Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-04
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SHIPMENTS OF TOBACCO FROM
THE LOWER POTOMAC.
Preparing for Watermelon Season
New Dredge About Ready, for
Service-Other Matters.

Tobacco grown in Maryland on the lower
Potomac is being brought up to Alex ndria
by the river steamers and from thai point
transshipped to Baltimore On her last "trip
the steamer Wakefield brought eight hogs-
heads of tobacco TO Alexandria and on a
trip in the middle of last week she had
twenty ON board. Some few apples Crown
on the lower river farms are also being
brought up by the river steamers. As yet,
however, the bulk of the FIRE. ghts conf lg up
the river consists of I've stock eggs and
poultry. Within the next two weeks il IS
thought the cantaloupes and few water.
melons Will he coming to this market from
the river counties of Maryland and Virs ma.
In season 1T as not uncommon for the
steamers to bring up 800 packages o. cam
taloupes on a single trip
Attention is called to the rapidly With
which land reclaimed from the river is COW
cred with a green growth. The portion Of
the Potomac PARK east of the ra lway racks
over the Long bridge was covered less than
two months ago with mud pumped from
the river bottom to a depth OF four five
feet Already this ground is covered
with mass of green foliage and in few
days the earth will he hidden by the
growth. The same thing HIS happened on
the land reclaimed on the eastern br mob.
Where few weeks ago was water three
or four feet deep is now a mass OF green
stuff that from the decks of the passing
growing for year or more.
Mr. Jack Phillips, wharf clerk of the
Randall line, who has been confiened 10 his
home in consequence of an Injury to his
foot is reported to be considerably better.
There was a fair demand for fresh fish
of ali kinds at the 18th street wharf whole
sale fish market this morning, but the sups
ply was light, and was mainly nmited
to one OF two varieties of salt water fish,
Catfish and yellow perch were about the
only fish on sale from river sources. Crars,
clans and oysters are in demand. and are
scarce. They bring good prices.
Many of the small sailing craft which
during the winter months bring oysters 10
this city and which have later been en-
ployed in running fish to this city are now
preparing for the opening of the water
melon season, and will engage In running
the melons to this city. The first carSoes
come from North Carolina, and generally
arrive here about the middle or latter part
of this month.
The United States lighthouse tender
Holly came into port Saturday from q
cruise among the lights and buoys on the
Potomac river. She islying at the light
house service wharf foot of \ street. The
United States coast survey steamer Hyoro-
era pher. which has been employed FOR
several months past in making surveys on
the coast of Florida, is making her way Up
the coast, and is expected to reach i5ai-
timore in the next few days The hSdfo-
grapher Will visit this city during the sum-
mer
General Shipping Notes.
The power launch Billy. which was put
overheard at Ragan's boatyard a few days
ago, was out for trip on the river yes
terday evening. giving her engine rial
Owing to the stiffness of the machinery
a little trouble was had in making it run
properly The difficulty finally over
come and the launch came up TO this city.
The power launch owned by Messrs. Bur
roughs, Sullivan and others OF Alexandria-
hauling at Deane's boat yard, has been
completed, and is lying at the ferry wharf
at Alexandria, The launch is unnamed.
The steamer Estelle Randall went into
service on the Glymont mail route this
morning for the first time for several
months The steamer Kent, which has
been running on the route has gone on tho
lower river route for a few days under the
command of Capt. George Cook.
The dredge of the Potomac Dredging
Company which has been building at Alex
andria for the past two months will. 1t IL
stated, be completed this week, and Will so
into service at once. Several large scows,
on which the sand and gravel dug by the
dredge will be brought to this city, are
completed and ready for service.
The Alexandria built schooner Wilson &
Hunting, which has been unloading cargo
of fertilizer material at Alexandra, COM
pieted unloading. and has sailed.
The schooner Thomas Ninsmore, laden
with pine lumber, came into port Saturday
evening. consigned to the dealers. She
brings a cargo from a south Atlantic port
The two-masted Schooner Bailey Brown
is loading a cargo of fertilizer at AleNap-
dria for river port.
The Flirt of the Wave and Walter +.
Snow have arrived in port with cargoes Of
cordwood from down-river points
The tug NJ. Mitchell DAYS Of this city.
which has been employed in towing for
dredging machine about Newport News Tor
the past year, returned To this city for a
short time Saturday. She brought lum-
her-laden schooner into port. and later
sailed with light schooner for Norfolk.