Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-11
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The dredging of the river channel about
the draw of the new railway bridge over
the Potomac has reached the point where
1t is necessary for the scoop dredge Mary
land to work directly in the draw in order
to deepen the water to twenty-five feet so
that it will conform in depth to the re-
mainder OF the channel To do this work
ii is necessary for the draw to be opened
so. that the dTedge can work under the
bridge. In order not to interfere with
the running of the trains in and out of
this city this work will be done at night
between midnight after the last train
leaves the city and am, when train
service is resumed. 1t is stated by the
dredge people that sixteen hours will be
required to complete the dredging of the
draw channel and the dredge will be en-
ployed upon ii for four nights between
the hours named. 1t was proposed to
start the work Wednesday night. but the
dredge Maryland met with minor acct
dent that put her out of commission for
TWO OF three hours. so the dredging OF
the draw channel was not started until
last night. When these shoal places are
removed. ii is stated, the deepening of the
Georgetown channel will be completed.
A pocketbook containing about SIS and
some papers, belonging TO Capt. Ernest
Mouler OF the schooner Maud. was recoV-
cred from the dock at the foot of 18th
street Wednesday by young man work
ing about the wharf. and the captain pre-
scented him with S. of the wet money.
Capt Mouler Tuesday night was seated
on the fail at the bow of his vessel with
the pocketbook in his hip pocket. BY
some means il worked out and fell into
the water, which is about ten feet deep.
The next morning several boys and young
men went into the water and worked for
an hour or two without success. just
as Capt. MOuler was about TO give UP
hope of recovering the money one OF the
boys came to the surface with the pocket
book in his hand. The money, which was
mainly in paper, was soaked with water
but was intact. and after being dried GU,
will purchase as much as the same
amount of unsoaked money.
The Consoiidat lion Coal Company canal
boat No. % after loading cargo OF lum-
Der and building material at the wharf
foot of 18th street southwest has gone W
the Chesapeake and Ohio canal to point
on the waterway near Cabin John bridge
where the material will be used in the
construction of new Schoolhouse FOL
children living in Montgomery county
Nd Just outside the District line. No. >.
had aboard about 5000 feet of lumber
and several thousand bricks. The CANA
barges that bring soft coal from Cumber-
land to this city take back miscellaneous
cargoes, and 1t is said that the business
houses of this city are shipping quantities
OF supplies of all kinds to canal points
almost daily.
Memoranda: Schooner Salisbury is a
Jacksonville Fla, loading lumber for thi:
! city: schooner Samuel Wood has beer
| chartered to load wood on the river fol-
| this city: schooner A. H. Quinby Is char
tered to load lumber on the Rappahan
| mock river: tug Fortuna has sailed from
| Baltimore for this city with a tow O.
| coal-laden barges; schooner Prowess ha.
/ gone to a river point and will lOat
| canned goods back to this city.
| The Taylor tug William II. Yerkes. Jr.
was launched from the marine railway
at the Alexandria shipyard Wednesda.
evening. after having had repaired thu
| hole in her hull made by striking tn,
| sunken schooner +. G. Irwin. near Poin
| Lookout, in the latter part of last week
| The tug is lying at .the 9th street wharf
| for repair work to her boiler and ma
chnery. and she will remain here Will,
these repairs are in progress.
The two-masted bay schooner Lorens
| Bramble. owned by Capt. Jim Elliott o
| this city, has sailed for down-river poin
| to load for this city. The Bramble hat
been lying out of service in the harbor fol
| the past three months. but it Is under
| stood that she will be kept In commiss ior
during the fall and early winter months