Evening star., 1909-06-01
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The tugs Camilla and Capt Toby Of
the Taylor fleet OF towboats arrived here
| Saturday night towing schooner barges
| No. and No. n of the fleet OF the Con-
solidation Coal Company. which are to
| load coal from the Cumberland mines for
ports in New England.
| These barges. with No. "a, were brought
down the coast from Boston and New
York by the steamer Georges Creek. On
her way up to Baltimore the steamer was
met at Point Lookout by the Camilla,
which took charge of No and No. q
to bring them here.
| The Toby was sent down the river Sat
urday to aid the Camilla In bringing the
barges to this port.
| Tobacco from points along the Potomac
and consigned to the state tobacco ware
houses at Baltimore Is being shipped
where the hogsheads OF the weed are
| transferred to the Baltimore line steam
ers. The W. and p. line steamer Capital
City brought up Ave hogsheads. which
we're sent to Baltimore.
Arrived: Tug NJ. NJ. Davis. towing
| wrecking outfit to Alexandria,: schooner
| s. l.. Bowen, cord wood from river
point. at Alexandria,: barge Baltimore: at
Alexandria, with fertilizer for Alexandra
Chemical Company: sloop Daisy at Alex
Defiance, with tow of barges from Bal
| timore; tug Capt. Toby, with a tow from
| a down-river point.
Sailed: Schooner Mary Francis, light.
city: tug George W. Pride. towing barge
laden with steel rails. for Aqua creek:
tug Camilla, with A. c. Company g
scow, light for Quantico to load sui
| phuric acid making material back to
Alexandria; tug Capt. Toby. towing two
| laden coal barges from Georgetown to
naval powder magazine in Mattawoman
creek: tug Dixie. with tow Of light
barges for Baltimore and bay points;
scow Sea King. light. for Pohick creek
| to load: tug Defiance, with tow OF
barges for Norfolk.
Memoranda: Schooner Peri is at Alex
| andria loading merchandise for Cole
| Landing: steamer Dennis Simmons mas
| with lumber: schooner Beulah Land has
sailed from Baltimore for Newbern n. G.
| to load lumber; schooner Jennie D. Bell.
| from this city for Suffolk. arrived at
| ter A. Waters has arrived at Baltimore
| from Virginia point with lumber
aboard; schooner Five Sisters is at a
river point loading for this city; schooner
P. E. Smith has gone to Wades bay to
load for this city: schooner Nettie has ar
rived at Reedville, Va. to load barreled
[ Ash for this city: schooner Mary Chapin
! is on her way to this city with cargo from
| a down-river point; barge J. L. hooper
has been chartered to load pulp wood on
the Potomac for northern point; schoon-
| er Freddie L. Hamblin, lumber, from
North Carolina for this city. sailed from
Newbern Goth instant: {. {. 90 barge NO
| I. with coal, from this city arrived at
Portsmouth, n. H., 2Sth instant; schoon-
er Bill Nye. from Baltimore for the Rap
pahs mock to load lumber: schooner Oak
land is at a river point loading for this
city; schooner Mary Ann Shea is in
Aqua. creek loading lumber for this city.
It Is stated that a number OF the can
ming factories, down river will not go into
operation this summer and that the total
pack, with q good tomato crop. will be
considerably below the average. AS a
consequence the acreage in tomatoes In
the river counties Of Maryland and Vir-
ginia is considerably below what 1t has
been for several years past, and the
farmers are turning their attention to the
growing of truck for the markets here
and In the north.
The mayfy pest has arrived here in
full force, and Sunday night and again
last night they swarmed about the cleo
trio lights on the highway bridge and in
the thousands. Mayfiies made their ap
pearance on the river fronts about
month ago. but have not been particu.
larly numerous until few nights ago.
The sidewheel steamer Jane Mosely.
which left here several days ago for
Baltimore to be overhauled for her sum-
mer excursion work on the Potomac. has
been docked at Woodalls shipyard for
attention to hull. cleaning and painting
The steamer will return to this city. II is
said. within the next week or ten days.
and will be employed in running colored
excursion parties to points on the river.
This morning there was not vessel
of any size lying in the local harbor. all
the fleet of Chesapeake bay lumber car
rers which arrived here early in the week
having DISCHARGED their cargoes and sail
ed for various points to load back to this