Evening star., 1909-05-24
NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The tide of travel from this city Is set.
ting strongly toward river points and will
continue that way for several weeks.
Residing in this city are many hundreds
of persons who spent their early years on
farms in Maryland and Virginia and who
still call their birthplaces home. Each
summer they 60 there for visits Many
have purchased small places and have
built summer homes where each spring
the women and children of the family 60
to spend the summer, leaving the men,
who have to remain at work. to make
weekend trips to see them. 1t is the
movement from this city to such summer
homes that is causing the heavy travel.
The river steamers are also carrying
down furniture In large quantities to fur
nish the houses, but as yet the furniture
shipments are not as heavy as they will
be about the middle of June. At Colonial
Beach. Coltons. River Springs. Wilker
sons, st. Georges and other summering
places along the river, haste is being
made to get the resorts in order for the
summer business. which will soon open.
Work is being pushed on the repairs to
the steamer Wakefield. of the fleet of the
Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat Com
pany, at the Newport News shipyard. and
1t Is expected the steamer will be ready
to go into service by the LIST of June. The
nun Is DelTg rebuilt, the DOileT ana ma
chinery overhauled and other work done
that will put the steamer in thorough or
der for trips on the river during the sum-
mer months AS soon as 1t is definitely
ascertained when the Wakefield will be
ready to return to service the summer
schedules of the river line boats will be
issued and all the wharves between this
city and Nomini will have frequent serv-
ice.
The schooner Bessie Jones, the Mary
land oyster police ship which patrols the
oyster beds along the Potomac to protect
them from the depredations of pirates,
has left her station In the mouth of the
Wicomico river, in Maryland. for the St.
Marys river, where she will be hauled out
for general overhauling of her hull under
water and for other repair work AS
soon as the work is completed the vessel
will return to her station. and during the
closed season her launches will patrol the
oyster beds.
Arrived-Schooner Emily Washington,
cord wood, from river point to the
dealers; tug Camilla with tow from a
down-river point: sloop Daisy. at A!eA
andria to load general cargo for TINS
city: tug John Miller with tow from
Little Hunting creek: schooner COLUMBIA
lumber. from the lower Potomac at Alex
andria: tug Fortuna with tow OF coal
laden barges from Baltimore for THIS CITY
and Alexandria.
Sailed-Bugeye Kathleen, light. for
down-river point 10 load back to this
city: schooner Lottie Carter. for Maftox
creek to load lumber for the dealers here:
tug tSandard Oil Company. No. IL. tow
ing tank barges Nos. 30 and Il, light. for
Baltimore to load back to this city: fiattle
r. c. Lewis. light, from this city Tor a
Potomac point to load: schooner juliet
and Annie light for Aqua creek TO load
cord wood back to this city: tug Capt.
Toby with a tow of coal-laden lighters for
the naval powder-making plant on Mat
tawoman creek.
is i'm Mattox creek to load cord wood for
this city: schooner j. P. Robinson is on
her way to this port with grain and cora
wood from Upper Machodoc creek:
schooner Grape Shot is on her way 10
Reedville Va. with empty fish barrels
aboard: schooner Murray Vandiver Is at
West Point. Va, loading pine lumber Tor
the dealers here; tug Margaret has sailed
from Baltimore with tow OF barges for
Potomac points and Alexandria.
The four-masted schooner Kate b. Og-
den. which is under charter to load lum-
ber at Charleston. s. e. for this city.
has arrived at her loading port and 3
taking aboard her cargo. The vessel Will
probably reach this city the latter part OF
June and viii discharge cargo for john
son G. Wimsatt.
The side-wheel steamer Jane Moseley,
used in the colored excursion business on
the Potomac is at the works OF the T.
j. Codd Company, Baltimore. being over
hauled and made ready for service. The
vessel is expected TO return to TINS port
early the coming month and will then
enter on excursion service to down-river
points.
In spite of the cool and threatening
weather yesterday. the excursion lines
operating boats on the river were well
patronized large throng went TO o.
ionial Beach, and Marshall Hall was well
patronized by those desiring a shorter
trip. The colored resorts were also we'll
patronized