Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-07
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sells are deeply imbedded in the mud. and
one. and possibly the others. will have
to be torn to pieces to get them out OF
the way. Then. too. it is stated. there
are several large logs. the relics of past
freshets lying on the bottom of the basin
which will be removed so that the dredge
will have a clean sweep in its work
One of the scows which was raised a
day or two ago. broke loose from the
pile driver as it was being carried across
the Georgetown channel to the fats on
the Virginia side of the river. and went
to the bottom in mid-channel. She is
still lying where she sank, and is said
to be an obstruction to navigation.
The tug Fortuna. one of the fleet of
towboats belonging to the Southern
Transportation Company of Philadelphia.
barges on the Potomac. has been with
drawn from that work by her owners. to
take up time charter to tow fish-laden
vessels from the nets in the mouth of
the river to this city. So far the For
tuna is the only tug chartered to tow
fish-laden boats and it is understood that
she will be the only one employed in
tFat work this year. In previous years
three or four tugs have always been
employed on the Potomac with the fish
running fleet during the shad and herring
season. but this year there has been an
increase In the number Of power-equipped
craft used, and this in a large measure
has done away with the necessity Of en-
ploying steam tugs. The Fortuna was
formerly owned at this city by the CO.
lumbia Sand Company, and was known
as the Edward G. Gummell.
The steamer Newport News of the Nor
folk and Washington feet OF steamers
LETT here Sunday for the Newport News
shipyard. TO be locked. cleaned and paint
ed. and for such repair work as may be
necessary to put Ter in good order for
summer service on the route to Norfolk
and Old Point. The steamer will be at
Newport News for about ten days. and
on her return will relieve the other boats
of the line in turn. that they can be
sent TO the shipyard for their spring
cleaning and painting. 1t is now stated
that the new steamer Southland. build
ing at Newport News for the Norfolk and
Washington Company. will be launched In
August next.
Arrived: s. O. tug No. L. towing tank
barge No. -, laden with oil in bulk at
Georgetown: schooners Fair American,
William H. Bixler and Minnie Estelle.
oysters in the shell from the Potomac
beds: tug d. NJ Key. with a lumber-laden
vessel in tow from a river point; bugeye
B. F. Ford, fresh fish at Alexandria from
nets in the Potomac; schooner E. L.
Bowen. cord wood from Nomini creek for
the dealers: barges .Wicomico. Potomac
and Agnes McNally, hard coal from
Phila delphia for Georgetown dealers.
Sailed: Bugeye Blue Belle. light for a
lower river point to load back to this
city; tug Baltimore. towing sand dredge
and scows for Baltimore; seow Bush for
Piscataway creek to load: schooner Mary
Francis light. for Dogue creek to load
schooner j. F. Robinson. with gen.
eral cargo from Alexandria for Ma
chodoc creek: tug Dixie. with tow
of two light coal-carrying barges for bay
points; schooner Isaac Solomon, light. for
a down-river point to load back to this
city; schooner Mary Ann Shea. light. for
QuanticO to load back to this city:
schooner s. C. Kimball. light. for a Po-
tomac point from Alexandria; bugeye
Oyster Boy. light for Alexandria with
oysters aboard
Memoranda: Schooner Edith VERBAL
has sailed from a river point for this city
with wood aboard; schooner Grace G
Bennett is on her way to this port from
Newbern. N. c.. with lumber: schooner
John Nicely Is at a down-river point load
ing oysters in the shell for the dealers
here; schooner Mayflower is I'm Occoquan
loading lumber for the dealers here.
The big coal-carrying barges Agnes Nc.
Nally, Jane McNally. Cecilia McIlvaine
and Reliance are at the wharf of the
Washington Gas Light Company. wait
ing to unload cargoes of coal. The YES
SELF have aboard about 1900 tons. The
barges Wicomico and Potomac are al
Georgetown wharves discharging cargoes
of hard coal.
The little tug Powhatan. Capt. Sam
Sisson. which was recently overhauled a,
a Georgetown pier. has gone into com
mission and is employed In towing barge.
from one point to another on the Potomac
to load railway ties for New York.