner ]. Manchester Haynes.
after unloading a cargo of Maine ice at
the Georgetown pier Of the American
Ice Company. went under the coal chutes
of the Consolidation Coal Company and
yesterday completed the loading of a car
go Of about 1000 tons Of the fuel for IA
New England port. This morning she
sailed in tow Of the Taylor tug M. Mitch
ell Davis. and will be towed to sea before
the Davis drops her towline and gives
her a goodbye salute.
No vessels are now at the Georgetown
coal docks, but it is stated that one Of the
big schooner barges Of the Consolidation
company will be here for coal cargo
during the coming week. The vessels now
In port unloading ice are. with one ex-
ception, said to be too deep draft to load
coal at Georgetown, as they would draw
too much water when loaded to negotiate
the channel from Georgetown to the
bridges. They will go to, Norfolk or Balti-
more for cargoes when discharged. The
schooner Hunt, which unloaded ice at
Alexandria has gone to Baltimore to
load coal for San Juan, Porto Rico.
The Edwin r.. Hunt, Capt Hull, is an
old trader In the Maine ice business to
this city and she makes several trips here
each summer with the cooling material
aboard from Maine ports. A year or two
ago on one of her voyages from Balti-
more she disappeared for several weeks
and was given up for lost One day, after
all hope of ever finding out the fate of
the vessel had been abandoned in mari
time circles. she crept into an Atlantic
coast port somewhat battered and wealth
erworp, but still in good order and ready
to do service as freight carrier on the
coast.
The vessel had been caught in series
of gales that swept the coast about that
time. and had been blown many hundred
miles into little traversed parts of the
ocean. Her sails had been blown away.
even to the spare canvas, and the good
ship had made slow time working back
to port. This she successfully diu. and
after her owners had her overhauled she
again returned to service. The Hunt
when she sailed from Alexandria yester-
day evening. in tow Of the tug Yerkes,
did not look as If she had ever gone
through such a trying experience.
The bugeye Nicholas. which arrived
here yesterday morning with a cargo of
3.1OO watermelons from the North Caro-
lima sounds consigned to j. d. Faunce.
brings the first cargo of melons of the
season. and the bulk of her cargo was
quickly bought up by the uptown dealers.
The melons the vessel brought are said to
be very fine for this early in the season.
and as soon as the vessel can unload she
will return to her loading place to take
aboard another cargo.
The arrival of the Nicholas was some
thing of a surprise to the dealers. as no
advices of her having sailed had been re-
ceived here and the first vessel with mel
ons aboard was not expected to arrive
here until about Sunday.
Arrived: Steam barge Dennis Simmons,
lumber and shingles from Edenton. N.
c.. for the dealers; schooner Five Sisters,
cord wood from a Potomac point for the
dealers here: ]. & w. lighters Nos. 3 and
4. lumber from Coal landing; tug Carter,
with a tow from a down-river point;
schooner Silver Star. wood from a Poto-
int for he rlra .
sale. with tow of sand-laden lighters
from river point.
Sailed: Tug s. o. No. IL. towing barge
No. Il, light. for Baltimore; steam barge
Washington: schooner Lottie Carter. light,
for a river point to load for this city;
scow Bush, for Marshall Hall to load
lumber for the dealers here; steamer
Dennis Simmons. light, for Norfolk to
load for North Carolina: tug James o.
Carter, towing two canal barges laden
with soft coal for Indian Head
Memoranda: Schooner ]. d. Marvel is
loading lumber on the Rappahannoek
river for this city: bugeye Boldie c. has
sailed from lower Machodoc creek laden
with grain for this city; schooner Buelah
Land, laden with glass-mal-ing sand from
the Severn river. is in the river bound TO
Alexandria; schooner Maine is loading
hard coal at Philadelphia for this city;
schooner S. l.. Bowen is in Nanjamoy
loading cord wood for this city: schooner
Oakland is at a river point loading for
this port.
The river schooner Mary Ann Shea,
which was out on the marine railway at
BENEFITS having her cabin rebuilt and
her hull overhauled and caulked. was put
overheard yesterday and sailed for
down-river point to load for this city.
The schooner Samuel Wood of this city
is out on the marine railway at the Alex
andria shipyard for attention to her hull
and for painting under water.
The ice-laden schooner Mary e. G.
Dow is reported in the lower river on her
way from Maine to this city or Alexandria
to unload; the schooner Edward E. Briery
has been chartered to load ice on the
Kennebec for this city.