Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-11
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW TUG TO BE ADDED TO SAND
sCoW TOWING FLEET.
Cargoes of Ice Coming-Big Shipment
of Canned Tomatoes-Gen-
eral and Personal.

Mr.. Lewis E. Smoot, it is stated. will
shortly add another tugpoat to his fleet
of sand and gravel towing boats In service
| on the river between this city and the dig
ging machines at work on the river below
Alexandria.
Capt Matthew Kersey Of the tug Rosalie
has recently returned from an extended
trip to Philadelphia and New York, where
he inspected several tugboats for Mr.
Smoot, and it is said that negotiations are
now pending for the purchase OF one or
| them. The new boat will be somewhat
larger than any Mr.. Smoot now owns, and
| will have power enough to tow six or eight
| laden scows with ease. Should negotia-
| lions fail. it is understood a new tug will
| be built by Mr.. Smoot, and will be ready
| for service by next spring. The Rosalie
| and Sunbeam are the towing boats now
owned by the Smoot company.
Gray trout, bluefish and tailors. butter
| fish, rock and catfish were on sale in good
quantities at the wharf market this morn
| ing, and the demand for them was excel
| lent. Prices are somewhat lower on most
grades of fish.
The Mark Stevens and the VIM Clearance,
with oysters in the shell aboard, have ar
rived in port since yesterday. They came
| from the beds in the mouth of the river,
anu UIlLS SOOu SIduc VI OySlelS.
The demand today is light, at prices rang
ing from 40 cents to 80 cents per bushel.
Melons are more in demand today than
for several days past, and are selling at
from 81 to SIS per hundred, according to
grade.
The four-masted schooner Malcolm H.
Seavey, laden with ice for the American
Ice Company of this city, which sailed from
Bath about ten days ago, is reported in
Chesapeake bay, and the tug Yerkes will
pick her up and bring her to this city.
The schooner Mervin and two other large
vessels, with Ice aboard are reported at
sea, bound here, ard are expected to arrive
by the end of next week. The Seavey has
| a cargo of about 1,5O0 tons of ice aboard.
Pushing Work on River Steamer.
| The work of rebuilding the air pump Of
| the Randall line steamer Kent at the ma
chine works In Alexandria is being pushed
| night and day in order to have her ready
| for service by the end of the week. The
steamer will take her place upon the route
| to the lower river Sunday morning. so that
| the steamer Harry Randall can be used
| for excursion purposes
The repair work to the hull of the United
| States coast survey steamer Endeavor was
| completed at Alexandria yesterday and she
| was launched from the railway and came
up to this city, anchOring in the harbor Off
| the foot of 18th street.
The steamer Calvert Of the Weems line on
her last trip from Coan river to this city
brought up over a thousand boxes of can
ned tomatoes from the canneries on the
lower river to the dealers here
The supplies left on hand at the River
View excursion resort at the end of the
excursion season have been brought to this
city and the resort has shut down, only q
few of the employees being left there to put
the buildings in trim for eight months of
idleness.
Capt. Willard Wade of the schooner VIM
III In hn- &C. t., ID,l& "a
more on a visit to friends.
1t Is stated that plans are being prepared
for the erection Of a new wharf on the Po-
tomac between Lower Machodoc creek and
feocomico river. Virginia. and that ar
rangements will be made to have the river
steamers land at 1t.
Mr.. w. A. Payne of Stafford county, while
hunting near Somerset wharf a few DAYS
ago. shot and killed blacksnake that was
eight feet three inches long and was four
inches around the body at its largest point.
The schooner Shining Light. Capt. Davis,
Is lying on the oyster dredging grounds on
the Virginia side of the river and will take
aboard cargo of oysters for this city as
soon as the season opens.
Mr.. VIM. A. Morse. chief engineer of the
Randall line, is quite sick, an abscess hay-
Ing formed on his Jaw. necesstating the
services of surgeon.
Lumber-Laden Vessels Here.
The two-masted schooner Eugie, laden
arrived in port consigned to local dealers
The schooner Osceola has unIoaded a
cargo of oak wood at the wharf of ste
phenson & Bro, and has sailed for a down
river point to load back to this city.
The schooner James B. Anderson Is I'M
loading big cargo of pine lumber at the
old mill wharf for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The bugeye Hodson & Hodson and the
schooner oyster Boy are lying at Alexan-
dria loading cargoes Of building material
for points on the lower river.
The schooner ]. P. Robinson. with load
of cord wood aboard, came into port yes
terday evening for dealers
The four masted schooner VIM. H. Yerkes
will complete the unloading of q cargo Of
ice here today and will sail for a coal port
to take on cargo Of the fuel for a New
England port.
The schooner N. B. Anderson has arrived
at Alexandria with cargo of about 5000
feet of pine lumber for H. X. Field
The bugeye r. H. Stuart, which unloaded
ago. is under charter to make several more
trips with the same kind Of freight from
Nomni to this city.
The barge ]. T. Edison Is at the wharf
of Dew. Aitcheson unloading a cargo of
hard coal from Perryville, Md.
The schooner Flora Thomas unloaded a
cargo Of lumber at Alexandria yesterday,
and sailed for the Rappahannock river for
another cargo.
The schooner Federal Hill, with a cargo
of fertilizer for Alexandria, sailed from
Baltimore Wednesday, and should arrive
today or tomorrow.
The schooner Amanda F. Lewis has gone
to the mouth of the river to load a cargo
of oysters for this city.
Butter That's Renowned for Purity.
Shuffle's famous Elgin Creamery is all
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