Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-12
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAMER RIVER QUEEN TO BIZ
ovERHAULED AT BALTIMORE.
New Barges Building at Alexandria,
Three Ram" Schooners in Port
General News.

The Motley Hall excursion steamer River
| Queen. which left this city Wednesday
afternoon for Baltimore. reached that city
about am. Thursday and was at once
| taken to Woodalrs shpyard. The River
Queens boiler and engine to be thor
oughly overhauled and she will go into a
dry dock for examination of her hull and
for any repair work that may be necessary.
The steamer will be away from the city for
about two weeks. Capt Hart and others
of her crew, who took her to Baltimore.
have returned home The overhauling the
Queen is to receive WILL it is expected, put
her in the best condition she has been in
several years and will add greatly to
her speed and efficiency excursion
boat. All the steamers employed in the
excursion business on the river will be
thoroughly oyerhauled before the excursion
season opens again next spring.
A few bass. catfish, cells and other fresh
water fish. caught in the river nets below
this city, were the only stock sale at the
fish wharf this morning, and they brought
very high prices, double that at which they
usually sell. Since Saturday morning, when
four barrels of salt water fish were received
there have been no receipts of salt water
hsh, the storm keeping the fishermen from
working their nets. The scarcity of fish
has made the demand for oysters unusually
brisk, and the stock on hand was sold out
Saturday evening. This morning there was
not an oyster on sale at the wharf from
vessels. Several oyster-Iaden craft are re-
ported In the river and expected into
port today
Augustus Dean & Son, the boat builders
at Alexandria, are constructing new sand
carrying barge for one of the local sand
and gravel digging companies and have six
old bargeS lying at their works. short dis
lance above Alexandria, for rebuilding and
general repairs. 1t is stated that Mr. Dean
also has the contracts for the building of
two or three pleasure launches and sailing
will h.a
ready for service in the early spring.
Old hunters predict the appearance of
ducks on the river in good numbers as soon
as the northwest gale stops blowing and
the weather Gains down some They say
the ducks always come in after the first
heavy northwest blow of the season.
General News of the Port.
The steamer E. James Tull. which has
been under charter for the past six weeks
or two months, running canned goods from
the factories in the upper part of Chesa-
peake bay to Baltimore and taking empty
boxes and cans back to the factories will
terminate her contract in few days and
will return to service on the Potomac.
There is talk of parties on lower Machodou
creek building another freighter of the TulI
type for general use on the river.
The old bodybuilding house at the foot OF
18th street. adjoining the Washington Bar
racks Park, is being torn down, and the
material, IL is stated, Is being used in the
erection of small temporary building in
the barracks grounds. The old building has
been used as boat house for the past
twenty-five or thirty years. but ADAM
doned when the government took possession
of that part of the river front.
There are now lying in port here three
three-maSted schooners having 10 topmaStS
and known rams" The vessels hail
from the same Delaware port. They are
the j. Dallis Marvel, the Levin Marvel and
the Grace Bennett. They brought cargoes
of lumber from North Carolina ports.
The dredge Dewey, engaged in deepening
navy yard, is progressing rapidly with her
work. Within the past two weeks she has
Wfdened the channel opposite Buzzards
Point from less than 100 feet to 100 yards
and gave it an average depth of twenty
feet.
The three masted schooner Grace G. Ben
nett is unloading cargo of shingles from
North Carolina al the wharf Johnson &,
Wimsatt, at the foot of 18th street south
west.
The schooner Chase, having cargo Of
from the lower river. has arrived in port
and is discharging her cargo.
The steamer Daniel X. Jackson is running
on freight route between this city. Alex
andrla and landings in Occoquan and Aqua
creeks. She makes two three trips each
week.
The schooner Leroy with a cargo from
the lower Potomac, came into port yester-
day evening. She is consigned to Carter &
Clark
Tugs at the capes of the Chesapeake
on the lookout for the schooners Deering
and Independent, bound to this CITY with
cargoeS of ice.