Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-29
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The big seagoing barge Atlantic which
arrived at Alexandria "Wednesday last.
is loading cargo of about l2.@0 chest
nut railway ties for one of the large rail-
way companies in the north.
The ties. which come from interior
points in Virginia along the line of the
Southern railway. are being loaded at
the Alexandria shipyard This Will he
Virginia city this year. The barge Will
complete the taking aboard of her cargo
in about ten days and will take II to
New York.
Soon after she sails the barge Patuxent
will arrive at the Alexandria shipyard to
load ties. which will also be taken 10
New York for the New York. New Haven
and Hartford Railway Company. These
shipments are made by Carter & Clark
of this city.
AS far as known. no other charters %
vessels TO load ties are reported. though
others are expected to be made in a
short time. This time a year ago several
vessels laden with ties were sailing each
month from Alexandria for points in the
north. Dizziness in railway building has
caused the falling off In the demand for
ties. and consequently in the shipments
Dents wharf. on the Cotomac a short
distance below old Clifton Beach wharf.
is enlarged and extended out to deep
water in the river. In a short time. as
soon as the work is completed. IL VIII he
included in the landings Of the Washing
ton and Potomac Steamboat Company
steamers.
Since the forced abandonment OF Liver
pool Point as a landing place the river
steamers have been making no landings
on the Maryland side from Grinders to
Riverside. a distance of about twenty
miles There are no wharves standing
between the points named
The extension of Dents TO deep water
will give the farmers In that section OF
Maryland an outlet to this market for
their products Since the closing OF Liv-
erpool Point Hharf freight for that wharf
has been sent ashore In small boats. Tho
same thing is done at Dents This meth
Cd Of handling freight is unsatisfactory.
Arrived: Schooner Oakland. cord wood
from lower river point for the dealers:
tug Dixie, with a tow of coal-laden
barges from Baltimore for Georgetown:
schooner Bailey Brown, wood from
dow n-river point for local dealers. tug
Capt. Toby. with tow from a river
point barges Violet. Mattaponi and Abe
Minerva. with a tow of sand and gravel
laden lighters from Greenway flats.
Sailed: Standard OH Company tug No.
Il. towing barges - and II. light. for
Baltimore to load back to this city;
schooner Silver Star. light. for river
point to load cord wood: schooner Will
jam Lishear. light. from Alexandrai
for a bay point to load: schooner Peri.
light for a Potomac point to load cord
wood: schooner Mary Ann Shea. for Ma
chodoc creek to load lumber back to this
city: schooner c. H. Cowell. from Alex
andria with lumber for Edgewater. Va.
Memoranda: Barges w. A Smoot and
Mary c. McNally have arrived light at
Baltimore from this city: barge Kappa
hammock is at Baltimore with pulp wood
from the Potomac: schooner Maine has
sailed from James river point for this
city with lumber aboard: barge R. I.
Donaldson is on her way to this city
with a cargo Of hard coal from Philadel-
phia: schooner John McGinnis IS on the
Rappahannock river loading lumber for
the dealers here.
The sailing barge Daniel. owned in
Alexandria, was taken to the navy yard
this week in order to use the waterfront
derrick there for the purpose of lifting
a new mast into position. The Daniel VIII
be made ready for service and will go to
a river point to load back 10 this city.
The Daniel lost her mast in a gale on
the river a short time ago.
The schooner Beulah Land Is lying out
of service at Alexandria waiting orders
from her owners. While at the shipy ard
the members Of her crew are giving her a
general overhauling and her decks are be-
ing caulked and painted.