Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-20
ON THE RIVER FRONT
FEW DUCKS OF ANY KIND ON
RIVER HEREABoUTs.
Overhauling Clubs Houseboat - Big
Cargo of Coal Sails for Bos-
ton-Other Matters.

Within the past two or three days some
small ducks, teel and crow, and few
shutters and mallard have been seen on
the river between this city and Alexandria,
but the gunners after them were so nu-
merous that they We're soon driven away.
Captain Fowkes of the steamer George
Washington reports having seen two fiocks
of several hundred ducks each flying south
ward down the river yesterday, but they
made no attempt to settle as long as they
could be seen. The reports from down
river say the ducks are fairly numerous
but are SO shy that it is next to impossible
to get a shot at them. So far this season
there have been very few ducks shot on
the Potomac on sale in the markets of this
city. The ducks being received come from
Old Point.
The demand for fresh fish at the wharf
market, as usual on a Friday morning was
quite heavy, but the dealers at the wharf
had but little stock on hand to meet the re-
quests of the uptown dealers. Prices were
at about the figures given yesterday.
The oyster vessels at the wharf sold out
their cargoes yesterday afternoon, and this
morning not an oyster was on sale on
vessel at the wharf. as none were brought
up during the night. Prices yesterday rang
ed as high as SOC. per bushel.
Game of all kinds is scarce and when of
good quality commands high prices.
The big house boat of the Diamond Back
Club, which has been on the railway at
Reagans boat yard for the past two weeks
undergoing an overhauling, will, 1t Is STAT
ed, be completed this week and will be
taken to Little Hunting creek near Mount
Vernon to be used as headquarters by
members of the club when on hunting ex-
petitions. The boat has sleeping acccmmo-
dations aboard her for eight or ten per-
sons. who can cook and live on the boat
when on a trip. Before leaving here she
will be painted and have some alterations
made in her interior fittings.
The steamers arriving from lower river
points are now bringing up poultry eggs
and apples in fairly large quantities to
meet the Thanksgiving demand. Turkeys
are very scarce, and but few are being
brought up on the steamers.
Along the Wharves.
The northwest winds have blown the
water out of the river, and for the past two
or three days tho tides have been quite low.
It is stated that river steamers running into
the creeks down River were unable to make
quite a number of their landings in conse-
quence Of the low water preventing their
reaching the wharVeS.
One Of the large schooner barges of the
Consolidated Coal Company completed the
loading Of a cargo of about 1900 tons of
soft coal at Georgetown yesterday and sail
ed last night in tow Of the tug Camilla for
the lower river, where she will be turned
ever to one Of the sea-gOing tugs Of the
coal company to be taken to Boston. There
are now no large vessels at the Georgetown
wharves loading COAL
The water in the river is clear and 1t Is
stated that black bass are biting well at the
hooks. AS yet few have been caught from
the wharVes OF the city.
The three-masted schooner Henry Sutton,
which is loading cargo of railway ties at
Alexandria for Boston, will complete the
loading of her cargo about the first of next
week.
The rebuilding of the steam yacht Runa-
way at Moores machine shop at Alexandria
is now going on, but she will hardly be
ready for service until early In the spring.
The two-masted schooner William Oil. -"
from the Rappahannock river with cars>
of lumber, came into port yesterday even
ing and will be taken up the Eastern branch
to unload her cargo
The two-masted schooner. John McGinnis.
with a cargo Of about 100, 600 feet of pine
lumber was brought into port yesterday
afternoon consigned to the dealers.
The McGinniS Is owned by Mr.. Harry Car
ter Of this city.
The tug Minerva came into port yesterday
evening with tow Of three schooners laden
with pine lumber.
The chooner Edith Verrall is unloading
her cargo of wood at the wharf OF Carter &
Clark. foot Of 10th street.
The ram schooner Grace G. Bennett, laden
with lumber and shingles from Newbern,
N. c.. for Johnson & Wimsatt. has arrived
in port.
The schooners Edward Reese. w. P. Snow
and c. II. Dagger have completed the I'M
loading of their cargoes and sailed light for
Virginia lumber ports to load.