Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-25
ON THE RIVER FRONT
VESSEL HAS WIND
MILL TO WORK HER PUMP.
Heavy Receipts of Cord Wood Reported
Among the Freighters-
General Matters.

The Norwegian barkentine Elise. unload
ing bone at Alexandria. is the first vessel
of that nationality it is stated to come up
the Potomac since the exporting of grain
from Alexandria to Europe ceased, about
fifteen years ago. The vessel has a novel
equipment in the shape of windmill,
rugged above her deck house forward and
used to work the bilge pump. By this
scheme the vessel is kept free from water
while she is sailing, and considerable
labor rs saved her small crew. The officers
aboard the Elise state that the windmill is
part of the equipment of every vessel hail
ing from Norwegian port, and that it is
required by the marine underwriters of
Norway before they will take a risk on Il
vessel.
The supply of fresh fish on sale at the
11th street wharf market was again large,
and while the demand was excellent, it was
not as heavy it was earlier in the week.
Shad and herring are being received in in
creasing quantities. mostly from North
Carolina. Prices this morning were some
what lower than those quoted yesterday.
Since yesterday the Thomas Kerby Lilly
May and Lady Shelton have arrived at the
fish wharf with oysters aboard. and the
Ada Ballinger will arrive here this after
noon The four vessels will increase the
stock on hand at the wharf by about 1900
bushels. The demand for Potomac river
stock is fair, at prices ranging from 80 to
10 cents per bushel.
The fair wind yesterday brought into port
a fleet of eight small vessels laden with
cord wood for the local market. In the
| fleet were the schooners J. p. Robinson,
Lottie Carter. Ella, Nettie May, Seabright,
alexander, Oakland and Uriah Horner,
They brought in all about 800 cords of the
fuel. 1t is stated that large quantities of
cord wood have been cut along the river
and the farmers are now waiting for the
roads to become passable so that they can
haul it to the vessels for transportation
here. The river counties in Virginia sup
ply large proportion of the cord wood used
i'll this city.
Captain John D. Hart will command the
steamer River Queen on the Motley Hall
excursion route during the coming season.
Mr. JEFF Bumel. chief engineer. will have
charge of the engine room of the steamer.
Along the Wharves.
Macbinists are aboard the steamer 7. v.
Arrowsmith connecting the steam and
water pipes that were disconnected to pre-
vent freezing during the winter and pre-
| pairing her to go into commission. She will
| take up the Glymont mail route Monday
next. relieving the steamer Wakefield.
which goes on her regular route to the
| lower river.
The Mt. Vernon and Marshall Hall line
steamer Charles Manchester left yesterday
afternoon, under the command of Capt.
Rcss. for Baltimore where she will go into
the dry dock at Woodalrs ship yard to have
the bottom of her hull cleaned and painted
and for any repair work that may be neces-
sdry on 1t. The Manchester will return to
this city about the middle of next week
ready to resume her trips upon the river
The sand and gravel digging machine be-
forging to one of the local sand companies
which sunk in Paumonkey creek during
the winter and had her house torn off by
the drifting ice. has been rebuilt on the
Eastern branch. and was yesterday taken
down the river to resume work in Paumon-
key.
The work of overhauling the boiler of the
steam barge Lily and Howard will be COM
pleted today and the steamer will return
to service.
The power schooner Lauretta Curran and
the bugeye Avalon went alongside the
Italian barkentine at Alexandria yester-
day and took aboard cargoes of salt for tie
| hsh-packing houses on Curriomen bay
The pungy Shining Light came into port
yesterday with a cargo of salt in SACKS
from Alexandria.
4 barge loaded with railway ties was
brought into port from Quantico yesterday
afternoon by the tug George W Pride.
The sloop Arizona has arrived in port
with cargo of pine lumber from the lower
Potomac.