Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-23
ON THE RIVER FRONT
FAVORING WINDS BRING MANY
VESSELS INTO PORT.
Building at River Laden
Scows Overturn Vessels
Coming and Going.

The river presented busy scene yesters
| day afternoon and last night. A large
NUMBER or oyster-laden vessels were racing
into port from the lower river all trying to
reach the market first. The breeze from
the south blew very strong. and the vessels
came dashing up the river. AT one time a
Meet OF fifteen more sails was observed
between this city and Alexandria. In the
Meet lying al the wharf this morning were
the Avalon. Ada Wood W. H. H. Bixler.
Eta. A. A. Croswell, NJ. f. Smith Edna
and Nellie. Levin Wolford. John and Nellie,
Ada Ballinger, Mary and Rebecca. VIM.
turner and several smaller unnamed craft.
Inc fleet brought total cargoes of over 500
bushels OF oysters to the market here.
There was an ample supply of all grades
OF both fresh and saltwater fish on hand
at the 11th street wharf fish houses 4his
morning, and In the stock sale were
Jumping mulletS, trout, tailors catfish and
other river fish. Large quantities of cat,
fish are being skinned and shipped to north
ern markets. and find ready sale The de-
mand for fish of all kinds was good and
prices are firm.
The supply If oysters in the she'll at the
wharf this morning was large, but the de-
mana was light and the supply was more
than ample to meet the demand But few
vessels laden with oysters have been arriv-
ing until last night A number OF vessels
are sun down river trying to obtain car
bushel.
Considerable building is now going on at
Colonial Beach and in Nomni creek. on
the lower river, and hardly a day passes
but that two three vessels laden with
building material leave here or Alexandria
ior the points named Yesterday the
steamer Lily and Howard took a large
cargo from this city and the bugeye r. II.
stuart sailed from Alexandria this morn
ing with lumber. lime and bricks aboard
The early morning fogs, usual this
season of the year, have begun and yester-
day morning a fog covered the Potomac
| for several hours. So thick was 1t that the
steamboat pilots were unable to make out
objects fifty feet away. and vessels could
only move with great caution. 1t was after
o clock before the fog lifted
General Matters.
A scow laden with building sand Tor the
Columbia Sand Company, which was
brought up the river early yesterday MORN
ing by the tug Pride and anchored in the
Georgetown channel became top heavy be-
cause of a little leak In 1t, and 1t suddenly
turned upside down and dumped its load
into the river. In turning over ii upset an
other scow which was anchored alongside
Der and caused it to dump Its load OF sand.
The scows We're righted by the tugs this
morning and made ready for business.
The steamer Kent 'srisiet ~ iyiass satealex-
andra with a broken crank pin. ,l.i not
be ready for service again until some time
next week Considerable trouble IS being
had in getting piece of steel large enough
to make the pin needed
A sand barge built by Augustus
Dean & Son, at Alexandria. was launched
at the down-river boat yard yesterday. This
IS the sixth or seventh barge to be put over
board at Deans in the past two months.
The owners of the power launch Nadia,
which has been lying above the Long
bridge have instructed Capt. Davis her
master. to bring the little craft under tho
bridge to this city IL possible. In order to
do this her masts, searchlight, funnel and
other objects that project above the house
have been taken down and 1t is thought she
will be able to come under the bridge with
out difficulty.
The training yachts Restless and Siren Of
the navy. which have been lying off Alex
andria since Wednesday. did not tarry long
in the Potomac but sailed yesterday after
noon for Norfolk.
Among the wood laden craft in port are
the Schooners Father and Son. Edith II. YER
rail-. S. l.. Bowen Five Sisters and Mary
Brown. They each brought about forty
cords.
A large fleet of vessels completed the un-
loading of their cargoes here and yesterday
sailed for river points, and every vessel in
the fleet will load back to this city. Among
the departures We're the schooners Osceola.
w. H. Mcguire. E. H. Johnson. F.. II. Kirby,
Sea Bird. Lottie Carter and Martin Wagner.
The ram schooner Lizzie A. Williams.
with about $4,000 feet oe pine lumber
aboard from North Carolina port, has ar
rived here for Johnson Wimsattf
The two masted schooner John R. Reese
arrived in port yesterday w::h cargo OF
lumber from a Virginia lumber port and
will unload at the wharf of T. r. Riley.
The schooner John p. Robinson has ar
rived and unloaded a cargo of cord wood
for Stephenson q Bro.
The schooner John Neele. laden with pc.
tatoes from the Eastern shore of Virginia.
came into port late yesterday evening.
The schooner William H. Meekins is lying
at the wharf of t. w. Riley unloading q
cargo Of lumber for Galliher & Bro.