Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-12
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SHIPPING MANY RAILWAY TIES
TO NORTHERN PORTS.
Ample Supply Of Ice Coming-Ferry
Wharf to Be Rebuilt
Other Matters.

The three-masted schooner Anna Porter.
| which unloaded a cargo Of laths from ST.
Johns. New Brunswick. here, completed
the discharging of her cargo yesterday and
I was taken to Alexandria, where she will
load a cargo of railway ties for New
! England port. The schooner Norman.
which has been loading at Alexandria for
several days past, will complete the taking
| aboard Of her cargo in day or two and
| Will sail. The ties being placed aboard the
| Norman are unloaded from the cars to the
| schooner's deck the cars being backed out
| upon a wharf track for the purpose. The
| two schooners, 1t is stated, will carry away
about $4,000 ties for railway usage in the
| norths Alexandria is rapidly becoming one
| Of the largest railway tie exporting ports
| in the SOUTH and during the course OF a
year many thousand ties are loaded and
| shipped to North Atlantic ports. During
| the season there is always a vessel or two
| lying at the Alexandria wharves taking the
| ties aboard.
| The supply of fresh fish sale at the
| wholesale fish market on the 18th street
| wharf was very light this morning. but
| the demand was also light and the stock
| On hand was more than ample to meet the
| demand. The fish market is very demon
allied and the fish are selling at low prices
Trout. butterfish croaker. spot and other
| salt water fish are on sale.
The stock Of watermelonS on hand at the
| nth street wharf continues quite large. while
| the demand Is light. Prices remain at
about the figures quoted yesterday
| Hard crabs continue plentiful, but they
| have also fallen off in demand and could
be bought this morning at from % cents to
| 81 per barrel
Ice from the Kenebec river Is af1oat
bound here. and the vessels are
looked for at any time. The schooner
Woodward Abrahams. which has new
1 hoo, nlyc OF
| left Bath in the latter part of July, has
1000 tons aboard. the barkentine Francis
| has about / 200 TONS the schooner c. Man
| chester Haynes I 400 tons, the Edward E.
1900 tons. These vessels are all expected
| to be here by the latter part of next week
| Captain Mitchener, mate of the big tug
! Cumberland, belonging to the Consolida-
| ton Coal Company of Baltimore. has been
promoted to the command of the steamer
Frostberg of the same company. Captain
Kitchener made visits here a year or two
| ago in the Cumberland.
| The schooner Lottie Carter. which has
| been hauled out on the marine railway
at Alexandria for several weeks past,
| undergoing a thorough overhauling of
her hull and for other repair work. was
| launched from the railway yesterday
| and will at once proceed down the river
| to load for this city.
Quillan, which unloaded a cargo of sand
| at Alexandria, has been taken to the same
| railway and will be hauled out there to-
| day for repairs to her hull and for caulk-
| ing.
| Mr.. B. G. Faulbaber Of New York, rep
resenting the owners Of tie ferry line be-
| tween Washington and Alexandria, was
| in the city yesterday business con-
| nected with the, line. While here, It is
stated, he assured a representative of the
District building inspectors office that
the ferry wharf and buildings will be put
| In thorough repair within the next few
weeks.
General News of the Port.
The schooner Rosa Lee. which ran
ashore twice Wednesday afternoon on
| the flats near the u. s. naval powder
magazine below this city, was foated on
high water yesterday and resumed her
interrupted trip down the river. The YES
sci was not injured by running ashore
The sloop Marie, which ran ashore near
Buena Vista wharf in the heavy sauall
Wednesday afternoon. and was capsized
was righted by her crew. aided by a sail
Ing vessel, yesterday morning, and after
being pumped out her cargo of melons
was placed aboard her again and she
| sailed for Alexandria.
The steam launch Mary, with a party of
young people from Alexandria aboard,
made a trip to Marshall Hall last night.
Capt. Frank Dixon, in the pungy Ella
Hill, is engaged In summer fishing on the
Potomac near GlymOnt, and is hauling his
seine on Craney Island. This island was
many years ago, one of the best-known
seine-hauline shores on the Potomac and
had on 1t the huts and other buildings used
in the fishing operations.
The tug Camilla came into port yester-
day afternoon with barge No. of the Con-
solidation Coal Company. to be taken to
Georgetown to load cargo of about 500
tons of Cumberland coal for Boston
Wharf Clerk Scott of the Randall Line
has been made purser of the steamer Es-
telle Randall, to fill a vacancy caused nv
the resignation of Purser Michael Robb
The schooner George H. Meekins with a
cargo of fertilizer from Baltimore Game
into port yesterday and went I'D TO George
town to unload
The schooner c. H. Daiger with a cargo
of cord wood from a river point aboa I'd
has arrived.
The Eva Gibson has arrived at Alex
andria with cargo of watermelons ana
the Mary Inez and the Luther Hornsby
nave arrived here with melons since yes
terday noon.
The tug Unity brought seven scows
laden with sand and gravel into mort YES
terday evening for the Columbia National
Sand Dredging Company.
The schooner Chas. Mitchell is living at
the wharf foot Of K street southwest un-
loading cargo OF Georgia pine lumber.
The barge Lily of the West has gone IN
marshall Hall with large quantity of
building material aboard to be used in the
erection OF a new dwelling in that part of
Maryland. "a
The schooner Sidonia Curley Is unload
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