Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-16
The BerIltz School 723 14th
of Languages, st. NV.
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

ne heHneDec' river IN Maine. whence
comes much Of the ice used in this city,
was closed to navigation until within the
past two or three weeks on account of ice
and vessels are now loading cargoes for
the cities along the north Atlantic sea
board. Among the fleet loading Is the
big four-masted schooner Maria o. Teel
which Is taking on cargo for Alexandria
The vessel is expected to arrive at the
Virginia city before the end of the pres
ent month and the 1000 tons of Ice she
will bring will be used in the icing of
refrigerator cars laden with berries and
fruits from the southern Plantations This
will be the second cargo of ice landed at
Alexandria this spring. but as yet none
has been brought to this city. and 1t is
understood that 1t will be two months or
six weeks before ice-laden vessels begin
to arrive here. The Maria 0. Teel was
formerly frequent visitor to this city
with ice csrgoes aboard, but it is stated
this Will be her first trip up the Potomac
in two years or longer.
The tug Martin Dallman. belonging to
the John Miller Company and used as
tender to the sand and gravel diggers and
dredging machines belonging to the COM
paIy. went down the river Tuesday with
point to begin operations With the start
ing in of the Miller machine al the local
sand and gravel digging firms of the city
have machines at work down the river
taking sand and gravel from the bars in
the river for this market The demand
for building sand continues very light. and
it is stated that but little more than half
the normal output of sand is being dug
by the ma chimes at this time. One of the
large dredging machines OF the Potomac
Tpa1crfnp w hcrQA
In the llarbor at the close OF business late
last fall is still lying out of service. and
it is very doubtful when she will be taken
down the river to start work. This will.
not be until building in this city becomes
more brisk.
The tugboat owners have had their
boats painted by their crews for summer
service on the river. The tug Martin
Dallman is again in service with a new
dress of paint. and the tugs Camilla and
James O. Carter of the Taylor fleet have
also been painted and decorated within
the past week The tugs Walter F.. Mead
and Minerva of the sand and gravel
barge-toWing fleet while laid up at
Georgetown recently We're painted and
their stacks were marked with red band,
the firm mark of the company owning
the boats. The tugs Capt Toby and d.
NJ. Key Of the harbor fleet have also been
repainted and decorated
Arrived: Schooner Ella Hill. lumber
andria dealers: scow Daniel. cord wood
from a doWn-river point: schooner s. F.
kirwan, pine lumber from a Virginia
point for the dealers; schooner Samuel
Wood, cord wood from the Rappahan-
neck river: schooner Eleanor Russell.
wood from ChicamuNen creek for the deal
ers; schooners Eta. Fair American. w.
II. Bixler, NJ. j. Stephenson and others.
oysters in the shell from the Potomac
beds; bugeye Ella. wood from Machodoc
ST. E., h. cal~ T11,, II
Ginnis, hard coal from Philadelphia for
the dealers: bugeye Grape Shot. white
securing sand from the lower Potomac;
barge S. \. Souder. laths from Norfolk
for the Eastern branch Dealers; barge
Tioga. hard coal from Baltimore for
Sailed: Steam yacht Gretchen, Capt.
Keen, on a cruise: tug Camilla. with a
tow for Lower Cedar Point: schooner
Grace Bennett. light. for Newborn. N c..
to load lumber; tug W. r. Meade tow
Ing sand and gravel laden lighters for
u river point; United States lighthouse
service steamer Maple. on cruise
schooner Oakland. light. for Maryland
point to load: schooner S. C. kemble, light,
for Smiths wharf. Va. for d cargo:
field. Va. to load lumber for the dealers
here. schooner Ada G. Schulz, light, for
Crisfield. Nd, to load.
Memoranda-Barge Potomac is loading
poplar wood at GrlnderS wharf. Mat
tawoman creek. for Philadelphia: schoon-
er Sidonia Curley is reported in the river
laden with lumber for this city: tug
Southern arrived at Baltimore with four
light barges from this city: barges Mag
nolia and Nansemond. with poplar wood
from the Potomac. are at Chesapeake City
en- route to Philadelphia.
The two-maSted bay schooner Nettie and
the schooner Isaac Solomon. which were
out on the marine railway at Alexandria
for attention to hull and for general
orerhauling. have been launched from
the railway and will return to service The
Nettie goes to the Rappahannock river
after a cargo of lumber and the Solomon
to a river point to load.