Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-01
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW FERRY TERMINALS READY
FOR SERVICE.

The big box float, built at Deans boat
yard at Alexandria for the new ferry be-
| tween this city and Alexandria. has been
| completed, and will be put overheard to-
| day at high water. The float is to be used
| under the bridge that will connect the boat
| with the shore at the Washington terminal
| Both terminals. here and at Alexandria
| are completed, and gould be made ready for
use for passenger service within twenty
| four hours If 1t were necessary. 1t Is un-
derstood that no effort will be made to start
| the ferry uutil the boat launched last Mon
day is ready for service-about the middle
| of next month.
There was q good demand for all grades
1 of fresh fish at the wholesale market, on
the 18th street wharf, this morning. and the
| supply of fish from the traps in the river
and from the nets on the Atlantic coast and
on the bay was larger than it has been
in several days. Prices range at about the
| figures quoted yesterday.
The arrival of several meion-laden boats
increased the supply on sale at the oyster
wharf by several thousand, and they sold
this morning at from s. to so per 100. ac-
cording to size.
Oysters from the beds in the lower Poto-
mac were on sale at Is cents per bushel.
Crabs were plentiful and the demand for
them was fair at 81 to So per barrel.
The work of rebuilding the hull of the
| longboat Mary Ann Shea at Benefits boat
yard is being hurried. but it will be several
days before the work Is completed and the
boat ready to be launched. When the Shea
goes overheard she will have practically a
new hull under her. One Of the big clay
and brick-carrying barges belonging to the
Miller Company Is at Benefits waiting to
be hauled out to be rebuilt Many of the
| timbers in the barge are to be renewed and
the boat will also be made almost new
vessel.
The local ice-storage houses on the river
ta1 70 ma --,fkl
over 1900 tons having been discharged from
Schooners In the past week. There are at
sea bound here three ice-laden boats. the
schooners Charles w. Church and Josie r.
Burt for the American company and the
other vessel for the Home company The
big schooner Malcolm b. Seavey Is loading
Ice on the Kennebec river for this city and
should arrive here about the middle of Sep
tember
The Passing Craft.
The four-masted schooner Rachel w Ste
vens, which unloaded q cargo OF Ice here.
has been taken to Georgetown and is under
the coal chutes there taking aboard a cargo
of about 1.50O tons of Cumberland coal for
New England port.
The new seagoing barge Patuxent built
at Solomon's Island for the P. Dougherty
Company of Baltimore. has gone into COM
mission and will take her first cargo from
baltimore to New York The new barge Is
1874 feet long and will carry over thou
sand tons of cargo. She will be visitor
to this city with coal and other catgoes
The tug James o. Carter is employed In
towing sand and gravel laden scows of
the Potomac Dredging Company from Pts
Getaway creek to this city. but 1t is under
stood the tug Marion Cameron, belonging
to the Potomac Company. will be used for
that service soon as she arrives here,
which will be soon.
General and Personal.
The steam launch Santa Barbara. tender
to the naval proving grounds at Indian
Head. Md, was in port yesterday on bust
ness connected with her station. The Santa
Barbara since she was rebuilt this past
spring at the Norfolk navy yard is the
fastest boat of her class on the river and
there are but few of the larger steamers
that can make her time
MIR. John Callahan. second vice president
and general manager of the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company has re-
turned from business trip to the Newport
News shipyard. The keel for the new ex-
a few days.
Mr.. s. d. Lewis of the harbor patrol
force Is off on his annual leave of absence,
which VIII be spent in the city
Capt. Frank Taylor, master of the tug
NJ. Mitchell Davis, was in the city yesterday
morning on few hours visit to his home
The schooner Silver Star has arrived in
port with cargo of pine lumber aboard
..
She is berthed a the 18th street wharf
The Baltimore tug NJ. w. Adams arrived
In port yesterday with tow of three loaded
barges from Baltimore, consigned here and
at Alexandria.
The schooners Father & Son and Janet
are In port, each with a cargo of wood
from points on the lower river.
The schooner James B. Anderson has
been berthed at the wharf foot of 9th street
to unload her cargo Of cord wood from the
Rappahaunock river
The schooner ]. E. Bright has arrived In
port with cargo of about Loco cases OF
canned goods from Sharp's wharf on the
Rappahannock. They are consigned to
wholesale grocery houses and are the first
canned goods to arrive this year
The steam barge Dennis Simmons laden
with large cargo of lumber and shingles
from North Carolina port. consigned to
dealers here and at Alexandria, has arrived
The barge Howard Neff. laden with hard
coal has arrived in port and has been
taken to wharf on the Eastern branch to
discharge her cargo.
The Isaac Solomon laden with pine wood
from point on the lower river, Is among
the recent arrivals of wood-laden vessels IN
port.
The barge Reliance has been berthed at
Shoots wharf at Alexandria to unload a
cargo OF fertilizer material consigned to
the Alexandria Chemical Company She
has cargo of about 100 tons aboard and
comes from Baltimore.
The bugeye Edna and Nellie is at alexan
dria loading a cargo OF lumber and house
building material for a point on the river
in the vicinity of Colonial Beach
The barge ]. F. McIlvaine, Capt. Moore.
has arrived at Alexandria from Baltimore
with a cargo of fertilizer material aboard
and Is lying alt anchor In the stream wait
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