Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-12
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SIX COAL BARGES ARRIVE FOR
SERVICE HEREABoUTS.
overhauling Tugboat Fleet = Deepen
ing Water in Docks-Other Matters
Around the Harbor.

Six light coal carrying, barges from Phila-
delphia were added to the fleet of vessels
having their headquarters at this city,
Tuesday evening. They were brought here
from Philadelphia by the tug E. A. Kent
and are to be used in carrying coal from
place to place about the harbor and on the
river in this vicinity for a coal company
that is having a large pier built on the East
ern branch above the navy yard. The barges
are of type not ordinarily seen on the Po-
tomac having sharp bows and sterns, and
Being keel built
They will carry about two hundred tons
OF cargo and look like handy vessels for the
purpose for which they will be used. sIt is
said they were III service on the Delaware
river, near Philadelphia, when secured for
the service about this city. They will go
into service soon as the new pier is built.
The supply of fresh fish on sale at the
18th street wharf market today was quite
large. The receipts of gray trout, stur-
geon and other varieties caught in Ches-
apeake bay and on the Atlantic coast near
Norfolk was heavy. Shad are scarce, and
less than $4,000 herring were on sale al
the wharf this morning. All the larger
fishing shores on the river have cut out"
and the shad and herring season is prac-
tically over. There was fair demand for
all varieties of fish this morning.
No oysters were on sale from the YES
sells at the 18th street wharf market this
morning, and at the oyster houses on the
wharf 10 cents per bushel was asked for
them. Some few CLAIMS are on sale on
the vessels that brought them from the
eastern shore of Virginia, at 45 to 80
cents per 100.
The Jug Camilla was launched from the
marine railway al AleXs ndria yesterday and
vas brought up to this city to be made
ready for service as soon as possible. While
no. he, IL,
huh painted the tug was fitted with pro-
peller Wheel of a new and improved type.
The tug William H. Yerkes jr., is out of
service 1T the wharf of Forsberg & Murray.
having some repair work done her ma
chinery, which became disabled on recent
trip up he river. Before returning to serv-
ice the tug will be hauled out on the Alex
andria arine railway for attention TO her
hull and for painting
The overhauling of the machinery of the
tug Eugenia. belonging to Mr.. Louis Smoot
WILL 1t Is said, be completed this week and
the boat will go into commission at once
She is 10 be usad to tow sand and gravel
laden barges on the river.
The dock in front of the small marine
railway at ennett's boathouse is being
dredged in order to allow the hauling orr
OF vessels on an ordinary tide. Since the
Potomac Park was redeemed from the
river the docks In the harbor have been
gradually filling, and in the past two weeks
1t has been found necessary to dig out
three of Them
Lumber Receipts Heavy.
The receipts of lumber from North Caro-
lima and Virginia lumber points at this city
in the past two weeks have been very
heavy, and all the lumber wharves from
14th to 9TH street are now Allied up with
the timber and boards, and one or two ves-
sells are yet lying In the stream waiting
an opportunity to come into wharf to
discharge. In consequences of the building
operations now going on and in expectation