Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-06
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NEW SCHEDULE SUPPLIED THE
LOWER RIVER RESIDENTS.
Return Trip ut Night Three Times .
Week-News of Interest to
Rivermen.

For some time past the residents of the
lower river points have been asking the
steamboat companies of this city to give
them night boat so that they can come
to the city. transact their business and get
home again without being obliged to remain
over night. CAPT. E s. Randall of the Po-
tomac River line has determined to oblige
them and Sunday next the steamer Harry
Randall will start upon new schedule for
the summer. She will leave here Sundays
at IL p.m and Tuesdays and Thursdays at
3 pm Stops will be made at Alexandria
Clifton Beach, Stiff's wharf Riverside, Co.
lonfal Beach, Colton's, Henderson's, Currio-
men, Bears. Thompson's, Deep Point. Mt
Holly. On the Thursday trip the steamer
VIII go into Lower Machodoc, stopping at
Edgewater and Panan's Point. The return
trips vii. be made Monday. "Wednesday and
Friday, the steamer leaving Nomini the
terminus of the route. at noon, Colonial
Beach at 30 pm and will reach this
city about 10 pm.
The tug Camilla arrived in port Wednes-
day evening with the two-masted schooner
Winnie Lawry, which was bringing cargo
OF iaths from St. Johns While coming up
the river Monday under sail the Lawry
went ashore on the bar at Cedar Point and
remained there until high water. when the
Camilla came by and with some difficulty
puiled her of. She was not damaged by
running upon the bar. The schooner an
chored a the forks of the channel pre-
paratory to being brought up to the city
and locked for the discharge of her cargo
Vessels With Cargoe..
The schooner J. d. Bell, with a cargo Of
cord wood for Carter & Clark arrived in
port this morning.
The tug D. NJ Key, Captain Charley
Railey, of Taylor Bros fleet has COM
pleted her contract as tender for the
dredses at work on the Mattawoman shoal
flats and has returned to towing about the
harbor.
The Weems line steamer Northumber-
land sailed for river landings and Baltimore
yesterday evening with every state room
taken and a Very heavy freight
The steamer Wakefield brought very
heavy freight up from the lower river this
morning.
The machinery for Agnew's tug Juno has
arrived at Moore's machine works in
Alexandria and will be put in place as soon
as it can be fitted up.
The tug James o. Carter is lying at the
9TH street wharf, being overhauled and re-
painted.
The leak which caused the sinking of the
steam launch at Buena Vista last week has
been found to be under the copper on her
hull. and she will be hauled out the cop
per removed and the necessary caulking
done
The big schooner General S. E. Merwin.
bound to this port with a cargo of ice, is
reported to have passed in at the capes
yesterday evening. She will arrive here
some time tonight or tomorrow morning
The schooner Emma F. Angel, now at
Georgetown. will complete the discharging
of her cargo Of ice and sail in tow of the
tug Camilla for Baltimore to load coal for
an eastern port, then to load ice for Bal
timOre Washington.
The four-masted schooner Edw. E. Briry
from this port, has arrived at Norfolk.
where she will load for a New England
port.
Four large ice-laden vessels are now at
sea bound for this port. The F. G. T.
Lupton and the Charles G. Davenport
both sailed from Bath Me- June 90: the
Henry L. Peckham, July 2, and the Young
Bros. July s. The two first named vessels
about due at the capeS.
Homegrown tomatoes, beans and other
vegetables are arriving the river boa IS
in large quantities. The steamer Estelle
Randall on her last trip brought up over
fifty boxes of tomatoes and twenty-five
sacks of beans from Marshall Hal wharf
She also brought up about 800 bushels of
wheat from Glymont.
Personal Mention.
Officer Maddux who has been in charge
of the fish wharf. has been detailed for
duty on the excursion wharves.
Mr.. VIM. Rogers of Rogers Bros, whar
driving in West Virginia, is home on a
visit.
Guy Carpinter. son of Mr. Geo o. Carpfn-
ter, secretary and treasurer of the Poto-
mac Rier line, is recovering from an attack
OF Illness.
John Jackson, white, fireman of Tay-
Tor Bros tug Camilla while at his work
recently, oiling the engine of his boat had
his right hand caught in the machinery and
his thumb and two fingers were crushed so
badly that it is feared he will lose them
The injury was dressed at the Emergency
Hospital
Battery A. 4th Artillery, which has been
stationed at Fort Hunt. has been trans
feIred to Fort Washington, and. with Bat
terry X, will garrison the post. Capt. L. H.
Walker is in command of the two batteries
The members of St. Marks Pro-Cathe-
dral choir, some forty or forty-five in num-
Der. sailed yesterday evening on the steam
er northumberland for Miller's wharf in
Smiths creek, where they will spend about
three weeks. The choir of Christ's Church,
Georgetown, has secured state rooms and
passage on the same steamer for Piney
Point, Md. for Tuesday evening next
Mr.. John T. Callahan, general manager
of the Norfolk and Washington line steam
ers returned this morning from a trip to
Norfolk.
The steamers of the Norfolk and Wash
ington line this morning brought up seven
ty barrels of fish from the Norfolk and Old
Point fishing shores. The warm weather
and the shipping of several carloads of fish
from the New Jersey shores made prices
extremely low this morning Trout were
sold at s. to $3.50 a barrel: blue fish at S.
barrel. or IL cents per pound; no macker
ell, butter fish or tailors were offered for
sale. There are but few crabs in the mar
ket, but in consequence of the warm wealth
er they are selling at 10 cents to 81 per
barrel.