Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
EXCURSION SEASON ON POTOMAC
BROUGHT TO A CLOSE.
Overhauling at the Boat Yards-What
Pleasure Craft Are Doing
General Port News.

The excursion season to Colonial Beach
closed yesterday and the steamer 7. V. Ar
rowsmith. which has been running the day
trips to the resort throughout the summer,
will be laid up, it is understood, for the
winter at the River View wharf. The
steamer Harry Randall. which ran the Sat
urday night trips, will return to her regular
route.
The steamer River Queen and Jane Nose
ley, running colored excursions to river
points. will run for week or ten days
longer and will then tie up for the winter.
AS long as the warm weather continues
trips on the river for forty or fifty miles
will be made each Sunday. but as soon as
the atmosphere becomes at all cool they
will be brought to an end.
OYSTERS in the shell were plentiful at the
wharf market this morning, hve vessels
the w H. H. BiXler, Lady Franklin, f. ,.
Crosswell, E. r. S. Dougherty and stephen
son-have brought up cargoes OF about
$50 bushels each since Saturday. Inc warm
weather makes the demand very nght. ana
prices range from 80 cents to 80 cents per
bushel.
The fish market was also very dull this
morning, though there was a fair supply OF
butter fish, trout and tailors on hand.
Prices are somewhat lower In consequence
of the warm days.
There is a fair demand for watermelons
at the wharf this morning, though the sup
ply is somewhat light. Prices range from
81 to SIS per hundred, according to size
and quality. The melon supply has at no
time during the summer been large. and it
is now growing smaller daily
The schooner Edith II. Verrall is hauled
out on the railway at Burnetts boat yard
for attention to hull and for such repair
work may be necessary. When this
work is completed the longboat Osceola will
be hauled out for minor repair work to her
hull.
The schooner E. J. Merrick is on the main
| railway at the Alexandria shipyard for
caulking and for general repair work. She
will be out of service for day or two.
The overhauling and alterations on the
engine of the large power launch Alert
which has been out of service for the past
six weeks, will be completed this week and
the boat will go into service as soon as
ready.
Among the Pleasure Boats.
The steam launch Annie H., with her
owners and a party aboard, made a pleas
| ure trip to Mattawoman creek yesterday.
The houseboat of Mr. Frank Rawlings of
this city is reported at the summer resorts
on the lower river. She will be brought
| back to this city about October 1. or earlier
if the weather turns cool.
The overhauling and reftting of the small
power launch Elsie at the wharf Of Fors-
burg & Murray is rapidly approaching COM
pletion. A new and more powerful engine
than the one the launch formerly had on
her has been installed in the boat and is
expected to make her much more efficient.
When ready for service the little craft will
be used for fishing and hunting parties on
the river.
Lightship No. 49, the relief vessel for the
stations in this district, has been taken to
Norfolk where she is to be overhauled
and made ready for service when needed.
About ZOO persons visited Chapel Point
yesterday on the steamer Harry Randall
with Branch No. 10, Catholic knights Of
America.
The new fish lighter which is being built
for Capt. William NeitZey at Cumberlands
boat yard will be ready for caulking by the
end of this week. She is to be used at the
Fairy Landing fishing shore in the spring.
Advance in Freight Rates.
Coastwise freights on lumber. it is stated.
have advanced during the past week A
rate of 1925 per LOCO feet is now being
paid from Norfolk to New York, an ad-
vance of 40 cents per LOCO feet.
Mr.. Thomas B. Garrett purser of the
steamer Harry Randall, who has been on
leave, has returned to duty, relieving Mr..
A1ttie Grimes, who returns to duty in the
Randall line office.
Mr.. John B. Perry of the harbor police
force, who has been on his annual leave,
has returned to duty on the harbor boat
Nigilant.
The schooners J. c. Dagger and Florence
laden with cordwood from a down-river
point, have arrived in port for the dealers
The schooner j. P Robinson has unloaded
a cargo of cordwood at Alexandria and has
sailed, after taking cargo of general
stores aboard, for upper Machodoc creek
The schooner Robin Hood is in port and
is unloading a cargo of pine lumber from
North Carolina for the dealers
The schooner c. c. Wheeler, unloading a
cargo of shingles at Alexandria, will com
plete the dischargtng of her cargo today
and will return to river point for another
cargo.