Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

towing a barge from Point Lookout: tug
Capt Toby with a tow OF melon-laden
vessels from down river: schooner Hiidd
D.. melons, potatoes and onions from an
eastern shore point to James creek: tug
El1eenia with a tow of lighters from
Piscataway creek. schooner j. T. Parks,
cord wood from river point to the deal
ers: schooner Oakland cord wood from
Maryland point.
Departures.
Steam yacht Giavota. Capt Davis, on a
cruise to the mouth of the river; barge
Annie McNalley, light, for Potomac creek
to load for New York; sloop Enola. light,
for a lower river point to load melons for
this market; schooner Oscar. light, for
Mattox creek to load back to this port
schooner Belmont light. for down
river point 10 load lumber: power launch
Stella. on cruise of two weeks on the
lower Potomac: tug Meade. with tow of
lighters for Greenway flats; sloop Daisy.
for Pennington, Md, with a general
cargo.
Memoranda.
Schooner J. B. Ogden has sailed from
Charleston. S. c., for this city with
lumber: schooner Agnes Qullan is on her
way to this city from Norfolk with lum-
Der aboard: schooner Emily Washington
is at a river point to load back to this
city: schooner Five Sisters is in Aquia
creek loading for the dealers here; schoon-
er Freddie Hamblin has arrived at Nor
folk en- route to this city with lumber
aboard tug Fortuna has arrived at Ches-
apeake City with tow Of light barges
from this city.
Harbor Notes.
The work on the larger marine railway
at Benefits boatyard foot of 18th street,
u-I1i ch ont nj ton dow
having its cradle rebuilt, is completed and
it is again in service. AS soon as it was
completed the power schooner Givona was
hauled out, painted and caullled and is
again in the water. Several vessels are
at the yard to haul for repair work.
The pile-driving machine belonging to
Carter & Clark of this city will leave
here tomorrow night for Colonial Beach.
where she will be employed in repair work
upon the excursion pier of the Colonial
Beach Company, and also upon the
freight wharf.
The receipts of watermelons at the 18th
street wharf market We're light yesterday,
but the supply on hand is more than
ample 10 meet the demand for several
days to come, even should no more fruit
be received. Yesterday evening fifteen
vessels with the fruit aboard were lying
at the wharf.
Notes of River Men.
Policeman j. A. Pearson of the har-
Dor detail IS on his annual leave. which
he is spending out of the city
Capt. William Luckett, who piloted
from this city to the capes of the Chesa-
peake he fleet Of transports that carried
the District National Guard boys to sea,
en- route 10 the Massachusetts coast re-
turned home this morning after seeing
the ships we'll out on the Atlantic
John Callahan, general manager Of the
N3Ehin.tnn h,a Z
Company, is recovering rapidly from his
recent long spell of illness and is now
able to spend a portion of each day
in his office directing the affairs of his
company.
w. B. Emmert. general manager of the
Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat
Company. has returned from visit of
several days to Old Point and vicinity
Capt. Charles w. Wright, local nspec-
tor of hulls irf the United States steam
boat inspection service, will sail Wednes-
day next from New York aboard the
steamship Lusitania for Liverpool to
be gone about two months. During his
stay abroad Capt Wright will visit Lon
don. Paris, Berlin and other large cit; les
and will look into the workings of the
steamboat inspection services of the
countries he visits. The return to this
country will be made aboard one of the
North German Lloyd steamships to Bal
timore. Capt. Wright recently completed
his twentieth year in the inspection serv-
ice and has never awaited himself of
| more than a portion of his leave of alb
sence, and has never been on sick leave.
He has been at his Office upon every
holiday, excepting two, when he was alb
sent because of a death in his family
Capt. James Johnson, who was second
officer in the Norfolk and Washington
line service, has had his license as a
pilot suspended for sixty DAYS from
August II. This action was taken by
the local board of United States steam
boat inspectors. after a hearing in this
city about month ago on charges of
negligence brought against Capt John
son for having allowed the steamer
Southland TO get out of the channel
while on her way to this city from Nor
folk on the night of June II