Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-09
ON THE RIVER FRONT
POTOMAC STEAMBOAT LANDINGS
TO BE REBUILT.
Talk of New Wharf in Wicomico River
Tug Pride Rebuilt-Gen-
eral Matters.


wharf repairing expedition on the Potomac.
Stewards wharf. in King George county,
Va. will be first visited by the driver. and
the structure will be given a general over
hauling. 1t is stated that the wharf at
Clifton Beach, owned by Mr.. Harry Rene
ger, will also be repaired before the ma
chine is brought back from the lower river
Clifton Beach wharf was one OF those
damaged by the ice during the past win
ter The structure was first knocked one
way by the ice piling against It, and short
ly afterward the tide and wind caused the
ice to pile against the other side and slowly
shove it back to an upright position.
Despite the warm weather fish are in ex-
cellent demand. though the supply coming
to the market is rather limited ana con-
sists mainly of silt water fish from Chesa-
peake bay. River fish are scarce and brlns
the highest prices.
There has been steady demahu iol
crabs the entire summer and falr supplies
are being received by the dealers from the
lower Potomac.
The watermelon market on the fish wharf
is quite busy place. A large meet OF YES.
sells with melons Of all grades ABOARD IS al
The melons can be bought at almost any
nrice mn to $40 per hundred, according TO
the grade. n,
The three-masted schooner Helen M.
Colder.
port yesterday and will unload her cargo
at the wharf foot of 49, street southwest.
There are yet at sea four or hVe lce-laden
vessels bound to this city. which nave peeh
detained by contrary WINDS on the AZ
lantic a..
1t IS reported that a new wharf is 10
be built in Wcomico river, Md. three or
four miles further up the stream than are
the present wharves and when the struc-
ture is completed the steamboat lines from
this city will be invited to land at 1t. Inc
proposed new pier will be convenient TO
rich trucking country now htteen or elgh..
cen miles away from the nearest WnarI
and twice as far from q railway. The two
wharves now in use in the Wicomico river
are but a short distance from its mouth,
and most of the produce from them goes
to Baltimore. ~
The rebuilding of the tug George w.
Pride which was badly damaged by fire
on the night of July 4, has been completed
and the boat went into commission yester-
day under the command OF capt. wafer
Posey The forward part of the house ana
the pilot house of the tug were destroyed
by the flames, but no serious injury was
done the hull of the boat
The schooner Norman, which unloaded
cargo of lumber here. went down to Alex
andria yesterday and will there load
cargo of railway ties for Boston or other
New England port. The ties are cut IN
the forests in the interior portion of Vir-
gina and are brought to Alexandra over
the Southern railway.
Of General Interest.
The United States lighthouse engineers
steamer Jessamne. Capt klug, has re-
Gently returned from a repairing cruise
among the light stations on Chesapeake
bay.
Hook and line fishermen in the harbor
are having considerable success in catch
ing large catfish during the past three or
!.
weighed ten pounds or more. Some few
white perch are being caught, but they are
small AS the river is now clearing up the
bass fishermen are hoping for some good
sport in the next few days.
The schooner Levi b. Phillips, from New
York for this city, is at on her way
here. She should come in the capes of the
Chesapeake in the latter part of this week,
and will be brought up by one of the tugs
at the capes on the lookout for vessels
bound here.
The auxiliary power sloep Dart of this
city is hauled out the marine railway at
Deans boatyard for some minor repair
work. The sloop will be out of service for
a day or two
The power launch Mary, belonging to
parties in Alexandria, which has been on
cruise to the various resorts along the Po-
tomac for the past week. has returned
home and is berthed at the Alexandria ferry
new wharf
Capt. Fales. a veteran master of coasting
SchoonerS, Is in command of the new
schooner Helen Taft, unloading a cargo of
ice here.
Mr.. William Bradshaw of the United
States coast survey service has been as
signed TO duty aboard the steamer Bache
as a deck officer
Capt. Jake Faunce. in his new bugeye is
fishing summer seine in the Potomac near
Riverside, and is sending his catch to this
city by the river line steamers.
The schooner Mary Lee Patton. laden
with phosphate rock from a southern port
has arrived at Alexandria. and has been
locked at Bryant's wharf to discharge her
cargo.
The schooner r. Mason. laden with a
cargo of cord wood from the lower Poto-
mae, has arrived, and is discharging her
cargo.
The bugeye b. c. Phoebus came into port
yesterday afternoon with a cargo of water
melons for the local market.
The schooner Lula NJ. Quillan with a
cargo of sand for glass making. has ar
rived lat Alexandria. She comes from the
Severn river
The Carrie l.. Pinto and Five Sisters are
at Alexandria with cord wood aboard for
the dealers there
Tie schooner Dennis Simmons completed
the unloading of large cargo of lumber
ard shingles here Yesterday. Her cargo
came from North Carolina.
The buSeye Mary Evans, with grain and
lambs from Piscataway creek. has arrived.
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