Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-06
ON THE RIVER FRONT
COLLIDING VESSELS REPAIRING
AT ALEXANDRIA.
Only Crow Ducks to Shoot-Tug San
dow in Service Here
Other Matters.

The bugeye M j. Stevenson, which was
injured In a collision with sailing yacht
Off the mouth Of Pohick bay Sunday even
Ing last, has been taken to Alexandria,
where she will repair at Deane's boatyard.
When she left port the bowsprit of the
yacht was still sticking in the side of the
Stevenson, where 1t had penetrated the
hull and had been broken of, The sailing
yacht which collided with the Stevenson,
and which was overturned when the two
vessels came together, has been righted,
and is also at Deane's for repairs The
yacht is owned by parties residing In this
| city, ana not at Alexandria, as first stated
Beyond having broken bowsprit the yacht
was but little damaged in the collision,
though the party aboard her lost guns and
other articles when she overturned
The supply of fresh fish on sale at the
18th street wharf wholesale fish market
this morning was quite large, and business
was brisk, there being a large num-
Der of buyers on hand to secure supplies
to meet the heavy Friday demand
The stock on hand was not only large
put there We're many varieties to select
from, and prices were firm The receipts
of river fish show an increase i'm the catch
/ by the nets in the Potomac.
Two or three vessels with oysters aboard
have arrived at the oyster wharf since yes
terday. and the demand for them is excel
lent. Prices are steady ranging from soc
to 75c. per bushel, according to the grade
of stock wanted.
Some few hard crabs We're on sale at the
fish wharf this morning, but the demand
for them is light. CLANS from Norfolk are
on sale at 60 cents per hundred.
The United States naval tug Tecumseh
came into port yesterday afternoon towing
two of the big barges of the United States
naval ordnance foundry, on which were
four railway cars and a gun. The cars
were being brought back from the govern
ment powder factory at Indian Head,
where they had carried supplies, and the
gun had recently completed its tests at the
naval proving grounds.
Hunters who have been out on the river
the past two or three days after wild
ducks report finding nothing but crow
ducks and few water witches and wild
geon. The wild fowl are becoming very
shy, having been so persistently hunted
since the opening of the season. AS yet but
the duck family have made their appear
ance, but are looked for by the hunters
with the first cold northeast blow we have.
General Matters.
The officers of the steamer Harry Ran
dali on the river route report that one Of
the large barges brought to Colonial
Beach from New York several days ago
has filled and sank alongside the wharf at
the beach. The barges belong to a new
sand and gravel company and were brought
to Colonial Beach to load a cargo of sand
and gravel for Philadelphia.
The tug Sandow, belonging to the Amer
lean Towing & Tightening Company of
Baltimore. is the tug that has been char
tered by the Baltimore and Ohio railway
to tow the transfer barge between Alex
andria and Shepherds landing in place or
the tug Beaverton, which has been taken
to Baltimore for repairs. The crew of the
ha IA r. r. IA Ga
dow and the crew of the Sandow took the
Beaverton to Baltimore.
Mr.. Austin Kelley has been made a quar-
termaster on the Norfolk and Washing
ton line, and is on duty aboard the steamer
Newport News.
The Baltimore tug Dauntless came into
port late yesterday afternoon with the
barges Cecil and Baltimore in tow The
barges bring large cargoes of pine lumber
from Norfolk for dealers here and at AL
eXandrta.
The three-masted schooners John Haw-
thorn and Emily Wiley, which unloaded
cargoes of phosphate at Alexandria, have
been taken to the mouth of the river by the
tug Pride, en- route to Baltimore to load
coal. OF the large fleet of light schooners
which were lying at anchor off Alexandria
saturday last only one, the big four-masted
schooner Edward E. Berry, remains. The
Berry was the largest vessel of the fleet,
and she will be the last one to charter
The schooner May and Anna Beeswick Is
at sea from New York, bound to this CITY,
with, 1t is said, cargo Of stone for the new
Highway bridge.
The two-masted Schooner A. H. Ouinby
has arrived in port with a cargo of hard
coal from Philadelphia for the dealers.
The schooner Eddie, laden with pine Ium-
Der from a Virginia lumber port came into
port yesterday evening and is unloading at
wharf, foot of 9Th street.
The Sidney Jones and Col ]. Merrick, with
cord wood aboard, are in port from points
down the river.
The schooner William Linthicum has been
taken to the wharf foot of 9Th street to un-
load cargo of Georgia pine lumber.
The schooner Earl Biscoe Is in port with
load of wood from down river point,
The schooner j. Manchester HAYNES la
Gen with Ice from the kenebec river. is ey
pected to arrive In port before the end of
the week. -