Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-07
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The bark Asia. at the pier of the Alex
andria Chemical Company unloading a
cargo of bones from Argentina, South
America, is a Russian vessel, and not
Norwegian. as stated She is the first
vessel flying the Russian flag to sail up
the Potomac in many years. In fact.
she is the first Russian ship to
visit Alexandria since the civil war She
is a modern steel-hulled vessel and an
able looking craft. On the trip from the
river Platte two of her crew. the mate
and carpenter. who had contracted a fe-
yer, died and were buried at sea. While
the Asia is Russian ship, she has Ger
man for her captain and dozen different
nationalities are to be found among her
crew The ship will be at Alexandria two
weeks or longer discharging cargo.
The steamer Estelle Randall Of the
Washington and Potomac Steamboat Com
pany fleet, which has been lying at the
wharf, foot of 10th street for the past two
months. is being overhauled and made
ready to be placed in service again. The
machinery and boiler are being thorough
ly overhauled. and when the steamer goes
into commission she will be in good order
for efficient service. 1t is understood that
the Estelle will in the spring be placed
| on the Grinders route. while the
steamer Wakefield relieves the steamer
20 that the last named steamer may be
given an overhauiing and be painted.
Later the Wakefield will be overhauled
and placed on the river route.
One of the sand and gravel digging ma
chimes belonging to the Smoot Sand Com
pany of this city was yesterday taken to
Piscataway creek, where it will be en-
ployed in digging sand and gravel for this
| market. The hosting machine. the prop
erty of the Smoot company, was employed
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wafer across the bar a the mouth OF
PiscataWay creek. so that the loaded
scows could be brought out of the creek
on all stages of the tide. With the Smoot
machine in operation two of the local
sand companies are digging sand and
gravel on the river.
Arrived: SchoonerS Winnie Windsor and
Amanda Lewis, oysters in the shell from
the lower Potomac beds; schooner Kath-
leen. cord wood from Potomac point for
the Eastern branch; tug James y. Carter,
with a tow from river point; bugeye
Maud S.. pine lumber from down river
point for the dealers: bugeyes Rafting
Joe and Banjo. oysters from the Potomac
beds for the local market: tug Capt Toby,
with tow of sand and gravel laden
lighters from Monkeys point.
Sailed: Schooner James A. Garfield. bar
rels for the Yeocomico river; sailing scoW
Daniel light, for a lower river point to
load cord wood back to this city: buseye
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beds to load for this port; schooner Goldie
c.. for MattoX creek to load back to this
port; tug Eugenia, with a tow of light
sand and gravel carrying scows for a
river point.
Memoranda: Schooner Advocate has
sailed from Nomini creek for this city
with cargo of wood: schooner Lottie
Carter is In MattoX creek loading for this
| city; schooner Sam Wood, from this port
| has arrived at the Great Wicomico river
! to load for this city: schooner Mayf1ower
| has. gone to a river point to load for this
! city; sloop Enola is at a bay point load
| ing oysters for this market.
The Southern Transportation Company
| tug Southern has sailed from Baltimore
with three barges for the Potomac. The
| barges Mattaponi and CutritOmen will be
delivered at Indian Head for the use of
the naval powder factory, and the barge
Marjorie will be brought TO dealers at this
city. This will be the first visit of the
tug Southern to the Potomac under that
name.