Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-06
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The three-masted schooner William P.
block from Boston to this city, was
brought into port yesterday afternoon by
the tug William H. Yerkes, jr, OF the
Taylor fleet and berthed at Georgetown
to discharge.
The Hood sailed from Boston March ..
and had good trip down the coast. She
passed in at the capes at $40 o'clock
Sunday morning. and was taken in tow by
the tug that brought her into port.
The Hood has made several voyages to
this city with cargoes of paving stone
from Baltimore. She will make trip
or two more this summer.
AS soon as the schooner Doyle, which
arrived here last week with paving block
aboard, completes discharging the I'M
loading of the Hood will be started. The
stone the vessel brings will be used in
street paving work in this city.
laying advantage of the April prices of
coal, when the fuel Is quoted at the big
shipping points in the north at the lowest
figures Of the year, the local dealers are
laying in big supply to meet the local
demand for several months.
Within the past three or four days two
lows Of coal-laden barges from Philadel-
phia and Baltimore have arrived here.
and other barges are loading at these
ports and will arrive here within the next
few weeks. In the tows that have arrived
here were six big vessels carrying from
600 to 800 tons Of the fuel. all OF which
Georgetown. and will be used in supplying
the demands of this city.
Other tows Of barges are looked for this
week. A sailing vessel or two is coming.
SO that there will be a steady stream OF
coal-carrying vessels arriving here
throughout the next month or two.
Painters are aboard the sde-wheel
steamer ST. Johns Of the Colonial Beach
excursion route repainting and decorat-
ing the big vessel in preparation for the
coming excursion season on the river.
The st. Johns recently completed gen.
eral overhauling at Baltimore and was
brought home to be painted She Is the
first Of the local feet OF excursion vessels
to receive her spring freshening up, but
the work on others will be started in
few days.
Arrived-Schooner Rio Grande. pine lum-
Der from a river point for the local deal
ers: fattie No Name. oysters in the she'll
from bay point for this market; tug
Walter F. Meade. with a tow of sand
laden barges from a river point for
Georgetown; tug James o. Carter. with
tow from down-river point; schooner
White. lumber from Virginia port, at
Alexandria.
Sailed-Schooner Mayf1ower. light for a
river point to load back to this city:
bugeye Eleanor Russell, light for the
lower river to load cord wood for the
dealers here: tug Southern. towing barge
Shenandoah. light for the st. Marys
river: schooner Urbana. light for the Po-
munkey river. Va, to load lumber; tug
Rosalie, with a tow of light sand-carry-
ing lighters for a river point: schooner
Ruth. light from Alexandria for river
point to load.
observation-disclosures Mary Ann Shea
is in Aqua creek, loading cord wood for
the dealers here; gasoline yacht Iona.
bound to this city from the inland waters
Of North Carolina. passed through the
Dismal Swamp canal 4th instant:
schooner Five Sisters Is at a river
point loading for this port; schooner
ginia port to load lumber for the city or
Baltimore: schooner Edith Verral is at a
river point loading railway ties; Standard
OH Company tug No. II has sailed from
Baltimore with oil-laden barges in tow
for this city.
Boilermakers are aboard the steamer
Estelle Randall, lying at the Colonial
Beach line pier, overhauling the boiler OF
the boat and making ready for her annual
inspection. Before returning to service
the steamer will be hauled out on the
marine railway at Alexandria for exam
nation of her hull and to renew metal
and paint. The steamer Will be ready to
month.
The big dredge Gen. Mackenzie, which
has been rebuilt at this city during the
past winter has been testing her machin-
cry for the past day or two digging on
a shoal spot In the harbor near the Po-
tomac Park wall and pumping the ex-
cavated material upon the park east OF
the railway tracks.