Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-27
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
~ ON THE RIVER FRONT

Many thousand Potomac herring, par
TALLY ready for packing for winter use.
are being shipped to Alexandria by
steamer from the herring packing houses
in the lower Potomac, to be reshipped by
rail to the merchants in the interior of
Virginia, where the packing OF the Po-
tomac fish is completed. The herring are
cleaned and struck twenty-four hours
with salt. and in this. condition are pack
ed in barrels and shipped. On her last
trip from the lower river to Alexandra
the steamer Middlesex brought up about
$1,000 Of the herring packed in barrels
from Coan river to be shipped to other
points. Many thousand herring are being
caught daily in the trap nets that extend
from the shore to the channel on both
sides the river at it's mouth. and 1t il
partially salt struck fish will be shipped
all over the country before the herring sea-
SON ends the coming month. This form OF
handling the fish Is said to be new.
4. The steamer Washington Of the feet of
the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Company returned last Saturday morning
from Newport News. where she had been
for ten days receiving g. general over
hauling and painting. On her arrival
Capt. Frank Phillips transferred his crew
ton.a and she left here last evening on her
regular trip to Old Point and Norfolk.
The steamer Norfolk is now the only
boat of the Norfolk and Washington feet
that has not received her spring over
and yesterday she was relieved
News and sailed to the shipyard. 1t is
expected that the work on the Norfolk
win take about two weeks and that she
will resume service on her run early the
coming month. Capt. Henry Kendrick
il IN command OF the steamers while at
ho shinVor6 RI
The big Philadelphia coal-carrying
barges Overbrook and Majestic have
the loading Of cargoes Of stone
at Georgetown and are waiting for tug
to take them to the Rappahannock river,
where the stone will be used in improve
ments under the direction Of the United
States army engineer services 1t is ex-
pected that the tug Fortuna, Which arriv-
ed here yesterday with tow OF coal
laden barges and the light barge Agnes
Mentally for Baltimore. Quantities Of
stone from the quarries along the Po-
tomac above Georgetown will be used in
the construction Of jetties along the Rap
pahannock river. Other barges will load
the stone this week.
Arrived: Schooner Annie Bell, lumber
from Virginia point to dealers here:
schooner F. B. Davenport, lumber, from
Fernandina. Fla; schooner Mabel laths
SdTOIud, AT street
wharf; 8. o. tug No IL, towing tank
barges So and n, laden with oil in bulk
for Georgetown and Alexandra, and
sailed; tug Bohemia, towing five coal
laden barges from Philadelphia and Balti-
more for Alexandria and this city: barge
Vincent McNally. coal. from Philadelphia
to the dealers; barge Mary Mentally, coal.
from Philadelphia: barges Minerva and
J. I. Brady, coal, at Alexandria; schooner
Amanda Lewis. light to load oyster shells
Tor the Potomac beds.
Sailed: Schooner T. B. Taylor. street
sweepings. for Salisbury. Md: schooner
Federal Hill, from Alexandra with empty
fish barrels for a bay port: bugeye Sallie
White. away light for a river point; bug
eye Fernando. oyster shells for the east
ern shore Of Virginia; lighter Lily OF the
West. light. for Fort Washington with
lumber from Alexandria; Chesapeake and
Ohio canal barge No. 30. lumber. from
this port for point on the canal
Memoranda: Schooner Edna A. Pogue
has sailed from Newbern, N. c., for this
city with a cargo OF lumber aboard:
schooner s. L. Bowen has gone to a river
point to load lumber for this city: schoon-
er Robinson Is In Upper Machodoc load
ing for this ports. tug s., o. No. IL has
sailed for Bai..i;fa tos.ng light tank
barges So and "a.
The schooner Federal Hill. which left
here last Saturday with O cargo OF oyster
shells aboard for Mobjack bay. stopped at
Alexandria and took aboard several hun
dred fish barrels tor packing house at
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