Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27
ON THE RIVER FRONT
WEEMs LINE ANNOUNCES ITS
NEW FALL SCHEDULE.
STEAMERS to Make Tri-Weekly Trips
Foreign Schooner to Fly Ameri-
can Flag-Briefs.

Commencing this afternoon the Weems
line operating steamers between this
CITY and Baltimore will withdraw the
steamer Northumberland from the Potomac
river route and will run tri-weekly serv-
ice from this city to landings on the river
to Baltimore The present schedule called
for five round trips and the steamers Anne
Arundel, Capt. Geoghegan, the Calvert.
Cant. Bohannon, and the Northumberland.
Can't. Smith, were in service. Under the
new schedule the steamers will leave here
every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday at 4
pm., and will make landings in Coan and
Yeocomico rivers, Va. and In the Wicomi-
co river. ST. Clements bay, st. Mary's
river and Smiths creek in Maryland, as
we'll as at a few piers in the Potomac prop
err On. the return trip the steamers will
leave Baltimore every Tuesday Thursday
and Saturday at 5 pm. and will arrive
here early on Thursday, Saturday and
Monday mornings
The river schooner Clara Leonard. Capt.
Fegan. owner and master. which has been
at one of the boat building yards at Sol
omon's Island, Md. for several weeks being
rebuilt and put in the best of order for
service. Is completed and will at once
return to service on the river between this
city and points along the Potomac. The
Leonard has the distinction of making
more trips in a month, between this city
and river points than has any vessel of
her size in service on the river.
The hull of handsome little power
launch built on the lower river for this
city was brought here Thursday In tow
of a sailing vessel to DE fitted with gaso-
line power explosive engine. The launch, 1t
is stated, is owned By parties living along
the lower river. ~
1t is stated that party of northern cap
italists will establish health resort at
Cockpit Point orE the lower river before the
coming Of the next sammer season. A big
wharf and hotelmre tTDe built at the point,
and the Norfolk line steamers will make
it a stopping point both going from and re-
turning to this city. 1T is also stated that
local capital will during the winter build
a steamboat to carry 4,500 persons and will
lave her ready for service on the Colonial
Beach route before next summer The new
boat is to be speedy. and will decrease the
time between this city and the Beach con-
siderably. II
The schooner j. D. BELL has been hauled
out on the marine hallway at Benefits
boat yard for such repair work to her hull
as may be necessary. The schooner Osceola,
taken a cargo aboard here and has gone to
the lower river.
Will Fly the American Flag.
The Norwegian schooner Iberia. which
was sunk in a collision in Baltimore har-
Dor in the early part of the spring. and
which was afterward raised by the insur-
ance underwriters and sold at auction, has
been rebuilt and granted American regis
try. She will in future fly the American
flag and will be known as the Dorothy
after the Youngest daughter of her new
owner Mr. Isaac M. Merritt ir of the
Merritt Cha pman Wrecking Company. The
Dorothy is an iron-hulled sloop Of 800 net
tons. and WAS built at Bergen Norway. in
1871 She measures 147 feet long d feet
inches wide and Is feet inches deep.
There is big demand for steamboats,
around Philadelphia and New York. with
In the PAST month several steamboat bro