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

The NJ. Mitchell Davis the largest of
the fleet of tugboats hailing from this
city. is here to be withdrawn from service
for her annual overhauling and paint
ing. The tug will during the week
be taken to tile Alexandria shipyard to
be hauled out for attention to her hull
under water and for cleaning and paint
ing. In addition the engine and boiler of
the boat will receive attention and it is
expected that the boat will be out of serv-
ice for two weeks or longer. The Davis
is not to remain the largest of the tugs
owned here. Within. the next ten days
the new tug John Stone. owned by A. ].
Taylor & Bro. of this city. will be launched
at the Davis shipyard at Solomons Island.
Md, and will be put in service early in
the summer The Stone is considerably
larger than the Davis, both in length and
tonnage.
Three of the six tusboats belonging to
A. ]. Taylor Bro. of this city are
under charter; one Is in service on Ches-
apeake bay, one is about to go out of
commission for general repairs, leaving
but one tug available for general towing
work on the Potomac. The tug James
o. Carter is on the Rappahannock. under
Capt. Toby is towing for the John Mil
ler Company, the d. NJ. Key Is towing
fish from Fairy Landing shore and the
Yerkes is in service on the bay. The
Davis is about to haul out for repairs, and
the tug Camilla is in service for towing
work on the river.
Arrived-Barge Pacific. at Quantico, to
load railway ties for New York; tug NJ.
repair work; tug Capt. Toby. towing
cIay-laden lighters from Little Hunting
creek; schooner Samuel Dutton. cord
wood from a river point for the Eastern
branch; schooner Mary Francis, railway
ties, at Alexandria. from Liverpool point,
Md: tug Minerva, with tow of sand and
gravel laden lighters from lower Poto-
mac point.
saiied-C. c. Companys schooner barge
No. 0. coal laden, from Georgetown for
a New England port; tug Camilla. to
Quantico. towing A. c. Company lighter
TO load back to Alexandria: fiattie Jump
ing Jack. oysters and CLANS for the beds
te plant; power launch Virginia, for
Quantico; schooner William Cunningham,
light, from Alexandria to a river point to
load back to this city; schooner Sidonia
Curley. bottles. from Alexandra for Nor
folk: bugeye Goldie c., light, for MattoX
schooner Bailey Brown. light, from Alex
andria for Il river point to load back
TO Alexandria: schooner Leroy. light. for
IA Potomac poiLt, to load for this city;
mac point. to load for this city.
observation-disclosures William Parks
has arrived at a river point with street
sweepings aboard; schooner ]. p Robin
son is in Upper Machodoc creek loading
for this port: schooner Henry L. Peck
ham has arrived at Baltimore. light. for
this city; c. c. Company's barge No. Z.
laden with coal. from Georgetown, has
arrived at Lynn, Mass: schooner Mary
Curtis has sailed from Baltimore for Al
exandria with a cargo: schooner Mabel
and Ruth is on her way from North Caro-
lima to this city with a cargo of lumber
aboard: schooner Urhanna has sailed
from West Point. Va. for this city, with
lumber aboard.
The steamer Capital City of the fleet
of the Potomac and Chesapeake Steam
boat Company arrived here this morning
on her first trip from river points since
she was rebuilt and renamed Capt S. G.
Slye is in charge of the steamer with
Jack White chief engineer. The steam
er Wakefield is at this city being made
ready for trip to the shipyard, where