Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-29
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The four-masted schooner Salisbury.
laden with pine lumber from Jacksonville
Fla. consigned to dealers here, came up
the river yesterday afternoon in tow of
the Taylor tug. William H. Yerkes. Jr.
and was docked at the pier of the Mutual
Ice Company at Alexandria to discharge
part of her cargo before coming to this
city to complete unloading
The schooner has aboard several hun
dred thousand feet of big timber From
ten days to tevo weeks will be required to
unload her. The Salisbury sailed from
Jacksonville about two weeks ago, and
had rather rapid trip up the coast.
She passed in at the capes the latter
part of last week, and was picked I'D in
the mouth of the river by the tug that
brought her here. This is the second
visit the Salisbury has paid to this city,
the first having been about two years ago,
when the vessel was commanded by Capt.
Bennett
She was built at Bath about lour years
ago for the southern lumber trade. and is
one of several light draft schooners en-
ployed particularly in this work. 1t is
stated that parties at Sharptown, Md.
have purchased the schooner, and while
she is at this city she will be transferred
TO her new owners.
The new boathouse in process of con-
struct1on on the pier at the harhor side
OF Washington barracks park is rapidly
approaching completion. Within the next
Two weeks it will be ready for service.
The sheathing of the roof is in position.
ana is waiting for its outside covering
that will keep out the rains and SHOWS Of
the fall and winter.
The boathouse is large. and will give
shelter to a half dozen or more Of the
power launches and other small boats
used by the Engineer Corps of the army
In its drill and other work
when the new pier was constructed
about three years ago, two slips for
small boats were built in it, and it is
stated that the designs for the wharf
called for the boathouse now being COM
pieted. and which covers the boat slips
and protects the vessels in them from
stormy weather The boathouse will be
equipped with strong chain hoists and
other appliances for taking launches and
small boats from the water. and will be
modern in all it's appliances for taking
care OF power launches and other craft
The masters of steamboats, arriving here
last night and this morning report weather
conditions on the river as being very bad
In the past twenty-four hours All day
yesterday heavy transforms swept over
the river and deluged the country on both
sides so that the country people could not
get to the wharves to ship their produce
20 market, and consequently freights
companied by heavy northwest SQUALLS
that at times reached almost hurricane
strength, but as far as known, no damage
was done. and the steamers due here this
time.
Arrived-Schooner Ida G. Farren lum-
Der from a North Carolina port to the
dealers here: schooner William H. French.
Georgetown; sloop Harriet Smith. canned
goods from the Coan river: schooner
Oscar cord wood from. Mattox creek:
schooners George W. KibbIe. Ella T.. EN-
ma Sommers. E. r. S. Dougherty and
Halle K. and sloop EnoIa, oysters from
the lower Potomac beds: fattie Thomas.
CLAIMS from bay point schooner Will
liam H. Mcguire, cord wood from Nom
I'M creek; schooner Peri. pine lumber from
Coles landing: schooner Albert Smith.
canned goods from the lower Potomac.
schooner s. L. Bowen cord wood from a
river point; Standard Oil Company tug
NO. u. towing barge No. II. oil in bulk
from Baltimore to Georgetown: schooner
hlo Grande, cord wood to the Eastern
branch: schooner Cecilia B. Shepherd
molding sand to Georgetown from Tan.
gier sound: schooner Mayflower, cord
WOOD from river point to local dealers.
Sailed-Schooners E. P. Evans and Oys-
ter Boy. light. for the Potomac oyster
beds to load for this city: schooner A. III.
Quinby. light, for Nomini to load cord
wood back to this city; sloop Enola. light,
I ]Ot ooS punt " iOdu oysters In the she'll.
schooner Belmont. light. for Auuia creek
to load for this city: schooner c. w. Kib-
bic. light. for river point to load; Stand
ard OIL Company tug No. r. towing light
barge No. a from Georgetown for BaIti-
more: tug Minerva. with a tow of light
scows for the dredging machines down
river.
Memoranda-Bark Allenwild has arrived
at Guantanamo. Cuba. with a cargo of
coal from Baltimore: schooner-scow Dan
lei is at Alexandria loading for a river
point; scow Bush has gone to Dogue creek
to load for this city; schooner Helen Jus
tice is in Machodoc creek loading for this
city: schooner Five Sisters is loading wood
IN Aqua creek for this port.
The barge William Donaldson. which
arrived here from Baltimore several days
ago with cargo of coal. and which dis
charged portion of her cargo at the
washington barracks pier has been
shifted to the wharf foot of 10th street
70 complete the unloading of her cargo
consigned to dealers.
The schooner HOratio Seymour. which
was hauled out on the marine railway AT
Inc Alexandria shipyard to stop a leak
and to have some minor repair work done
10 her hull, has completed repairs and
mas been put overheard. She has sailed
Tor Lower Machodoc creek to load back
To this cify $1,000