Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-05
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT


Norfolk with a cargo of laths consigned
10 local merchants, is paying her first
visit TO this port. She is one OF the small
est vessels regularly engaged in freight
ing up and down the Atlantic coast, and
though she has been badly buffeted by
many heavy storms she is stanch YES
Sci. On her last trip down the coast from
a Maine port to Norfolk she was out in a
lot of stormy weather and much fear for
her safety was felt. particularly as she
was considerably overdue. She finally
came into port in good shape ready to
load her cargo of shingles for this city
The Sawyer is one of the old type of
two-masted cOasting schoOnerS that for
merly traded on the coast. They have
been displaced by larger vessels with
more cargo room and better sailing quail
ties. and the twO-master is rapidly disap-
pearing from the cOaStwiSe trade. She is
square-stern. blunt-bow vessel that
looks able to take care OF herself in al
most any weather, and she will carry a
big cargo for vessel of her dimensions.
She was built al Bristol Me-, in 1859 and
halls from Southwest HarbOr, Me. She
registers 80 tons and is ia feet long.
81 feet beam and six feet deep.
Many Buildings Going Up.
Lumber and building material of all
kinds are being shipped from this city
for buildings that are to be erected this
fall and winter that will be ready for
occupancy in the coming spring and sum-
mer. On every trip of the river steamers
they are loaded down with lumber, the
steamer Wakefield on her last trip down
the river taking quantities of the ma
1erial to Riverside, Wilkersons and Co.
lonial Beach. All the mechanics down
river jS Ct tod
that men will have to be called from
this city in order to complete the work
by the coming spring. During the past
summer, 1t is stated over seventy houses
were erected at Colonial Beach, and it is
expected with the Classic Shore addition
this number will be far exceeded this
fall and winter.
For the past several years the lower
for summer home locations and the value
of property on the Potomac is said to
be advancing rapidly in consequence.
While the river is full of trap nets from
Alexandria to its mouth. the fishermen,
it is stated. are having but poor success,
and the receipts from the nets by the
dealers here are very small The bulk
of the supply of fresh fish on sale in the
local markets is coming from the fisheries
the Virginia coast and in the lower
part of Chesapeake bay. and also from
the coast of New Jersey. The supply
being received is ample 10 meet the de-
mann, which is reported to be quite light.
while prices are moderate.
In Port and Sailed.
ARRIVED: Schooner Belmont cord wood
from Aqua creek to the dealers; schooner
Salisbury, from Jacksonville via Alexan-
dria, lumber: tug Camilla, with tow
from a down-river point; schooner w.
n. Cunningham. lumber from down
river point for dealers; bugeye Annie
Mills. pine lumber from river point, at
Alexandria; tug Rosalie. towing sand and
gravel laden lighters from down-river
gravel beds: tug Capt. Toby, with a tow
Sailed: Schooner f. p. Evans. light, for
the lower river to lead oysters in the
shell back to this market; schooner
Dorchester. stone from Georgetown for
Norfolk; schooner Oscar, light, for a
down-river point to load; schooner Silver
Star, light, for down-river point to
load cord wood back to this city;
schooner c. G. Wheeler, light. for Vir-
ginia point 10 load lumber for this port:
schooner e. c. Wheeler. lifht. for Vir
tug James o. Carter, with a tow of coal
laden lighters for the naval powder
factory on Mattawoman creek.
Memoranda: Schooner S. l.. Bowen is
at Liverpool Point loading cord wood for
this city; schooner f. r. S. Dougherty is
at a lower river point loading oysters in
the shell for this market: schooner Isa-
belle is in Nomini creek loading for this
port. schooner rive sisters is IN aqua
creek loading for the dealers here
Some few wild ducks have made their
appearance the river between this
city and Alexandria since the cool weather
came in the latter part of last week. but
the fiocks have been small and scattered
Hunters have been out after the birds
several mornings. and have already made
them very shy, that it is difficult to
get close enough TO them TO get a shot.
Capt George NOVEL;. ticket agent at
the WASHINGTON NJ q
10 Alexandria. has been aboard one of
the steamers of the Norfolk route of the
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Com
PAM in place of the officer detailed to the
Newport News for a special trip to New
port News account of the launching
of the new steamer Southland.