Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-04
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAMER ENDEAVOR RETURNS
TO KETTLE BOTTOMS.
Work on Eastern Branch Channel-Tug
Pride in Service-General
and Personal.

The United States coast survey steamer
Endeavor, which has been lying at anchor
in the harbor off the foot of 18th street for
several days past, left port yesterday after
noon. She will go to the Kettle Bottom
shoals, off Colonial Beach, and will do sur
vey work there until cold weather comes
and forces discontinuance of the work
The dredge Admiral Dewey, which is en-
gagged in deepening the channel in the East
ern branch to the navy 1rd, has completed
about a quarter of'the Y *. The recently
dredged channel extends from the mouth
of the branch to a short distance above
Buzzards Point. All the crooks in the old
channel have been cut away and the water
deepened to twenty or more feet.
The fish wharf market was rather dull
this morning the stock of fresh fish on
hand being small and the demand poor.
Prices continue low, as compared with
those of last week.
Since yesterday afternoon six or eight
vessels laden with Potomac river oysters
have arrived at the wharf. The demand
for the oysters is very brisk al prices rang
ing from SOC to soc. per bushel.
The tug James 0. Carter has been char
tered by the Consolidation Coal Company
to tow it's coal barges about the harpor
and between this city and Georgetown
while the tug Edith G. Winship is under
going repairs. The tug Bartholdi, which the
y
above the Long bridge while the draw was
closed to navigation, has been released
from her charter and has returned to gem
eral towing about Georgetown.
Engineer Lew Ballenger of the harbor
office force is confined to his home by Ill
ness.
Mr.. w. H. White, chief engineer of the
steamer Estelle Randall. has gone to Nor
folk OF a visit to his family.
Capt. ]. D. Hart is in charge of the
steamer River Queen lying out of service
at the old Clyde line pier.
Of General Interest.
The damaged shaft of the tug George w.
Pride has been replaced with a new one
and the boat was put overheard al the Al
exandria marine railway yesterday. She has
returned to service on the river and is
towing sand-laden ScOws under charter to
the National Sand Dredging Company.
The two-masted schooners Charles H.
Dagger and Fannie, which have been held
above the Long bridge by the closing of the
channel. were among the first vessels to
come through the draw when it was opened
They came to the forks of the channel, and
remained there until today, waiting a IA
vorable breeze to sail. The big barge of
the Consolidation Coal Company, which has
been lying at Georgetown loading coal, will
sail within the next day or two.
The large power launch Jane, which was
hauled out on the marine railway at Rea-
gan's boat yard, has been put overheard
and will be made ready for service as soon
as possible
The hull of the new fish lighter built at
Cumberland & Sons boat yard for Capt.
VIM. Faunce has been completed and the
vessel will be launched in few days. This
barge and the sister boat which was
launched about a month ago will be used
at the Fairy Landing fishing shore during
the next fishing season.
Capt. Edw. Whyte has completed forty
foot sloop for parties here, and after she
is painted will have her ready to be put into
the water. 1t is understood, however, that
the new boat will not be launched until
after all danger of ice is passed in the early
spring.
The Annie Ellsworth, Oyster Boy and two
other vessels laden with oysters came into
port yesterday evening.
The schooner Mayf1ower has arrived with
a full cargo of cord wood from a down
river point for Carter & Clark.
The barge J. T. Easton is lying at the
navy yard unloading a cargo of coal from
Philadelphia for the dealers.
The schooner L. E. Williams, laden with
fertilizer material from Baltimore for the
Alexandria Chemical Company, is lying at
Shoots wharf unloading.