Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-31
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The army steamer Gen. Robert Swart-
won't, which is to take the place of the
army tug Lieut.. Alonzo Gushing as ten
der to the army posts on the Potomac.
has not yet arrived here. The time of
her coming is indefinite.
The steamer Is duty at Fort
Adams Massachusetts. All was ready for
her coming to the Potomac when the
commanding officer at Fort Adams inter-
posed an objection and stopped the trans
fer until the steamer he is to get in place
Of the Swartwout shall arrive at Fort
| Adams.
AS far as known this is an uncertain
| proposition so that the coming of the
Swartwout to the Potomac is also uncer-
tain She may come, however, in the
spring.
| The Cushing is too small to handle the
War Department business between this
city and Fort Washington and Fort Hunt.
The commanding officer of the District
| of the Potomac has been for year or
longer urging the department to give him
larger boat. The request will be
granted sooner or later
Excursion resorts along the Potomac
| have for the past three weeks been max
! ing excursion contracts with churches and
societies of Washington Tor coming sum-
mer outings.
! ARRANGEMENTS for summer trips on the
| river are always made during the pre-
| ceeding winter. Long before hot weather
comes the churches and societies have de-
| cided where they Will go and nave maze
| ali arrangements
One or two resorts that have been in
operation in past seasons will not be run
| this year. AS yet no announcement OIL
| this intention has been made public.
! Excursion steamers used in summer eX-
| cursion work are being OVerhauled- In
about six weeks the work of putting the
various parks in order will be started
q. The excursion season on the river opens
| with Decoration day. Trips are often
made before if weather is propitious.
The river men not anticipating a
| freeze on the river just now, even should
| the temperature today be considerably be-
| low freezing The river may skim over,
| but the general opinion is that it will re-
ouire several days of low temperature TO
make Ice of sufficient thickness To stop
navigation by the sidewheel boats and the
| tugs A fall of snow would hasten
| freeze, however. That is what the river
men do not care to see.
| Arriyed-Schooners Lola Taylor and
Ida May oysters in the shell from the
Potomac beds for the dealers here;
barges Rebecca T. Mclean, Bailey and
Vincent McNally, in tow of tug Dixie,
| from Philadelphia with coal: tug Min
| erva. with Il tow of sand and gravel
laden lighters from Greenway; bugeye
| G. L. Dawson, oysters Tor the Eastern
branch
Sailed-Tug Rosalie. with tow of
| light scows for PiscataWay creek; bug
| eve NJ j. Stephenson, light, for the
| lower river, to load back to this city:
| tug Carter, with u tow for Il river
| point: ram schooner Grace G. Bennett,
| light. for North Carolina port via
| Norfolk tug Capt. Toby with tow of
| light scows.
anda-Schooner Maine has ar
| rived at Baltimore with lumber from
| the James river; tug Mitchell Davis is al
| Baltimore with tow from the Virginia
capeS; buSeye GOldie G.. is at river
| point loading lumber for the dealers
| here; schooner Marvel is loaded and
| will sail for Norfolk early in the COM
| ing week.
The hunting season for cartridges and
| wild turkeys in the river counties OF
| Virginia closed yesterday. Repor. $
state that the season was fairly good,
| owing largely to the measures taken by
the Virginia authorities to protect
game in the last three years Many
| hunters from this city shot over the
| Virginia fields in the past season.
The work of overhauling the boiler
| of the steamer Charles Manchester has
| been completed and the steamer is pc
| ing made ready for inspection within
| the next day or two. Pressure was got
| found to be Satisfactory. In addition -
steamer has been overhauled and she is
being put in thorough order for the
| coming excursion season.