Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-18
ON THE RIVER FRONT
WATER RAPIDLY SHoALING IN
ALEXANDRIA, DOCKS.
Large Supplies of Ice Coming-Launch
Diana Starts on Cruise
General Matters.

i'he freshets In the river have. 1t IA
stated. caused rapid shoaiing in the
water in many of the docks at Alexandria.
y leading merchant of that city at whose
wharf ice vessels have been unloading for
years past stated to a Star reporter Sat-
urday that II had been his intention to
have large schooners unload at the wharf
again this season. but that when he went
to investigate he found the water in the
dock so shoal that a vessel of any SIZE
could not get in it. He had thought to
trke light draft barges to unload. 1t is
estimated that in the past two years the
ill has been going at the rate of egh-
teen to twenty-four inches per year. Large
vessels that bring CArgoes to Alexandria
now have often to lie in the stream and
have part of their cargo taken out be-
fore they be locked.
The schooner Francis NJ, with a cargo
of over Ian tons of Kennebec ic2 aboard
for the dealers, has arrived in port and is
lying at the 9th street wharf of the Amer!-
can lee Company unloading her cargo Ice
is also being sent u this city and Alexan-
dria on barges. The barge Baltimore. Ia
den with ice, is lying at anchor m tie
stream off Alexandria. and the barge
Carolina is lying on the ice dock there
unloading her cargo OF about 800 tons.
There are NV seahound to this city two
Keanctec ice aboard. They VII come
into port during the next week or ten days
and will keep the supply of ice hand
large enough to meet all ordinary demands
of the hot weather. The ice factories
working full time and are turning out
Large quantities of the artificial product
Fish and Oyster Market
The hot weather of the past two or three
days has had a depressing effect the
wholesale fish market and this morning
the demand for the fish was light. The
supply received by the dealers from Chesa-
peake bay and the fisheries on the coast
about Virginia Beach was small and con
sisted mainly of trout and butterish.
iIard-sheled crabs are rather more plen-
tiful than they have been but still the
market Is not IL Is stated. overStocked.
Soft crabs continue very scarce and are
commanding good prices. The demand for
shell fish of all kinds is light.
The Large power launch Diana. Captain
Davis. with her owner. Mr.. Norment. and
ii party aboard. will leave at for a
cruise on the lower Potomac She VIII visit
Colonial Beach and the other resorts on the
lower river before returning to port. Near
" the whole fleet of pleasure craft owned
here left port Saturday night or yesterday
morning for short cruises on the Potomac.
The steamer Wakefield on her trip up
from the lower Potomac yesterday brought
So seral hundred bushels of new wheat from
Virginia and Maryland points to the mills
here and at Alexandria. Vessels laden with
the grain are also coming into rort daily.
Tile work OF cleaning up the ting George
w Pride. which was sunk ~ the fire en-
gineS in order to eXtinguiSn lire aboard
her has been started and the vessel will be
E,ade ready for repairs soon as possible
Among the Freight Craft.
The big seagoing tug Neptune of Balti-
more came into port yesterday afternoon
with tow OF four barges. the Mary 8.
Brady. Thos. J. Claver. NJ. c. McNelly and
the Magnolia, laden with hard coal from
Philadelphia for the dealers. The barges
have been taken to Baltimore to unload
their cargoes.
The four-masted schooner The Josephine,
laden with phosphate rock from Charles
ton has arrived at Alexandria, consigned
TO an Alexandria fertilizer company
The three-masted schooner Brinkman is
lying at Alexandria taking aboard a cargo
OF railway ties. Large numbers of ties are
now being shipped from Alexandria to Bos-
ton and points in the north. The barken-
tine Emita Is at Shoots wharf taking
cargo of ties aboard. and the schooner Flu
ture sailed from Alexandria last week with
a cargo of about 10000 ties aboard.
The schooner a. II. Quinby has arrived
in port with cargo of hard coal from
Philadelphia for the dealers. The schoon-
ers c. C. WHEELER and Murray Vandiver.
laden with pine lumber from Virginia ports
have arrived and unloading their car
goes here.
The Lottie Carter. Emma Temple Rita
Euola are In port with cargoes of cord
wood from the lower river for the local
market.
The barge c. B. Russell Is unloading a.
cargo of hard coal from Philadelphia at
Alexandria.
The schooner Hattie Giles. with a cargo
Tor Alexandria. came up the river Satur-
day and is lying at the wharf foot of
Queen street to unload.
Inc schooner Belmont. laden with oak
plIing from a river point. came into port
yesterday evening