Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-16
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
CAPITAL YACHT CLUB ARRANGING
FOR SERIES OF RACES.
Great Interest Manifested i'm the Plans
New Construction on the
Way Briefs

The managers of the Capital Yacht Club
of this city. in order to add to and keep
up the interest in the club, are arranging
Tor series of weekly races throughout
the summer 1t is proposed to have the
boats of the club lowed every Saturday
evening to Swan creek. below River View
and to race from there home again every
Sunday. The plans for the races are not
completed. but will be In few days. The
members of the club are taking great In
terest in the proposed plans
The old schooner Drifuse is to disappear
and become thing of the past. For the
past year she has been lying sunken in the
cove near Alexandria. Yesterday a force
OF men was put to work removing her
spars, and she will be hauled into shallow
water. where she will be broken up for
the metal that is in her. The Drifuse was
in the days of sailing vessels one of the
fastest boats in the revenue cutter service,
and is copper fastened throughout.
Mr.. George T. Cumberland has just COM
pleted at his boat yard, foot of 9th street.
large lumber scow for Johnson & VIM
sat- and will launch it at high water Mon
day next. The scow is about forty feet
long, eighteen feet beam and six feet deep.
Her place on the stocks will be taken by
large sand scow to be built for John b.
Lord & Co.
Efforts are being made to raise the mud
dredging machine which for a year past has
been sunk in the river at the foot of the
18th street sewer. The dredge is owned by
northern parties. When raised. 1t will be
repaired and put in condition for service.
The big four-masted schooner Estelle
Phiney, loaded with cargo of railroad
ties, cleared this morning from George
town for Boston. This is the first ship
ment of railway ties from this port for
some time
The schooner Erie has completed the dis
charging of a cargo of lumber and will sail
this evening for the Rappahannock to load
ties for Boston. These ties are intended for
New England railway.
Eighty barrels of fish from Old Point and
Norfolk We're received by the local dealers
from the Norfolk line steamers this morn
ing. Butter fish are bringing $3.50 per bar
rel. tailors cents per pound and bluefish
4 cents per pound.
Coming and Going.
The steamer Harry Randall arrived from
the lower river yesterday with a miscella-
neous cargo for the local commission
houses.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, with car
go of lumber, is anchored off Alexandria.
The schooner Shining Light. Capt. Robey,
cleared from Alexandria yesterday with a
cargo of household goods for lower river
points.
The big schooner Lavinia Campbell, with
a cargo of ice for this port, passed in at the
capes yesterday evening. She will be met
in the bay by > tugboat and brought up to
the dock here
The steamer Jas. o. Tull Is at T. r.
Rieys wharf. loading heavy lumber for
Alexandria.
The schooner James H. Beech Is in port
with a cargo of wood for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Edward E. Briny is in the
Kennebec river. loading ice for this port.
The schooner Grace G. Bennett will sail
this evening for Newborn, NC, to load
lumber back to this port.
Mr.: Lewis Smoot has leased the wharf at
the foot of 32d street. in Georgetown, and
will fit it up with new sheds, ETC., for the
sand business
Mr.. Steve Gardella, steward of the steam
er Estelle Randall. has been transferred to
the steamer Sam'l ]. Pentz as purser.