Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-04
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BIG OCEAN BARGE LAUNCHED
FOR CoAsTING TRADE.
Preparing Launch Diana for Service
Logs Floating in River Chan
nel-General Matters.

A large seagoing barge will be added to
the fleet owned by Michael Dempsey of
Philadelphia early next week. The barge
Is being completed at a shipyard on the
eastern shore Of Maryland. It is to be
named the Lawrence A. Dempsey. and will
be one of the largest vessels Of her class on
Chesapeake bay. carrying upward of LOO
tons of cargo While the barge Is built
mainly for outside work, she Is expected to
pay frequent visits to this city with cargoes
of coal. The barge is 1856 feet long. 35 feet
wide and has depth of hold of about 10
feet. If she comes up the river she will be
the largest barge that has ever been ON the
Potomac.
While the supply Of fresh fish on sale at
the wholesale market on the 18th street
ample to meet the demand. Butterfsh
trout and other saltwater fish constituted
the bulk of the stock on hand. and 1t sold
at prices about the same as those quoted
yesterday.
Both hard and soft shell crabs continue
to be received by the dealers at the wharf,
both from river sources and from Norfolk.
They are selling at prices ranging about
those of yesterday. CLANS and oysters are
also in demand, and are selling quite well
at high figures
Capt. George Davis of Alexandria has re-
tired from the command of the tug George
large power launch Diana. now lying at
Georgetown. Capt. Davis has had COM
mand of the Diana since she has been on
the Potomac. She is the largest and best
equipped pleasure craft on the Potomac
river.
Capt jeff Posey is in command of the
large power launch Bartholdi, employed in
carrying parties OF pleasure seekers on
trips on the river.
Mr.. J. M. Carpenter has been made purser
of the steamer T. v. Arrowsmith Capt.
George Gleason has been transferred from
the steamer Wakefield to the Smith as
steward.
Mr.. Daniel Toombs has been made stew
ard of the steamer Kent, on the Glymont
mail route.
General Matters.
The heavy-running current from the up
per river for the past two or three days has
brought down from the upper country a
large quantity of trash and debris. includ-
| ing a number Of large logs. which are float
| ing in the channel between this city and
Alexandria.
The tug George w. Pride, owned by Capt
AL Fair. which has been laid up at Alex
andria since the close of the fishing sea-
son, will, it Is stated, return to service on
the river very shortly.
The two-masted schooners Virginia F.
| HALEY and Bill Nye Of the lumber feet.
which has been in port here for a week or
| ten days, have completed the unloading OF
their cargoes and sailed yesterday for Vir-
ginia lumber ports to load.
The steam yacht Giavota, Capt VIM. c.
Robertson commanding, left port yesterday
afternoon with her owner, Mr.. John r. Dos
Passos of New York, aboard. The yacht
will go to Lyncha Point, at the mouth OF
| the Yeocomico river, where Mr.. Dos Passes
| has a farm, and will remain there several
| days.
The damage sustained by the bugeye VIM
Villas sinking In the James Creek canal
| was not as great as was at first expected.
| The vessel has been pumped out and her
master and crew are busily engaged In
| cleaning her up. preparatory to sailing to
her home port.
The big levers which hold the bridge at
| Shepherds Landing of the Baltimore and
| Ohio railway transfer station on the river
| opposite Alexandria are being rebuilt.
The schooner Flying Scud is in port with
| a cargo Of pine lumber from q Virginia
| lumber port for the dealers.
The Isaac Solomon, +. f. Carpenter, EN-
ma TEMPER. Edith Verrall. Col e. J. Mer-
rick Bertha May and Preston are in port
with cargoes of cord wood from points
down the Potomac.
The steamer e. James Tull has arrived
| in port with a cargo of pine wood and logs
| for the dealers.
| The barge Ajax is In port with a cargo
| of ice from the SusQuehanna river for deal
ers.
One of Miller's big clay-carrying scows IL
| living at Fields wharf in Alexandria taking
aboard q large cargo OF lumber for river
| point.
The ram schooner ]. d. Marvel, which has
been lying in port here for about two weeks
will finish unloading her cargo today.