Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-03-28
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Two vessels are on their way from
Boston to this city with cargoes OF stone
to be used In street work.
The schooner Elizabeth T. Doyle sailed
from Boston March 10 and was reported
as having left the Delaware breakwater
Friday. She should arrive here during
the present week.
The schooner William p. Hood left
Boston for this city March 25 II she
has ordinarily good weather she should
be here and unloading her cargo before
April 10.
Both vessels will go to the Georgetown
wharves to discharge.
The shipping Of the stone to this city
from the Massachusetts Quarries has
been going on for year or more. Last
summer and fall several cargoes were
brought here. The schooner Hood made
several trips. Other vessels were also
employed in the work. Cargoes of stone
will be brought here throughout the
spring and summer
The Bull line steamship Wilhelmina,
Capt Summons. is due at Alexandria to-
5000 tons of phosphate rock from Port
Tampa Fla, for the Alexandria Fer
| tilizer and Chemical Company.
The Wilhelmna brings phosphate rock
to Alexandria several times each year.
She has practically displaced big eastern
schooners formerly employed in freighting
fertilizer making material from the south
to Alexandria.
The. big vessel is the largest freight
carrying vessel that comes up the Poto-
mae. On several occasions her cargo Of
5000 tons has been removed at the Alex
andria pier in about forty-eight hours.
After unloading at Alexandria the Will
helmina will go to Norfolk or Newport
News for soft coal for a New England
port.
Arrived: Schooner c. c. Wheeler. lum-
Der from Virginia port to the dealers
herr: bugeyes Dove, Ruth and Ella,
oysters in the shell from the Potomac
beds to the market; schooner J. P. Rob-
inson. cord wood from Upper Machodoc
creek to the dealers; schooner Sidonia
Curley, lumber from the Rappahannock
sons. from Annapolis with sand for an
Alexandria glass factory; schooner Will
liam H. Meekins, lumber from Virginia
point to the local dealers; tug Capt. Toby
dredging machine down the river.
Sailed: Bugeye Ethel Vale, light. for a
lower point to load back to this city;
tug Carter with a tow for a down-river
the Potomac river oyster beds to load
oysters in the shell for this market;
bugeye Kirby, light, for q lower river
point to load back to this city; tug Walter
F. Meade with d tow of lighters for
down-river point.
Memoranda: Schooner s. ]. Nickerson
has been chartered to load oyster shells
at this city for Suffolk Va; tug Defiance
has arrived at Newport News towing the
schooner Gen. E. 8. Greedy. light, from
this city, to load coal; tug Piedmont,
light. from this city has arrived at Balfi-
more; schooner Grace G. Bennett Is on
her way to this city with lumber aboard
from North Carolina.
The screw steamer Estelle Randall of
the fleet of the Potomac and Chesapeake
Steamboat Company, which has been ly-
ing all winter at the pier Of the company
at the foot of 9Th street southwest, was
Yesterday taken to the pier of the White
Oak Coal Company, at the foot of 14th
street to make room for the steamer
Queen Anne at the Sth street wharf
The big clay and brick carrying lighter
belonging to the John Miller Company.
which has been out on the marine rail-
way at Benefits boatyard for several
days past being calked all over and
given general overhauiing. was put
overheard yesterday afternoon.