Evening star., 1909-03-06
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The vessel reported ashore on the flats
on the District side of the river short
distance below the steel plant pier is the
schooner William Parks of this city. on
her way to Washington with cord wood
from river point TO dealers on the
Eastern branch.
The Parks was fitted with a gasoline
power engine while recently lying in the
James Creek canal. The small power
Of the engine could not keep her from be-
ing carried ashore in the heavy gale
Wednesday night.
The Parks and the Isabel. which also
went ashore Wednesday night on the flats
a short distance above Alexandria. We're
both hard and fast aground this morn
Ing. Unusually high tides Will be neceS-
sary before the vessels can be fioated.
The Isabel is light. but went ashore on
good high tide and is well out on the
flats. A day or two of eaStery weather
will bring the tide necessary to float the
schooners.
The big sea-going barge Worcester one
Of the largest of her class that comes up
the Potomac river. will today or Monday
complete taking aboard about 1900 rail-
way ties at Alexandria. From that port
she will be taken to Occoquan, Va, to
take aboard about 5000 more.
Completing this, the big vessel will next
60 to Quantico, Va, and there will COM
piete her cargo of about 1900 ties about
the middle of March. The ties she will
load at Occoquan will be brought from
Of small sailing vessels especially char
tered for the work.
When the cargo is completed the
Worcester will SAN in tow of a tug of the
Dougherty fleet TO New York. Before
her cargo is completed another large
barge will have arrived at Alexandria to
load ties on account Of the dealers at this
city.
Wakefield on her return trip to this city
by the gale Wednesday night and Thurs
day the steamer Queen Anne was put In
service this morning to take home sew
points along the Potomac from Fort
Washington to Lower Machodoc creek In
the mouth OF the river.
The Queen Anne sailed at Z o'clock this
morning. The Wakefield. after unloading
her freight and passengers. sailed an hour
or two later to cover her route with
freight and few passengers for the
upper river landings.
Arrived: Tug Powhatan;, light. from
Occoquan, for repairs; fattie Banjo,
oysters in the shell, for dealers; tug Ca
milla. with a tow of oyster and wood yes
sells from river point: schooner Mabel
oysters In the shell from a down-river
point; bCgeye Stratford cord wood from
river point for the dealers; schooner
Grapeshot, lumber, at Alexandria; bug
eye Dove. oysters in the shell from the
lower river beds for this market; schoon-
or Hennie L. James. lumber from the
Rappahannock river for dealers.
Sailed: Schooner Oscar, light for
lower Potomac point TO load ties; scow
beath. shells for a down-river point :;
schooner Earl Biscoe, light, for Cockpit
point to load lumber back to this city
buSeye Eppie Smith. light for Potomac
point TO load; schooner Two Sisters light.
Tor the Potomac oyster beds to load back
10 this city; bugeye J. o. Wright, light
Tor river point to load back to this city !;
Tug Minerva, with a tow of light scows
for river point.
Memoranda: Schooner Belmont is at a
river point loading for this city: schooner
grace u. Bennett IS under charter TO load 4
lumber at North Carolina port for the
dealers here; schooner Hattie Giles is at
Tappahoosic Va, loading lumber: schoon-
er e. Z. Evans is at a river point ioad-
Ing lumber for this city; steamer Dennis
Simmons is al Port Deposit. Md. with a
cargo or lumber from North Carolina
schooner Samuel Dutton is at a river
point loading for this city.
Ihc big covered lighter belonging Ia
the Alexandria Chemical and Fertilizer
Company. which carried a load of ovs-
ter shells from this city to QuautiCo Va
was yesterday brought back TO AIexan-
drIs by the tug Camilla, with cargo of
several hundred tons of material used in
tho manufacture OF sulphuric acid at the
Alexandria plant from the mines of the
material in Prince William county, Va
Three large schooners, each carving
Ice at point in Maine for this city, and
II Is thought that one or two of the yes-
sells are already loading. though no def
mite advices from them have been re-
ceived. They are expected to arrive here
IN the latter part OF this month