Evening star., 1909-05-11
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The strong southerly winds which blew
Saturday. Sunday and portion of yes
terday helped lumber and wood laden
vessels from river and bay ports to come
up the Potomac at this city and all
day Sunday and Sunday night they came
into port in a steady procession. In that
time 1t is estimated that there arrived
here fifteen vessels, varying in size from
the ram schooner j. ID. Bell, CARVING
several hundred thousand feet OF lumber.
to little river vessel with thirty or
forty cords of wood aboard. Just now
all the docks are crowded with vessels
waiting opportunity to unload. and
several that were unable to find berthing
room at the docks are lying at anchor
in the harbor to wait until some of the
vessels at the WharveS can dispose of
their cargoes and get out of the way.
More lumber has been brought into port
in the last forty-eight hours than In
any week since the first of the year.
While there has been no general re-
vival in the pulp wood shipping business
along the Potomac, the material Is being
shipped from Nomni, Va, on Nomini
creek to Philadelphia and the paper
making plants in the north. Recently a
barge was loaded there and sailed. car
ryng away several hundred cords of the
material. and another large barge is lying
al Nomini taking aboard a cargo. AS
soon as she completes her cargo and sails
creek to be loaded and altogether sew
eraI thousand cords of the wood will he
shipped before the end of the season.
The uncertainty as to whether wood pulp
will be on the free list not in the
new tariff bill has practically put stop
10 the industry on the Potomac Dea lers
in the north are not buying the wood as
ii was expected they would do. and as a
consequence many thousand cords of it
are lying on the banks of the Potomac
n,-tN loo n ha
cutters along the river will be heavy
While the work of loading the big sea-
going barge Pacific with railway ties a.
the Alexandria shipyard is being pushed.
it Will he the latter part of the week
before her cargo is complete and she
is ready TO sail for New York The
vessel one Of the largest of the Dougher-
~ fleet OF coasting harseS. will load about
1logp ties TOR New York. As soon as
she completes her cargo another barge
will be docked at Alexandria to load.
Arrived: Schooner Mary Ann Shea
lumber from Aqua creek to the dealers.
fiattie Champion Girl. CLAIMS from Ches-
apeake bay bed for this market: schooner
Eliza beth Ann. cordwood from "a Potoma C.
point schooner Jennie ID. Bell, pine lum-
her from a North Carolina point to local
dealers: schooner William Zurich. oysters
III the shell from "A bay point: schooner
| Hattie Giles pine lumber from Virginia
point: schooner John +. Curtis pine lum-
her from Il Virginia point: schooners \.
| ii. Quinby trbanna and S. r. kirwan.
| from bay points. and schooner Peri from
d Potomac point lumber: schooner Le-
roy. railroad ties from Potomac point
| To Alexandria.
Sailed: Schooner John r. Robinson.
| light for Alexandria. to load for Upper
| Machodoc creek: schooner Eleanor Rus
sell light for a Potomac point to load
| back To this city: schooner +. f.. Smith.
! light for Coan river TO load cordwood
for the dealers here: schooner Mabel 4
| Ruth, light. for Newbern. n. C.. to
| load lumber to return to this port
| schooner Silver Star, light, for Il
down-river point to load back to
| this city: schooner Eta. light. for "A
down-river point to load white sand for
this city; schooner j. T. Smith light.
| from Alexandria for river point to load
| tug Meade, with tow of lighters for
| digging machines down river.
| Memoranda-Sch John McGinnis
has been chartered to load lumber on the
Rappahannock river for Philadelphia
Barge Susquehanna is loading pulp wood
! Edith Verrall Is at a river point loading
cord wood for this city. Barge Wicomi-
co. laden with ties the Potomac has
| sailed from Norfolk for New York.
| Schooner Cunningham is In Mattawoman n
| creek loading cordwood for this market
Schooner John T. Donohue with fertilizer
| from Carteret N j.. sailed 9Th instant
| for Alexandria.
The new tug John Miller and the little
tug Baby of the sand towing fleet are
still on the railway at the Alexandria
shipyard heing made ready to return to
active service on the river. The Miller.
| a new boat. is having her machinery ad-
| justed and the Baby is receiving attention
| 10 hull and machinery.