Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-08
ON THE RIVER FRONT
HEAVY SHIPMENTS OF RAILWAY
TIES TO THE NORTH.
Ice Cargoes. Coming From the Ken
nebec-Tender Jessamine in
Port-General Matters.

The three-masted schooner Norman,
which unloaded a cargo of laths here, has,
it is stated, been chartered to load rail-
way ties at Alexandria for Boston. She
will go into the dock to take her load
aboard the schooner Charles
Olcott completes her cargo. Several of the
smaller schooners bound here with Ice and
other cargoes will also take railway tie car
goes to the north. Along the line of the
Southern railway in Virginia, from Alex
andria to Lynchburg, many thousands of
oak and chestnut trees are yearly con-
verted into railway ties, and they are
brought to Alexandria for shipment to
Philadelphia, Boston and other ports in the
north.
The sidewheel steamer Kent of the Ran
dali line was yesterday taken to Alexan-
dria and hauled out on the marine railway
there to have her hull overhauled and her
outside pipes examined and repaired If nee
| essary. Before being put overheard 1t is
stated, the underwater part Of the hull of
the steamer will be painted.
The demand for fresh fish of all kinds at
the 18th street wharf market was larger
this morning than it has been for several
days, but the supply was small and the
stock received of inferior quality. The
dealers have notified shippers to send on
good stock, and it is expected the market
will be well supplied in the morning. Prices.
which have been demoralized, are resuming
regular tone. CLANS and crabs are in fairly
good demand but the receipts of the shell
fish, both from the river and from the lower
part of Chesapeake bay. are light, and
prices range from 60 to 20 cents per hun
dred for clans. 10 to 80 cents per dozen for
soft crabs and $1.25 to S1.50 per hundred
for hard crabs There is still some de-
mand for oysters in the shell, and they
selling at about so cents to 81 per bushel.
The schooner Alice Holbrook has been
chartered to load 643 tons of ice at Rock
port, Me-, for this city. The charter of the
+ How fnnS
to load ice on the Kennebec for this city, is
reported. The four-masted schooner Edw.
l.. Hunt is at sea bound to this city with a
cargo of ice. The local ice compan es are
endeavoring to get their ice houses filed
with ice before the continued hot weathef
sets in
The large hydraulic dredge Dewey. en-
gagged In deepening the water in the chan
mel of the Eastern branch from the chan
mel of the river to the navy yard. has now
reached point about midway of the total
distance to be dug. She is pumping the
liquid mud through pipes fully a quarter of
mile long to the part of the fats abreast
the st. Elizabeth Asylum, which Is to be
raised above highwater mark, and which
will be added to the asylum farm
The steam yacht Deane, belonging to Gen
Crozier, chief of ordnance, United States
army, which arrived here in the latter part
of last week, has been berthed in the
stream at the yacht anchorage off the nth
street wharf.
The naphtha launch recently purchased in
this city by the Messrs. Kelly and others
of Alexandria is on the marine railway at
Benefits boat yard to be given a general
overhauling and to be made ready for serv-
Ice on the river. The launch will be used
for summer cruising on the river.
The United States light house Engineers
steamer Jessamine came into port yester-
day afternoon from a repairing cruise
among the light houses in the district The
steamer Is lying at the light house service
wharf and will. it is stated. be in mort For
several days. While the Holly Violet and
other tenders look after the buoys and SIM
plies for the light houses the steamer Jassa
NINE carries a crew of mechanics that do
an the repair work necessary about the |
light stations INC
The tug Irene left port yesterday with
TWO Darges, which had lust COMPLETED tbe |
unloading of cargoes of ice The barees
are to go to the Susquehanna to load.
1t is stated that the boiler of the big side
wheel steamer Jane Moseley, which was
damaged by the water getting low in it |
While running excursions last summer is |
TO be repaired and the steamer put In con- |
dltlon for service again soon a. possible |
Inc Moseiey is now lying at anchor at The |
wharf foot of 1 street southwest,
current is still coming down the river |
Out Will run itself out today unless the |
rams IN the upper country have been I'M |
usualy severe during the past two DAYS |
Ihere was some flood tide on the river be- |
tween Alexandria and Washington This |
days. "o Vi tn ee
The revenue cutter Window has gon. o,,t
OF service at the Arundel cove station of
the revenue cutter service to have her sum-
l e painting and overhauIing completed
she Will be out of service but a few davs
Ihe councils of Knights of Columbus of
TINS city have completed arrangements for
an ei-day outing to be given the orphans
In the summer NC"
The work of rebuilding the old fish wharf
at the foot of 18th street is now practically
completed and will be ready for use in a
few days III
The sand-carrying scows of the Colurbia
national Sand Digging Company, before
reported ashore near Buena Vista. were
noated yesterday afternoon and taken
down the river to take aboard carsoes of |
sand for this city. The scows were little ~
any, damaged by going ashore.