Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-24
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SCHoONERS ARRIVE WITH LARGE
CARGoEs OF ICE.
Vessels Ashore Near This City - In
specting Weems Line Route-Per-
sonal and General.

The big four-masted schooner Maria o.
Teel, laden with ice for the American Ice
Company, was brought into port yesterday
by Baltimore tug. and will discharge her
cargo at the 9th street wharf storage
houses. The Teel left the ice fields in the
Kennebec river October r. but did not
leave Bath until four days later She had
a speedy trip down the coast and came in
the capes Friday. The schooner brings a
cargo Of 1880 tons Of ice, and is the first
ice-laden vessel to come here in about a
month.
Business was very dull at the wholesale
fish market on the 18th street wharf this
morning, the attendance of buyers at the
fish auctions being quite small. and the
supply of fish on hand was also small.
Prices are firm and range about the fig
ures of last week.
Ducks from North Carolina and Virginia
waters were on sale for the first time Sat
urday and this morning, and they brought
good prices. Rock sold for 60 cents per
pair, redheads for 81 each and bluewing
teel for 40 cents each. The supply is small
and of poor quality.
There was an ample supply of oysters
from river sources on sale at the 18th street
oyster wharf this morning, quite a fleet of
boats having arrived in the past twenty
cents per bushel.
AS the two-masted schooner Alexander
Wiley was on her way to this city Satur-
day evening with cargo of cord wood she
ran ashore on the flats at the forks of the
channel and stuck fast She remained
aground for several hours until the rising
tide came and foated her off. A pungy
with wood aboard for this city also went
ashore on the flats off Alexandria Saturday
and was aground for two three hours
The schooners z. E. Layton and S. W.
Darby. jr, which went ashore near Madi-
son, Md, in the big gale on the night of
September IA. and which have been ashore
since that time, were fioated a day or two
ago. In order to get the Layton afioat
canal had to be dug to her and filed with
water before she could be foated. The
vessel was in a cornfield several hundred
yards from the shore.
One of the large pocket scows used
tender TO the mud digging machine of John
Miller is hauled out on the marine rail
way at Benefits boat yard for an overhaul
irg. The scow will be used in the opera
tions about the fats of the Eastern branch.
Large quantities of fertilizer in bags are
Icing taken by the river steamers from this
city and Alexandria to points along the
river consigned to the farmers for use In
growing wheat end other crops This Ship
rlent of fertilizer to river points takes place
each year about this season.
Weems Lines New Owners Inspecting
Route.
Representatives of the new owners of the
Weems line have been making trips on the
steamers from this city to the river land
ing along the Potomac to Baltimore in or
der to become acquainted with the route
and it's many landing places.
Mr. William 4. Moore, chief engineer of
the Randall line who has been at River
side experimenting the attempts to float
the steamer Arrowsmith, has returned to
his home here.
Mr. T. 3. Garrett purser of the steamer
Harry Randall, who has been on weeks
leave of absence, returned to duty aboard
his steamer Saturday. Mr.. George Stafford,
who has Eeen acting as purSer OF the Kan
dali during the absence of Mr.. Garnett, has
returned to duty aboard the steamer Sam
uel j. Pentz on the Glymont route
Capt Whitley Sanders, who has been In
command of the schooner Cherubim. retires
to take command of the schooner William
T., Franklin Capt. Cromwell, who formerly
commanded the Franklin, has taken charge
or the new schooner Charles A. Witter of
BALTIMORE.
The schooner Kate johnson, laden with
cargo Of pine lumber from Virginia lum-
Der port, has arrived ana is unloaalns her
cargo for local dealers.
The Annie E. Crocwell and Euolia, laden
with oysters from the lower Potomac, came
irto port Saturday evening.
The tug Radiant has arrived in port with
two barges laden with oil for the Standard
Oil Company. ~
The bugeye Ruth and Ella, laden with
lumber and building material, left port
Yesterday afternoon for a lower Potomac
point. l..
The Baltimore tug Neptune has arrived In
mort with the barges r. 8. McCracken and
Edward Fay in tow The barges are laden
with hard coal from Philadelphia.