Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-08
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

John Callahan. general manager of the
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Com
pany. is at Newport News going over the
plans for the two new steamers which
his company will build during the coming
spring and summer. AT the annual meet
ing of the directors of the company the
names Northland and Southland were
decided on for the new steamers. The last
named ship will be built first. 1t is eX-
pected to be ready for service about No
vember /.
The United States engineer service
tug Gen. Warren was recent bertned
at her dock in Georgetown. her ice plow
removed and the tug made ready for
open water work. The harbor police
boat Vigilant is now the only vessel of
the. tugboat fleet in service that has her
ice plow on. but it is understood that
during the coming week 1t will be re-
moved and laid up in shoai dock near
the harbor precinct. where it can be
easily attached next year when wanted.
The tug Dallas. belonging to the High
Point Plantation Company. out of service
here. will soon be taken to High Point
on the Potomac in Virginia, where her
boat going into commission again under
the command of Capt Jimmy Jones.
The barge William A. Smoot, belonging
to Philadelphia firm, which was carried
ashore In the mouth of Aqua creek about
three weeks ago by the ice drifting down
the river has been floated. it is stated,
and Is on the way to Baltimore in tow
OF the tug Dixie to be overhauled and
made ready for service. The barge was
loaded with railway ties and ready to
ried her ashore. In order to float her it
was necessary TO remove her cargo, as
she was lying in only four feet of water
Arrived-Schooner Belmont, cord wood
from Quantico. Va; tug Capt. Toby, VITA
a tow of lighters from Monkeys point !:
schooner A. II. Quinby, lumber from the
Rappahannock river for dealers; schoon-
er j. F. Robinson, general cargo from
Upper Machodoc creek; A. c. Company
lighter. from Quantico with sulphur ore
for Alexandria,; tug Powhatan. towing
a raft from Occoauan to dealers here:
fiattie Minnie Estelle, oysters in the shell
from the lower Potomac BEDS
Sailed-Schooner Lottie Thomas. light,
for the lower river to load oysters to
this city; bugeye Maud S.. light. for a
Potomac point to load back to this city:
bugeye Kathleen, light. for Colonial
Beach to load wood for dealers here; tug
James o. Carter, for Quantico after a
loaded scow; schooner E. p. Evans. light
for bay point to load back to this city ::
schooner Mary Chaplin. light, for q Ever
point to load cord wood.
Observation-Disclosures A. H. Quinby
has been chartered to load railway ties
oh lue FotoMaC lor fn1laOeipnla; ScnOOn-
er Edith Verrall is in Dogue creek load
ing for this port; schooner Sidonia Curley
has sailed from the Rappahannock river
for this city with cargo of pine lumber
tug S. o. No. Il is on her way from Bal
timore to this city towing tank barges
Nos. 80 and 81 laden with OIL in bulk.
The tug Powhatan yesterday brought
into port from Occoquan. Va, a long
raft of pine piling which will be used by
Carter & Clark in Improvement work
on the Eastern branch. In the raft were
from fifty TO eighty feet The tug and
raft behind 1t made tow nearly a half
mile long.
The schooner J. P. Robinson. which
arrived yesterday from Upper Machodoc
creek, brought a varied cargo. While
cord wood composed the bulk of it, she
also has aboard wheat, corn. beans peas
and potatoes in sacks, consigned to va
riouS dealers here.