Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-10
ALONG THE wHARyES.
New Schedules for River Steamerx-A Fish
ing Outfit Burnetl-Notes

ing Outfit Burnetl-Notes
The Washington Steamboat Company has
iesued a new schedule for their steamers. the I.
" Arrovsmith and the Wakefield The Arrow
smith will hereafter leave her dock on SUNDAYS
alta and touch at Alexandria Fort Foote
Fort Washington, Glymont, Indian Head. Guam
tico. Liverpool Point, Clifton Beach. Chatter.
tons. Stuart's. Swans, Matthias. DiiFs. wilker-
sons. Colonial Beach, Leonardtown. kbelIs
HoSard's, CObruIn's, Stones, Beale's. Thomp-
sons. Dsiley's, Deep Point. Mount Holly
Nomini Ferry, ST. Georges Island, Miller's.
Coan. Bundick's, Barnes, Cowart's. Lodge.
Munday's Point and Kinsale She will leave
KinsaIe at noon on Mondays, touch at st
Georges, NOmini, Breton's bay and ST Glenn
ent's bay landings. Colonial Beach and Alexan-
dria. and reach Washington at am. TUESDAYS.
On Wednesdays she will leave Washington al
pm; for landings as far down as Kinsale.
touching at no landings between Alexandra
and Colonial Beach but stopping at ali between
the latter port and Kinsaie. She will follow
the same route on her return and reach WASH
ington at am. Fridays.
saturday. March IL, the new schedule of the
Wakeheld goes into effect Monday she will
leave Washington at am. for Alexandria.
Forts Foote and Washington, Marshall Hall
Glymont, Indian Head, Garfield Quantico,
Liverpool Point, Clifton, Chatterton's Stuart's
swans, Matthias, Dilrs Wilkerson's. Classic
Shore. Colonial Beach, Lancaster, Bushwood.
lotions, BeaIs, Thompson's. Dailey's, Deep
Point. Mount Holly and Nomini Ferry. We'd
nesdays and Saturdays she will add Curriomen
and Mount Airy to this route and arrive at
Warrington on Thursdays and Sundays.
The fishing outfit at Stony Point fishing shore
was destroyed by fire Wednesday. The origin
OF the blaze Is not known. but il is believed to
have been the work of incendIary. No one
was at the landing. so far known, when the
nre broke out. The fish house. with several
hogsheads Of fish, the engine house, engine,
boiler. cutting. sailing and packing sheds went
up IN smoke The loss Is estimated at 81, 900.
The insurance is not known. Mr.. VIM Nett
zev, the proprietor. will undertake the rebuild
Ing OF the plant in time to participate in this
seasons work.
Stony Point is one OF the largest. Oldest and
most important fishing landings on the
Potomac.
The Norfolk and Washington propeller Nor
folk, Capt Geoghegan. is on the railway at
Newport News. having her hull reprinted The
steamer George Leary Is running In her stead.
First Officer C. ". Kirby of the propeller
Washington has been promoted to the COM
mand of the Leary. That steamer yesterday
brought up a large cargo of southern and east
ern freight. Early York cabbage. spinach,
eucumbers, lettuce and kindred articles are
coming up in fair quantities via this line.
During Inauguration week the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company handled over
5000 passengers and carried their usual cargoes
OF freight.
Capt. Bill Jordan. for many years master of
the wood craft Sallie. appears in port in COM
mand of the schooner Edith Nav.
The racing sloop Ella Tredwell is moored in
midstream.
Coal is coming in pretty lively from Shop
herds.
The outlook for a wood harvest is not SO
nattering as in other years