Evening star., 1908-01-11
NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The barge Wicomico. with about 5000
railway ties aboard. sailed from river
point last Thursday. bound for Phila-
delphia. and the barges Potomac and
Tatusky will. early in the coming week
complete their cargoes and also sail for
Philadelphia. These will be the last
barges to load ties on the Potomac this
season. as the dealers are fearful of ice
making and freezing the barges in the
creeks should they attempt to load more
this winter. In fact the dealers loading
the Potomac and Totusky are rather
nervous for fear sudden cold snap will
catch them before they can complete their
cargoes and get away. The loading of
the two bargeS Is being hurried. so that
they can be sent away at the earliest pos
sible moment. During the winter. If the
weather is not too severe. the shippers
of ties and poplar wood will have men
in the forests of Maryland and Virginia
along the Potomac cutting ties and poplar
wood ready to ship early in the coming
spring, when danger of a freeze Is a
thing of the past
The freezing weather of Thursday night
covered the river with thin sheet of
ice from shore to shore. and alA day yes
terday the harbor was filed with drifting
ice less than quarter OF an inch thick.
The officers of the steamers arriving here
yesterday morning report having run
through light ice from Glymont to this
cty While the ice that was on the
river did not melt last night, neither did
it knit together, and this morning was not
as thick as it was yesterday. The water
in the river is now thoroughly chilled
and il would take only day or two
of good cold weather to cover the stream
with ice. The steamboat men are con-
graduating themselves. however, on the
fact that even should freeze occur now
1t could last only a short time, as it is
very seldom that Ice remains on the river
after the 18th of next month.
Arrived-Bugeye f. r. S. Dougherty,
oysters from the Potomac beds for the
dealers; tugs Rosalie and Eugene. tow
ing three sand and gravel laden lighters
from Moxleys Point: tug James o. car
ter with a tow of river craft from the
lower Potomac; naval tug Rocket, from
Norfolk navy yard: A. c. lighter sulphur
ore from Occoauan to Alexandra.
Sailed-Pungy C. w. Reach. light for a
lower point TO load cord wood for the
dealers here; bugeyes j. w. Branford and
F. p Evans, light for river point to
load oysters for this city; barge Michael
Dempsey, light for Norfolk to load lum-
ber: tug Camilla. towing S. 0. tank barge
No Il, light for St Mary's river, en- route
to Baltimore to load for this port; bugeye
Nicholas, light for chesapeake pay po,nt
TO load oysters in the she'll for this city;
schooner Kimball has gone to a lower
river point to load for this city; tug Car
ter. for the lower river with tow; tug
Minerva, towing barge Delaware light
for the St Mary's river to load; schooner
Joseph Brennan, light for Coan river, V1r-
ginia. to load back to this city.
Observation-Disclosures Michael Dempsey
has been chartered to load lumber at
Norfolk for Philadelphia; schaoner Earl
Biscoe is under charter to load cord wood
at a river point for the dealers here:
steamship Athalie. Norwegian, laden with
asphaIt for this city. has sailed from Port
of Spain Island of Trinidad; schooner
e p Evans is at a river point loading
oysters in the shell for the dealers here;
schooner Stetson. laden with laths from
st Johns, n. B.. for this city, is due at
the capes early the coming week
The United States naval lighter Rocket,
which arrived here Thursday and went
TO the navy yard loaded big cargo there
of gun mounts and other armament ma
terial for the ships fitting out at Norfolk,
and sailed Yesterday evening for the Nor
folk navy yard. The Rocket comes TO
this city two or three times each month
for cargoes of shells, gun mounts ana
narts and other material for Norfolk
The tug Columbia of the Mum Meet OF
pbiladelphia, which has been under char
fer by the Southern Transportation Com
nany and used to tow barges on the Day
for several months past. has completed
bor charter term and was returned TO her
owners at PHILADELPHIA early this week