Evening star., 1905-09-07
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW BARGE LOUISE BUILT FOR
POTOMAC SERVICE.
Hulk of Old Schooner Removed-Acct-
dent to Capt. John Hart
= Marine Notes.

The new power barge built at the boat
yard of NJ Mitchell Davis & Son, at Solo
mons island. Md. for Mr. Robert Murphy
of Mt Holly, Va, has been named the
Louise" and will be ready for service
within the next few days. The vessel
is 125 feet long. 23 feet wide and is nine
feet deep in the hold. She is equipped with
a 1&}-horse- 20 wer' Globe engine, and is to
be used fer general freighting work on the
river, between this city and Nomini creek
in Virginia. The L ouise Is the first large
vessel the Potomac to gasoline
power, but this class of freighters very
common on the bay. running from bay
points to Baltimore. 1t is thought the
Louise will be followed by other vessels of
the same kind
There was but a fair demand for fish at
the wholesale market on the 11th street
wharf this morning, and the supply on
hand from all sources was ample to meet
the demand The receipts of fish from the
nets in the river are better than they have
been for several weeks and good catches
are now looked for.
The supply of oysters at the wharf is very
small, vessels with the bivalveS aboard
having arrived nee last week. Prices
range about co cents per bushel.
The supply of hard crabs received by the
dealers at the wharf is ample to meet the
demand and they selling at 81 to 81
per barrel.
Waterrnelons are scarce and the demand
light. They sell from 81 to SIS per hun
dred
The tug Camilla is lying at the fire boat
wharf in order to have some minor repair
work done to her boiler. AS the tug was
taking a schooner down the river day
two ago she developed small leak in her
boiler and had to return to this city for
repairs. She will be ready to return to
service tomorrow, and will at once go down
the river seeking work.
OLE Wreck Removed.
The work of blowing UP the wreck of the
old schooner George Ash, which has OBJ
structed the dock at the foot OF 13!4 street
for the past six or eight years, has been
completed, and as Soon os the dock can be
dredged it will be ready for the reception
of lumber-laden vessels. The blowing up
of the old hulk wns accomplished without
accident, the old timbers being broken up in
small pieces by the dynamite. When a
charge was exploded the water muffied the
report and but few along the river front
knew that the vessel was being destroyed.
AS Capt. ]. d. Hart, master of the steamer
River Queen, was on top of the pilot house
attending to some work day or two ago
he slipped and fell to the deck, distance
of about ten feet. His wrist was spraned
and he was badly shaken up and bruised
so that he was obliged to have medical
treatment at his home. Captain Hart's in
Juries are not serious.
All the big piles that were left unused
when the work on the substructure of the
new Highway bridge was completed are to
be taken to Port Deposit, Md, and will be
used in the erection Of a bridge there. The
piles are being made up into raft and will
be taken to the Maryland city by tug
boat. The tug Dauntless came here a day
or two ago for the purpose of taking the
raft away, but as 1t was not ready for her
she sailed away light.
little pleasure sloop belonging to par
ties residing in this city is lying sunk in
the shoal water on the flats on the south
side of the Eastern branch channel. The
sloop had been lying at anchor on the flats
for several days and was allowed to fill
with water and sink. AS she is lying on
the bottom in shoal water but little diff
ficulty will be experienced in raising her
for repair work.
A large pocket scow belonging to one of
the local dock deepening firms is hauled out
on the marine railway at Benefits boat
yard. and before she is put overheard again
will be put in thorough order. The greater
portion of the hull of the scow is being
renewed and several days will be required
to complete the work.
The tug George w. Pride is hauled out on
general overhauling of her hull and for
such other repair work may be nee
essary to put her in good order for efficient
service. The Pride will be followed on the
railway by the launches Augusta and In
dia. which are to have their hulls over
hauled.
General and Personal.
The schooner Salisbury was brought into
port yesterday by the Baltimore tug I'm
perial. which picked her up at the capes of
the Chesapeake Monday afternoon. The
Salisbury has aboard a large cargo of pine
lumber from Jacksonville consigned to the
dealers here. This Is the third trip the
schooner has made to this city with lum-
ber aboard this summer. She will berth
at the wharf foot of K street to unload
her cargo.
The schooner Mayfower, laden with cord
wood from lower river port, has arrived
and is unloading cargo at the wharf foot OF
10th street southwest.
The sIoop Samuel Mills has arrived at
Alexandria with cargo OF cordWood from
Boyd's Hole, Va. for an Alexandria dealer.
The big schooners Zachaes Sherman and
J. c. Strawbridge, laden with coal from
Georgetown, arrived at their destinations
Monday, the former vessel at Boston and
the latter at Portland
Messrs Edward Speaks and Cleveland Sis
son have gone to Newport News a busi-
ness trip They may locate there
Chief Engineer Joe Nash has retired from
the tug M. Mitchell Davis to accept a posi-
ton as engineer in the Baltimore tug Lau-
retta Spedden. He has been succeeded on
the Davis by Engineer Moore of Baltimore.
Capt. John Petit, formerly master of the
tug W. A. Johnson Of Baltimore, has been
placed in command of the tug Favorite of
the American Towing Company fleet.
Capt Oscar -Bromwell master Of the tug
Sandow, who has been seriously i'll at his
home in Baltimore Of typhoid fever. is con-
valescing.
Mr.. John Callahan, manager Of the Nor
folk g. Washington Line steamers, Is in New
York on business.
Laurel News.