Evening star., 1908-01-15
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

Tie Jug NJ. Mitchell Davis. the flagship
of the Taylor fleet of this city. for the
past eight months employed under char
ter on the Delaware river, completed her
work there for the season about a week
ago, and under the command or Cant.
Frank Taylor she sailed for the chesa-
peake. Ii was thought that she WIS com
ing to this city. but Capt. TAYLOR found
a demand for toWboats on the bay be-
tween Baltimore and the capes Of the
Chesa apeake. The tug picked up tow
while coming in the capes on her way
home from the Delaware and carried il
to Baltimore. Some little repair work
10 the tug was necessary and il WAS done
al Baltimore. and the tug has continued
in the bay service. 1t il probable she will
remain on The bay throughout the win
ter and VIII not come to this city unless
she brings the schooner Stetson here. The
Stetson is coming to this city with
cargo of laths from St. Johns, New
Brunswick.
The little steamer Trenton. during the
past summer and fall employed in run
ming on freight and passenger route Oh
The Potomac. under the command of Capt
VIII Davis was Withdrawn from service
a day or two ago and has been laid up
for the remainder of the winter AT
the wharf foot of 9th street south
west. The steamer ran a route be-
tween this city and Upper Macho-
doc creek. stopping at river landings. and
il is understood she will be out of scrv-
ice until spring. The withdrawal of the
Trenton leaves only the steamers of the
Washington and Potomac Company on
the route between this city and landings
along the upper part OF the Potomac river
above Colonial Beach. The Trenton was
brought here from the Delaware Last
spring for service on the river.
The scowS Bush and Fannie of this city
are lying at the Alexandria Shipyard un-
loading cargoes of poplar logs from points
S.lal
ped by rail To West Virginia. where they
will be converted into pulp Tor the man
ufacture of paper. The scows have aboard
about eighty cords of tine pulp wood. anu
this shipment from the Potomac 10 the
paper making plants in West Virginia VIII.
he followed by several others. II is stated
that poplar wood for paper-makinG has
become very scarce in West Virginia, bur
is more plentiful along the Potomac and
many hundred cords OF 1t cut ana
shipped north each season.
Arrived-,In consequence of the heavy
current in. the river there have been no
arrivals of vessels in the past twenty
four hours.
Sailed-Schooner J. H. Hargraves. oys-
ter shells for Chesapeake bay point:
tug Capt Toby. light, Tor "A river point:
tug Camilla. with Il TOW for the lower
Potomac.
Jackson is at a river point loading for
This civ: puney c. W. Reach is at Wades
bay loading cord wood for the dealers
here: bugeye Nicholas is at bay point
loading oysters in the shell for this mar
ket: schooner Edith Nerrall Will load cord
wood in Aquia creek for the dealers IN
this city: schooner isabelle is il Nomin
loading for this city.
The necessary repair work To the steam
or Queen Anne OF the Washington and
Potomac excursion fleet is being pushed
and it is stated that ii s probable that
she will take up a short-time charter on
Hampton roads within the next two
weeks. The steamer will return TO this
CITY in time to be painted and made ready
IL open the excursion season 10 River
View in the spring.
The Southern Transportation Company
tug Fortuna is on her way 10 TINS city
towing the coal-laden barge Vincent Me
Eally from Baltimore and the barge WIS
"a hickon from Philadelphia. Both barges
ii is stated will discharge their cLrgotS
at the coal piers at Georgetown. ne :
Fortuna will take away a low Q. hs'it
barees after delivering the loaded ones
here.