Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-27
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Coasting schooners will take the place
of the big barges Of the Consolidation
Coal Company in moving soft coal from
Georgetown to Boston and other ports
on the coast of New England.
In the past two months or longer about
$500 tons of soft coal has been shipped
each week in the big sea-going barges
OF the c. c. Company. The big schooners
that are bringing ice to Alexandria are
now being chartered for this work. The
barges are being used elsewhere.
A day or two ago orders were sent
here for a tug to go to Point Lookout
for light barge to be brought to George
town. The tug William II. Yerkes. jr,
was started down the river after her.
The Yerkes had been gone but short
time when another order came counter
manding the first one. The tug was
stopped by a telephone message at Indian
Head and turned back to this city.
The four-masted schooner Stella B.
kaplan. which went under the coal chutes
several days ago, completed loading yes
terday and has sailed for Boston. The
schooner Alice Holbrook, which completed
unloading ice at Alexandria yesterday
afternoon. has been brought UP to George
town and is loading. She will be fol-
lowed by several other coasting vessels.
The four-masted schooner Van Lear
Black, which arrived here about two
weeks ago with cargo OF Georgia pine
lumber from a south Atlantic port. will
complete unloading this afternoon or early
in the coming week. and will then go to
a marine railway where she can be
hauled out for attention to her hull I'M
der water. She will then load railway
iron for a southern port.
The Black was loaded with heavy TIM
bers. The work of getting them out Of
her hold and ashore was necessarily slow,
in spite of using the steam hoists on
the vessel TO aid in lifting the heavy
rio1 nf hold nd he
rail, where the stevedores pile II ashore.
There is another vessel on her way to
this city with lumber from the south.
The schooner Almeda Wiley is coming
from a port in New Brunswick with
laths for the local lumber dealers She
is due to arrive here early in the COM
ing week.
Dredge No. =. belonging to the Potomac
Dredging Company of this city, out of
service in the upper END of the harbor
here for the past seven months, was
Thursday taken TO Mattawoman creek.
There she will be employed in digging
sand and gravel TO fill a contract her
owners have in this city.
With the going into commission of No.
it is stated that all the sand and gravel
digging machines owned here are now IN
service and that large quantities of the
material are brought TO this city each
day in lighters towed by the tugs OF
the dredging companies.
Arrived: Schooner Maria o. Teei. ice
from the kennebec river for Alexandria;
schooner Wildhower. pine lumber from a
Raprahannock river point for the deal
ers here; tug William II. Yerkes. with a
tow from the lower Potomac; schooner
Bertha May. cord wood from river point
for the dealers at Alexandria: schooner
William II. Cunningham, lumber from a
Potomac point for dealers here; tug Wal
ter r. Meade, towing nine sand and
gravel laden lighters from Potomac
point: tug Carter, with a tow from Po-
tomac point.
Sailed: Tug Minerva, with tow of
lighters for a river point; schooner Mary
Francis. light, for river point to load
back to this city; schooner Three Broth
ers. light, from Alexandria to a river
point TO load back to this city; schooner
Peri. light. for Cole landing to load cord
wood for the dealers here; bugeye Cros-
well, from Alexandra for a down-river
point: schooner Isaac Solomon, from Alex
andria with a general cargo for river
point: barge Farmers Friend. building
material from Alexandria for river
point
Memoranda: Schooner Francis NJ. has
been chartered TO load ice AT a Maine
port for Alexandria: schooner Belmont
is loading at river point for the deal
ers here: schooner Sidonia Curley is at
Rappahannock river point loading for
this city; schooner Edith Nerrall is in
a down-river creek loading cord wood for
the dealers here; schooner Sam Wood
is al Leonardtown, Md, loading lumber
for this port.
The tug Spray, which has been on the
ma rine railway at Alexandra for several
weeks past. receiving general overhaul
ing. is rapidly approaching completion.
During the coming week she will be put
overheard and will join the fleet en-
poyed in towing work on the river The
Spray. it is said. will be engaged in tow
ing coal-laden lighters between Alexan-
dria and this civ