Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-19
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

], The steamship Wilhelmina OF New
York is at, the pier Of the Alexandra
Chemical Company. Alexandria, unload
ing $500 tonscof phosphate rock from
Port Tampa Fla BY tonight the cargo
will be out of the big ship and she Will
be ready : to- saili for Norfolk 10 load
coal for a. southern port, The W1lhel-
nina arrived at Alexandria early We'd
nesday,. morning and was locked soon
after daybreak. At Z. clock that morn
ing her matches were opened anc taking
out her cargo began. Men have oeen
working. on the. vessel night and day.
so as to get. her unloaded and away
from here at the earliest possible mo-
ment The steamship is paying her sec
ond or. third visit to this city with
phosphate rock aboard. and on each
three days: With its modern appliances
for handling big cargoes of plaster.
limestone. phosphate rock and other
material used in the manufacture OF
land fertilizers the Alexandria concern
can unload a vessel with E.ore dis
patch than can any other concern inside
the Chesapeake capeS.
Consolidation Coal Company barge No
%. which completed her cargo of about
1000 tons Of Cumberland coal at
sailed from off Alexandria In tow of the
Taylor tug Camilla. bound to Point
Lookout to join a tow of coal-laden
barges from Baltimore going up the
coast to ports in New England.
! Barge No. 10 Of the Consolidation
Company fleet, at Georgetown. COM
pleted her cargo yesterday and will also
sail for point In New England this
week. No. Is is the only vessel at
Georgetown to load coal, but it is stated
that within the next day or. two an-
other barge will come here. ready to
go under the coal chutes for a cargo.
The three masted schooner Childe
Harold. which brought a cargo of plas-
andria completed discharging her cargo
and sailed Wednesday. light, for New
port News to take aboard coal for A
northern port The Childe Harold is
one of the fleet of old-style three
masted schooners which fifteen years
ago was a regular visitor to this city
with cargoes of ice from Maine ports.
and which carried coal from this city or
Alexandria to the north as a return
cargo. In those days she was looked
upon as a big vessel and as a model of
coasting schooner Now she is COM
pletely dwarfed by the big four. five
and six masted vessels thai have cargo
capacity many times greater than has
the Childe Harold
Arrived-Bugeye Ella, cordwood from
a river point for the dealers; scow
Bush, humber from Marshall Hall for
this market; bugeye Kathleen. cord
WOOD from creek. SCHOOneT
James Cunningham LUMBER from a Vir-
ginia point: schooner Hattie & Francis.
cordwood from lower river landing
| scow Daniel. light from Colonial Beach
| to Alexandria to load coal on return.
Sailed-Schooner Oakland, light. for
Maryland Point to load cordwood for
the dealers here; schooner Isaac Solo
| mon. light, for Wades bay to load:
schooner Mary Ann Shea. light. for
| Aqua creek to load lumber for the
\ oh
| for Mattawoman creek to load: sloop
| Enola, light, for a down river point to
| load: scow Blanchard. light. for Pau
| monkey creek to load wood for the
Pohick creek to load back to this city
| schooner Julia A. Potts, light, for a
| river point to load.
| Memoranda+Schooner Clara Leona I'd
as in Nomini creek loading for this city;
| schooner Sidonia Curley is on her way
| to Norfolk with cases of bottles aboard
from Alexandria,; schooner Jennie Lip
petit, for Alexandria. sailed from Rock
land, Me-, 18th instant; schooner Maine
is chartered to take pulp wood from the
Potomac to Philadelphia at private
terms; schooner Daylight has been
| chartered to bring ice from the Kenne-
bee to this city; schooner Lottie Carter
is at a river point to load for this city
schooner Belmont is in Coan river load
ing cordwood for the dealers here.
/ The big seagoing barge Atlantic
which about two weeks ago loaded
about 1000 railway ties at Alexandria
and was taken to Cherry Hill to COM
plete her cargo. is ready to sail fol-
New York as soon as the tug that is to
tow her arrives. The barge has aboard
about II 900 ties and is the only vessel
it is said. loading ties on the Potomac
for the northern markets. Her cargo
will be used by one of the big railway
companies for repair work along its
line.
: The tearing down of the Old apron
and its supports at the shepherds land
ing of the Baltimore and Ohio railway
opposite Alexandria, is completed The
parts of the levers that supported the
apron were loaded on freight cars to be
| transported to Baltimore for storage
| until wanted for. other work
| The Trolling stonesr Of Australia