Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-17
ON THE RIVER FRONT
HEAVY RECEIPTS OF PINE Pu.INa
FOR MANY PUBLIC WORKS.
Shipments Of Coal to Boston-Keels Of
New Barges Laid-Gen-
eral Matters.

The steam barge Lily and Howard. Capt.
Charles Riley. arrived here yesterday with
a long raft of pine piling in tow In the
raft were about 500 piles and 1t made a tow
several hundred feet in length. The piles
are to be used in the public works now in
progress on the Eastern branch and are but
portion of the large number the Lily and
Howard is to bring from Occoquan as fast
as the RATS can be made up. The steamer
will return at once to Occoquan and will
bring back with her another long raft Of
tho piles. The building of the new bridges
the sewer work on tie Eastern branch and
other like work have caused an excessively
heavy demand for piles here in the past
six months. and in order to obtain sticks
long enough to use in the river channels
the contractors for the building of the new
bridges have brought them from the north
Some Of these piles were seventy-five feet
long.
There was a fair supply of gray trout
and a scattering supply of other varieties
Of fresh fish on sale at the 18th street
wharf fish market this morning, but the
demand was rather light and the trout
sold at "a to IS per barrel. Fish from
the nets In the river are scarce, and COM
mand good prices.
The supply of crabs on hand was ample
to meet the demand. and they sold this
morning at 81 to 1925 per barrel, accord
ing to size and quality. Most of the crabs
on sale are coming from points on the
Potomac.
Watermelons from nearby sources are
scarce at the oyster wharf this morning
and there Is fair demand for them The
grade of stock on hand is SUPERIOR and
they sell at from 81 to S. per hundred for
culls up to SIS per, hundred for selected
stock.
The schooners ]. R. Teel. ]. Manchester
Haynes, Edward r.. Hunt from Batb
and the H. A. Stone and Mary F. Barrett
from Sargentville. sMe.!jare all at sea bound
here with cargoes of ice. The schooners ]
M. Prinley and Alice Holbrooke are at Bath
loading for this city. and several vessels
are under chartersto load at Bath for
Owing to the low rate offered for coal
cargoes from Baltimore to the north. and
nothing else offering. the schooners Fran
els M, Independent. Mary f. H. Dow and
James B. Drake have gone out of service
and laid up at a shipyard until business
Improves. The Independent has been lying
at Baltimore for three months past, await
ing ing a charter The new four-masted
ice here, took a cargo of coal from BaIti-
more to Boston.
The keeIs for the new coal lighters to be
built at an Alexandria shipyard for local
coal firm will be laid within the next few
days. and the work on the, vessels will be
pushed in order to have them ready for
service as soon as possible. The new
lighters are to be used in carrying coal
about the harbor in order to coal steam
boats, and thus do away with the neces-
sity Of the steamboat companies keeping
much OF their wharf space filled with piles
of coal.
The United States army quartermaster's
tug Sprigg Carroll has gone into commits
sion as a tender to the army posts about
Baltimore, and the steamer Baker which
has been in service at Baltimore, will go
to Pensacola, Fla, and will there become
the tender to Fort Barrancas, in Pensacola
bay.
News of the Port.
The two-masted schooner John R. P.
Moore. which went ashore on the fats
between this city and Alexandria Monday
evening last. was floated yesterday morn
ing, but did not resume her trip down the
river until In the afternoon.
The schooner Ritter Gator Is cruising on
the lower Potomac with party Of Alexan-
drians aboard on pleasure bent. The ves-
sci has been out for about week and be-
fore she returns home will visit Colonial
Beach. st. Georges Island and other sum-
mer resorts along the lower part of the
Potomac.
The three-masted schooner Charles Nit
cheH, which unloaded carload Of lumber
here, has gone to Alexandria, and will there
load railway ties for port in New Eng
land.
The schooner Helen M. Colder Is at an
TOO. may be chartered to take aboard a load
OF ties.
The 8. D: Langford, ]. D. Bell and Peri
nave arrived in port with full cargoes of
cordWood for the local dealers.
Inc pungy Ella is at Alexandria unload
ing cargo or several hundred bushels of
grain from the lower Potomac
Inc Dig schooner E. E. Briry, the largest
vessel that has come here this season with
q cargo OF Ice, is discharging at the wharf
foot of 9th street.
The bugeye Goldie C. has arrived at Alex
river point
Inc schooner Annie Bell is in port with
ioaa OF lumber from Virginia port.
ING Baltimore tug Peerless took the
barge Ihomas j. Cleaver. laden with as
pn 1S Drick. from this city to Richmond.
me tug Sandow is reported to be on her
way TO this city from Baltimore with the
oarses =. b. Russell and James l.. Pugh
IN Tow. The barges bring full cargoes or
hard coal for the dealers
Inc barge Maryland is on a marine rail-
way at Baltimore for an overhaullng and
painting.
The big auxiliary sloop belonging to
Messrs. French and Hand. which was
launched at Regans boatyard yesterday.
VIII be fitted with mast and sail at once,
ana VIII, 1t Is stated, be made ready for
the ran poating season on the river. The
new boat will be among the largest OF the
waters.