Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-24
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The two-masted schooner A. II. Quinby
of the Carter fleet of this city. which
last Sunday ran upon the piles of an old
wharf at the mouth of the old Alexandria
and Georgetown canal. just north of
Alexandria, and was badly damaged by
the broken piles MASKING the planks of
her hull. has been repaired at the Alex
andria shipyard. Saturday afternoon she
was launched.
Two large holes were made in the hull
and her planking was damaged.
The repairs were accomplished in short
time the vessel being on the railway but
four days. She is now at Deans boat
yard to have a new windlass placed on
her preparatory to sailing for a Virginia
port to load lumber for this city.
The owners of the Quinby will take up
the matter of having buoyed the old piles
as dangerous to navigation. The acct
dent to the Quinby will be at once
brought to the attention of the light
house authorities.
The excursion season on the Potomac
has been unusually good this month. All
steamboat lines have been carrying large
crowds to the resorts along the river.
ceptionally fine. weather. August, as a
general thing, is poor excursion month
for the nearby resorts on the river This
year it Is probable the season will ex-
down Labor day. which falls on Septem-
Der T. as has been the custom in the past.
This has been an exceptionally fine ex-
cursion season." said an old excursion
man this morning. the finest we have
had in ten years Excursion managers
have been getting back some of the
money they lost in the rainy. cold sea-
sons of the past. four years. Not an eX-
cursion has been postponed on account of
rain this season. This as remarkable
record"
The steamer Harry Randall Of the
Washington and Potomac line and the
steamer Anne Arundel Of the Baltimore
line. which arrived here yesterday even
ing and last night from river points,
looked as If they had excursion parties
aboard instead of being on their regular
trips. Both were filled with Washington
people returning from vacations spent
down the river. and from now until the
middle of the coming month travel from
Arrived-Tug Standard Oil Company.
No. -. towing barge No. u. laden with
oil in bulk from Baltimore for George
town: schooner Isaac Solomon. cord
wood. from a Potomac point: tugs Wal
ter F.. Meade and Minerva, with a tow
Of lighters from Greenway; schooner
Levin Woolford. cord wood and lumber.
from the lower river; schooner Emma
Virginia. lumber. from the Rappahannock
river for Georgetown; bugeye Bertha
market: schooner Lily May. pine lumber.
from Virginia port: tug Carter, with a
tow from a down-river point.
SaiiedATug Camilla. towing schooner
Elisha Atkins for Baltimore: tug Stand
ard Oil Company. No. II. light. for Bal
timore to- load back to this city; schooner
Martha A. Avery. light. for Potomac
point to load back to this city: schooner
Hattie and Francis, light. for lower
river. point to load back to this city:
schooner Alice. light. for a way point to
load melons: tug Minerva. with a tow
of light sand scows for a river point.
Observation-Disclosures Edith Verral Is
at river point loading cord wood for this
city: schooner Lulie Pollard Is at Reed
Vile, Va. loading fish scrap for Savan-
nah; tug Howard Reeder has sailed from
Baltimore for Alexandria towing barge
Duke; schooner Levi B. Phillips has sail
ed from Newbern for Washington, n. c..
to load for this city; schooner Silver Star
is at river point loading cord wood for
this city.
A large houseboat is under construction
at Deans boatyard. near Alexandria. for
parties residing in that city. who will use
the vessel for headquarters for hunting
expeditions to points on the river. The
hull of the craft has been completed and
the framework of the house is now being
set up in place preparatory to being
sheathed 1t is expected that the craft
will be ready for service by the end
of this month.