Evening star., 1909-07-10
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.


down-river point to the local dealers;
schooner Isaac Solomon. cord wood from
wades bay to the local market: tug
Lucille. towing a holster to Georgetown;
sailing scow Daniel. lumber from a
Potomac point for the market; schooner
Annie Mills. railway ties from a down.
river point. schooner Bertha May. pine
wood from Mattox creek for the local
market; Y. 8. naval tug ChOctaw, towing
naval gun factory lighter laden with a
big gun from Indian Head; tug Winship.
with a tow Of light coal boats from Alex
andria; tug Camilla, with a tow from a
down-river point.
Departures.
Schooner William Cunningham. light,
for Potomac point TO load back to this
city: schooner Crbanna, light, for q
Virginia point to load for this city; tug
Camilla, towing two loaded coal boats
from Georgetown to Mattawoman creek;
8. o. Company schooner barge No. q,
coal from Georgetown for a New Eng
land point: tug Walter +. Meade, tow
Ing several light sand and gravel carry
ing lighters from a down-river point:
schooner Mary A. Fisher. light, for a
James river point to load lumber for
New York; tug Pride. with a tow OF
lighters TO river point; u. s. Army tug
Gen. Warren, to Nomini creek.
Memoranda.
Schooner William A. French is loading
a cargo OF gravel at Georgetown for Nor
folk; barge Pacific. laden with railway
ties from the Potomac has arrived at
New York; schooner Elisha Atkins has
been chartered TO load soft coal at
Georgetown for a New England point: !:
schooners s. P. Blackburn and Alice Hol-
brook have been chartered to load soft
coal at Newport News for New Eng
land point; schooner Edith verrall is at
lower river point loading for this city;
schooner Rover has sailed from Balti-
Der; tug Fortuna has sailed from Balti-
more for this city towing coal-laden
barges.
Harbor Notes.
The old steamer T V Arrowsmith
which was brought TO this city early in
the week from Baltimore. has been
berthed at the wharf foot of 18th street
southwest to be torn to pieces by wreck
ers. The engine and other machinery of
the steamer has already been removed
and work on the boiler will be started in
a few days.
The schooner Urbana, the veteran
freishter on Chesapeake bay and its trib-
utaries. has completed the discharging of
a cargo of lumber at Georgetown and has
dropped down to the forks of the chan
mel preparatory to sailing for a Virginia
point TO load lumber.
The Dougherty barge Patapsco Of Bal
timore, which has taken a number of
cargoes Of pulp wood from the Potomac
charter TO load another cargo Of the ma
terial at Occoquan, Va. for a northern
point. The vessel will arrive at her load
ing point and will begin taking aboard
her cargo within the next day or two.
The big seagcing barge Atlantic, which
has been In Aqua creek, Va. for several
DAYS past taking aboard a large cargo of
railway ties for New York. is to be brought
The vessel will carry about 1900 ties,
and OF this number about a third remain
10 be loaded aboard her at Alexandria.
The tuo-masted schooner Oliver Ames,
which is at the Alexandria shipyard COM
pleting a cargo of ties. will be ready 10
sail for New York early in the coming
week. The vessel has been about three
weeks In the river taking aboard her
cargo OF the material.
The big four-masted schooner Elisha
Atkins. which discharged a cargo of Ice
at the 9th street wharf OF the American
Ice Company. was today taken to George
Of coal from tho Cumberland mining re-
gion for Boston. The Atkins is the first
coasting schooner TO be chartered by the
Consolidated Coal Company, 70 load at
Georgetown this season. all the coal sent
To New England ports having been ship
ped In the big schooner barges Of the
Consolidated Coal Company fleet The
Atkins rs the only vessel Of the ice-carry-
rying fleet now in port here chartered to
load AT Georgetown. The 8 p. Black
burn, unloading AT Georgetown, and the
Alice Holbrooh. unloading at Alexandria.
are chartered to load At Newport News.
and IT Is stated that the Lucinda Sutton
viii so to Baltimore or Norfolk for a
cargo OF coal for New England
Barge No. Il Of the Consolidation Coal
Company fleet. which day or two ago
completed loading a cargo OF soft coal
1T Georgetown for Boston or Portland,
and which has been waiting sailing or
ders. left here this morning In tow OF one
OF the tugs of the Taylor feet for Point
Lookout, where she will be picked UP by
one OF the big sea9oing tugs of the coal
company and attached to q tow OF coal
laden barges on their way from Balti-
more 10 Boston. Light barges of the c.
c. Co. feet are. II Is stated, on their way
10 this city from Boston TO load coal
for points on the down east coast