Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-27
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Inc cradle Tor the new marine railway
which is in process of construction for
Deans boatyard. near Alexandria, is
rapidly approaching completion and 1t IL
thought that it will be ready for service
within month or six weeks. The cradle.
with the exception of the big marine rail-
way at the Alexandria shipyard. is the
largest of its kind on the Potomac. On
| 1t any regular bay or river trader can
be hauled out for repairs.
The cradle is $50 feet long and is built
in the most approved manner. 1t has
now been about three years since the
piles on which the foundation of the rail-
way will be constructed were driven at
| Deans and the site of the railway was
| dredged. 1t has only been in the past
| few months that the construction of the
| railway was started and pushed toward
| completion.
| Many pleasure craft owned in this city
make Deans their winter quarters and
are overhauled there. The new railway
| will come in for much of this class Of
| work.
! While Washington has many hundred
| acres Of parks and breathing spaces
| within the city limits. the river front sec
| ton Of the city is attractive to many.
All day Sunday visitors throng the har
Dor from the Potomac Park to the south
| end of the Washington Barracks Park.
Since the opening of the Potomac Park
nunQfe0S Spend the 0dy along the IldaI
basin or in the shade OF the big willows
along the river. The lighthouses and
yards have a throng Of visitors inter-
ested in pleasure craft. and many visit
the wharves of the excursion steamers
to watch the steamers coming and
going.
Washington Barracks Park is another
attractive place along the river. Each
Sunday afternoon 1t is we'll filled with
visitors to hear the band concerts and
enjoy the breezes sweeping up the har-
Dor.
Another point of attraction is the old
monitor Puritan. the big practice ship OF
the Naval Battalion. DONG, which is
connected with the shore by a long
plank walk Every Sunday she is
crowded with visitors. who swarm all
over her from the fireroom deep down in
her hull, to the fighting top and bridge.
perched in the air thirty or forty feet
above her deck.
The four-masted schooner Charles A.
Campbell. laden with ice for this city or
Alexandria, which is reported to have
sailed from Bangor for this city. July
IL, Is due at the capes of the Chesapeake.
A report of her having passed in is
looked for at any time.
The Campbell has aboard a cargo OF
about 800 tons of the refrigerating ma
terial. The r-masted schooner Rach-
ael W. Stevens, which sailed from Bath.
July 81 with ice for this city. will arrive
at the capes In the latter part of the
present week. provided she has favorable
weather.
Arrived: C.SS Yankee. from a train
ing cruise with the Naval Battalion.
DONG; United States lighthouse serv-
ice steamer Holly. from an inspection
cruise on Chesapeake bay and the Roto-
mac river; steam yacht GiavOta- from a
cruise on the river and Chesapeake bay:
schooner Brown, cord wood from river
point for dealers here; steam barge s. NJ.
1aorf A1axy
andria: Hattie Annie light. from river
point at Alexandria to load a general
cargo; tug Minerva. with a tow of sand
and gravel laden lighters from river
point
Sailed: Schooner S. L. Bowen. light. for
a lower river point to load back to this
city: tug James o. Carter. for river
point with barges in tow; bugeye Eve
Clarence, light, for the lower Potomac to
load; steam barge D. K. Jackson. for
Fort Washington with supplies: sloop
Daisy from Alexandra for Pennington.
Nd. with general cargo aboard
Memoranda: Tug Fortuna has sailed
from Baltimore with a tow of coal-laden
barges for this city; schooner Fannie c.
Bowen, with ice for this city. sailed
from Bath the oath instant: schooner
Sidonia Curley has sailed from the Rap
pahannock river for this city with lum-
from Newport News for Port of Spain
to load asphalt: schooner Five Sisters is
at a river point loading for this city.
The schooner William II. BiN.er with
small cargo of watermelons aboard.
came into port yesterday evening and
is lying at the 18th street wharf. The
Bixler is the second vessel to arrive here
this year with melons aboard. but II Is
expected that by the middle or end of this
week the vessels will be here with the
fruit from North Carolina and southern
Virginia points and the melon season
will be in fAll swing.
The water of the Potomac in the vicin-
ity of this city. which has been very
clear for the past six weeks. is being
made very turbid by the flood of muddy
water coming down from the upper Poto-
mac and from the Eastern branch
There is some little current in the river
but it is not as strong as was anticipated
by the steamboat men.