Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-21
ON THE RIVER FRONT
THREE LUMBER-LADEN RIVER
sCHooNERs ARRIVE HERE.
Randall Line Steamers Special Service
Charters for Vessels Reported
Personal and General.

Three schooners Of the ram type, the
Levin ]. Marvel, ]. Dallis Marvel and
Grace q. Bennett. are in port with
cargoes Of lumber and laths from
ports on the sounds of North Caro-
lima for the wholesale lumber dealers
Of the city. The ram schooner Is so called
from the. fact that her three masts are
without topmasts and the bowsprft Is
short. allowing the carrying of but three
head sails. They are intended primarily
for lumber carriers from the shallow wa
terways of the Carolinas to points on
the Atlantic coast, travelling. altogether
through the inland waterways, and seldom
IL ever venturfng outside. They are broad
OF beam, admitting their carrying large
cargoes of lumber. A large majority OF
the rams are products of Delaware ship
yards, and they are largely owned IN tnat
state at Bethel, Seaford and other ports
The fish market on the wholesale wharl
was quite a busy place early this morning.
the uptown dealers being present In large
numbers, and the demand for fresh nsh oI
all kinds was brisk. Blues, trout, spanish
mackerel, with a few catfish and shad,
constituted the bulk of good supply:
Prices ranged at about the figures quoted
yesterday.
CLANS are scarce and the demand for
them Is good at prices ranging dpoul y"
cents per hundred.
Hard crabs, from Norfolk, are also In DE-
mand, but the supply Is small. Iney are
selling at $3.50 per hundred. Solt-snen
crabs are becoming more plentiful and are
being received by the dealers from Ches-
apeake bay sources, as well as from the
river They are selling at 70 to NJ Genus
per dozen, with good demand.
The Randall line steamer Kent made
snecial trip down the river Thursday to
carry i. 5S4 pounds of powder to Fort Hunt
and twelve heavy pieces of timber TO Fort
washington for use in the new work there.
The marine laws do not allow the carrying
- aynIosiyes in large quantities on a
steamer with passengers aboard, SO tne
Steamer has to make special trips to ham
die 1t.
The steamer Lily and Howard wiz go 10
Alexandria today to haul out on the large
marine railway there to have new wheei
nut in place. The steamer lost her pro-
peller while at work in occoauan Day
about a week ago, and has peen OUT Oh
service since that time.
and washington line steamer Washington,
who dislocated his knee aboard the steamer
Monday last at Norfolk. was brought nome
Wednesday night, and has been taken TO
Providence Hospital for further treatment.
The injury to Mr.. Ross is serious one
Mr.. Rufus Brooks, mate in the United
States lighthouse tender service. mas been
a assigned to duty aboard the tender Holly,
in service on Chesapeake bay.
Cant Isaac Force Of Alexandria is in
command of the newly rebuilt tug Eugenia,
in the service of the Sm6ot Sand Dredging
Company, towing sand and gravel-laden
barges on the Potomac.
. Deaue & Son are rebuilding large sand
scow belonging to the Columbia Sand Com
pany of this city at their boatyard near
Alexandria new mast Is also being
made at Deane's for the schooner May
flower
The tug Spray has gone to Occoquan. Va.
in, fnxx Ing wi
broken stone from the quarries on Deco
guam creek to this city.
The new tug Imperial, belonging to the
James Clark Company of Baltimore, was
given satisfactory dock trial q few days
ago. The tug will shortly go into service.
doing general towing on the Chesapeake
The schooner Leroy has arrived with
cargo of railway ties from Oecoquan for
the dealers s.s..s
The schooner H.. A. Moore has unloaded
a cargo of salt fish In barrels from a lower
river Ash packing house and is loading
bricks and building material as a return
cargo.
The schooners Howard Dale and Mary
are lying at the wharf at the foot OF 9Th
street and viii unload their cargoes Of pine
lumber there.
The schooner Samuel Wood, laden with
pine wood has arrived from lower river
point
The schooner Mile Dean is in port with ]
full cargo of lumber from the RappaLan-
mock river for the dealers.
The ram schooner Livin Marvel has been
locked at the lumber wharf, foot, of l.
street. and Is discharging her Carlo OF
scantlings and timber there.