Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-17
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
ARRIVAL OF NEW STEAMER OF THE
WEEMS LINE.
Survey Ordered Preparatory to I'm
provement of MachOdoc Creek
The Passing Craft.

The handsome new Weems line steamer
Northumberland. built by Neaf1e & Levy
of Philadelphia for the Baltimore Washing
ton route, arrived here on her maiden trlr
from Baltimore to this city this morning
She Is regarded one of the handsomes'
vessels that has ever run upon the river.
The new steamer is of steel, 200 feet IN
length. Al feet beam and has II feet i
inches depth Of hold. She can carry 4ot
tons of cargo upon her main deck ana III
the hold. The light draft of but eight feet
enables her to enter into most of the creeks
that empty into the Potomac.
The new steamer is under the command
Of the veteran Capt. William Geoghegan
with Mr.. Charles Geoghegan as first onlcer
and Mr. John Douglass as second oIncer.
The engine room Is in charge or Cnle1 Ell
gineer T. J. Young and Second Engineer
William Young will assist him. me North-
cumberland is lying at Stephenson q BROS.
wharf, and has been visited by a large
shown over the vessel by the crew.
A survey Of upper Machodoc creek on
the Virginia side. has been authorized. pre-
paratory to the deepening of the creek AS
it is now there are but six or seven feet OF
water in the stream at the best of tides.
and when northerly winds prevail ana the
tides are low 1t is impossible for a steamer
to get into the creek at all. Botn falrails
ana BrlCK House WnarNeS III the Ieeh uiS
considerable shipping points. and the deep
ening of the creek will be OF great adVan-
tage to a large territory.
Vessels Coming and Going.
The tug Peerless. with tow of six barges
from Philadelphia. laden with hard coal, for
Alexandria and Washington. arrived yes
terday evening.
The three-masted schooner Lavinia Camp
bell completed the discharging of her cargo
of ice. and yesterday evening cleared for
Baltimore to load coal to Boston.
The light house tender JesSamine, Whlch
has been in port for the past month. sailed
yesterday evening on a cruise on the river
and bay.
The steamer Occoquan cleared yesterday
evening, with a miscellaneous cargo, for
points on OccGguan creek.
The Weems line steamer Potomac has
been temporarily withdrawn from the Bal
timore-Washington route to be overhauled
and repainted.
The schooner Henry L. Peckham. Capt.
Harding, has been chartered to load Ice
from the Kennebec river to this port.
The schooner ]. ]. Reese has arrived at
Norfolk from this city.
The bugeye Madcap, Capt. Crockett, with
5000 clans and thirty-five bushels of
oysters. from Pocomoke and an unnamed
bugeye. Capt. Spar, with 1900 CLAIMS, have
arrived at the 18th street wharf since yes
terday.
Some few shad and herring are still being
brought to the fish wharf for the local deal
ers, but the warm weather has made the
demand for them very light. Since yester-
day 800 shad and G0o0 herring have been
received. Roe shad this morning brought
SO per hundred and buck shad from 81 to
$50. The few herring sold brought 81 per
Thousand. Only one fishing shore, that at
Tent landing. near River View, is now being
operated, and Capt Rome will cut out there
in day two.
The receipts at the Alexandria fish wharf
are so light that business is practically
closed there.
The schooner Quick Time. with cargo of
15Wb feet of lumber, from Pope's creek
for II. l.. Biscoe. arrived up last night.
The schooner John w. Bell Capt. Godfrey.
is at w. w. Riley's wharf discharging a
cargo of pine lumber for w. T. Galliher.
The following vessels, with cargoes of
cord wood for Carter & Clark have arrived
in port and are discharging their cargoes ::
Steamer Lily Howard. Capt Sisson: long
boats Osceola. Capt. Woods. and Mayflower
Capt. Henderson. and schooners J. ID. Bell,
Capt. WEIGH. and American Patriot, Capt.
Wright.
The steamer Warder of New York has
been chartered by the Chesapeake Beach
Company of this city to excursions
from Baltimore to the Beach during the