Evening star., 1909-03-04
WINDOW CLEANING
WINTER RESORTS.
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The four-masted schooner Alicia s.
! Crosby will this week compIe1e dischars-
ing a large cargo of ice from Maine at
the pier Of the Mutual Ice Company at
| Alexandria and will sail for Ealtimore or
| Norfolk 10 load coal for A New England
! port BY the time the Crosby is unloaded
| the four-masted schooner Independa ant
AN old ice trader 10 this port will have
J arrived at Alexandria with the second
! cargo of the season and will be ready to
unload. The Independent is reported to
! have sailed from Rockport Me- Feo-
! ruary - and her arrival at the capes OF
/ the Chesapeake is looked for at any time
As was stated the ice aboard these
| sells Is TO be used in icing refrigerator
cars laden with early spring fruits and
vegetables from southern farms and on
their way to the big markets in northern
| cities. In addition to these vessels going
| to Alexandra two large schoonerS have
been chartered to bring ice to this city.
| They are expected to arrive here within
the next two or three weeks The two
vessels will bring about 5000 tons of icc
to this port.
The Baltimore tug Dauntless arrived at
Alexandria yesterday and took in tow the
tIe-laden barge Atlantic for Hampton
roads. At that point the Atlantic will be
turned over to large seasoing tug and
Will he towed up the coast to New York.
where the ties will be discharged to fill a
portion of large order from one of the
big railroads in the north. The DauntlesS
brought the big three-m ma sted ocean-going
barge Worcester to Alexandria where she
will load cargo of 1900 ties for New
York city. These are the first shipments
OF ties off. the Potomac this year. but it
Is stated that the coming spring and
summer will be of the busiest the Po-
tomac has seen in recent years.
The supply of fresh fish received by the
dealers at this city is still very light and
Is limited to a few varieties coming from
coast fisheries One shipment of shad
from North Carolina, containing 92S in ALL
was received by one dealer at the wharf
market yesterday. This was practi-
cally all the shad on sale, and they were
in brisk demand by uptown dealers at
bucks to S1.10 and S12j for roes. The
fish reached this market in fine order
The tug William H. Yerkes, jr.. of the
Taylor fleet of this city, which has been
lying at the wharf foot Of 10th street
southwest for several days past under
going her regular spring overhauling, was
yesterday taken to Alexandria to be
hauled out on the marine railway there
for examination of her hull and for such
repair work as may be necessary. The
tug Is being prepared for the coming
busy spring season in Chesapeake bay
towing
Arrived: Tug James o. Carter. towing
a raft of pine pling from Chicamuxen
creek to the navy yard; scow Blanchard
cord wood from river point to local
dealers: tug ID. VI. Key, towing a scow
OF brlck-ma king material from Little
Hunting creek; schooner Grace G Ben
nett lumber from "A North Carolina point
to dealers; schooner Oscar. lumber from
Mattox creek to the Eastern branch: bug
eye Hayward. oysters in the shell for the
market: schooner Earl Biscoe. lumber
from Nomini TO the dealers; fattie No
Name. oysters in the shell from a Po-
tomac point to the dealers.
Sailed: Schooner S. G. Dutton. light, for
Potomac point to load back to this
city: power schooner William Parks
light, for d down-river point to load wood
for the dealers: tug James .. Carter,
with a tow for Alexandria; schooner S.
{. kimball. light, for Potomac point to
load for this market; bugeyes Ethel Vale
AMI Thomas Kirby light, for the Po-
toniac oyster beds TO load oysters in the
shell for this market: schooner Sidonia
Curey. light. for Alexandria to load for
Norfolk; schooner w. II. Hall, light, for
a Potomac point to load cord wood for
this city.
Memoran anda-Schooner Silver Star is at
Potomac point loading for this city;
schooner Sidonia Curley is chartered to
load bottles at Alexandria for Norfolk:
schooner Independence which sailed from
Rockport. Me-. for Alexandria with ice the
POI instant. is due at the capes; schooner
Compact has sailed from Baltimore for
Piscataway Va. to load lumber: schoon-
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with lumber from Virginia point bug
eye Willie Clarance is at d river point
loading for this market
The United States Army engineers tug
General Warren. which has been on an
inspection tour on the Mattaponi and Pa
mnnkey rivers. with Maj. Jay j. Morrow
and Asst. Engineer Harrison aboard has
returned to this city. The Warren with
Mai Morrow and his assistant aboard
was at Old Point last week to witness
the Homecoming of the big fleet
The river schooner Five Sisters which
has been lying out of service in Aqua
creek since the early part of last winter,
has returned to service for the spring
and summer season. Within the next
week or ten days all the boats that have
been laid up at points along the river
in Maryland and Virginia will 90 into |
commission and will make trips to this |
port with cargoes from river points
SCHOONER ISABEL SOLD