Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-20
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
PROF. LANGLEY AND PARTY TAKE
An OUTING.
visit Points of Interest Along the
fot"mac-t Underwriters to Give
Shad Bake.

Prof S. 7. Langley and a party OF scier-
fists from the Smithsonian Institution had
an outing today on the steamer River.
Queen The start was made from the CITY
before O'Clock and stops arc to be made
az various points Of interest along the river,
Manager Wooden had made every prepara-
tioa that all might have an enjoyable time.
The parry will return home this evening
after enjoying shad bake at Marshall
Han.
The annual excursion and shad bake OF
the local board of fire underwriters will
take place at Marshall Hall tomorrow The
steamer Charles Manchester will take the
party down. and pleasant time is antlci-
patcd. Covers will be laid for about a
hundred and fifty guests. AMI the shad will
be served in the very hest Marshall Hall
style. These shad hakes are n feature en-
Joycd every year by the insurance men OF
Washington.
The receipts Of shad and herring at the
fish wharf have been lighter today than for
some time past, only 2E'o.oo0 herring and
l-hh Snad being brought up. Prices in con-
sequence are somewhat SITTER herring
bringing from Sl.t1 to $3.50 per thousand,
roe shad from ST. to Sl5.1a per hundred and
buck shad from s. TO s. per hundred.
The ;tckinG houses of CoRswell & Bro,
X. a. Golden q Co. and ]. II. Richardson,
on the fish wharf. now busy places. O
large force of hands being employed IN cut
ting. Salting and packing Shad and herring
for the local market.
The sloop l.. r. nougherty. with 100
bushels of oysters. is the only arrival at
the oyster wharf today.
The big freight sheds on the wharves of
the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Company are being overhauled and re-
painted
The Baltimore tug Peerless, towing barge
a with a cargo of oil for the Standard OH
Company. arrived in port last night Tho
barge vii! discharge part Of its cargo in
Georgetown and the remainder at the sta
ton in the Eastern branch. The Peerless
Will remain here until the barge is light and
Will take II away.
Movements of Schooners.
The schooner f. II. QuInby has cleared
from Norfolk for this port with a cargo OF
lumber.
The schooner Charles H Gibson. Captain
Waller, which arrived up yesterday,
brought her cargo of laths to H. l.. B!scoe.
The schooner Tedhaven has completed
the discharging of her cargo OF Sooo0 feet
of lumber from the Rappahannock river
for T. W. Riley
The schooner Willy and Nelly is loading
from T w. Riley with fertilzing material
for Charles Solley. Curtis bay.
The tug Minerva of this port has re-
turned from Baltimore, where her engines
and boilers were thoroughly ove-hauled
and put in good order. The Minerva has
gone into commission again.
The schooner Annie Martz cleared light
yesterday evening lower
load for this port.
There is some talk among river men or
asking the light house service to put a
light buoy on the bar at Jones Point be-
low Alexandria, where 1t makes out into
the river several hundred feet beyond the
light house.
General and Personal.
The Alexandria Marine Railway Company,
at Alexandria, is building a large scow for
Mr. Jas. McCuen When completed the
scow will be used to transport stone from
the quarries at Occoquan TO this city.
The steamer Dennis Simmons finished dis
charging her cargo of lumber and cleared
from Alexandria yesterday evening for a
North Carolina port to load lumber for
dealers in Washington and Alexandria
Capt. Albert Fair, the veteran commander
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad transfer
barge. which runs between Alexandra and
shepherds landing. has entirely recovered
from his recent severe attack of pneumonia.
The sailing yacht Elenora, belonging 10
Mr. James Nicholson, is at Cumberlands
boat yard to have her bottom scraped and
painted.
The steam launch May, owned by the Ger
man-American Club, has just been painted
and fitted out for the trims 10 he made nv
the club during the warm months
The schooner George F. Wright Cant
KNIT, has sailed from Nomini with cord
wood to Carter & Clark.
The steamer James E. TulI has finished
dfschargng her cargo Of $1,000 feet of lurn-
Der for johnson & Wimsatt. and cleared to-
day to reload at Quantico for this port.
The schooner Aeolius, loaded with lumber
for H. K. Field & Co, at Alexandria is
ashore on hump at Lannon's old wharf,
Alexandria.
Efforts are being made to have the Clyde
line resume the weekly trips Of the steamer
Defiance between Philadelphia and this
port. and 1t is hoped the service will be
started again in the early summer
capt. Haynie commander of the Yacht
Givota, is quite i'll of the grip.
oficer Maddox, in charge of the fish and
oyster wharf was bitten on the hand this
morning by horse he was trying to move
and received painful injuries