Evening star., 1903-10-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
DOUBLE CREW FOR B. AND o.
RAILWAY TRANSFER SERVICE.
Barges for Use on Canal - Work at
Boatyards-General News
From River.

The Baltimore and Ohio railroad operates
a transfer barge between Alexandra ana
Shepherds landing on the District side OF
the river over which all the freight or the
Baltimore and Ohio to and from the south
Is transferred. The transfer service has
Eeen in opera ation for twenty or more years.
and until recently most of the work was
done by daylight. Now, however. business
has become so heavy that transfers or
trains are made night and day. and about
a month ago two crews were employed.
This arrangement lasted but few days,
when the extra crew laid off and the
work done with the original force a day
or two ago the railway officials again de-
termined to put two crews. Tor nsht anu
day work In service and arrangements Tor
the crews are now being made. This VIII
be a permanent arrangement, 1t is UNDER
stood
-Four barrels of fresh fish from the nets
in Chesapeake bay were received by the
dealers this morning and are the first ship
ments of fish from bay sources for nearly
week Large supplies of fine bluehsh ana
tailorS are coming to the city from North
Carolina waters, and are selling at cents
per pound. River-caught fish We're also
on sale at the wharf market this morn
ing at prices considerably lower than they
have been for week past. The demand
for all kinds of fresh fish is excellent
Oysters in the shell are in demand at
the wharf and the supply IS quite smaii,
the bivalves aboard, and they have only
small cargoes Prices this morning
ranged from 60 to 20 cents per bushel, ac-
cording to quality of stock wanted.
The tug Startle, hailing from chesapeake
City came into port yesterday afternoon
with five small canal barses IN Tow I1y.ii LII
the Delaware and Chesapeake canal. Inc
hi:IgeS were taken at once to GeorsetoWu'
where they were left by the tug, ana WILL
il is understood, be used on the Chesa-
ueake and Ohio canal. The tug Startie
paid her first visit to the Potomac on this
trip.
General News Of the Port.
A small fishing ark, owned by parties
residing in this city, which has been lying
in Four-Mile run throughout the summer.
WAS blown from her moorings Monday
afternoon out of the creek and across the
river and landed ashore on the mats near
the Belview naval magazine Yesterday
afternoon her owners went aItef ner WIZ
a small boat and she was taken back TO her
moorings in the run. No damage was oohe
the boat by going ashore.
The little tug James Jackson, Jr., which
was hauled out on the big marine railway
at Alexandria for general repairs. has been
put overheard and is again IN service
The new fish lighter building at the boat
house of Cumberland x Son at the root OIL
9th street southwest is rapidly approaching
completion and will be ready to launch by
the end of next week. She IS being Dulit lor
Captain NeitZey-
er Fish Hawk which was in port here Tor
two or three weeks. has arrived at balu-
more and has gone to the James clark COM
panv'S works for overhaulinS OF her Doiier
and machinery, preparatory 10 going south
for the winter. probably to work among the
sponge fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Randall Line steamer EStelle Randall,
which has been out of service for seVerat
weeks past is in the hands of the painters,
being overhauled and put in order prepara-
tory to going into commission on the ely
mont mail route again. The steamer Kent
is running on the route, under the command
of Captain Harry S. Randall.
The harbor police boat Vigilant is lying
at dock at the harbor Office being repainted
and decorated for the winter. The work on
the tug is being done by her crew. several
of whom are artists with the paint brush
The River View excursion steamer Sam
uel j. Pentz is having her decks covered
with heavy coat of paint to protect them
from the rain and snow while she is laid
up at the wharf here during the winter
months.
Lieut.. Philip Scott has been detached
from the revenue cutter Window and as
signed to duty aboard the revenue service
practice ship Chase now lying at Arundel
cove, near Baltimore.
The position of keeper of Wilkersons
Shoal light, in North Carolina, has been
made vacant by the resignation of Keeper
Phillips. Though the position pays but
s120 per year. the light house authorities
have a number of applications for 1T.
The schooner Father and Son, laden with
cedar posts from point on the lower river
about Aqua creek. came into port yester-
day evening consigned to the dealers.
The M. A. Shea has arrived here With
cargo of pine lumber from a river point
for Carter & Clark.