Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-08
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER SNOW GOES ASHORE
BELOW ALEXANDRIA.
Fish and Oyster Markets-Heavy Re-
ceipts Of Lumber-Genera1 News
Around Harbor.

The two-masted schooner Walter P.
Snow, bound for this city with a cargo OF
about 100000 feet Of lumber from Norfolk
went ashore on the flats on the Maryland
side of the river short distance below
Alexandria early Sunday morning and re-
manned hard aground until high water this
morning. when she was floated and came
up to this city. In order to get the schoon-
er afoat 1t was necessary to take a scow
alongside her and remove the greater part
Of her deck load In order to get her light
enough to float. The schooner went on
the flats on a good high tide. and when the
tide fell she was left with only about two
feet of water around her. The cargo Of
lumber aboard the Snow is consigned to
H. L. Biscoe of this city. No damage was
done the vessel by going ashore.
The pungy boat Zephyr was yesterday
hauled out on the big marine railway at
the Alexandria shipyard for caulking and
painting of her hull and for other repair
work She will be ready for service again
about the latter part of this week
Yacht Greyhound in Service.
The engine has been replaced in the
power yacht Greyhound and the little
craft is ready for service. On recent trip
on the Rappahannock river the yachts
wheel fouled a number of trap net stakes
in the channel of the river, where the
charts showed thirty-six feet of water, and
the wheel was badly damaged and the
shaft bent. In order to repair the damage
the engine was removed from the boat
when she arrived home and the shaft and
wheel were repaired.
The United States torpedo boat Gushing,
which arrived here two or three days ago, is
berthed at the navy yard here, and will, it
Is understood. remain here for several days
The Gushing is the first of the torpedo
boats built for the navy and has not been In
port here for several years.
The steamers from Nomtni and other
points on the river on each trip are bringing
large quantities of tomatoes to the packing
houses al Alexandria. On the last trip of
the steamer Harry Randall she landed
nearly thousand boxes Of the fruit at the
Alexandria wharf and will bring up from
500 to LOCO boxes every trip for some weeks
to come. The late crop of tomatoes In the
counties along the river Is said to be very
large.
The large power launch Alert. which has
been out of the water in her boat house on
the 9Th street wharf for the past six weeks,
to receive a new type of bronze speed wheel,
was yesterday put into the water again,
and will be ready for cruising the river
by the end Of the week The Alert will. 1t is
understood. leave here shortly with party
aboard for trip to Blackistone's Island.
The yacht Anchorage in the harbor off the
foot of 10th street was with but few excep-
tons deserted yesterday, every power or
sail boat, with parties of pleasure seekers
aboard being either at Georgetown to wit
ness the races or on cruise to the various
resorts down the river. The entire fleet re-
turned to port last night.
General and Personal.
One of the sand and gravel digging ma
chimes and the tugs Joe Zane and Eugenia,
belonging to the National Sand Dredging
Company, are berthed on the Virginia side
Of the river near Jackson City. The Ma
tional company is berthing all its boats out
of service at this point.
Capt Bailey Reed has been transferred
from the steamer Arrowsmith, on the Colo
NAL Beach excursion route. to the steamer
Wakefield, on the lower river route, and
Capt. William Luckett has taken command
of the Smith" for the remaining days Of
the excursion season.
Capt. William Mullen is to have the COM
mand of the new lighthouse tender Juniper
and Chief Engineer Walter Gray will have
her machinery and engine room in charge.
The three-masted schooner Virginia F.
Hawley and the two-masted schooners
Joseph B. Anderson, James D. Wright and
Sidney Jones came into port yesterday
afternoon with cargoes Of pine lumber
aboard for the dealers.
Since Sunday morning over half million
feet of lumber has been brought into port
by vessels, mostly from the James and
Rappahannock rivers
The schooners Belmont and Stevenson
laden with cordwood from the lower Poto-
mac. were brought into port yesterday
afternoon by the southerly Winds They
consigned to Carter & Clark.
The schooner Ida c. Southland has COM
pleted the unloading of cargo Of ice here
and has sailed for Norfolk to take aboard
cargo of soft coal for Boston or other
northern port.
The two-masted schooner Sidonia Curley.
laden with about 10000 feet of pine lumber
for H. L. Biscoe. has arrived in port from
Norfolk.
The schooner A. H. Quinby is lying at the
wharf of Stephenson & Bro. unloading a
cargo of hard coal. When light she will go
to river point and will load railway ties
for Philadelphia.
The schooner barge A. Dinike, which
came into port Sunday, brings cargo of
lumber consigned to Shhyock & Co., and Is
unloading at T. w. Riley's wharf.
The schooner Ada Ballinger. laden with
cargo Of fertilizer at Alexandria, sailed
this morning for river point.
The schooner Duncan arrived at Alexan-
dria yesterday afternoon with load of
fertilizer material for the Alexandria Chem
ical and Fertilizer Company. She will I'M
load at the wharf of VIM. A. Smoot & Co.
The bugeye Winnie Windsor left Alexan-
dria yesterday with a general cargo for
Colonial Beach and river points.
The tug VIM H. Yerkes, jr., having in
tow the big four-masted schooner VIM. H.
Yerkes. came into port this morning and
locked the schooner at the 9th street
wharf Of the American Ice Company to dis
charge a cargo of about 1900 tons Of ice
from the Kennebec river. The tug and the
schooner bears the names Of Mr.. VIM H.
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