Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-16

ON THE RIVER FRONT
WANTED-A REGULAR BERTH FOR
A RIVER STEAMBOAT.
Low Tides Delay Steamer Wakefield
Railway Transfer Service Resum-
ed-Other Marine Matters.

Tho r,anaoers of the Randall line steam
| ers are in a ouaudary They want berthing
| room for q steamer and are unable to find
| II The little steamer Estelle RanoaH Will
| be launched from the marine railway at
| Alexandria within the next day or two'
and when she comes off her owners nave
| no berth for her. She mas been using
pier between the harbor office Whar1 anu
| the morgue. but dock space there mas peeh
| taken up by an addition to the naroor
wharf, so that the steamer cannot no" he
there with her ice plow on, as she "o"iu
then interfere seriously with the ferry
steamer getting in and out OF her sip.
! berth had been arranged for her at the
River View line wharf but it has been
found that she cannot use 1t owing 10 tne
position in which the steamers I. V. AT
rowsmith and Harry Randall lie.
AS the situation now stands she VIII I'D. v.
to lie wherever she can find room, going W
the Randall wharf early In the morning. III
time to sail on her. regular trips.
The Randall Company has four steam
ers but has berth room for only two Inc
congested condition of the harbor is largely
due it is claimed, to the large amount VI
wharf property sequestered by the nalohai
and District governments.
Mr. Daniel H. White, keeper OF Ihomas
Point light station in Chesapeake bay, has
resigned and will retire from the lighthouse
service December i.
Owing to the extremely low tide IN the
river Monday the steamer Wakefield was
caught in Maddox creek, and instead OF
| leaving there at 5 am. Monday 1t was
pm. before the tide rose sufnciently "
allow her to come out of the creek. AS
consequence she did not reach this city I'M
| til 3 a. m. Tuesday instead of Monday after
noon.
There was a larger supply of river-caught
| fish on sale at the wholesale nsn MAJ het
| this morning than there has been for sew
eral weeks, about fifty barrels of perch
| rock and catfish, with a few of other va
| rietes, having been received this morning
| from the river steamer. There was also
| fair supply OF salt water fish on sale The
demand for the bivalves was excellent, ana
prices remain at about the usual figures.
The stock of oysters on hand at the 1lth
| ing there having been but few arrivals of
oyster-laden boats in the past two or three
| days. Prices this morning were slightly
| higher the smaller oysters selling at DO
! cents per bushel, and where they were large
| and good quality they sold at 95c. to 81 per
buShel.
| The United States naval tug Rocket
which did duty as a tender between the
navy yard and the proving grounds at In
| dian Head returned to Norfolk several
days ago, and it is stated the tug ChoctaW
| will be permanently located here. Trips TO
| Indian Head and back are made daily by
the naval tugs Triton. Tecumseh and Choc-
| taw.
| A large force of workmen was employed
| all Monday night in repairing the broken
| lever arm that forms a support to the NOV
able bridge at Shepherds Landing of the
| Baltimore and Ohio railway, and the work
| was completed yesterday. The transfer
| service between Alexandria and Shep-
| herds was resumed yesterday, severalsong
| trains being transferred during the day.
General River News.
The tug Favorite is hauled out on a ma
rine railway at Baltimore for repairs to
| her boiler and machinery in preparation for
winter service.
The United States army lighter Pontonier.
| the tender to the Washington barracks, has
| taken possession of the slip built for her at
the new wharf on the .harbor side of the
| barracks park The wharf is nearly COM
| pleted but bad weather has prevented work
on it for several days past.
| The decorators are engaged in decorating
the stands at the Washington barracks
about the new statue of Frederick the
Great which is to be unveiled Sunday
next. Big American flags are being used in
the scheme of decoration.
The tug Dallas brought into port yester-
day afternoon a large barge laden with
about thSty more cattle from the High
Point plantation in Virginia near Gunston
wharf. The cattle are consigned to butch,
ers here and are to be killed for theslocal
market. The cattle were unloaded at the
Alexandria ferry wharf.
The two-masted schooner Sidonia Cur
| ley laden with a cargo of about 100000 feet
| of pine lumber from the James river has
arrived in port and is unloading at the
wharf foot of K street.
The tug George w. Pride sailed yester-
day afternoon for the bower river with a
! number of light oyster boats in tow.
| The sloop Daisy has arrived at Alexandria
| with a cargo of Irish potatoes from Farm
vile, Nd, on Piscataway creek.
| The tug Camilla left port yesterday after
| noon with the four-masted schooner DAY.
export and barge 6 of the Consolidation
| Coal Company, going to Boston
The steamer E. James Tull has sailed
| with a cargo of lumber and shingles for a
| point on Aqua creek.
The schooner Flying Scud is lying at the
wharf foot of 18th street, dischargng a
cargo of pine lumber from Virginia lunl-
| Der port for the dealers.