Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-04
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

one of the regular fleet of lumber run
ners from the North Carolina sounds to
this city, arrived in port Monday, after
one of the longest voyages she has made
in years. from Newbern to this city.
The vessel, with 10000 feet of pine
lumber and several hundred thousand
shingles, sailed from Newbern over
month ago.
The trip through the sounds and canal
to Norfolk was delayed somewhat by
contrary winds, but the troubles of the
vessel had just begun. For two weeks
northeast gale followed northeast gale,
so it was impossible for the vessel TO
venture out of harbor in safety.
When the storms died out and the vessel
was able to leave Norfolk, she met with
light or contrary winds that still further
delayed her. By taking advantage of
every favOring tide and breeze, Capt.
Larramore was able to bring his schooner
up the bay and river. Below Alexandria
she was picked up by the tug d. NJ. Key
and brought to this city.
Several other vessels of the lumber fleet
from North Carolina to this city were
also detained by bad weather and will
arrive within the next day or two.
The work of excavating for the addition
to the dock on the south side of the pier
of the Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat Company is progressing rapidly, and
WllDlD the next lew Gays tLe uOdlIlS
dredging machine will have to be put to
work. All the digging done up to this
time has been by hand, and the material
has been loaded on wagons and hauled
away. Now the hole has reached the
water level in depth, and digging by hand
will have to be stopped.
The dock is being deepened and made
larger in order to accommodate the new
steamer Southland, which is building for
the Norfolk and Washington Company at
~ md ,iot, mill l,a
for service early in the coming year. The
new boat is considerably longer than any
of the steamers now in the Norfolk and
Washington fleet, and the present docks
were too small for her. The enlarging
of the dock will be completed several
weeks before the new steamer will be
ready to use it.
The coming of cooler weather seems
to have brought fish of all kinds to the
Potomac in large numbers and during the
past week the catch was heavier than 1t
has been for several months. The bulk
of the fish caught in the Potomac was
shipped to the dealers at this city, but
a large quantity was sent direct by the
fishermen to dealers at Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and New York, where there is
better market and where higher prices
are paid for most varieties of Potomac
fish.
Bass, perch rock mulletS, mud Shad,
carp and catfish constitute the varieties
now being taken in the nets from Mar
shaall Hall TO the mouth of the river.
Sailed: Schooner Mayflower, light, for
river point to load back to this city;
tug James o. Carter with a tow for the
naval powder plant at Indian head; tug
George w. Pride, with tow for Deco
guam, Va; schooner Lottie Carter light,
for Mattox Creek to load cord wood back
to this city; schooner Lula Taylor, light,
for the oyster beds at Blackistone's Island
to load for this market; schooner G. G.
Wheel, light, for a down river point to
load back to this city; schooner Halle X,
light for the lower river to load oysters
in the shell back to this city; tug Meade,
with a tow of sand and gravel-carrying
lighters.
Arrived: Tug Fortuna, with a tow of
two coal-laden barges for this city; sloop
Daisy. from FarmingOn, Nd, with gen.
eral cargo; bargeS Totuskey and Reliance,
coal from Baltimore for dealers; schoon-
er Grace G.. Bennett, lumber and shin
giles from a North Carolina point to
dealers; schooner Eta, oysters in the
shell from river point; schooner
Rio Grande. canned goods from a bay
point to the dealers; schooner Hennie L.
James, lumber from Virginia port to
the dealers; bugeyes Stella and NJ j.
Stevenson, oysters in the shell for the
local market; schooner A. n. Qulnpy'
cord wood from the ST. Mary river;
schooner f. p. Evans, oysters in the
shell from the lower Potomac; tug Carter,
with a tow from down river point.
Memoranda: schooner SALISBURY, from
this city, has arrived at Savannah and
will load lumber; schooner Levin j. Mar
vel, laden with lumber for this city, has
sailed from West Point, Va; schooner
Clarence Holland is under charter to load
lumber at Norfolk for this city; schooner
Lula Quillan is on her way to this city
from a bay point with lumber aboard
schooner r. r. S. Dougherty is at POGO
moke sound loading oysters for this mar
ket: schooner Oscar is at river point
loading for this city.
The big covered lighter belonging to
the Alexandria Chemical Company which
was out on the marine railway at
Alexandria for general repairs to her hull
and other work has been launched and
will go into service at once. The lighter
is used to bring sulphur ore from
Quantico to Alexandria, where it is used
in the process of making sulphuric acid.
The tug Lieut.. AlonZo Gushing made a
special trip from Fort Washington last
night to bring up the officers and men
who wished to get the election returns.
The steamer arrived here about 1880 2. m.
and left again for the fort shortly before
midnight. The afternoon trip from the
fort was made by the launch. so that the
tug could remain over for the night trip.
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