Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-30
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

A force of mechanics is employed aboard
the old steamer I. V. Arrowsmith, rebuild
ing her wheels and overhauling the old
boat, SO as to have her ready for work
should her services be needed on river
routes.
During the last summer the ArrowSmith
was used for excursion work on the river
Just before the close OF the season, in the
early part of last September, her big pad
die wheels gave away. She had to be
Withdrawn from service. The wheels are
being rebuilt and other work done that
will make the steamer available for serv-
ice in a few hours. The ArroWsmith,
| though one Of the oldest steamers in serv-
ice on the Potomac, is still sound, and IS
good for long period of efficient work.
She was built at the beginning of the
civil war. Like the Mary Powell, Samuel
]. Pentz, and other steamers OF that
period she was a remarkably speedy
steamer.
AT one time the Smith was by
far the fastest sdewheel boat in service
on the river. She is still able TO run away
from MANY steamers on the Potomac.
Receipts OF canned tomatoes, sweet
potatoes anu otner vegetables from
packing houses aiong the lower Potomac
nave been heavy during the past three
or tour Gays. several sesseis nave ar
rived here with gases of the goods
aboard and other vessels are at the
packing houses loading for this port.
The pig two-masted schooner Saline
Purnel Beswick brought several
thousand cases OF tomatoes from Nam
ticoke, and unloadeu them at Inc l-tii
street wharf. The schooner A. II. Bosiey
came into port nednesaay with car5o
of tomatoes from one OF the large pack
ing houses on the bay The schooner
Hattie and Frances is here with Two OF
three hundred cases OF canned sweet pota-
toes from the Coan river
In addition to this the steamer Harry
Randall, on IA trip up from the lower
Potomac this week, brought Thou
sand cases of tomatoes from Nomini
for local dealers. 1t is expected that
shipments of canned goods from the
packing houses to this market wlll
continue heavy throughout the fail. The
output of factories Is above the aver
age In quantity this season.
The tugs of the Southern Transpor-
taton Company arrived here Wednesday,
towing the barges Potomac, Bailey, III
oga and Mattaponi, all coal laden, from
Chesapeake City. consigned to the deal
ers here and at Alexandria. The YES
sells have each over 1uu tons of the fuel
aboard and they are unloadir oarSoes.
me local dealers in coal are now re-
plenishing their STOCKS OF lueI ana
large number of coal~laden barges from
here during the coming month. The
tug Dixie has sailed from this city
towing the light barges Marjorie, APP
pomattox and Christiana. bound to the
Rappahannock river, to load lumber
and pulp wood for northern ports.
Arrived: Schooner +. r. s. Dougherty,
oysters in the shell from Pocomoke sound.
buseye Ella. curdwood from river point
for the dealers; tug ID. Nj. Key, with a
tow of two oyster-laden vessels: schooner
VII lnmhpr from "A Pan
pahannock river point for the dealers;
scoW Fannie at Alexandria, railway ties
from a Potomac point; bugeye William
Zurich and flattie Ruth. oysters in the
Shell from Potomac points; tug Meade,
with a tow of lighters from a down-river
point; tug Carter, with tow of light
cana, barges from Indian Head.
Sailed: Salie Purnell Beswick. light for
a Chesapeake bay port TO loa schooners
Five Sisters and Peri, light, for Aqua
creek to load lumber for the dealers here:
bugeyes Avalon, Fair American, q. w
kibble and sloop Enola, light. for lower
Potomac points to load back to this city.
schooner Dove. light. for river point to
load; schooner Annie Mills. light, for
point on the Potomac to load lumber for
Alexandria; schooner PLUME +. Smith
light for the lower river to load cord
wood; schooner Matte and Francis, for
KinSale, with bricks and building ma
teral
Memoranda: Schooner F. c.. Todd has
gone to a bay point to load lumber for
this city or Baltimore. schooner Mcguire
is in Nomini loading canned goods. bug
eye Thomas Kirby has sailed from the
Wicomico river for this city with oysters
aboard: bugeye Lottie Thomas has ar
rived at BushWood, Md, with coal from
Alexandria; schooners Mabel and Ruth
and Grace G. Bennett, with lumber from
North Carolina. due at this city;
schooner Edith VERBAL is at river point
loading for this port
Matthias Point wharf, one of the land
ings of the Potomac on the schedules of
the river line steamers, is being rebuilt
by it's owner. b. G. Grymes. New string
ers are being placed under the wharf and
ii is being redecked for considerable
portion of its length. and 1t is being made
strong for the heavy traffic over it,
The big four-masted schooner Francis
NJ. Capt Hagan, wen known trader TO
this port during the summer months, has
been laid up at Bath for several months
in consequence of the extreme dullness
in coastWise freights. While out of serv-
ice the schooner was overhauled, four
new masts were stepped and the vessel
made ready to return to service as soon
as business revives.