Evening star., 1909-03-15
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The new scow built at Cumberland's 9
boatyard. at the foot of 9th street south
west, for Carter g. Clark of this city
which has been lying at the dock OF it's
owner in this city being fitted with liv-
ing quarters for the men who will work
aboard IT, has been completed and today
il left here in tow of one of the tugs of
the Taylor feet for Powells creek Va.
where it will be placed in service carry
ing ties from the shoal loading places in
shore to the barges lying in the stream.
The new lighter is one of the largest on
the river, and unlike all the others, it
has sleeping and living quarters aboard
for six or eight men, who will be kept
employed in handling the ties that will
be carried by the vessel. 1t is not the
purpose oe the owner OF the lighter to
keep it in PoWells creek. but to move it
from point to point along the river as
there is work for it to do. 1t is probable
that another lighter of the type of the
one just completed will be built at this
city shortly for the railway tie handling
business along the Potomac.
AS yet the run boats that bring shad
and herring from the traps In the lower
Lart of the river have not gone into
service. but at various points along the
river vessels are lying and are being
fitted with icing boxes in which to carry
fish during the warm weather that may
come in the latter part of this month
and early in April. The bugeye G. w.
kibble is under charter to the Windmill
Point fishing shore, and the vessel has
already made several trips from the
shore to this city with quantities OF the
fish aboard AS has been stated, shad
have already made their appearance in
the river in numbers unusually large for
I II1,.r
| usually scarce, however in the Potomac.
though they are being received i'm good
| numbers from North Carolina. 1t is only
A question of ten days or two weeks be-
fore the fishing season will be in full
swing and the cutting and packing of
| herring at the wharf packing houses will
! be begun.
| The masters of steamers arriving here
| yesterday and last night from bay and
| river points report having experienced
| "A heavy fog on the Potomac Saturday
night and yesterday morning. The fog
banks are reported to have been as thick
as they were at any time during the past
| three months and to have given the
| their vessels. AS consequence OF the
| fog all the steamers arriving here yes
terday came in late.
| Arrived-Sloop p. l.. Gator, scrap iron
| from Colonial beach for an Alexandria
dealer: bugeye Annie, oysters in the shell
| from Il down river point; tug Eugenia.
with a tow of sand-carrying barges from
| Piscataway creek; flattie No Name, at
| Alexandria with oysters from river
! point; tug James Q. Carter, with a tow
| from a down river point; tug Minerva,
| with tow for a river point.
| Sailed-Power sloop Daisy from Alex
andria with merchandise for Pennington,
Md: tug Capt. Toby with tow for a
down-river point; sloop Gator, light, for a
! river point to load back to this city;
schooner Lottie Thomas, light. for river
| sale with tow of sand and gravel-car-
rying lighters from Alexandria for a river
| point; fattie Grace, from Alexandria, for
| a river point to load oysters.
| Observation-Disclosures William Fl. Nc
| C;uire is at a river point loading oysters
| for this city; schooner Thomas Bailey
! Brown has arrived at Baltimore with
lumber from the Rappahannock; schooner
| Robert +. BrattOn. with lumber for this
| city sailed from Newbern, n. c., 18th in
slant: schooner Sidonia Curley is at Nor
| folk with cargo of glass bottles from
| Alexandria,; schooner +. p. Evans has
gone to a river point to load back to this
/ city.
| The four-masted schooner Independent,
which is reported to have sailed from
Rockport. Ne. February 20 with ice for
| Alexandria has not yet arrived at the
cepes of the esapeake. though the
big vessel is several days overdue 1t
| is supposed that the prevailing winds on
the coast have been from the south and
| this has caused the delay. The con-
| signees at Alexandria are anxiously
awaiting news of the schooner. The
schooner Lucinda Sutton is also at sea,
bound to Alexandria with ice aboard.