Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-20
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The work of charging and deepening
the dock to the south of the big pier
of the Norfolk and Washington Steam
boat Company at the foot of 18th street
is progressing rapidly. Within the
next week it IS expected the pile driv-
ers and dredging machines that have
been working there for a month past
will have completed their work and viii
be taken away.
Enlarging the dock is made necessary
in order to give berthing room for the
big steamer Southland, which the Nor
folk and Washington company will bring
to this city within the next month from
the Newport News shipyard Under the
supervisor of the District engineer 5
office the dock has been heightened
about twenty-five feet, and a new and
heavy bulkhead has been built at the
Water street end of the dock to pro-
tect the street from the wash from the
sWells of passing steamboats,.
When the new dock is completed it
will be a model berthing place for the
largest steamer ever in service on the
Potomac.
The open winter has allowed the sand
dredging companies of the city TO keen
their digging machines at WORK up 10
this time at points along the river
Sand and gravel dredging machines
are at work on Greenway flats Il shor:
distance above Glymont, in PiScataway
creek, at Goose Egg Island, on the shat
lows above the Highway bridge and at
other points.
Until the latter part of last week the
Miller Company had dredge dieging
building sand on the AnacoStia river
almost up to Twining City but work
has been discontinued at that point for
the present, and the dredge and scows
nave been toWed down the creek to
the wharf of their owners on the East.
ern branch, where they will be laid up
for the winter.
1t is stated that there are five az six
big dredging machines engaged in taking
sand and gravel from the deposits in the
river at the points mentioned.
The schooners Mary Francis, Edith
Nerrall, Lottie Carter and the scowS Lit
tie Bush and Sea King are berthed for the
winter at the WharveS of Carter x Clark.
at the foot of 10th street southwest The
vessels belong to the wood and lumber
carrying fleet of the city and are laid up
not so much for fear of freeze as be-
cause freightS on the river are dull and
no revival in business is looked for until
spring. The masters of these vessels will
take advantage of their lying idle to have
them overhauled and put in good order
for the opening of the spring trade on the
river.
Arrived: Power barge NJ. 3. Wright.
oysters in the shell from Chesapeake bay
points; tug S. o. No l., towing tank
barge No. Il, with oil in bulk for George
town. tug Camilla, with tow of oyster
carrying vessels from the lower river:
schooners Fair American and George w.
kibble. oysters in the shell from the
Potomac beds.
Sailed: Bugeye Halle X. light, for
a river point to load oysters in the
shell for this market; S. O. Company
tank barge No. a. light, for Baltimore,
in tow of tug No. IL; steam barge Daniel
*. jackson. light, for a doWn-river point
to load cord wood for the dealers here;
pungy Annie Parks. light, for Potomac
point to load wood; tug Resale. with
a tow of light ScoWs for Alexandria
tug Carter, with a tow for a river point
Memoranda: Steamer Lily and Howard
light, from this city, has arrived at Balti-
more en- route to New York; ram schoon-
er J. d. Marvel has been chartered to
load street sweepings for Norfolk; schoon-
waiting a tow to this city; schooner
18th instant, but was to sail for this
city at once; schooner Hester ~ Waters.
with lumber for this city, has sailed from
Norfolk.
The twomasted bay schooner John Nc
Ginnis, one of the fleet of lumber car
riers belonging to Harry Carter of this
city, arrived at Philadelphia in the latter
part of last week with "a cargo o. lumber
from d Virginia point Capt. Roberts,
master of the vessel, has been instructed
TO find berth for the schooner at Phia-
delphia, where she can lay up until the
bad weather of the winter is over.