Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-08

in the harbor yesterday morning DRAGGED
her anchor. and it was several minutes
before her power could be started and the
vessel returned to her anchorage. Yes
terday morning the tide was unusually
high, good sign OF a northwest blow,
and yesterday evening the wind came in
force and filled the air along the river
front with flying dust FOR several hours.
This morning the water in the river was
below the usual low-water level by a foot
or more.
south are expected by dealers at this
city within the next few weeks, and
numerous vessels are being chartered to
bring the material here to meet the
demand for building purposes. which is
particularly heavy at this time. Two big
vessels. each Of which will carry about
a million feet Of hard pine timber. have
been chartered during the past few days.
one to bring a cargo from Tampa, Fla.
and the other from Charleston Other
vessels are being sought by the dealers
here to bring caEgoes from south At
lantic ports. In addition to this 1t To-
stated that there are a half dozen yes,
sells or more at Newborn, Edenton and
other points on the North Carolina sounds
loading lumber for the dealers at this
city The lumber market, which has
been dull for year past. is said to be
awakening.
Arrived: Bugeye Bertha May, cord
wood from down-river point; schooner
s. G. Kimball. oysters in the shell from
the Potomac beds: schooner Silver Star.
lumber from AQUA creek for the deal
ers; tug Camilla. with tow from a
down-river point; bugeye Winnie Windsor.
oysters in the shell from the Wicomicos
river; tug Rosalie. towing sand and gravel:
laden lighters from Piscataway creek
sailed-Earl Biscoe, light. for Wades.
bay to load cord wood for this city: tug
William H. Yerkes. jr., towing schooner
Annie c. Grace. light. for Baltimore to
load coal; schooner Dawson. for Ouantico
to return with fish from river nets; tug
Minerva, for a river point, towing light .
sand and gravel carrying lighters: schoon- /,
er Warren. light. from Alexandria to a I
Virginia port to load; tug Capt Toby. I
towing lighters for a down-river point
Memoranda Schooner J. 8. Hopkins 10
chartered to load pine lumber at Tampa.
Fla, for this city; schooner James b. /;
Ogden is chartered to load lumber at !
Charleston for this market; schooner
Hattie +. Giles Is coming from a Virginia
port with lumber for the dealers here:
schooner Henry L. Peckham has sailed,
from Boston for this city with paving
stone aboard: tug Fortuna has arrived at
Baltimore with tow of light barges /
from this city: steamer Wilhelmina. from
Alexandria. was at Georgetown, S. c., 5th
instant.
The four-masted schooner Clifford NJ !
Carver. which is to bring a cargo of
crude asphalt from Trinidad to this city, !
arrived at that point. from Martinique. Sd
instant. and is now taking her cargo
aboard. The Carver will get away from
Trinidad in about a week or ten days and
should arrive here in the latter part OF
this month. The vessel will bring cargo
of about /. 400 tons of the street paving
material.
During one of the recent blows on Ches-
apeake bay the main boom OF the ram
schooner Grace G. Bennett. in pert here
unloading lumber, was broken. Taking
advantage of her unloading time, Capt.
Larramore is having a new spar built at |
Cumberland's boathouse. and the stick
will be ready before the vessel is ready TO
sail.
The three masted schooner Annie G. /
Grace, which has been lying at the oyster.
wharf for several days ,ast. unloading a
cargo of southern pine lumber. completed
discharging yesterday afternoon and left.
here for Baltimore to take aboard a car.
go of soft coal for coast point.