Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-04
ON THE RIVER FRONT
QUICK ROUND TRIP.
Barge Sunk at Colonial Beach-Ducks
Plentiful Along Lower River
Marine Matters.

The three maSted schooner Lucia Porter,
Capt Sprague. laden with laths, from st.
Johns, New Brunswick, was brought into
| port here yesterday by the tug Camilla.
The Porter, it is stated, had a fairly quick
| trip down the coast, and came in the capes
Tuesday. Coming from a foreign port. she
had to lay off Alexandria Wednesday night,
and until DR.. Arthur Snowden the marine
hospital surgeon, could go aboard her and
examine into the health of her crew. This
| is the second trip the schooner has made
| to this city with laths in the past three
| months. August 2 last she arrived here
/ from st. Johns with cargo of laths, and
after discharging went to Alexandria and
there loaded railway ties for Boston She
sailed from Alexandria early in September
and has made a round trip to New Bruins
wick since that time
Owing to the heavy fog on the river last
night and the consequent delay of the Nor
folk and river line steamers, there was but
few fish on sale at the wholesale fish mar
ket on the 18th street wharf this morning
Hucksters were on hand in large numbers
| to buy, but it was afternoon before the fish
were on the market and the auctions could
be held.
The supply of oysters in the shell on sale
at the 18th street wharf fish market was
augmented yesterday evening by the ar
rival of several oyster laden boats. The
scarcity OIL HSn caused an increase IN the
demand for oysters and they sold at about
the figures quoted yesterday.
Ducks were very scarce and when of good
stock sold readily at high prices. There is
little demand for the poorer grades of
water fowl
| One of the old railway barges used by the
Tangier Sound Company to bring sand and
gravel from the river shore at Colonial
Beach to this city is reported sunk about
twenty feet from the outer end of the new
excursion pier at the Beach The barge is
| lying so that her rail is just awash and is
said to be a menace to sailing vessels
The old three-masted schooner White
Cloud, formerly well-known trader to this
port, is at Baltimore shpyard having her
spars, rigging and sails renewed and other
changes made in her that will fit her for
service al barge. 1t is estimated that the
old schooner will carry considerably more
cargo as barge than she did as a schooner
and in her new rig is good for many more
years OF active service, on the bay and its
tributaries.
The United States lighthouse tender Ma
pie, which came into port Wednesday even
ing with party of lighthouse officials
aboard, sailed again yesterday for the serv-
ice station at Baltimore. The tender has
been making an inspection trip on the Poto-
mac river.
A big 10 or Pinch gun, built at the
Washington naval ordnance foundry for
one of the new ships of the navy complet-
ed its tests at the Indian Head proving
grounds yesterday, and was brought back
General River News.
Reports coming from the river below
Alexandria state that mallard. and other
choice varieties of the duck family are be-
coming more numerous down there while
about this city only crow ducks and rock
are to be seen. A day or two ago ten or
twelve mallard were killed on Piscataway
creek by soldiers from Fort Washington.
Capt. Carvel Woolford, formerly master
of the barge Arundel, is to take command
Of the new barge Worcester, recently built
at Elkton, Nd, for the p. DOugherty Com
pany'
Capt. J. B. Maxwell is to have command
of the schooner Beulah McCabe, formerly
the William Lorman Roberts. The Nc
Cabe has recently been rebuilt at Sharp
town, Md.
The United States army engineers tug
Warren carried number of engineer Off
GERS to Fort Washington yesterday, on an
inspection trip.
The revenue cutter Wissahickon, built at
Baltimore for service about the harbor at
Philadelphia, is nearly ready to be turned
over to the treasury officials. The cutter
had trial trip on the bay day or two
ago.
The new Baltimore schooner Charles A.
Witler has gone into commission and will
carry her first cargo, fertilizer to VIII
mington, N. c.
The three-masted schooner John A Cur
It's laden with pine lumber from the Rap
pahannock river, came into port yesterday
afternoon in tow of the tug Camilla.
The Col. ]. Merrick, Bertha May and VIM.
Villas, all wood laden, have arrived here
from the lower Potomac in the past
twenty-four hours.
The schooner Quillan, laden with glass
making sand from the Severn river in
Maryland, is discharging her cargo at
Shoots wharf, at Alexandria.
The John Medley and F. L. Dawson are
among the recent arrivals in port with car
goes of Potomac river oysters.
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with cargo of pine lumber from a Vir-
ginia lumber port for the dealers.
The schooner John r. p Moore is lying
at the mill wharf foot of 9th street south
west unloading cargo of pine boards
from the James river.