Evening star., 1909-05-29
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE DIVER FRONT

Lumber bricks, SASH 1Oors, blinds and
other building material e being sent from
this city to points alor 8 the river each
week in quantities suf icien TO build
small town, and II bull ding 5 any indica-
ton of prosperity the rive counties OF
Maryland and Virginia be rinr ng on the
Potomac must be very rsp, Gus. NOT
only is the material being siiri ed on the
steamers going to river DO lts but sail
ing vessels are also benz employed IN
the work and hardly a day "a 'es but one
or two sailing craft can b. I, und a the
Alexandra wharves takini@ a oard 1ouse
making material for poi t; along the
Potomac from Fort Washir s. on to Point
Lookout. While the bulk OF the bu ding
material is going to Colonia Beacl; and
Classic Shore the shipments of tn ma
terial are by no means conf led to chese
points. 1t is stated that resi- ents this
city are building summer ONES along
the river this year in lare sr nui 1bers
than ever before and that luch Q the
material being sent from tt Is city and
Alexandria is being used in the ert tion
of these homes.
The merchants and hotel proprietc at
Colonial Beach. Va, are making ten
sive preparations for the opening o the
and the steamer Capital City, whic. left
here this morning. had large COZ Sign
ment of freight for that point. resh
meat and provisions of all kinds for the
boarding houses wet goods for the thirst
reducing establishments. ice cream and
sirups for the soda fountains. cigars and
| tobacco, dry goods and notions, fishing
lines and rods. grabbing nets-in fact,
anything that could be used at summer
resort-could be found in the cargo of the
steamer when she pulled out from ner
wharf here, and more was added at Alex
andra. 1t is safe to say that the Capt.
n q Colonial
hour or longer this afternoon while the
twelve deckhands she carries are en-
ployed in transferring the material from
the boat to the warehouse on the resort
wharf. From now on business between
this city and Colonial Beach will be very
heavy.
The big four-masted schooner Clement
c. Culver, which unloaded a cargo Of as
for the asphalt paving block works, has
sailed for Baltimore, and after minor
repairs will go to Sparrows Point to take
aboard a full cargo of steel rails for Gal
weston. The rails are TO be used in rail-
way construction in the Lone Star state.
Arrived: Schooner Mary Eta, cord
wood from Potomac point to the deal
ers; canoe Jumping Jack. clans from
light Consolidation Coal Company barges
to Georgetown to load; scow Bush, wood
from Marshall Hall at 18th street wharf:
tug Capt. Toby, with tow of light coal
carrying H&HlSTS from MdlldWOman creek
| to Georgetown: schooner Marion, lumber
at Alexandria from Potomac point: tug
| Minerva. with tow from river point.
| Sailed Schooner ]. P Robinson. light,
| for Alexandria to load for Upper Macho-
| doc creek: schooner Janet. light, for a
| Potomac point TO load back to this city;
schooner Lottie Narter, light, for Mattox
creek to load for this city; bugeye Annie
Mills. light. for Maryland point to load
| ties for dealers here; schooner Mary
/ Cha min li0hf NOm}ni creok fo loo n
lumber for this port; sloop E. Jackson.
| light, for a down river point to load.
| Memoranda: Schooner Earl Biscoe has
| sailed from Potomac point with lumber
| for Philadelphia; schooner William Parks
| is at river point loading cord wood for
| the dealers here: schooner Mabel and
| Ruth is al Newbern, n. c., loading lumber
| and shingles for this port: barge j. L.
| DOnahue is at Potomac creek loading rail-
way ties for 4>ew York: steam lighter y.
| h Jackson is at this city waiting a char
ter; schooner Oakland is at a Potomac
pcnt loading for the dealers here.
| Work is being pusned on the steamer
| Wakefield of the fleet of the Potomac
| and Chesapeake Steamboat Company at
| the Newport News shipyard in order to
get that steamer ready to return to this
| city and her route on the Potomac at the
earliest possible moment. The hull work
on the steamer has been completed and
she has been launched from the dry
| dock and the mechanics are now working
| on the boiler and engine of the boat. The
| expectation is that the work on the
i steamer will be completed within the next
| week and that early in the coming month
| she will be ready to resume her trips on
| the river.
| The sloop Ida Wood. one of the smaller
| freighters in service on the Potomac, is
out on the marine railway at Regans re
ceiving general overhauling OF har
| hull and being cleaned and painted in
| preparation for the summer season on
| the river. She will be launched today or
| Monday and will be ready for service
| early in the coming month.
| In consequence Of some dsarrangement
of the machinery at the Alexandria ship
yard the railway there is temporarily out
| OF service. The repairs to the machinery
will be competed today, it is said and
the big cradle will be again ready Tor
vessels needing repair work.