Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-02
tug Martin Dallman, many years employ
ed in towing on the Potomac, which went

tug Martin Dallman, many years employ
ed in towing on the Potomac, which went
to Solomons Island last fall.
The new tug is about fifty feet long
and will be a powerful towing boat for
it's size. 1t is the intention of the Miller
company to have the hull Of the Dallman
rebuilt and to place small engine In 1t
SO the boat can be used for light towing
work about this city.
The tug William H. Yerkes of the
Taylor fleet of this city Is at SolOmons
Island, Md. being equipped with her ice
breaking pillow for general towing work
on Chesapeake bay.
The Yerkes is the first of the Washing
ton owned fleet of tugboats to be equip
ped with pillow. The tug NJ. Mitchell Davis
will shortly go to Solomons to have her
ice breaker placed in position about her
bow.
AS yet none of the fleet of towboats
employed on the Potomac have had their
plows put on. If the present cold snap
continues for day or two longer they
will also equip or go out of service.
Armed with an ice pillow tugbOat with
but a small engine can break three times
as much ice as it could without the heavy
beaks AS usual thing the tugs are
equipped with their plows long before this
time of the year.
In consequence of the low water and
the ice on the fats opposite Alexandria
the work of digging out the dock of the
Fertilizer Manufacturing Company at AL
exandria has been suspended for a short
time. The dredge for the past two days
has been ashore for the greater part of
the time and could not dig except in one
place The ice on the fats prevented the
tug D. NJ. Key from taking the mud-laden
scows to the dumping grounds on the
Maryland side of the river. AS soon as
the weather conditions will allow the
dredging work will be resumed. The tug
d. NJ Key. which has been acting as ten
der to the dredge, returned to this city
yesterday afternoon to lay up until dredg-
ing work is resumed
Arrived Sloop Estele. oysters in the
shell from river point; tug Camilla
with a tow from the mouth of the river !;
Standard Oil Company, barge No. II, oil
in bulk from Baltimore for Georgetown:
tug Eugenia with tow of lighters from
Piscataway creek; tug Key. light from
Alexandria: steam barge Daniel X. Jack
son. cord wood from river point for the
local dealers.
Sailed-Schooner Blanch Hayward. light
for river point to load back to this city:
schooner Carrie Lee and Maggie Norton
light for the Potomac oyster beds to load
for this market; fiattie Lima Cox light
for Potomac point to load for this city
Memoranda: Schooner A. II. Quinby has
arrived at Laytons, on the Rappahannock
river to load back to this city: bugeye
James o Wright is lying at this city
waiting orders; schooner Nettie May is
at river point loading for this city: tug
NJ NJ Davis has arrived at Baltimore
with a schooner from the capes of the
Chesapeake: schooner T. p. Evans is at
river point waiting tug TO bring her
to this city.
The tug Captain Toby of the Taylor
feet is lying out of service at the 10th
street wharf having some repair work
done to her engine in preparation for re-
Stunning active service in the latter part of
this month The work CT overhauling
the boat is being done under the supervi-
sion of Capt. A. J. Taylor. her managing
owner
In the heavy blow on the bay, Sunday,
the standard Oil Company tug No. Is.
with oil-laden harges No. 81 and No. q.
the former fer Norfolk and the latter for
this city, were forced to seek shelter in
the Patuxent river. Yesterday the tug
Camilla picked No. q up at Point Look
out and brought her to this city