Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-05
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STRANDED N. AND w. LINE
STEAMER FLOATED.
Makes Her Regular Trip to Norfolk
Overhauling at Local Boat Yards
Other Matters.

The steamer Washington of the Norfolk
and Washington steamboat line. which went
ashore in the fog Thursday night near Port
Tobacco Creek beacon, in heavy fog, re-
manned on the bar until high water yester-
day. when shA sudcseded in getting off, and
came on to ghis"aR, arriving here shortly
before pm. She at once discharged what
cargo she had aboard and left last night on
her regular trip for Old Point and Norfolk.
To get the steamer off it was necessary to
blow the water out of two of her boilers to
tighten her The steamer was unharmed
by going ashore.
The ferry slip at Alexandria is to be re-
paired in order to make it safe landing
ington. A pletdriving machine, which has
been working On the ferry, wharf here, was
taken to Alexandria yesterday to do the
work. '-f-'..- 70
There was a fairly large supply of fresh
fish of all kinds on sale at the 18th street
wharf market this morning. but the de-
mand as usllaltor a Saturday morning, was
light, there being but few buyers on hand.
Prices remain firm and at the figures of the
early part of the week.
The oyster market on. the 18th street
wharf this morning was fairly brisk. there
being an excellent demand for the bivalves
and a good stock on hand. Two or three
vessels laden with oysters from the beds
In the Potomac river have arrived in port
since yesterday.
Wild ducks continue very scarce and sell
readily at high prices.
The big four-masted schooner Horace A
Stone. laden with ice for the American Ice
Company from Bangor, Me. was brought
into port yesterday afternoon by the tug
William H. Yukes. jr-, and was locked at
the 10th street wharf. The Stone sailed
from Bangor October % and had pleasant
and rapid trip down the coast. She came
in the capes Wednesday last and was taken
in tow by the tug yesterday. The schooner
brings a cargo of about 1000 tons OF Ice
and is one of the largest SchoonerS thdt
has come into port this season. Its proba-
BILE that this will be the last. cargo of ice
that will come into port this season.
Mr.. George O. Carpenter, general agent
of the Randall line, has returned from
successful hunting trip in Virginia near
Nomini creek. Capt. Bailey Reed of the
steamer Randall accompanied Mr.. Carpen-
ter on the trip.
General River News.
The tug James o. Carter of Taylor Bros
fleet of towboats is. hauled out on the ma
rine railway at Benefits boatyard to have
her hull recovered with heavy metal as
protection against ice during the coming
winter The tug is to be put in thorough
order for active work on the river this win
ter.
The little tug Sunbeam, belonging to the
contractors for the building of the new
brought to Forsberg & Murray's machine
shop wharf to have her engine and ma
chinery overhauled. The Sunbeam has
been used as tender to both the new rail-
way bridge and the highway bridge. She
is used to tow scows laden with ma terial
about the bridge work as 1t is needed, but
while out of service the steam barge Daniel
X Jackson is performing her work.
The little sloop Addie, owned by Cogs-
well Bros of this city, which has been
u laI the rine railway Cant
Sonny Reagan's boatyard for a general
overhaulng of her hull and for other re-
pair work, was put overheard yesterday
morning the repairs having been COM
pleted The Addie was one of the vessels
that was blown ashore in Lower Machodoc
creek during the month of September last.
The Addie is to be used for fall fishing and
will leave here in day or two for the lower
Potomac. "a. ...-
The power sloop ;Addie has taken the place
vacated by the Addie on Reagan's railway
for attention to hwy
Several of the,larg& sand carrying barges
of the Columbia ational Sand Dredging
Company are III DE4n's marine railway at
Alexandria to4bes r452uilt. The oyerhauling
Of Miller's p0&ket Vow at Benefits boat
yard was comWetet4 yesterday and the scow
was put overheard
The schooner Sider Star, laden with
cord wood from the lower river came
into Tp port W the dealers
rived in port with a cargo of oysters
from the beds in the lower Potomac.
The three mastea schooner Lula NJ Quill
Ian has been chare1ed to load a cargo of
glass making SAM ion the Severn river
for one of the g pss factories at Alex
andria
The schooneSo Jehn- A. Curtis is lying at
the wharf, fopt oesJlth street, discharg-
ing her cargo, of Virginia pine lumber.
The little schooner Dagger loaded with a
cargo of general stores. has sailed for
points along the l6Wer river
D~skt eI, cotn nr,nr
new vessel has sailed from Walton. Nova
Scotia, with cargo of plaster for Alex
andria. The vessel is expected to arrive
at Alexandria about the end of the COM
ing week