Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-18
fleet with one exception should be In
port here about the middle of the coming

fleet with one exception should be In
port here about the middle of the coming
week.
The schooner ]. Manchester Haynes,
with about a thousand tons of the cooling
material aboard. Is in the river waiting
tug to bring her to this city. It Is ex-
pected she will be picked UP by one of
the tugs Of the Taylor feet and will ar
rive here within the next twenty-four
hours
The big four-masted schooner Inde-
pendent. with leo tons OF ice aboard.
has been about eight days out from Bath.
Her arrival at the capes Of the Chesa-
peake is looked for at any time.
The schooner Davenport. with 1,6OO tons
aboard, is also nearing the Chesapeake.
She will arrive. it is expected. early In
the coming week.
The schooner Gen. E. S. Greeley sailed
from Boothbay Sunday last The schooners
Clarence H. Venner and Edwin r. Hunt
from Bath and Mary E. G. Dow from
Boothbay sailed Monday.
The Dow was forced to go into Vineyard
Haven on account Of the illness OF her
master. Her arrival will be delayed.
Other vessels will be here by about Thurs
day of next week.
The heavy southwest winds which blew
yesterday and last night with the strength
of half a gale brought into port fleet
Of a dozen vessels laden with lumber.
wood and grain. which have been lying
at down river points waiting for the re-
cent Northwestern to die out and favora-
BILE breezes to take its place.
The breeze came yesterday. 1t was
more than gentle zephyr and brought
the vessels up the river with almost the
| speed of railway train. Several boats
| which yesterday morning were away
down on salt water came gliding INTO port
last night, having made better runs than
many Of them have done in recent years.
hol
ing in had sails reefed down small and
were showing at the best but the Jib
and portion Of the mainsail. with the
peak dropped.
The rivermen say this wind should
bring rain. But all signs fail In dry
weather On the lower river the SOUTH
wester is reported to have been a good
strong gale and to have caused an ugly
| sea that gave the river steamers a shak-
ing up.
Arrived: United States lighthouse
steamer Holly from cruise on the bay:
schooner Lottie Carter, cord wood from
from q Potomac point: schooner Dalton.
cord wood from q down-river point:
schooner Julia A.Parks lumber from a
Virginia port: schooner Virginia, grain
from the lower river for Georgetown mills:
sloop Fleetwing lumber from Aqua creek
for dealers: slooD Ada Pritchard. lumber
from Virginia point; tug Fortuna, with
tow Of bargeS from Philadelphia with
coal ana 1eftlllZer IOr AleXdnOTlds ScnOOu-
er r. B. Bailey Brown, cord wood from
| a river point for this market; schooner
Levin Woolford. pine lumber from a Po-
| tomac point for local dealers; tug Capt.
Toby. towing A. c. Company ore scow
with sulphur rock from Quantico for the
Alexandra Chemical Company.
| Sailed: Schooner PLUME E. Smith. light.
| for down-river point. to load cord wood
back to this city: schooner s. l.. Bowen.
light, for Nomini to load for this city;
schooner Mary Francis. light, for Dogue
creek; schooner Mayfower. for Alexan-
dria. to load for a Potomac point; schoon-
er Ida Vernon, light, for river point,
| to load back to this city; bugeye Eleanor
Russell. for a river point to load grain:
schooner Oakland. for Maryland Point, TO
| load wood for the dealers here.
Memoranda: Schooner William II.
Yerkes has been chartered to load coal
at Baltimore for Boston; schooner Almeda
Wiley has been chartered to load coal at
Georgetown for a New England point:
schooner NJ. Margaret Thomas is at
Clark's Cove. Me-. loading ice for this
port; tug Standard Oil No. Il. towing
tank barge No. 53. has arrived at Balti-
more from this city; schooner Sidonia Cur
ley is on the Rappahannock loading lum-
Der for this city.
The tug Fortuna of the fleet OF the
Southern Transportation Company ar
rived at Alexandria yesterday. towing the
barge Mildred McNally, laden with fer
tilizer material. She sailed later from
Georgetown with the barges T1oga and
Celestine McNally. light. for Baltimore.
The barges have been lying light at Balti-
more for several days waiting the coming
Of the tug.
The schooner Belmont. out Of service at
Occoquan for two weeks undergoing re-,
pairs. has again returned to service and
is loading a cargo Of cord wood for this
city. While laid up the hull OF the Bel
mont was put In thorough order and other
repair work was done
az
yesterday afternoon. bound for Aqua
creek. to go out of service to receive q
thorough overhauling.