Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-16
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The steam barge George w. Knott. one
Of the few steam vessels employed on the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal. completed
Company railway. Georgetown. early this
week and was put overheard. The vessel
is on the way to Wiliamsport. Md, to
take aboard cargo of limestone for
Georgetown from the qua-ries on the upper
end of the canal. The Knott is one OF
the few boats in service on the canal that
has steam and not mules for its motive
power Although the Knott is steam
vessel. and would be subject TO inspection
were she plying the Potomac. the fact
that she is used exclusively for canal
work 1t is stated. exempts her from the
action of the steamboat inspection resu-
lationS, and she is the only steamer that
comes TO this city that is SO exempt. Sew
eral years ago there were half dozen
o: more steamers in service on the canal
and the Knott is now about the only one.
Soft shell crabs from the lower Potomac
are very scarce SO far this season. and
the dealers state that there is no big sup
ply of hard crabs coming from lower
river points. which this tine last year
were shipping many barrels of the shell
fish to the dealers here. The bulk Of the
supply of both hard and soft shelled
crabs lis coming from the lower part of
Chesapeake bay, in the vicinity of Old
Point. but the dealers assert that the
present warm weather will bring the
crabs to the Potomac In large numbers.
AMI within the next two weeks an ample
supply from the lower river Will be
brought here by the daily trips of the
river steamers
The overhauling OF the tug Dallas for
the quartermaster department of the
army is about completed. and within
few days the tug will sail under the COM
mand of Capt D. A. French for Ports
mouth. y. H.. where she will be en-
ployed by the army officials. The little
steamer will make the TRIP up the coast
through the interior waterways and will
go outside only when necessary.
Arrived: Steam barge Dennis Simmons,
lumber and shingles. from North Car
DINA port for the dealers: schooner May
flower cord wood fro ma down river
point. bugeye A. ]. Lawson, lumber, at
Alexandria for dealers: S. Q. Co. tug No.
L. towing tank barge -. oil in bulk. from
Baltimore: G. 4. Co. barge Il. at George
town. to load soft coal for Boston or an
other New England point: tug Camilla.
with a tow Of sand and gravel laden light
ers from river point; schooner Nettoe.
light. from Fort Washington. to load: tug
Capt. Toby with a tow from a river point
Sailed: Schooner BERTHE, soft COAL from
Baltimore for Kinsale: tug William II.
raft of p:lng to Chesapeake Beach:
schooner Flint of the Wave, light. for a
river point 10 load back to this city:
schooner S Smith. street sweepings.
for Coan river Va: schooner Charles p.
Finuev. light for Norfolk. to load:
schooners Earl Biscoe and Lottie Carter.
light. for Nomini creek. to load cord wood
for this city.
Memoranda: Schooner John McGinnis is
chartered 10 load lumber on the Kappa
hammock river for this city: schooner Ella
l.. Davenport will go TO Jacksonville from
this port to bring back a cargo of Florida
nine lumber: schooner Samuel " God has
sailed from the Kappa hammock for this
city with a cargo: schooner Five Sisters
Is loading cord wood on the lower Poto-
mac for th. de4lers here: schooner p. f.
Smith is In lower river creek loading
, lumber for the dealers here.
The Philadelphia coal carrying barses
Mildred McNaliy. John W. Davidson and
Albemarle are at Georgetown light. wait
ing the arrival of the tug that will tow
them AWAY. The barge Rappahannock,
loaded with poplar wood at Marshall Hall.
is also waiting a tug to take her north.
The two-masted bay schooner Sidonia
Curley which early in the week unloaded
a cargo of lumber here is at an Alexandra
shipyard to be hauled out to have her
hull under water painted ana Tor other
repair work When the work rs finished
the vessel will sail fo- the Rappdhannock
to load for this city.