Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

For several days along the river front
a force of workmen has been employed in
removing the apron that connected the
old car float with the shore tracks at the
Shepherds landing of the Baltimore and
Ohio railway. Probably the landing will
never again be used as a terminus for a
car ferry from Alexandria.
The apron was not supported by
float, as is the practice at many ferry
landings but by three long levers. at the
end of which were heavy weights. These
weights were arranged to balance the
cars passing over 1t. In the quarter OF
a century the terminal was in use little
trouble was had with it.
The use of Shepherds by the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad was started in the IOs
Many trains passed over the tracks at the
landing every day.
About year ago the Baltimore and
Ohio began using the new railway bridge
Shepherds for railway work was aban-
dOned. Its only use now is discharging
point for a few cars of coal going to
Georgetown and a loading point for sand
to be shipped north.
The tug Camilla of the Taylor fleet left
port yesterday evening towing the big
schooner barge No 10 of the Consolida-
ton Coal Company fleet, bound to Boston
with 1900 tons of Cumberland coal which
she loaded at the Georgetown coal piers.
tow of two loaded Consolidation Coal
Company barges coming down from Bal
timore. She will join them to be taken
up the coast to her destination.
Barge IS. which sailed from Boston for
this city last week. passed in the capes
Friday in tow of the tug Savage and is
at. Point Lookout waiting a tug to bring
her to this city, where she will load for a
New England port. The Camilla. after
turning No. 10 over to a going tug will
IA 10 No n nd n1aca her
the coal chutes at Georgetown to load.
The coal these vessels are carrying
away is brought down the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal in barges from the Cum
berland coal region and is transferred to
the Consolidation Coal Company coal
piers at Georgetown.
Arrived: Schooner r. Fl. Bailey Brown.
cordwood from river point for the deal
ers; scow Fannie. lumber from Marshall
Hall for this market; schooner Earl Bis
coe. wood from Mattox creek; schooner
Levin Woolford. lumber to Alexandria
Dealers schooner NOrwalk. wood to the
Eastern branch from a river point; launch
Sonny, with a raft of pine piling from
Isaac Solomon, wood from a river point;
scow Blanford ties from down river
Sailed: Schooner Annie Mills, building
material for Masseys wharf: schooner
eastern shore of Maryland to load back
to this city: tug Camilla. with a tow for
a river point: launch Sonny, light, for
Powells creek. Va; schooner Virginia E.
Lawton, light, for the St. Mary river to
load back to this city: schooner Layton.
light, for Falkerton. Va. to load lumber
for this city; tug Walter Meade. towing
four light sand and gravel carrying
barges for down river points.
Memoranda: Schooner Maine has been
chartered to load poplar wood at a Po-
tomac point for Wilmington, Del:
schooner Grape Shot has gone to the
York river to load back to this port
schooner Lottie Carter is lying in Nom
mi creek loading cord wood for the deal
ers here; schooner Oscar is in Coan river
loading for this port: tug Fortuna is on
her way to this city with tow of coal
laden barges from Philadelphia; schooner
kibbe is in the lower Potomac employed
in summer fishing.
The tug Southern Of the Southern
Transportation Company service has
sailed from Baltimore towing the barges
Mattaponi and Brandywine for this city.
The Mattaponi has coal aboard. SchOon-
err Brandywine is loaded with $50 tons of
scoria paving blocks brought to Baltimore
from MfddlesbOrough. England. in the
steamship Ohio of the Wilson line. The
tug Dixie has arrived at Baltimore from
this city towing the light barges Vincent
McNally and Christiania.
The bugeye Eleanor Russell. employed
for several months in running oysters.
lumber and other cargOes to this city,
will go to Chicamuxen creek and there
lay up for several days to receive her
annual cleaning, painting and overhaul
ing. She will be employed during the
summer in running grain from river
points to this city.
The U. S. S. Dolphin came up the river
yesterday afternoon shortly before 4
to her berth at the Washington navy
yard.