Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-02
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PREPARING PLEASURE CRAFT
FOR WINTER LAY-UP.
After Oyster Law Violators - Yacht
Javelin Sails on Cruise-Gen-
eral River Notes.

The power launch Marion has gone into
winter quarters at Reagan's boat yard
where the little craft has been taken from
the water. A canvas covering will be
fitted over her and also over the launch
Alma, completely protecting them from the
rains and SHOWS of the winter months. The
owners of the other pleasure craft in the
harbor are preparing to place them in win
ter quarters.
The broken parts of the gas engine in the
power launch Alert which was disabled
while coming up the river about two weeks
ago, has been removed and will be repaired.
The crank and crank case of one of the
cylinders of the engine are damaged, and
the launch; it is stated, will not be ready for
service again until the early part of the
coming spring.
More fish from nearby sources on the
river were received by the dealers at the
wholesale fish market on the 18th street
wharf Wednesday evening than for a week
or two past, and there was also good sup
ply of salt water fish from the vicinity of
Norfolk on sale this morning. The demand,
however, was quite light, but the cooler
weather keeps prices up.
Several vessels have arrived in the past
thirty-six hours with cargoes of oysters.
The demand has been heavy and this
morning the STOCK lett on mana was not
large. Small oysters are selling at 80 to
60 cents per bushel, while the larger and
more choice stock sells up to 81 per bushel.
Ducks from North Carolina are on sale
at the wharf, and there is fair demand for
them at good prices.
AS the steam launch Jas. Douglass was
On her way down the river Wednesday she
went into cut abreast of Collingwood
Beach to secure pile that was floating
there adrift. She secured the pile, but in
doing SO went fast aground on the mud
flats, and it was only after considerable eff
fort that those aboard the launch were able
to get her afloat.
The handsome bugeye-rigged sailing
craft Javelin of the Capital Yacht Club. be-
longing to DR.. Grear of this city, left port
Wednesday afternoon for a cruise on the
Javelin stopped at Alexandria on her way
down the same eyenings>but later resumed
her trip.
General River News.
A new lighter is in frame at the Alexan-
dria shipyard for coal firm in this CITY
and will be ready to be put overheard be.
fore the middle of next month The lighter
is about sixty feet long and is the second
one built for the same parties at Alexan-
dria this fall.
The river steamers on every trip are TAX
ing to merchants along the lower river
large quantities of candies, nuts, toys and
other articles to meet the Christmas de-
mand. Freights on the river have begun
to pick up somewhat
The two-masted schooner H. c. Wheatley
is lying at the quartermasters wharf at
Fort Washington unloading cargo of
plaster to be used in one of the new build
ings in process of erection at the fort
The schooner Walter p Snow is lying at
the wharf foot of G street southwest UNI
loading cargo of Virginia pine lumber.
The William Villas has arrived in port
with fun cargo of cord wood from the
lower river for the dealers.
The J. A. Curtis is in port discharging a
cargo of pine lumber for the dealers from a
Virginia lumber port.
The Baltimore tug Volunteer is in service
on the river towing sand-laden barges from
Colonial Beach and other points on the river
to this city for the Tangfer Sand Company,
who have contracts for supplying sand,
gravel and stone for much of the public
work in the city.