Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The work of deepening the dock on the
south side of the pier of the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company, foot
of 9TH street, in order to make il
suitable for the accommodations of the
new steamer Southland will be started
early this week. In order to do this it
will be necessary to shift the laid-up
boats of the company, and arrangements
have been made to have the disabled
ferry steamer Lackawanna taken to
Alexandria and berthed in the ferry 81 y
there and the steamer Newport News 10
the ferry line pier here. The new bulk
head of the Norfolk and Washington
dock is completed, and the dock is 10 be
heightened about twenty-five feet and
dredged to a depth of about twenty feet.
The Southland is rapidly approaching
completion at the Newport News ship
yard and viii be ready To come to this
city in a month or six weeks. AS has
been stated she is about fifty feet longer
than any steamer heretofore used on the
Potomac, and the present docks are all To
small TO accommodate her.
Under the regulations of the steamboat
inspection service many OF the old bargeS
employed in bringing coal and olner car
goes TO this port and taking railroad ties
and pulp wood to coastwise points viii haze
10 be retired from service, as it will be inn
possible TO raise them up 10 the standard
required by the regulations. Congress.
several months ago, passed an act i.luii-
ing the steamboat Inspection authorizes
TO invest igate the condition OF the barS
fleet and 10 adopt regulations 10 man.
them safe for coastwise work and prevent
loss of life. The officials under this order
have adopted regulations requiring ali
f0
regulation becomes effective January l.
At Baltimore and other ports number
of the old vessels have already been laid
up and others Will be arranged for IA
land water freighting.
The big boom on dredge No. > of the
fleet Of the POTOMAC Dredging Compan!
broke while the machine was at work in
Piscataway creek last Thursday. dis
abling the dredge and forcing its with
drawal from service. 1t has been brought
to this city to have a new boom lnade
and fitted, and dredge No 1 OF the Z. u.
fleet has been taken to Piscataway ana
sand and gravel digging Will be resumed
tomorrow. 1t is stated that as long a.
the river and it's tributaries remain Tree
of ice the local sand companies will Keen
a number of their diggers at work taking
the material from the beds in the Poto-
mac below this city. y fleet OF efsht or
more dredging machines and seven tugs
are employed in the sand-towinS business
Arrived: Bugeye Lola Taylor, oysters
i'm the shell. from Pocomoke sound: fiat
tie No Name. oysters from the Potoma"
beds: A. c. Co. scow with sulphur rock
from Occoquan for Alexandria; tug Meade
with tow of scows from down-river
point.
Memoranda: Schooner William H. Me
CURE is laid up in Nomini creek for the
holidays; schooner Rebecca j. Moulton.
now in port here unloading lumber. VIII
lay here for orders; schooner Mable and
Ruth is on the way to this city with
lumber from North Carolina.
Under the new schedule of the Mary
land, Delaware and Virginia Railway
Company, which goes into effect this
week. the steamers of the line made
their last Wednesday and Saturday trips
Of the season last week. From now until
the spring schedule of the line goes into
effect the steamer Anne Arundel VIII
leave here Monday evenings only and will
arrive here early Sunday morning. Two
other trips will be made from Baltimore
TO landings. but the boat will not come
up to this port.
All the steamers and tugs plying on the
Potomac are dressed with holly or cedar
on their Aagpoles in honor of the holiday
season This is an annual custom on the
Potomac and the steamers carry the
green. stuff until New Year day.
The charter of the Taylor tug, Capt
Toby which has been employed In towing
clay-laden scows for the Miller Company
of this city has expired, and the little
steamer has been placed out OF commits
SION She is lying at the 10th street
wharf of the American Ice Company. and
her owners will take advantage OF her
idleness TO have such work done to her
as NAV be needed to put her in trim for
the opening of the spring season on the
Potomac.