Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-24
ON THE RIVER FRONT
LAST OF SEASONS ICE-LADEN
VESSELS SAIL FOR BOSTON.
Raft Of Piling for Public Workshops
Worry Steamboat Men
Marine Notes.

The three-masted schooner Cox & Green
has completed the loading of large cargo
Of railway ties at Alexandria and has been
hauled out into the stream waiting for the
tug that is to tow her to the mouth of the
river. The schooner is bound to Boston
with her cargo and it Is expected Will be
the last tie-laden vessel to sail from Alex
aEdria for New England until next spring.
Since the river opened last spring, 1t is
stated. about fifteen large vessels with rail-
way ties aboard have sailed from Alex
apdria for northern ports. The railway tie
business has become one of the most i'm
portant of the Potomac industries; many
hundred men are employed in the cutting
of the ties in the woods along the river and
In shipping them to Alexandria. from
whence they are sent to Philadelphia BOS-
ton, Portland and other ports.
The supply of fresh fish sale at the
wholesale fish market on the 18th street
wharf was amply large to meet the small
demand of this morning. Catfish, perch
and muHets constituted the bulk of the
rfver-caught fish sale, and there were
also Spanish mackerel, trout and other va
rieties of salt water fish on sale. Prices.
In consequence of the light demand, are
lower
While the receipts of oysters on the YES
sells at the oyster wharf have not been
large during the past twenty-four hours.
the stock on hand was amply large to
meet the demand. which was good Prices
snow no changes, ranging from 80 cents
to 81 per bushel. A tow of several oyster
laden craft is expected in port this morn
ing
The hull of the old steamer Phlox, which
was on the marine railway at Alexandria to
be stripped of its copper sheathing, has been
launched and taken to Deans boat yard.
where 1t has been anchored. The owners of
the old boat have not yet determined
whether to hold it for barge. or to break
n he al hat hca in
The Baltimore tug Hamilton arrived yes
terday evening with a long raft of pine
piling in tow from the Piankitank river.
The piling will, 1t is stated be used in the
construction of the new highway bridge
across the Potomac. The tug Hamilton,
which brought the raft into port. is a new
vessel and has been in service less than six
months The tug Is owned by the Hamilton
Coal Company of Baltimore and is making
her second visit to this port. She left here
for Chesapeake bay last night.
The steam barge Lily and Howard
arrived here during the latter part of last
week with load of lumber and towing a
raft of piles for the new District building.
and as soon she is unloaded she will go
to OccoQuan for another raft of piles for
the new building.
General River Notes.
Fogs have been annoying steamboat
masters for the past two or three morn
ings. The fogs are particularly thick from
the entrance of the harbor to Manns fac
tory. The steamer Harry Randall arrived
here several hours late yesterday morning
owing to the very heavy fog along the
lower river.
Mr.. John B. Suit has been transferred
from Cedar Point Md, to Thomas Point
light station as keeper He will be sue
ceeded at Cedar Point by Mr. Francis E.
Wilkins, who comes from Tangier sound
light station
A pile-driving machine belong to Deane &
Son at Alexandria has been taken to the
Baltimore and Ohio transfer ferry slim at
Alexandria and will rebuild the structure.
The slips at Alexandria and at Shepherds
Landing on the District side Of the river
are both to be put in the best of order at
once
The tug Camilla left port yesterday after
noon with barge No. of the Consolidation
Coal Company in tow bound for Boston
The barge has aboard about 1,5CO tons of
Cumberland coal loaded at Georgetown.
AT the mouth of the Potomac she will Join
tow bound up the coast behind an ocean
gowing towing boat.
The new lighter for the Philadelphia
Cunning and Fishing Club, which is to be
built at Benefits boat yard will be con-
structed on the marine railway at the
works 1t is expected the lighter will be
in the water by the beginning of the wear
If the weather will allow
Inc steamer f. James Tull, laden with
lumber from Aqua creek, has arrived in
port, consigned to dealers
The schoOnerS Peri and Col. + Nerrick
have arrived with cargoes of cord wood
from points on the Potomac.
The schooner Fannie with sand aboard.
from Greenway flats. came into port today
Tor a paving company at Georgetown
The Baltimore tug Emma arrived yester-
day with a tow of coal-laden barges from
Philadelphia.
The schooner Lorena Bramble, with a
cargo aboard for Boyd's Hole, Va. has
sailed.
The schooner Clara Leonard has gone
to Baltimore with a cargo of pine lumber
from Potomac port.
The schooner Quillan has been chartered
to load glass-making sand on the Severn
river near Annapolis for an Alexandria
glass plant. The schooner has just COM
pleted unloading at Alexandria