Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-17
ON THE RIVER FRONT
COTTAGES BUILDING
FOR WASHINGTON OWNERS.
New Lumber Lighter for Local Firm
Schooner Brown Damaged
Personal and General.

Colonial Beach, the summer resort on the
Potomac in Virginia, is taking rapid strides
forward in preparation for the coming sea-
son, and every effort is to be made to make
it particularly the resort for the people of
this city, Many improvements are being
made at the resort and number of cot
tages for Washington residents are In
process of erection. Commodore John r.
Sutton, the harbormaster; Mr.. John NJ.
Rupert, Mr.. Deckhardt, Mrs. Kayle and
Mr.. Frank Rawlings are all building or are
making additions to buildings already
erected 1t is stated that a hundred or
more cottages at the Beach are now owned
by residents of Washington, who spend
the summer at the resort, and additions to
this number are looked for this spring.
The dealers in fish at the wholesale fish
market are anticipating an extra heavy de-
mand for fresh fish of all kinds during this
last week of the Lenten season, and prepa-
rations to meet this demand are being met
This morning there was an excellent supply
of fish from the nearby nets in the Poto-
mac and they sold readily at good prices
This morning about 700 shad and 100000
herring were at the wharf. The shad sold
at 45c to SOC. each for roes and 15c. to
2Oc each for bucks Herring sold at $3.50
to 81 30 a thousand.
Since yesterday morning five vessels with
about 600 bushels of oysters aboard, have
arrived at the whs rf The demand for the
oysters is good and they are selling at SOC.
to 81 90 per bushel.
Soft crabs were on sale this morning at
6Oc to roc" per dozen. Hard crabs are
plentiful enough to meet the demand at
% per hundred, and clans are selling
at roc. per hundred
The material for the large lumber lighter
to be built at Cumberland & Sons boat
house for Johnson & Mursatt of this city
is on the ground, and the construction of
the boat will be started this week. She
fnofl he
for launching in about three weeks
The work of overhauling the machinery
of the coast survey launch at oFrsberg q
Murrays machine shop is about COM
uleted. and it is expected this launch and
the one lying at Benefits boat yard Will
be taken down the river within the next
ten days to resume survey work OF the
tributaries of the river.
The steamer Harry Randall on her trip
up from the lower river yesterday after
noon brought up several hogsheads of to-
bacco from landings on the Maryland side
This is the first tobacco brought up this
spring and will be taken to Baltimore.
The schooner May Brown, well-knoWn
bay trader, put into Annapolis, Md, Thurs,
day last leaking badly. She had to unload
portion of her deckload to continue her
voyage to Salisbury
The hull of the large power launch build
ing at the boat house of Cumberland q
Son for Mr.. Gus Forsberg of this city is
nearly completed and will, 1t is understood,
be launched some time this week. The
| launch is one of the largest on the river
| and will be equipped with a gasoline en-
CINE of sufficient power to give her good
| speed.
| 1t is stated the tugboat which has been
| chartered by the Tangier Sand Company of
| this city for .ce on the Potomac, Will
| be brought here from New York next week.
| The tug will tow barges laden with sand
| from the eastern shore of Virginia and the
| lower river to this city.
General River Matters.
Harbormaster John r. Sutton returned
| home yesterday evening from stay Of
week at Colonial Beach. where he has be-
| come property owner.
| Mr.. William Wattles. agent of the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Company
at Alexandria, has been placed in charge