Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-02
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SUMMER SCHEDULE OF wEEMS
LINE ON THE POTOMAC.
Asphalt Brick for Fort Monroe-Work
in Local Boatyards-Gen-
eral River News.

The summer schedule Of the Weems line
of steamers between this city, the land
ings the lower Potomac and Balu-
more has just been issued, and provides
for five round trips each week instead OF
three; as under former schedules. The new
steamer Anne Arundel and the steamers
Calvert and Northumberland will leave
here at pm. Sunday, Tuesday, We'd
nesday Thursday and Saturday, going as
far as Leonardtown on these evenings, and
will leave Leonafdtown at 9 am, Kinsale
at IL M Miller's at 5:15 pm, Grason's at
Gao p m. and Bacon's at pm. Sunday,
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday,
arriving In Baltimore early the following
mornings
On these trips landings will be made at
the following wharves: Alexandria, ely
mont Liverpool, Riverside. Bushwood,
Lancaster's, Cobrum's, Towards, Stones,
Abells, Leonardtown. Piney Point, Adams.
Lodge Landing, Mundys Point. kinsale.
Coan, Bundick's, Cowart's, Walnut Point.
Lewisetta, Broome's, Grason's. Bacon's,
Millers
On the return trips the steamers will
leave Baltimore every Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at pm.
and reach here the following night.
Tho Cooler weather had a good effect on
the wholesale fish market at the 18th street
wharf this morning, and there was fair
demand Tor ISn or all KINDS, allnOuSn the
supply rather light Prices remain
firm, but are not high. Soft-shelled crabs
continue rather scarce, and the good de-
mand for them makes them bring big
prices Hard crabs and clans are also in
demand at the prices quoted yesterday.
The schooner John A. Beekerman, laden
with material used in the manufacture of
fertilizer. has sailed from Carteret, N. j..
for Alexandria, and her arrival Is looked
for early next week.
Asphalt brick made at plant in this
city is being used in large quantities in the
improvements at Fort Monroe. Two coal
barges, each with several thousand of the
bricks aboard. left here this morning In
tow of Baltimore tug for Old Point, and
other barges are under charter to load here
for the same point
AS rapidly as the water in the river be-
low this city becomes little clear and
gives promise of good fishing a heavy rain
comes and starts current of muddy water
from the Eastern branch or the upper river.
This is what happened after the heavy
storm of Thursday evening. A great mass
of liquid mud came out of the branch yes
terday morning and again put an end to
all hope of bass fishing
General Shipping News.
The steamer Harry Randall which has
been running on the Nomini route on the
river has been withdrawn from the route
temporarily to run upon the Colonial Beach
excursion route during the Fourth Of July
holiday. The steamer Wakefield will take
the Randalrs route. the steamer Kent will
go upon the Wirt's wharf route in place of
the Wakefield, and the steamer Estelle Ran
dali will run upon the Glymont mail route.
The two-masted schooner c. ]. Cunning
ham, while on her way up the river yes
terday morning, bound for Alexandria with
a load of straw. went ashore on the mud
bank on the Virginia side of the river below
Jones Point, and remained hard and fast
aground until the rising tide floated her and
she was enabled to reach her desti-
nation.
The power launches Edith and Alma are
hauled out on the marine railway at Rea-
CAMS boatyard for some minor repair work
preparatory to cruising the river this
summer. a sailing sloop is also on the
railway, being equipped with a gasoline en-
glne to make her independent of winds and
tides.
The big scow of the National Sand Com
pany which was being transformed into a
houseboat at Benefits boatyard for Cant.
VIM. Owens of the sand company is about
completed and will be ready to go into
service in the next week or ten days
RAPID work is being done on the neu
lighter building at Cumberland's boatvard
for Johnson & Wimsatt. The bottom tim
bers of the vessel are all in place and about
two-thirds Of her side and end planking
completed. The lighter will be ready for
launching in about ten days
The pungy James o. Wright has arrived
IN port with cargo of cord wood from
tne lower river 1Or dealers.
The bugeye Ella and the fattie Dewey
are lying at Alexandria taking aboard gem
eral cargoes for the lower river
The four-masted schooner Frances NJ. has
been chartered to load ice on the Kennebec
river for this city. She will bring .O46 tons
at about seventy cents per ton freight
The schooner Alice Holbrook has COM
pleted the unloading of a cargo of ice Cor
the Home Ice Company here and has sailed
Tor Norfolk TO load coal for Boston.
The barkentine Emita, which arrived here
Thursday with a cargo of crude asphalt
from the Island of Trinidad, has been taken
TO the wharf of the asphalt brick plant on
the Eastern branch to unload her cargo
The schooner Daylight laden with ice is
at sea bound for this city, and her arrival
here Is looked for at any time.