Evening star., 1909-05-27
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The steamer Newport News Of the feet
of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Company, which was at the shfpyard OF
the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Company receiving her spring over
hauling, has returned to this city and Is
again on the route between this city.
Old Point Comfort and Norfolk. She re-
lieyed the steamer Norfolk, which will
lay up here until her services are again
needed to relieve one of the larger boats.
While at the shipyard the engine. boiler
and other machinery ,of the big steamer
received a thorough overhauling. and she
was repainted and decorated inside and
out. During the summer months. when
travel between this city and Norfolk and
the south is heavy, the service on the
Norfolk line will be performed by the
steamers Southland and Newport News.
The four-master schooner Clement y.
Garner, which brought cargo Of crude
has been lying at the wharf foot OF
So-lth Capitol street for two weeks or
longer, discharging her cargo. When the
asphalt, taken from the pig lakes OF the
material, is put into the hold OF the yes
sci IT is in a semi liquid state and hardens
and solidff1es as the vessel comes north.
In order to get 1t out 1T Is necessary 10
use pick and shovel and this process'is a
slow one. The cargo OF the carver mas
been, discharged and the vessel viii leave
she is chartered to load steel rails Tor
Galveston 1t is probable that the Carver
will leave here this afternooh or TO-
morrow for Baltimore in tow OF q tug
of the Taylor fleet.
Shipments Of small stock. calves and
lambs, from points along the river to this
city have been quite heavy for several
days past and will continue heavy for
the next two or three weeks. The steam
or CAPITAL City, which arrived here yes
terday morning, had aboard one or two
hundred head of small stock. and the
steamer arriving yesterday evening also
had a large number on their maniiests.
In addition to the stock the river steam
ers are bringing up shelled corn In large
quantities consigned to dealers at THIS
city and Alexandria. The corn IS SAID 70
be of excellent quality and sells at the
top market price.
Arrived-Bugeye John Branford. lumoer
from a Potomac point to the local dealers
at Alexandria: tug Eugenia, towing sand
and gravel laden lighters from Piscata-
way and Pamunkey creeks, Maryland 10
Shepherds for shipment north; pungy
Lily Smith. barreled hsh from pay
Toby, with a tow from a down-river
point; tug Southern. with tow OF coal
laden barges from Baltimore and Phila-
delphia.
mac point to load back to this city; steam
barge Daniel X. Jackson. light. for Aqua
creek to load cord wood Tor dealers al
this port; schooner William Parks, light.
for a down-river point to load for this
city: schooner Samuel Dutton. from the
Eastern branch to a Potomac point to
load back to this city; bugeye Levin j.
Woolford. light, for Mattox creek to load
cord wood for this city; tug d. NJ. Key,
with a tow for river point.
Memoranda-Schooner Robinson Is on
her way to this city with cord wood and
grain aboard from upper Machodoc
creek: schooner Grace G. Bennett is under
charter to return to q Nortn Carohna
point to lead back to this city; schooner
Moana, British, from this city. hight, to
St. Johns, New Brunswick. sailed from
Pass River the oath instant: schooner
Maine has sailed from Norfolk for the
Rappahannock river to load lumber
steamer Dennis Simmons has sailed light
from Baltimore for Newbern, n. c.. to
load lumber for this city: schooner Bel
mont is at a river point loading cord
WOOD for the dealers here; schooner
Bertha May is at river point loading for
this city.
The continuation of the winds from
the northwest and northeast is reported
to be holding quite a fleet of small ves-
sells in harbors down river waiting a
favorable breeze to come UP to this city
and Alexandra. The schooner John p.
Robinson was Sunday last lying in the
mouth Of upper Machodoc creek ready to
come to this city, and Capt. Redmond
expected to be here by. Monday night at
the latest. The winds have been against