Evening star., 1909-05-30
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The work of rebuilding the pier of the
Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat Com
pany. foot OF Sth street, has been
in progress for several days. Carpenters
and laborers are employed in renewing
the unsound timbers under the structure
and replanking the entire wharf.
Early this week Carter & Clark will
start building new bu'kheads about the
wharf property SO the docks can be
dredged and enlarged to give berthing
room for an additional steamer.
Heretofore the pier has been so arranged
that only two boats could berth at it.
without lying alongside each other. Now
il is proposed to lengthen one of the
docks and to dredge the others SO that
all three berths will be available for
steamers at all stages of the tide.
The new managers of the Potomac ana
Chesapeake line propose to make their
pied one of the most convenient for freight
and attractive for passengers on the en-
tire Washington water front. From six
weeks to two months Will be required TO
complete the Improvements.
AS vet no charters have been made by
the American Ice Company. of vessels to
bring cargoes of ice from the henneoec
and other ports in Maine 10 this city. The
supply of ice in the big storage houses
on the wharf and at icehouses in the
city is enough TO meet all demand for
the next month or six weeks Com
mencing about July ] big four and fve
masted vessels, with from 1900 to 1000
tons of the ice. will begin to arrive. From
that time until cool weather there will be
hardly day that an ice-laden vessel will
not be at the wharves discharging.
The supply in storage at various points
m Maine controlled by the American Ice
Company is ample 10 give this city, as
we'll as Baltimore and Philadelphia which
also draw their supplies from Maine. a
ful supply. There will be no shortage
here.
I've accident 10 the machinery at the
marine railway at Alexandria, which put
the railway out of commission. occurred
as the Baltimore tug Margaret was be-
ing hauled out for cleaning and painting.
The tug was caught on the railway only
and she will have to remain out of the.
water there until repairs can be made.
This will be done as soon as possible.
Arrived-Conso 'idated Coal Company
barges No ) and No. 81. light from Bos-
ton and New York. to load Goa, for
New England: schooner Silver Star cord
wood from a Potomac point 10 the deal
ers: tug Rosalie, with tow of lighters
from Pomonkey creek, schooner Maud.
lumber at Alexandria from Virginia
port: tug d. NJ Key. towing lighters
from a down river point: t1attie Rattling
Joe. foundry iron from Alexandria at a
river point.
Sailed-Tug Minerva. with a tow of
light lighters for Greenway: schooner
Mary Ella. light for river point. To load
back to this city; schooner James Clark,
light from Georgetown, for a lower river
point, to load cord wood back to this
city: schooner Isabel. light for Vir
ginia port. to load lumber back To me
dealers here: schooner Agnes. light for
Potomac point to load for this city;
power yacnt Marcia. on cruise
Memoranda-Schooner Kate B. Ogden
has completed loading a cargo of lum-
ber at Charleston. S. c.. for this port:
schooner j. III. Meekins has sailed from
Norfolk with lumber for the dealers here
Consolidated Coal Company schooner
barge No. II is coming here to load coal
at this city for Boston: barge Pacific is
under charter to load railway ties on the
Potomac for New York; schooner Oak
land is al Maryland point loading cord
wood for this city: bugeye Goldie c. is
at Baltimore with lumber from Colonial
Beach: schooner Clifford n. Carver. light
from this city. has arrived at Baltimore,
in tow of tug NJ. Mitchell Davis of this
city.
The little steamer BarthoIdi, which is
employed on q ferry between this clty.