Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-25
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

A fleet Of big four-masted schooners
is on the way to this city from Bath,
Bangor, Boothbay and other points In
Maine with ice for the Washington
branch Of the American Ice Company,
In the fleet are two of the largest four
masters on the coast. The others ten
years ago would have been considered
monster vessels.
The big schooners are the Edward e.
Briry having aboard 200 tons. and the
H. A. Smith, with over 1000 tons. The
schooner Augustus Welt will bring over
1 800 tons, while the Rachel W. Stevens.
the H: O. Stone and the Bowen each have
aboard In the neighborhood of 1000 tons.
They will unload either here or at Alex
| andria. These vessels are all deep draft.
The tugboat Pilot that brings them up the
Potomac will be obliged to keep them
in the deepest of the twenty-four- foot
channel of the Potomac.
The big schooner H. A. Smith and the
Bowen are strangers to the Potomac, and
will pay their first visit to this city when
they arrive here early in the coming
month.
Tobacco from along the Potomac river
is being shipped to Baltimore in large
quantities. and on each trip Of the steam
ers from river points several hogsheads of
the material are landed at Alexandria
to be transferred to the steamers for
warehouses.
Practically every pound of tobacco
raised on both sides Of the Potomac is
shipped to Baltimore. and much of 1t
is sold there for export to Holland and
France.
The steamer Estelle Randall yesterday
landed six hogsheads from points be-
tween Alexandra and Glymont. and the
steamer Wakefield brought up several
hogsheads from Lower Cedar Point and
0thar landfnDS This vvill
placed aboard the steamers of the Mary
land. Delaware and Virginia line this
afternoon, to be taken to Baltimore.
The shipment of tobacco to the state
several weeks. Besides that brought to
Alexandria the steamer Gen. Lee drops
the tobacco she picks up on her route at
Riverside. Md, where it is transferred to
the NJ. D. and " steamers.
Arrived: Schooner Mary E. G. Dow. ice
from Maine port for local consumption;
tug Dauntless. towing barge Virginia,
laden with fertilizer material for the
Alexandria Chemical Company: schooner
8. l.. Bowen. cord wood from Nanjamoy
creek: tug Carter. with two light canal
barges from Indian Head. Md: tug Ca
milla, with tow from the mouth of the
river: schooner Beulah Land. sand from
the Severn river for the bottle making
plants at Alexandria: tug Capt. Toby.
with a tow Of sand and gravel laden
lighters from Piscataway: tug Rosahe.
with tow Of lighters from a down-river
point.
Sailed: Schooner Five Sisters light for
a river point to load back to this city:
steam barge D. K. Jackson, with stores
and supplies for the United States Army
Quartermaster department at Fort WASH
ington and Fort Hunt: power schooner
Swabird, light for a river point to load
cord wood for this city; tug Qauntless,
light for Chesapeake bay. seeking a tow;
tug Walter F. Meade for CreenwAy fats
with a tow Of light scows.
Memoranda: Schooner Independent has
been chartered to load coal at Baltimore
for New England port; tug s. o. Co.
No. IL. towing barge No. q. has arrived
at Baltimore from this city; schooner ].
Dallis Marvel has sailed from the Rap
pahannock river for this city: tug n
Mitchell Davis has arrived at Baltimore
with the schooner Edwin r. Hunt from
Alexandria: schooner Edith Verrall is at