Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-13
ON THE RIVER FRONT
DELAYED SCHOONER ARRIVES
WITH ICE ABOARD.
Tobacco Shipments Still Heavy-sand-
Carrying scow Launched-aen-
eral Matters Along River.

The three masted schooner Woooaru
Abrahams, laden with ice for the American
Ice Company was brought into port yes
terday morning by the tug Carter ana Is
living at the wharf foot of 10th street un-
loading her cargo. The Abrahams salieo
from Bath for this city July ~, Out Ahe
all vessels bound south along the A1iah'c
coast have been delayed by contrary "ihos
and by current flowing from sou'h ~
north. This current, according to 'esSel
masters, is something new, and Is not III u
down in any of the charts and is wide
enough to bar vessels from lacking to get
out of it. For three weeks past southwark
bound vessels have been having trouble,
and a large fleet is delayed off the Hir-
ginia and North Carolina coasts Inc
Abra hams brings about LOO tons of ice, at
least she left Bath with that quantity
aboard, but her bad luck in getting here
has caused some loss from melting.
The supply of fresh fish on sale at the
| fish wharf wholesale market this morning
was large, ard consisted of trout, put,eT
| fish, spot and other saltwater fish. Whlle
| the supply WAS large, the demand was
| even smaller than that of yesterday.
| though prices were low. The coming OF
fruit and melons from nearby sources rs
| assigned as the reason Tor the stump III
! the fish market.
| On the oyster wharf. where the melon,
| loaded vessels lie, business was brisk ana
/ the wharf was lined with wagons loadlhe
I Watermelons from the holds of the yes
| sells. Prices this morning ranged from -
| to SIS per hundred.
Crabs were in poor demand TO-DAY, anu
| sold at 10 cents to $loo per pdriei' aeeoA"
| ing to grade. .,.. .,.,
| points along the lower river to Alexanoria,
| 70 he reshipped to Baltimore. The steamer
| Wakefield Yesterday afternoon brought up
| thirty-four hogsheads, which Will pe placeu
| aboard Weems line steamer TINS eseniIs'
| More tobacco has been sent from Alexah-
| dria to Baltimore this summer tnah iol
| wears past, and it is stated there Is yet
| uuantity down the river to be shlppeu.
| AS vet fruit is not running heavy IN the
! river but it is expected by the end oi heAl
| week peaches, apples and smaller 1ruits
will be brought up in Quantities each Trip.
| The receipts of grain from the lower river
have been rather light during the past
| week. :,
being painted and overhauled preparatory
| to active work on the river during the ran.
| The Levin Woolford. while down the
river recently, was fitted with a new lore-
| mast and had some other repair work done
| to her. ,n.
| Another large sand-carrying scow, built
at the Alexandria shipyard for the Po'o,
mac Dredging Company, was put oVerposl l :, q
| a day or two ago. This makes the twelfth
new scow that has been built at Alexandra
for the Potomac company. The null 1ol
the new coal lighters for local coal nrnl
will be laid at Alexandria within the neNt
day or two and the work on them Will De
pushed in order to have them ready FOR
service about the harbor early IN the IAN
General River News.
One of the big schooner barges of the
Consolidation Coal Company completed the
loading of cargo of soft coal at George
town yesterday, and left in tow of the tug
| Camilla for the mouth of the river, where
| she will ioin a tow of barges going up the
| coast for Boston or a New England port
The barge has aboard about 100 tons OF
| fuel
| The twomasted schooners A. II. Quinby,
Samuel r. Wood and John McGinnis
| owned here are lying at Philadelphia coal
| piers taking aboard cargoes of hard Goa
| for this city. The three vessels VIII Dc
| kept running from this city to Philadelphia
| for several months. taking cargies OF raul,
way ties to Philadelphia and bringing Goa
| back.
| Mr.. Chas Wright chief United States
| steamboat inspector, in charge of hulls fol
this district was in the city on business
| yesterday.
| Capt William Luckett, who piloted the
| United States steamer Dolphin to the
| mouth of the river, returned home las
night and resumed command of the steam
er Samuel ]. Pentz.
| Capt James Barker has been notified b!
| the steamboat inspectors that he has beer
| completely exonerated from all blame II
consequence of his steamer. the Harr!
| Randall, sinking a launch of the schooner
| Yacht Mist and drowning one of its occu
| pants.
The schooners Horace A. Stone. Captain
! Frosk, and the Mary F. Bennett, Captlai
, | Sargent, have been chartered to load Goa
at Maine Ice ports for this city. witt
l | these two vessels. four large schooners ar
| now under charter to load ice for this city
D The schooner Helen H. Taft, which lief
] ! here for Baltimore is under charter to loa
| coal for Boston or Portland. If she goes I
D the former port she will receive 50 cent
. | per ton, If to the latter SI12 cents.
Y ! The schooner Bertha May, a recen
e trip down the river. was hauled out on
e marine railway and was handsomely re
e painted She came into port yesterda
n | looking like new vessel
{ The repair work on the old wharf at tn
t | foot of 10 street southwest is progress
e ing slowly, but the wharf will be comple'
i | ed and ready for service in about ten day:
= The schooner Murray VandiVer. wei
6 known trader at this port. is at Bait
t more shipyard. where she will be given
general overhaulng and will be fitted wit
a new mainmast before she returns to sci
vice. :,
! The Standard Oil Company's tug Radiar
t came into port today with barges 50 an
r ~ both laden with Oil for this city an
= Alexandria. One barge Will De unioaoe
. here and the other at the Virginia city. -.
q The schooner John P. Reese, laden wit
/. pine lumber from a Virginia lumber por
n arrived here today consigned to local dea
q | erS ;..
e The schooner Oakland has arrived with
A. | cargo of cord wood from river point;
If The barge Bailey is at Stuarts whar
IF | and the barge Martin in MattaWoms
er creek loading cargoes of railway ties 4
8, | Philadelphia
al The new schooner Helen II. Iait, WIN ,l
k, brought her maiden cargo of ice here' nj
r. completed unloading and has sailed.
~ The schooner c. c. Wheeler, with a car
la of about 10000 feet of lumber ABOARD ITO
the James river, has arrived.
The schooner Rob Roy has arrived ana
unloading her cargo Of pine lumber at {
IN | wharf foot of 18th street.
~ The schooner Bertha May has arrived
-. Alexandria with cargo Of cord wood ire
~ the lower river.
c. ~
Sc WRONG USE FOR WASTE BAsKE.