Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-26
ON THE RIVER FRONT
HEAVY RECEIPTS OF LUMBER
FROM POINTS ON POTOMAC.
improvements in No,nini Creek-Tug
Carter Again in Service-Gen-
eral and Personal.

AAO AoAAbOk -cdfIy1HS meet WHICH, Has UcCu
detained down rived by unfavorable winds
took advantage Of the southerly and east
erly breezes of yesterday to come into port.
Since yesterday morning six vessels, having
aboard over 100000 feet of pine lumber,
have arrived. In the fleet are the schoon-
ers Samuel L. Russell, ]. j. Underhill and
william Gray, and the PUNCHES Julia and
Annie and Brakeman from Virginia ports,
and the Robin Hood from North Carolina
Several vessels laden with wood and other
cargoes also arrived yesterday, and the
harpor this morning was well filed with
vessels at anchor awaiting an opportunity
to go up to wharf to unload.
A handsome warehouse has been built
on Deep Point wharf for Mr. Buck Hall
ana Mr. !. F. Tubman is rebuilding his
WharI at Mt. Holly, In Nomini creek Mr.
FRANK johnson of Nomini has recently
ouiit roomy launch and equipped it with
nj creek
The receipts of herring by the dealers in
the wholesale market at the 18th street
wharf were not heavy this morning about
zo,oo0 having been brought up from the
nets in the river below Alexandria The
receipts of shad were fair, about 5000 being
piled on the wharf this morning Bunch
nSn are scarce. but the demand is light.
Inns morning herring sold at 81 to 81 per
thousand, and roe shad, CSC. to 34c each
and bucks, lie. to &c. each.
oysters are In fair demand today, in con-
sequence of the cooler weather, but the sup
ply aboard vessels is not large Prices
range about SOC. per bushel CLANS are on
sale at the wharf at 55c. to Coo. per hun
dred.
The pile driver assisting in the work of
deepening the channel in this vicinity has
returned to the forks of the channel and
Is engaged in pulling up the piles used to
support the line of pipe which ran from the
dredge to the Potomac Park. 1t is stated
will
under water at this point il they can be
located.
Deans mud-digging machine was yester-
oay taken TO Smoots wharf at Alexandria
and Will, 1t is stated, dredge the dock
there In order to allow the docking of
deep draft vessels at any stage of the
TIDE: The river front at Alexandria has
I me up several feet about this wharf in
the past TWO or three years, caused mainly
py the eddies from the wreck of an old
barge lying at the mouth of the canal,
just north of the town.
Inc gas buoy marking the mouth Of the
Coan river, Is reported extinguished and
:. me lighthouse authorities give notice that
Il Will be replaced as soon as possible.
General Port News.
The little power launch Olga belonging
10 MI Gus Forsberg, has been given a gen.
eral overhauling and repainting and has
gone into service On the river for the sea-
son. Inc Olga will be used by her owner
Tor pleasure cruises during the warmer
weather.
The engine of the tug James o. Carter.
tug last week, has been repaired and tbe
BOAT Is again In service. She is engaged in
towing fish from the gill nets to this city.
me schooner Matilda L., while on her
way to Baltimore with cargo of grain,
DAY or two ago, was struck by squaIl
ana had her foremost head and main ton
mast carried away She will repair at Bal
timore.
The lighthouse tender Holly. which has
been making an inspection tour on the bay
with Commander McCrea, U. s. N, in
charge Of the lighthouses in this district
aboard, has returned to Baltimore
Capt. William Luckett will command the
River View excursion steamer Samuel J.
Pentz during the coming excursion season.
Mr. VIM. A. Moore will be chief engineer
Of the Pentz
Mr.. VIM. NOVEL; of the Norfolk and
Washington line steamer Norfolk is quite
Ill at Providence Hospital.
Capt VIM. Geoghegan is in command of
the steamer Newport News of the Norfolk
and Washington line while that steamer is
IN service
Mr. NJ s. Parker, steward of the steamer
Harry Randall, has been relieved from duty
aboard that steamer and has been made
cashier at River View.
The pile driver which has been employed
at River View for the past week rebuilding
the wharf there has completed the work
and has gone to Marshall Hall to do some
repair work to that wharf. The Marshall
Hall wharf was damaged by ice during the
winter.
Barge No. of the Consolidation Coal
Company has arrived in port, and was yes
terday taken to Georgetown to load a cargo
of Cumberland coal for Boston.
The schooner Estella, which unloaded
cargo of asphalt here has been taken to
Alexandria to load railway ties for a New
England port.
The schooner Mayfower has arrived in
No with a flll1 of nine wood from a
river port.
The schooner Martin Wagner has loaded
a cargo Of general stores at Alexandria,
and sailed today for river point
The schooner w. 8. Kirby is unloading
her cargo of lumber at the wharf foot Of
9th street southwest.