Evening star., 1900-05-02
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
ASSURANCE OF A CHANGE IN FERRY
BOAT SCHEDULE.
Capital Yacht Club Preparing Fleet
of Pleasure Craft for Service
-Personai Notes.


rl ,-7s or ,,r, mechanics who re-
-, =, 90 .,on1o,,ed
sue III AieNdH'ii'" "a Jul - =
In the naval ordnance ioHhuiS anu ma
chine shops, have been trying to have the
farr,- schedule bcrva,.n This city and Alex
-, 80 con,,eriep,iv arranged Re-
'h"i4 ID l''o- -i -, ,,,,tttfo,, 80 r,on, r,
cent4y they preSeh''i Il P''!''oN ~
W. Ridley the manager Of the ferry line
asking for a rearra leement of the trip.
and n is stated. they now have assurances
# will be done and that extra boats will
be put on at am: also, that under the
afternoon schedule boats will leave for AL
exandria al 4:40 $40 and $40 o'clock. in
stead of 30 and 5:30, rs now. This will
enable the mechanics to get home full
half hour earlier than they now do.
The Capital Yacht Club is now preparing
It's fleet of pleasure craft for the summer
season. and six of its sailing yachtS ana
the little steamer Americus have been
brought from the bathing beach. where they
had been laid up all winter. to the head
o11a rfrrs of the club in d houseboat, an
ebored in the river OFF the foot of 11th
street They are all to he handsomely re-
fitted and repainted The Americus start
"a to tnvr the boa1s from the. beach, but
49, = sbor4 ais.Incc above the Long
~Hsn sior. 1,G,,,o sisnrrlnged
80 tL me- C,,+.t,r hsd To go TO her as
s,l..,,l
S. ,-,.o,-,,.,,, --or,,7,,e, hs receiuts of
e. -. H. ,-bf - -, t5o mm herring
- = 49,. .L,5 IIryi,,,s ms morning sold
Sdr e. - - e. ny frn,,san5. rot. shad at
81 ,,,,.J,,s - brIcI, sbad AT
81 % st' - - -, ,,,i,,-s,uence
-. III - -. ~ - tj,,r ,n,,. - iso herring
~ 20 "a. e,'tt ~ -. - IA 10 h. tiIrown
from StD3tS ! "ln. 80 ~ ~ - .ioxnndr,a
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HSE Ni,''ii --''''' iieii i'''7 '''-'' ~ ~
drrNtu. ii, . 90. ,-a
Bun'h hsn-peFsh; rotA it anu IA 80
kers continue piehjlfuI ana pfliS 10" Piiee'-
Rebuilding and ge,air Work.
-,, ,,,,,,,o : ~, t,, ,,,,opino on
me w IiI"u44IiS u nv US Pu'fo
gines and other machinery OF the sucker
dredge Potomac, now lying at the Clyde
linz. wharf has bc,n conducted, and the
iredet. is now ready for service. Whether
she VIII be put to- work on the flats i'm
provernent above the Long bridge or con-
veyed to New YORK, as WAS H''eil"eu' - ho'
Nh, brndso,na If+-1a steam, Iauncb Irene
belonging to Mir O. r Taylor, is being re-
painted and retitted al Towishend boat
eNGhhhst. IL, - c,o ,. ,,,.
iiis y %, "a 80 49,, I -,
% okeiu''liG az ss, 90 u Iii y Sc 80
a. a. 'ei ~ -iis -. '! ,.i. - - -;
me rnS '"i5 | ~, -, '''S u ''''7
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d. - - -, - ~, - ~ b,riIt ~
- i y. .,t[, -. : a. -t~at 90 NJ
Sdb.,gfir. ~ fbis civ '''
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- ~ ,tI - 81 5tf,,L pIIts,-
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Dr "a y err 1ha Disrrict cornre~ has
ii - - - -, ~ r.
'4 tn - ~ ,,t - -, ,,1
in H.. tfrT vsbirh ,Izrr,,,-,.1 he b5at h1use
A. al o., - ~ 60 s.fini,,fr,e, tbs 49,,
81 vi ,yi IN -, has 80 Tnn-ns
bar,d 49,, ,rJf.r ~ = -. -, IL vii r.
r,airr au4 r.it The y.,,.hr thera
III +i-b ,,acLire- f,.+,r,- 80 T.brsn,, o,,1
C,sssvaI II tbs cifT w6frb has hen ',. rel
Gently established at Wilkerson's wharf in
King C;e,rga county VI is nav, running
al is flIn Espacfty e1,-insy er3oiSvrntnI tn
hundred or more hands. and putting a con-
siderable sum of money into circulation
each week.
r"''
The schooners Carrie Z. Wright, with
SuFp feet Of lumber from the James river
and The. Maggie c. Garrett Captain Fern.
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"'>t' '-''| -S-t 'i'4ii 'te INappe'iIaiIiioeh a.
-, NJ '-l' "
- - - =, ISM oti
CAPTAIN Wooda~d: Mary Frances. Canfain
Stewart. and the Pen. all loaded with cord
Wood for Carter & Clark. came into port
!tSleraay AFTERNOON ana last night
s.{ E,I 80 -, Ieti 50 500, 81 y i'i'e
The schooner VIM. n Skinner with a
cargo OF shingles from Jacksonville Fla,
for Johnson & Wimsatt passed in at the
CapeS for this CITY Yesterday
The schooner Grace Bennett will finish
discharg-ng her cargo of shingles this even
ing ana Will sail at once TO Newbern, y. c.,
to reload.
The steamer Occoquan arrived up this
morning with a cargo of oak piles for the
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Conn
pany's wharf improvements
The schooner Rambler with a cargo of
shingles for T W Smith arrived nm yes-
terday evening