Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-09
ON THE RIVER FRONT
VESSEL MASTERS PREPARING
FOR PERIOD OF IDLENESs.
Coal-Laden Barge Sails-Steamer Poko-
noket Slightly Disabled-Other
Matters Along River.

The crews aboard the schooners Edward
| E. Berry and Edwin R. Hunt, which are 1y-
| ing off Alexandria, have been laid off. The
| masters Of the schooners are preparing for
| a long period Of idlness. The vessels will
remain at anchor in the fresh water off
Alexandria, until a charter is secured for
| them, in order to avoid the worms that in
| fest salt water harbors. AS yet there is
| no sign Of the end Of the war between the
shippers and the owners of the vessels
engaged in the coasting trade over the
question of freight rates.
Travel from the river resorts to this
| city is now very heavy and each trip of the
river steamer brings up throngs of persons
who have been summering at points along
the Potomac.
| While there were not many varieties OF
| fresh fish on sale at the wholesale fish
market at the 18th street wharf this morn
| ing, the supply was ample to meet de-
mand much larger. Trout, large. sold at
| Sc to 81 per barrel; trout, small, at 81 to s.
| per barrel; butterfish at 81 to Sc per barrel;
tatlors at &C. to &c. per pound: pan rock at
! 12c. to BE. per pound; medium rock. 15c.
| to Ice. per pound; boiling rock at 1Sc. to
| 2Oc per pound; catfish at 15c. to SOC. per
bunch
| The demand. for oysters is good and
| prices range from SOC. to SOC. per bushel
| according to the size of the oysters.
The watermelon season is practically at
| an end, and few melons coming
| up from river sources. They are selling at
| S. to SIS per hundred.
The tug VIM H. Yerkes, jr., left port
yesterday afternoon with barge No. q of
| the Consolidated Coal Company in tow
| bound for the mouth of the river, where
| the barge will join tow bound up the
coast for Boston or another New England
| port No. 81 has aboard 500 tons of Cum
| berland coal loaded at the Georgetown
| piers. c. c. c. barge No. 6, was brought
| into port light yesterday morning and is
at
The United States lighthouse tender
| Holly left port today with two gas buoys
| for the Point Lookout station where the
buoys will be kept until wanted to replace
| some exhausted buoy. The buoys were re-
| charged with a three months supply of
! gas at the gas plant in this city. The two
buoyS were in use Off the mouth of Coan
river in the Potomac.
All the stock in the bar and dining room
at River View were brought to this city
yesterday afternoon the steamer Es-
telle Randall for storage at the wharf of
the company here. The big dancing pa
vil,on and all the places of amusements at
the resort are being boarded up to protect
them from the weather until the next ex-
curSon season opens.
General News Items.
The new seagong tug Margaret, built at
Baltimore for the P. Dougherty Company.
will go into commission today under the
command of Capt. Edward Snyder, and
The Margaret is built for outside work
mainly.
1t is stated that the work of laying the
sIlls and Orders of the new wharf the
harbor side Of the Washington barracks
park will be started In a few days. The
pile work was completed several weeks
ago.
The death of r. T. Clayton. keeper Of the
Puritan Island light. In the York river, has
been announced by the lighthouse author
tiles. His successor has not yet been
named.
The two-masted river schooner Leroy.
which was hauled out on the marine rail-
way at Benefits boat yard for repair
work to her hull, was put overheard yes
terday morning and has gone to the lower
river to load cargo for this city.
The steamer Pokonoket while on the way
down the river yesterday was disabled by
the slipping of bolt in the crank of one
of her engines and returned to this city.
The accident occurred near Fort Hunt, and
the steamer lay at the wharf there for sew
eral hours repairing damage. The steamer
was ready for service again this morning.
Two of the large sand and gravel carry
ing scows of the Columbia National Sand
Dredging Company. which have been un-
dergoing general overhauling at Alex
andria, were launched yesterday and are
ready to go into service again.
The ram schooner Lizzie A. Williams,
laden with large cargo of shingles and
lumber from North Carolina port, ar
river here yesterday evening, consigned to
dealers.
The schooners James o. Wright. Sidney
Jones and w. H. Taylor, laden with cord
wood for the dealers, have arrived from
points on the lower Potomac
The longboats Five Sister and Silver Star,
both laden with pine lumber from Aqua
creek, are in port.
The schooner John r. P. Moore is lying
at the wharf foot of X street southwest
unloading cargo of boards for the dealers
The schooner Seabright has gone up the
James creek canal to unload cargo OF
cord wood.
The steamer Jane Mosely will stop her ex-
cursion TRIPS on the Potomac about the
middle of the month.