Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-03

Walkers pitch, felt and lime depot suffered to
the extent Of $1,000
J. c. Ergood, groceries and liquors, lost about
81, 500 worth of goods.
Joseph Ferro, banana depot, suffered to the
extent Of S6OO
The damage to John A. Bakers agricultural
store Is large and can't yet be estimated
Inc st. James hotel place their damage at
s2,5OO.
Losses Along the River Front.
Mud soft and Shiny and at places foot thick,
covered the river front at the 7th-street
wharves to-day. The water in receding had
left deposit which it was the main business
to-day to clean up. The Inland company suf-
fered no loss. At the next wharf, owned by
Barber Ross, there was comparatively no
damage. The adjoining two wharves, owned
by Geo. L. Sheriff, wood and coal, were knocked
out OF place. The damage amounts to about
The wharf Of the Mary Washington and that
OF the George Law were in good condition this
morning. The wharf Of the Mattano was all
right, and the steamer made her trips as usual.
The Alexandria ferry boats were running to-
wharf seemed to be all right He
estimated the damage at about $1,000.
The Corcoran made her usual trip this morn
ing, her wharf sustaining no damage. The
wharf OF the Potomac steamboat company, Mr..
WEIGH, the manager, said, was raised little
and injured to some extent There was con-
siderable freight on the wharf, includidg 10
hogsheads Of sugar, valued at $1,000. Ali this
property was injured, and he thought the loss
would amount to.about $4,000. The freight
belonged to individuals and not to the COM
pany.
One wharf Of the Stephenson Bros. is en-
tirely gone, and the other is badly injured.
Both will probably have to be rebuilt They
have about 600 tons of coal covered with mud
and they lost about IS cords of wood The
total loss, Mr.. Stephenson thinks, will be from
q, 500 to $4,000.
The wharf of Rich 4 Co., the ice men, is all
right. The water entered the ice house and
did great damage. Mr.. Rich places his loss at
John T. Given, wood and coal, suffered. no
loss except from the mud, and the same may
be said of E. E. Jackson & Co., lumber dealers
=, Mimsatt Chler, lumber dealers, state that
their principal loss will come from rehandling
their lumber. There is some damage to the
mill. 81 600, it was thought would cover it ALL
Both the wharves of the Independent ice
company are twisted badly and will be rebuilt
partially. One wharf is raised up. The dam
age to the wharves is about $500. They lost
about 500 tons of ice. The total loss they place
at about $1,000.
James Q. Carter, commission merchant, lost
from 81, 500 to 81, 600 in wood and lumber.
The wharf of the Great Falls ice company
was slightly damaged. They lost a great
quantity Of ice.
One Of the wharves owned by Thos. W. Riley
was destroyed, and the two others were badly
damaged. There was but little lumber lost,
but about eighty-fve cords of wood were lost
The total damage is about $4,000.
johnson Bros. wharves suffered but little
damage, and there was no loss of wood coal or
lumber. Some $4,000 will cover the damage.
The wharf of the Willis ice company is all
right. Great damage was done to the ice
house, and some 800 tons of ice lost The
damage amounts to some $500.
AT THE WEST END.
johnson & Libbey lost 900 barrels of lime
and 100 cords Of wood, and the total loss, by
fire and water, will be about So 500.
Edward Cooley will go down into his pocket
to the extent of $1,000, perhaps more. Fire
also played q part in making up his loss The
engines and derricks are gone, and it will be
two or three days before business will be
resumed.
The Potomac Red Sandstone company is out
$1,000. A big boat-load of cut stone went
down on Friday and couple more went with
the canal.
The Barber Asphalt company lost one boat
load of stone from the K-street yard, and
another belonging to Berlin Hinson was also
swallowed up.
THE DAMAGE TO THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
CANAL
affects the business prospects in this reighbor-
hood more than the local wreckage, and
already the more weighty firms are talking of
trying to repair the waterway If the Chesa-
peake and Ohio company forsakes it.
One thousand dollars will cover the loss of
the Washington Gaslight company.
+. NJ. Draney has not lost anything
What looks like the biggest wreck of all is
that OF j. Maury Doves premises. Practically,
everything is gone, and the nearest approach
to an estimate is in the neighborhood of So 600
Cranford's place looks far worse than it really
Is. The loss is not expected to foot up more
than 81, 6O0
Littlefeld 4 Alvord's premises are prettv
thoroughly mudded up, but that seems to be
all. The wharf is gone and the big derrick is
missing. 1t looks like 81 900; perhaps not SO
much.
The Losses on Eastern Branch.
There are but few business interests along
the shores Of the Eastern branch and those are
small, consisting mostly of supply wharves,
where but little stock is carried In conse-
quence partly Of this fact and also that the
branch conducted itself with great dignity
throughout the freshet, and crept along at a
snails pace in comparison with the river, the
damage along this front was trifing. Alto
gether, not counting the navy-yard, it amount
ed to less than $40, 900. The heaviest sufferers
were
THE MARKET GARDENERS
Oh DuzZdros fOlnt, whose small farms were
entirely submerged and the crops ruined. As
It Is 30 late in the season it will be useless for
them to replant.
Jas. G. Reeves was damaged to the extent of
about 81, 900, while Geo. Norris, whose gardens
lie next, loses fully 81 500.
The entire stock Of bone-dust in Patsy
Mann's establishment is ruined, and this, with
other materials, cause his loss to foot up to
about s1, 200.
TN ,Draney's wharves are injured to the ex-
tent Of about $500, in the general disorder
caused BY the food.
William Clarke got the lime out of his kiln in
good season, and loses but 600 in cord wood.
At Robey's boat house, foot Of I'd street, the
loss of lumber amounts to about $780,
There IL quite a collection of wharves at the
foot Of Sd street, and the losses here would
have been great had it not been for the skill of
Mr.. James T. Sommers in booming in the piles
OF wood and lumber In time. He, being a boat
builder, lost in the neighborhood of 800.
y. B. Cross, IT,, is damaged to the extent Of
Williams q Son, also wood and coal dealers,
lose about $500, and w. H. Richards 4 Co. are
damaged, by the disorder and the weakening
Of q wharf, about s700 worth.
The loss Of VIM. II. Ernest, proprietor Of the
Columbia pottery, amounts to fully $500.
]. A. Bailey, who rents out boats at the foot
of nth street, suffers about $15O worth of de-
struction, while the stock Of B. B. Earnshaw,
in hjs warehouse across the street, is injured to
the extent of elOO