Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-16
ON THE RIVER FRONT
POTOMAC DREDGING COMPANY
BUILDING NEW MACHINE.
Vessel Charters for This Port Reported
Yacht Greyhound In Service
Other Matters.


city which has sand diggers at work taxi
ing sand and gravel from the bottom of
Piscataway creek, Md, is having new
hosting machine built at Baltimore ship
yard for use at the docks of the company
here. The hull of the new machine is fifty
five feet long, twenty-five feet wide and
five feet deep, and was put overheard a
few days ago. The machinery will be
placed aboard at once and the vessel will
be brought to this city to go into service. 1t
will be used to unload sand and gravel
laden barges here. The tug Marion Cam
eron yesterday delivered three new sand
carrying barges. each sixty-five feet long.
to the eompanys representatives on Pts
Getaway, and they will go in service at
once to bring sand to this city. The Potomac
company during the spring will have new
dredging machine built for service on the
Potomac.
Potomac herring fresh from the nearby
fishing shores was a drug on the market at
the fish wharf yesterday evening and fine
roe herring could have been bought for
song. Over half million herring were
brought to the wharf on the river boats
yesterday, and the demand for them was
so light that the dealers sold them. when
they had a purchaser, at 81 per thousand.
Shad on the other hand, was very scarce.
less than 500 being on the market, and they
sold at high prices.
Mr.. John Callahan, manager of the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Company.
returned yesterday morning from BUSH
ness trip to Newport News. -
Capt. Ned Owens of this city is in COM
mand of a tugboat in service on the York
river about West Point.
Mr.. William A. Moore, chief engineer of
the Randall Line is at Newport News SUI
perintending the repair work being done
aboard the steamer Wakefield.
The following charters of vessels to load
cargoes for this city have been reported the
Ia CT HaU two r Ehprm3n n.
to load lumber at Urbanna. Va; schooner
Matilda lumber, Rappahannock river;
schooner e. Stars Jones. phosphate rock
from Punta Gorda, and the schooner Sails
bury. pine lumber at Jacksonville. Fla.
The Potomac river traders Clemmie Trav>
ers. Early Bird and Richard Cromwell are
overhauling at Baltimore, preparatory to
taking up their charters to run pineapples
from the Bahama Islands to this city. The
largest of these vessels is but little over a
hundred feet long, but they are stanch
poats, and engage each spring IN ocean
trading. bringing pineaples and fruit from
the Bahamas to the Chesapeake. Ten or
fifteen other small schooners are also en-
gagged in the trade.
General River Matters.
The handsome auxiliary power yacht
Grey hound, belonging to DR.. Arthur Rau-
terberg which has been oyerhauling for a
month past, went into commission yester-
owner for short spins on the river during
the warm weather of the coming summer
The wharf-buiding machine belonging to
Carter & Clark was hauled out on the
marine railway at Benefits boat yard yes
terday morning for general repair work
The hull of the machine is to be caulked
and painted and all unsound work on 1t
will be removed and replaced with solid
material.
The steamer Newport News of the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Company
of this city is in the drydock at Newport
News. and the Weems line steamers Cal
vert and Westmoreland are in docks at
Baltimore, and will be given their annual
spring overhauling
The overhaulng of the excursion steam
ers running out of this city Is being
rushed, as the first of the seasons trips to
the resorts will be made at the end of this
month. Within the next day or two paint
ers will go aboard the steamers, and they
will put on their summer dress OF white
and red.
The steam yacht Chipita, which spent the
winter in this city has left port for her
home port, Boston. While here, after the
ice left the river this spring, the yacht
was employed in giving demonstrations OF
the working of a new signal device TO
warn vessels of their proximity to each
other in fogs or thick weather.
The harbor police boat Vigilant is lying
in her dock at the harbor wharf, but 1t will
be a day or two before the work on her
service. The painting and decorating of
the tug will be done while the vessel is in
service.
The schooner Alethea is lying at the
wharf foot of 9th street to unload cargo
of pine timber from the Rappahannock
river.
The steamer Lily and Howard, which has
been employed in bringing shad and her
ring from the nets between Alexandra ana
creek, completed her charter to-
day. and will return to general freighting
on the river.
The schooner Hennie L. James is in port
with a cargo of pine lumber from Vir-
gina lumber port.
TIE schooner James B. Anderson has
the unloading of her cargo of
pine lum Der and is lying at the American
Ice Company wharf for orders.
The lighthouse tender Maple is complet-
ing the work of overhauling the buoys In
the river for the summer season, and Will
return to Baltimore when the work is COM
pleted.
The United States fish commission yacht
Phaiarope left port yesterday evening for
the Bryan's Point fishing station, where
she will be employed.