Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-04
ON THE RIVER FRONT
VESSELS LOADING SOFT COAL AT
GEORGETOWN.
Dredge at Work Of Washington Bar
racks-The Fish Market
Other Matters.

Barge No. 0 Of the Consolidation Coal
| Company has completed loading soft coal
| at Georgetown and has been taken down
| the river and anchored off Alexandria.
| Barges Nos. s, 20 and u belonging to the
| same company are now at the coal piers in
! Georgetown loading and soon as they
| complete their cargoes they will be taken
in tow by the tug Savage, now in port
| here. and will be taken direct to Boston.
| They will carry over $500 tons of coal,
The schooners Beulah Land, which was
| in collision with a harbor dredge in Balti-
more harbor a few days ago, was badly
| damaged, her stern being broken and the
planks started. She is hauled out in the
dry dock at VIM. E. Woodalls shipyard
being repaired.
The supply of fish both from the river a nd
| from the nets about Virginia Beach and
| Old Point received by the dealers here
| since yesterday morning shows a slight in
| crease, but was not large. trout and butter
| fish constituting the bulk of the receipts.
| The demand for fish today small, and
| while the market has a lower tendency
| there are no decided changes in prices from
| yesterdays figures.
| Capt. Theodore Keen has been detached
| from the steamer Wakefield and assigned
| to the command of the steamer Kent MIR.
| Mel Marden is in charge of the engine room
| of the Kent.
| Lieut.. B. II. Camden of the revenue cut
| ter Seminole has been detached from that
! vessel and assigned to duty in the office of
| the coast and geodetic survey in this city.
| The house boat Gresilda, belonging to Mr..
| FRANK L. Rawlings. is being handsomely
| fitted out for use on the river at the boat
yard foot 1874 street southwest. Mr.. Raw
| !lngS will leave here in her in a few days
| for an extended outing, during which all
| the point of interest the river will be
| visited.
| The new dredge White Eagle of the Ris-
! ltyf,l
upper end of the arsenal grounds, and is
| engaged in pumping the liquid mud through
| a line of piping across the park to the low
! lands along the James Creek canal, which
| are to be raised Owing to the machinery
on the dredge being stiff and new the work
| is progressing slowly, but it is expected it
| will be pushed night and day in the near
| future.
| Along the Wharves.
The small house boat of Mr.. Ben Reese,
| which was hauled out on the marine rail-
| way at Reagan's boat yard for caulking of
! null and repainung, has been put overheard
and is now being prepared for service.
| The steam yacht Giavota, belonging to
| Mr.. John R. Dos Passos, left port yester-
| day afternoon for trip to the lower Po-
| tOmac as far as Coan river.
The steamer Dennis Simmons has been
| launched from the large marine railway at
| Alexandria. and has sailed for WILLIAMSON
| N c., her home port.
The steam launch Augusta, belonging to
| Commodore August Gaines Of Alexandria,.
| underwent her annual examination by the
| United States steamboat inspectors yester-
| day, and was found in fine condition and
ready for service. Her papers will be re-
| ceiVed at once.
| The work the little tug Sunbeam,
which is employed in towing about the new
| Long bridge, has been completed at. Ben
| netts boat yard, and she is again in serv-
| ice.
The steam launch Cygnus has been
launched from the railway at Benefits
after general overhauling of hull. When
| completed she will join the fleet of pleas
ure craft on the river.
| The newly constructed steam launch Bess
Is on the small railway at Reagan's boat
/ house at the foot of 18th street having
| been caulked and painted
The large launch Dixie is out of commits
sion while her hull and other woodwork
| are being overhauled She is lying in the
! dock adjoining Johnson Bros lumber ward
| at foot of 18th street southwest.
The three-masted ram schooner Grace G.
| Bennett. laden with lumber and shingles
| from North Carolina, has arrived in port
for Johnson & Wimsatt
| The sloop Glimmer is at Alexandria and
Will load general cargo there for lower
river points.
The Peri has unloaded her cargo of lum-
per ana VIII sail at once for Aqua creek to
| load lumber
The schooner j. B. Anderson has arrived
here with a full cargo Of pine lumber from
the Rappahannock river from Riland Il
Brooks.
The schooner William Marshall has I'M
| loaded cargo of laths from North Caro-
| lima for the local dealers.
The fattie Prince has arrived at Alex
andria laden with shingles for Smoot & Co.
there.
The schooner Fannie laden with sand
from Greenway flats has arrived at George
town for the dealers there.