Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-12
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The feet of big vessels in port here was
added to yesterday evening by the big
four-masted schooner Elizabeth I. Doyle
ice laden. The Doyle has aboard about
1,SO0 tons of ice from Maine port for
the American Ice Company.
She was berthed with the other vessels
at the American Ice Company piers wait
ing their turn to unload. She was
brought into port by the tug James o.
Carter, Capt. Will Taylor.
This afternoon or tonight the fleet of
ice vessels will be still further increased
by the arrival of the big four-masters
Thomas +. Dennison and William c. Tan
ner. each having aboard over 100 tons
of Maine ice for local consumption. The
arrival of these vessels will make fleet
of ten big cOasting schooners that have
arrived here In the past week. and all OF
them will be in port at the same time.
The ten vessels will discharge about
1900 tons of ice at the two storage
plants of the American Ice Company on
the river front and at the Georgetown
plant, where the big schooner Fannie G
Bowen has unloaded and the Augustus
Welt is unloading. 1t is stated that one
of the fleet now coming will be sent to
Georgetown to unload.
The schooner J. B. Coyle. laden with
asphalt from the Island of Trinidad for
one OIL the StToet-pdN1nR material COM
panies of this city, was reported in the
lower river yesterday. and is expected to
arrive here today in tow of one of the
tugs of the Taylor fleet. AS the schooner
is coming from a South American port.
she will have to stop at Alexandria, so
that ,ne marine hospital surgeon ma,
make an examination of the state of
health of the crew. before she can come
up to this city.
The barkentine Allenwild, which I'M
tno dnd nhnl he 70 CT
on her way down the river in tow of a
tug, bound to Newport News, where she
will load coal, it is stated, for a South
American port. The vessel left here late
yesterday evening in tow of a Washing
ton-owned towboat that will carry her to
the coal piers on the James river 1t is
understood that the Coyle will be fol-
lowed by one or two other asphalt-laden
vessels within the next month or six
weeks
The fOur-masted schooner Fannie C..
Bowen. which unloaded ice at the George
town piers of the American Ice Com
pany, has been placed under the coal
chutes Of the Consolidation Coal Com
pany and will take aboard a cargo of
about Loco tons of Cumberland coal for
New England port. The Bowen will
complete the taking aboard of her cargo
within the pext day or two. and will then
sail. The four-masted schooner Augustus
Welt. which is also at Georgetown, will
follow the Bowen under the coal chutes
for a cargo of about 1 800 tons of the fuel.
Arrangements are being made to charter
one or two of the vessels in port here to
load coal for New England port
Arrived Scow Fannie cord wood from a
river point to dealers; schooners Fannie
May, Norma r. and Avalon. melons from
river and bay points for this market: tug
George w. Pride, towing two j. & W.
scows. lumber laden, from Occoquan;
schooner Oakland, cord wood from a
down-river point for dealers; scow Dam
iel. cord wood at Alexandria from Stuarts
wharf: schooner Elizabeth T. Doyle ice
from Maine for local market; tug Minerva
with a tow of sand and gravel laden light
ers from a river point; tug ID. NJ. Key
with tow from Potomac point.
Sailed: Schooner Rather. light, for a
Virginia point to load lumber: United
States lighthouse service steamer Maple.
on a cruise on the bay; tug Minerva. wit
a tow for river point: schooner Edith
VERBAL. light. for Potomac point to
load cord wood schooners Annie Burnell
and a. ]. Lawrence. light. for river points
to load watermelons: schooner Leroy. for
Wades bay. to load lumber for this city
points are bringing up each trip fruit,
grain and country produce In good guam
titles. The steamer Harry Randall OF the
Washington and Potomac Company fleet
and the steamer Northumberland of the
NJ. d. and v. railway line, which arrived
here early this morning from river points,
brought up good cargoes consigned to the
commission men here.