Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-06
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BIG sCHooNERs FROM THE PORT
JOIN IDLE FLEET.
Work on Hand at Boat Yards-River
Steamers Change Routes
Other Marine Matters.

The big four-masted schooners Edward
E. Briry and Edwin r. Hunt have joined
the fleet of schooners at anchor off Alex
andria awaiting an opportunity to charter.
The vessels unloaded ice here and were
taken to Alexandria by the tug Carter yes
terday The schooner Colder, the first of
the fleet to anchor off Alexandria, has been
lying there for the past two weeks or
longer. On most Of the vessels the crews
have been laid off and preparations have
been made for a long spell of idleness. The
Bury and Hunt are lying at anchor dashed
together, and the men aboard the vessels
are killing time by visiting from one to the
other. The masters of the vessels are I'M
able to say how long they will remain idle
but are evidently prepared for long siege
of it.
Business at the wholesale fish market on
the 18th street wharf was rather dull this
morning, the demand being quite light,
While the supply of trout and butterfish
was quite large. Prices remain firm and
are not high. The demand for watermel-
ons at the oyster wharf market is fairly
good, considering the lateness of the sea-
son. Two vessels with several thousand
melons aboard came into port last night,
put the supply is light. Prices this morn
ing ranged from So per hundred for culls
up to SIS per hundred for selected fruit.
There have been no additional arrivals Of
oyster-laden vessels at the wharf since
sunday and prices are 60 cents per bushel
for Potomac stock.
The pleasure Sloop Carter has been on
the small marine railway at Reagan's boat
yard for several days past receiving a gen.
eral overhauling of her hull and being made
ready for service on the Potomac during
the coming hunting season.
The Hattie Ella Covington, which was out
on the marine railway at Benefits boat
yard for caulking and minor repairs to her
hull. was launched yesterday and has gone
down the river to load for this city
Deane 4 Son. at Alexandria, have COM
pieted the rebuilding of a large scow said
to be designed for the carrying of mud
from scoop-dredging machine to the
dumping grounds. A large fleet of sand
and gravel-carryirg scows are also at
Deane's to be rebuilt and made ready for
service. me sailing sloop which is build
ing at Deane's for parties here will be
ready TO be put overheard before the end
of this month
The schooner Ada Ballenger. EMPLOYED in
llsllils on me river about Maryland Point,
came into port yesterday for ice and sup
ples. The outlook for a busy season ON
the river this fall is said to be good
Inc steamer Annie Arundel is at Balti-
more having work done to her engine as
is required of all new machinery after it
is first used. The Annie Arundel will go
upon the Rappahannock and Patuxent
routes Of the Weems line before returning
10 the route on the Potomac
Of General Interest.
The steamers Wakefield and Harry Ran
dali have temporarily changed routes on
the river for the week. They will return to
their regular routes Saturday morning
next The change was made necessary by
the accident to the steamer Arrowsmith
and the substitution of another steamer on
the Colonial Beach route for trip
The power launch Mary has gone to Co.
lonial Beach with a party of Alexandrians
aboard for an outing of a day or two.
She is expected back in port tonight
The power sloop Vesper has returned to
port from cruise of a day or two on the
lower Potomac.
Capt. August Calmers' steam launch Au-
gusta took party of pleasure seekers from
Alexandria on trip on the river yester-
day.
Nearly every pleasure craft owned here
left port Saturday afternoon with parties
aboard for trips down the river to extend
over Labor day and the yacht anchorage
was deserted. The fleet began to return
yesterday afternoon and by noon today the
larger number of the boats were back in
port and at anchorage.
1t is reported that Capt Zach Summers
has loaded his new sailing barges, recently
built at Nominf, for the sloop Glimmer,
owned By parties down river. Both YES
sells will continue in the river trade.
The new schooner Helen e. Taft has been
chartered to load cargo of about 1900
tons of Ice on the kennebec river for this
city. The Taft is now the only vessel
loa ding ice for Washington.
The schooner E. Marie Brown has been
chartered to load about 600 tons of fertilizer
at Carteret, n. j., for Alexandria at 81 10
per ton freight.
The schooner Fred A. Davenport is load
ing plaster at Walton, Nova Scotia, for
Alexandria at sl.70 per ton.
The schooner Richard Linthicum is at
Baltimore a marine railway to be caulk-
ed and painted
The schooner A. ]. Lawson, laden with
pine lumber from a point on the Potomac
river. has arrived in port consigned to
dealers here.
The r. H. Stuart. Irene, Eta, Leroy, Os-
ceola and Oakland. all laden with cord
wood were among the arrivals in port yes
terday afternoon.
The schooner Fannie. with sand aboard
from the Greenway flats, has arrived in
port and will discharge her cargo at the
Georgetown wharves.
The Frank p. Bateman and Stanly Nor
ris. with melons aboard from the eastern
shore of Virginia, came into port yester-
day.
The two-masted schooner Thomas B. Tay-
lor with a cargo of about $4,000 feet of
pine lumber aboard from Virginia lum-
Der port, has arrived
The tug Unity came into port yesterday
afternoon with eight scoWs laden with
sand in tow from the dredges at work on
the river below Fort Hunt wharf.