Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PREPARING RIVER CRAFT FOR
MARINE ITEMS.

The auxiliary sloop Margaret and the
power launch Alma will complete overhaul
ing and painting at Reagan's boat yard to-
morrow, and will be put overheard ready
for service. The boats will be used for
pleasure cruising on the river. 9,i--t--
The sloop Rover, which has recently been
equipped with a six-horse power gasoline
engine at Cumberland's boat house, has
gone into commission. She was taken out
for a trial trip Friday, and developed a
speed of about eight miles an hour. When
her machinery is limbered up it is expected
her speed will increase.
The power launch lola is to be hauled
over at Reagan's as soon as the boats now
on the railway are put overheard, for clean
ing and painting of hull and for repair
work to fit her for making pleasure trips
on the river. The lola is owned by Mr.. L.
Hagenbuckner.
The dealers in fish at the wholesale mar
ket on the 18th street wharf are anticipat-
ing dull times in the fish business for sew
eral weeks after the Lenten season Is over.
About 100000 herring and about TOO shad
were received yesterday by the dealers at
the wharf market. and prices were lower
than at the morning sales, and are ex-
pected to be considerably lower during this
week.
There is building at Solomon's Island,
Md, shipyard 1,O00-ton barge for the P.
Dougherty Co. of Baltimore, and when the
barge is completed it will be used for carry
ing coal and other cargoes from Baltimore
and Philadelphia to this city and other
ports on Chesapeake bay and its tributaries.
The new barge when completed will be one
of the largest vessels OF her class IN service.
The steamer Samuel ]. PentZ, which for
the past twelve years has been carrying
excursionists to River View and other
points on the Potomac, will not be In serv-
Ice this year. She is now lying at the
,lor hut mill CHI Ivy Loo ya
for Baltimore, where she will go to ship
yard and will be made a new steamer.
The tug Marion Cameron. built at Balti-
more about year ago for service on the
Potomac towing sand and gravel-laden
scows for the Potomac Dredging Company.
has taken up the work temporarily until
another and smaller tug can be obtained.
The Cameron. 1t Is stated, is too large a
boat for the work and will pay her owners
better when employed in general towing on
Chesapeake bay The tug is now making
daily visits to this city, towing barges laden
with sand and gravel from Mattawoman
Creek Nd.
General Marine News.
The British bark William Black, which
has completed the discharge of her cargo
at Alexandria, will sail in tow of the tug
William III. Yerkes, jr., for New York,
where she will obtain a cargo. Under the
marine laws of the United States the Black
will load cargo for foreign port, as she
is prohibited from carrying a cargo from
one port in the United States to another.
The oyerhauling of the ple-driving ma
chine belonging to Carter & Clark was COM
pleted at Benefits railway several days
ago, and the boat was launched. AS soon
as some repair work to her machinery is
completed the machine will go into service
The tug Sandow of Baltimore has arrived
here with the coal-laden barges Edward
Fay, James T. Easton, John /. Brady. Geo.
B. Roberts and Clara ]. Pugh from Balti-
more, and the York from Philadelphia, the
barges bringing in all about $500 tons Of
hard coal.
Among the articles shipped to Fort WASH
ington from the St. Asaph, Va, station Of
the depot quartermaster's Office yesterday
was a large ambulance fully equipped for
service. The ambulance was loaded on the
steamer Estelie Randall at Alexandria and
taken to the fort. It is to be used during
the maneuvers of the coming summer
The bugeye Lemuel Kirwin, with a cargo
of lumber aboard from a river port. has
arrived for the dealers, and is lying at
anchor IN the stream.
The Eliza Ann, Richard Tall and Mag
nOlia are in port with cargoes of cOrdWoOd
from Potomac points.
The tug Radiant is In port with an oil
laden barge (No. 10 in tow for the Stand
unloading of her cargo yesterday and sailed
for Baltimore.
The schooner Carrie is lying at the wharf,
foot of 9th street, to unload cargo Of
lumber.
The steamer Harry Randall is being
cleaned and painted, preparatory to the
opening of the River View excursion season
next week.
The schooner Carrie Wright, with cargo
of pine lumber aboard, has sailed from
Norfolk for this port, and is expected to
arrive here within the next day or two.