Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-23
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Three vessels laden with lumber from
Virginia ports arrived here yesterday
afternoon In tow from the mouth of the
river and are lying at different wharves
this morning discharging cargoes.
The vessels have aboard about 100000
feet of material for use in building opera
ttons about this city.
According to report there is now but
one lumber-laden vessel out, the Grace
g. Bennett. She Is coming from North
Carolina port and should arrive here
within the next few days She sailed
from Norfolk about a week ago.
These vessels will probably be the last
of the lumber fleet to come here for six
weeks or two months, until the spring
lumber trade opens. Then the arrival of
lumber-laden craft will be a matter of
daily occurrence.
Two vessels that arrived here yester-
day will charter to return to the Kappa
hammock river for another cargo of lum-
ber Dealers here are now making char
tiers for spring delivery of lumber from
Chesapeake bay points.
Inc lumber brought in yesterday is not
the KIND needed for construction of in
augurai parade reviewing stands, of
which there Is said to be a shortage
Inc work OF removing the old furnaces
from beneath the big boilers of the
steamer St. Johns is progressing rapidly
at the Skinner Shipyard at Baltimore
Within few days the work of installing
the new furnaces will be started.
m an addition on tho to this boiler work the
thorough overhauling. She is being put
in the best of order for excursion work
on the river during the coming sum
mer.
The big boat will be operated nv the
Colonial Beach Company between this
city and Colonial Beach. Va, and will be
refitted and refurniShed for the work
The property Of the company at Colonial
Beach will be put in thorough order. The
new company is planning many improve
ments, some Of which will be made before
the opening of the next excursion season.
The officers of the steamers that were
out in the fog Thursday night and yester-
day morning report that in all their ex-
perlence they never saw the mist clouds
SO dense on the river
For hours 1t was impossible to make out
the Flagstaff at the bow of the steamer
from the pilot house. and the steamers
We're forced to anchor for safety.
Whenever the fog would tighten up an
other start would be made but the fog
soon shut in again as thick as ever.
The fog extended the entire length of
the Potomac, but was particularly heavy
on the fresh-water portion of that water
seemed to deaden the whistles of the
steamers and prevent echoes from being
caught from land SO that the steamboat
men could use them as guide in nayi-
eating their boats.
Arrived: Schooner Sidonia Curley pine
lumber from the Rappahannock river for
dealers; tug James o. Carter. with a tow
OF seven vessels from river points
schooners Annie Northam. Maggie Lee
and Rena Cox. oysters in the shell for
the market; schooner A. H. Quinby, pine
lumber from Virginia point for local
dalers: tug Eugenia, with a tow of sand
and gravel laden lighters: schooner Hes
ter A. Waters, pine lumber from Norfolk
for Baltimore dealers
Sailed: Tug Camilla. with tow for
down-river point: bugeye George w. Kib-
BILE. light. for Potomac point to load
oysters back to this city: schooner Susie
Davidson, railway ties from Alexandria
for New York: tug Minerva. with a tow
of light scows for a Potomac point
Memoranda: United States Army tug
Gen. Warren, from this city was at West
Point Va. the 10Th instant: schooner
William II. French is at Baltimore with
logs from a Virginia port: bugeye Goldie
c. IS at Virginia port loading for this
city: schooner American Eagle is at a
down-river point loading oysters in the
shell for this market.
The little tug D. NJ. Key of the TAYLOR
fleet has been chartered for a short time
to the John Miller Company of this city
for service as tender to dredging ma
chine employed in deepening the dock at
one OF the Alexandria fertilizer manufac-
turing plants. Completing this service
the tug will return to her quarters at this
city.