Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-20
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The barge Patuxent of Baltimore, which
completed loading a cargo of over 1000
railway ties at Alexandria this week and
which has sailed for New York in tow
of a tug. is one of the largest YES
sells of her class afloat and is the largest
vessel of the Dougherty fleet of Balti-
more.
The Patuxent was built at Solomons,
Nd, about two years ago and is rated
Al of her kind. She is 16O feet long 30
feet beam and IS feet deep, and has
carrying capacity equal to that of many
larger four-masted coasting schooners.
She is used exclusively in the coasting
trade, and is one of fleet of nearly
forty barges owned by the P. Dougherty
Company of Baltimore. The vessel has
brought several cargoes of coal to this
city and has taken lumber, pulp wood
and railway ties from the Potomac to
New York and other ports in the north
To load her cargo of ties she was
brought to the Potomac over a month
ago and was taken to OccoQuan. where
the first portion Of her cargo was placed
aboard her. From there she was taken
from point to point the river, gather
ing up ties until she was brought to AL
eXandria a week ago to complete her
cargo
The sloop Daisy. owned and operated
by Capt. George Cocmbs as a packet be-
tween Alexandria and Pennington Md.
Is to be transformed into power boat, and
will in the future be able to run on reg
ular schedule independent of wind and
tide. Capt COOmbs was master of the
steamer Harry Lcder until that boat be-
came too old for further service and was
sent to the junk pile several years ago
The Daisy was then placed on the route
and. In spite of the fact she had to de-
pend upon her sails for motive power
she made frequent trips and carried larg,
quantities of farm products from l'l.;
Getaway to Alexandria. and groceries and
other supplies back
The Daisy is now off the route having
four-horsepower gasoline motor m
stalled. and she Will return TO service this
week. 1t is expected that the new engine
will give her q speed of about eight miles
an hour independent of the aid ner sails
will give her.
Game of all kinds is reported plentiful
in the river counties of Maryland and
virginia. Wild ducks and geese are MI
merous on the Potomac according 20 the
reports brought here by the officers OF The
steamers plying on the river.
The officers of the steamer Harry Ran
dali report having seen several f1ocks of
geese on the river last night. The birds
were heard honking as the steamer neared
them, and they flew they were picked
up by the rays of the searchIight on the
steamer. Aboard the steamer Randall
and the steamer Northumberland on their
this city going to river points TO have a
try at the game.
Arrived: Bugeye Stephen Lark, schoon-
ers Eta and George w. Kibble. oysters
in the shell from the lower river; pungy
w. Chestnut. cord wood from river
point to the dealers; schooner M. A. Shea,
pine lumber from a river point the
Eastern branch; schooner Mary Francis.
cord wood from a river point for dealers:
bugeye Miller. oysters from a down-rver
DOint to dealers lea stern bra Drh-
Capt Toby. with 4. &. Companys ore
laden scOw from Quantico; schooner Five
Sisters and scow Bush. cord wood from
river point for the dealers.
Sailed: Schooner William Henry, light
for a down-river point to load back to
this city: sloop EnOla and bugeyes Grape
Shot and Ethel Vale. light for the Po-
tomac oyster beds to load back TO this
city; schooner Urbana, light. for a Vir-
ginia point to load lumber; Standard Oil
COmpany's tug No. H. towing tank barses
- and Il. light. for Baltimore to load
oil in bulk; schooner Cunningham. light.
foe river point to load cord wood back
to this port; schooner Oscar. light. for
Mattox or Nomini to load cord wood for
this city
Memoranda: Schooner Nettie Reed has
gone to a Potomac point to load cord
wood back to this city; schooner Mayf1ow-
er is at Maryland point. loading cord
wood for this market: schooner Earl Bis
cOe is i'm MattoX creek loading for this
port; schooner Lula Quillan has been
chartered to load street sWeepings for
lower bay point; schooner J. ID. Marvel
will load street sweepings at this port for
Norfolk; schooner John McCiinniS has ar
rived at Baltimore with ii cargo of lum-
Der from the Rappahannock river.
The schooner Henry L.: Peckham which
is Oh her way to this city from Boston. is
reported having sailed from Vineyard
Haven Tuesday last. The vessel has
aboard it is stated. Il cargo of paving
block for street work here. She should
arrive i'm port here in the early part of the
coming week.
The schooner Maggie Marshall. Il wood
and lumber runner on'the river, has gone
out of commission and is laid up in the
Eastern branch for the winter She is the
first of the local fleet of river craft to
60 out of commission. but within the next