Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-23
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Holiday time is now on along the river.
and from today until after the New Year
but few boatmen whose homes are in the
river counties of Maryland and Virginia
will be found working. The Christmas
holiday season is given up to pleasure,
and throughout the next ten days the
boatman will dismiss the river and his
business from his mind and spend his
time with his family and his friends. As
a general thing the men who sail the river,
bringing wood, lumber and other cargoes
to this city. are hard working and are out
in all kinds of weather. hot or cold. but
few days before Christmas II he can
possibly make it, his vessel is moored in
some sheltered nook not far from his
home. there to remain until the holidays
are over. Then the vessels will return to
service If the weather conditions will al
rivals and departures of vessels from this
port will be few and far between.
The tug Edith Goddard Winship. be-
longing to the Consolidation Coal Com
pany. was out of service at the wharf Of
Stephenson & Bro. at the foot of 18th
street. yesterday having her boiler washed
out and undergoing her monthly overhaul
Ing. Capt. Ross, master Of the Winship,
announces that the handling of coal about
the harbor in the barges of the CONSOLE
about the first of the year. and that the
tug will be placed out Of commission and
laid up until early in the spring. 1t is
also announced that several of the tugs
and dredging machines belonging to the
local sand-dredging companies will go out
of service about the same time.
Arrived-Schooners Mary and Rebecca,
George w. Kibble. +. P. Evans and sloop
Oyster Boy. oysters in the shell from the
Potomac beds for the local market;
ooh F~nrV Yiv,io
point for the dealers: tug Camilla, with
a tow from a down river point; tug Capt.
Toby. with a tow Of lighters from Little
Hunting creek: barge Fannie. at Alexan-
dria with wood for the market.
Sailed-Schooner Grace G. Bennett. light
for Newbern. n. c.. to load lumber for
this city: buseye Edith Muir, light for a
down-river point to load back to this city
tug Carter towing A. c. Co. scow to
Quantico to load sulphur rock for Alex
andria: bugeyes Willie Clarence and
Ethel Vale. light for Potomac points to
load oysters for this market: tug Rosalie.
with tow Of lighters for Little Hunting
creek; flattie Golden Light, for a bay
point to load.
Memoranda-Schooner J. D.. Marvel has
sailed from a bay point for this city with
lumber; schooner Ivy Baldes. laden with
lumber from the Rappahannock river, is
in the river bound to this city: schooner
A. H. Quinby has been berthed at the K
street wharf to discharge; schooners Will
liam L. Franklin and Federal Hill. laden
with lumber from Virginia points, are at
Salisbury. Md: steam barge Daniel X.
Jackson is at river point loading cord
wood for this city
The tug Giavota, Capt. Davis. loaded
bunker coal yesterday and is taking on
stores preparatory to sailing tomorrow on
a trip to the lower river with John r. Dos
Passos, her owner aboard. The vessel
will remain in the vicinity of Lynch's
point, the country home of her owner, I'M
til after the Christmas holidays.
The harbor police tug Vigilant which
was hauled out on the marine railway
at Benefits boatyard yesterday morning
to be fitted with wheel for winter work,
has been put overheard again and is
ready for service. The Viglant was out
of the water about twelve hours, and
while out her hull under water was
cleaned of the marine growth that had
formed on 1t since she was hauled out
and painted last spring.