Evening star., 1909-03-11
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Two large schooners, both deep laden,
are reported in Chesapeake bay bound up
and 1t is thought that one of them Is the
schooner Independent, whose arrival at
Alexandria with ice aboard from q Maine
port has been looked for several days
past. The tug Camilla, which left AL
exandr1a yesterday evening, will probab bly,
pick up the schooner In the mouth OF the
river and bring her to her destination,
AS stated. the Independent has been over
seventeen days on trip from Maine to
the Potomac. The four-masted schooner
Lucinda Sutton, Capt. Rogers, sailed from
Boothbay, Me-. March with ice aboard
for Alexandria and with favorable wealth
er she should arrive at the capes of the
Chesapeake by the middle or latter part
Of the coming week. The Sutton has
about 1.40O tons Of the refrigerat1ng ma
tertal in her cargo which will be used In
icing refrigerator cars laden with vege-
tables, berries and fruits from the gardens
in the south to the markets in the north.
The four-masted schooner Alicia Crosby,
which unloaded ice at Alexandria, sailed
light for Newport News to load coal for
New England port.
The tug William II. Yerkes. jr.. one
of the larger boats of the Taylor fleet c.
this city, which has been out on the
marine railway at the Alexandria ship
yard for several days past undergoing an
overhauling, is to be put overheard to-
day and will at once be made ready to
tow the steamer Harry Randall to Bal
timore to be given a general overhauling
The Randall was to have left here last
night for Baltimore. but the failure Of
he tug to be ready for service will de-
.ly it here until this afternoon. After
delivering the Randall at Skinners ship
yard the Yerkes will return to general
towing work on the bay under the tempo
rary Command of Capt. Ollie Crowder or
Capt. Frank Taylor. While out of serv-
ice, the machinery Of the Yerkes has been
placed In thorough order, and her hull
prd nouse have received needed atten-
ton.
asre was quite a large increase in the
receipts of shad by the local dealers yes
terday, but the bulk Of the supply came
from North Carolina waters. 1t is eSt-
mated that about 1.a0O shad in all were
received, and they sold readily at prices
ranging about $l.10 each for roes and
SOC each for bucks. Some OF the bucks
received weighed from five to six pounds
each. This morning there was another
good supply received. and they sold at
about the figures quoted for yesterday
Herring are also being received in good
quantities and are selling at s. to 81 per
hundred
Arrived: Bugeyes Kathleen. Bessie
Wright, Dawson, j. kibble and schooner
Eta oysters In the she'll from the Poto-
mac beds to the dealers; schooner Glenn
mie. Travers, lumber from Norfolk to local
QodlcT6, DuScyc LitduOT xSuOSCu, Soio
wood from down-river point to the
dealers here; tug Dixie with tow OF
five coal laden barges from Philadelphia
TO dealers. at Georgetown; schooner
Louise, lumber from Virginia port to
the local dealers: schooner Julia and Annie,
cord wood from a down-river point for
the market
Sailed: Flattie Alice Lee. light for bay
point to load back to this city; flattie f.
c. Lewis. light for a lower river point to
load; schooner William H. Bixler and
bugeye Avalon light for the lower Poto-
mac to load oysters for this city or Balti-
more: schooner Alicia Crosby light from
Alexandria for Norfolk to lead for a
Co. lighter to Quantico to load sulphuric
acid making material: rug Camilla with
a tow for the mouth Of the river.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS John McGinnis
is loading lumber on the Rappahamock
river for Philadelphia: schooner Maine,
which is loading lumber at Norfolk, will
take her cargo to Baltimore and not this
port. as reported: schooner Belmont is at
a river point loading for this port: schoon-
er Samuel Dutton will go to High Point
to load wood back to Washington: barge
Nansemond is loading asphalt paving
block on the Eastern branch for Rich
mond: schooner Edith Verrall Is at river
point loading for this city.
The Philadelphia barges Delaware, Ray
mond McNally. Juanita, James McNally
and Isabel, laden with coal from Phila-
deipnla, were DrouSnt INTO port yesterday
by a tug and taken up TO Georgetown 10
unload their cargoes. The five barges have
aboard about 3.5CO tons Of the fuel Tor
use in this city during the cool months
of the coming spring.
The two-masted bay schooner Clemmie
Travers, which arrived here yesterday
with about 10000 feet of lumber aboard
from Norfolk, had a slow trip up the bay
and halfway up the river. Then came
plenty of wind and the vessel came into
port with rush. The schooner sailed
from Norfolk several days ago and met
with calms and light winds to Upper
Cedar point. Yesterday morning at 4
o clock the breeze came as the vessel was
off Upper Cedar and at noon 1t was at
anchor in the harbor.