Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-16
ON THE RIVER FRONT
ACCIDENT TO CANAL STOPS YES
Sells LOADING COAL.
Tug George Pride Sinks at Alexandria
-overhauling sloop Lady Bug
Other Matters.

The loading OF schooners with cargoes OF
coal at Georgetown coal piers has been tenn
porarily stopped by the giving away Of one
OF the levels Of the Chesapea and Ohio
canal at Its upper end. which has stopped
the passage Of the coal laden boats from
the Cumberland mines to Georgetown. AS a
consequence the four-masted schooner 6a-
rah Lawrence. which was lying at the coal
piers waiting to load for a northern port,
was yesterday sent. in tow of the tug Ed
ward Gummel to the Consolidation Coal
Company at Baltimore to load coal there.
The schooners Cox and Green and Daylight
nave gone to Newport News to load. 1t is
expected, 1t Is stated, that the damaged
level will be repaired within the next week,
ana that the boats will be again started
Gown the waterway for this city. Several
OF ,ne vessels now unloading Ice here are
under charter to load coal at the George
town piers. and coal will be coming by the
time they are ready to load.
There was brisk demand for fresh fish
on sale at the wholesale Ash market on
the wharf this morning. but the supply on
sale was very light, and the butter fish and
trout on hand sold at high prices.
On the watermelon wharf business was
brisk. sales being made at from So to $24
per hundred, according to quality
About fifty barrels of crabs were brought
up from the lower river on the steamers
this morning to the dealers at the FISH
"HdIl ne UeWanO Tor them was GOOD at
$l5O to $3.50 per barrel.
The steamer Jane Moseley which has
peen employed for the past two or three
weeks In running colored excursions out of
Baltimore, Eas returned to this city, and
has again re-entercd the excursion field
running trips to Somerset Beach, and other
points on the Potomac. The Moseley while
away was nearly blown up by drunken
excursion1st taking bolts out of her boiler,
and timely discovery by the engineer was
all that prevented an accident
The river tug George w. Pride, belinging
to Capt. Al Fair Of Alexandria, while lying
foot of Prince street at Alexandria, sprang
leak some time during Monday night, and
when her crew came to the wharf yester-
day morning to go aboard the tug they
eight feet of water, with her decks covered
The tug will be raised at once and will be
made ready for service again.
The float to be used in the ferry slip at
the Alexandria terminal of the new ferry
between this city and Alexandria was
launched at Deans boatyard yesterday aft
ernoon and was towed to the new slip, to
De put In position under the bridge over
the boat. The platform of the bridge has
been completed for week or more and
the hoat was wanted to complete the slip
me sloop Lady Bug. belonging to Capt
william Fisher, which has been lying in
the stream dsmantled for several months
past. has been hauled out on the marine
railway at Reagan's boat yard for a gen.
eral overhauling preparatory to going into
In the hull Of the little craft Will be removed
and the boat will be put in thorough order
capt. Fisher will use her for fall and WIN
ter hunting and fishing trips on the river.
General River Matters.
The following charters of vessels to load
cargoes for this city have been made within
the past day or two: Schooner S. L. Bowen
TO load cord wood at Aqua creek for Car
ter & Clark; schooner Alethea, to load lum-
Der on the Rappahannock river for John
son & Wimsatt, and the schooner Wild
tloWer, lumber, on the Kappa hammock riy-
er, for parties in Alexandria,
AS soon as the boating season on the river
Is over for the summer the little power
launch Southerner will be taken from the
water, and during the winter she will be
fitted with a new house, inclosed with large
windows, to give those cruising in her fun
protection from squalls. The little craft is
now protected by a canopy top with can
Vass storm curtains. The addition Of an In
closed cabin will make the Southerner one
of the most comfortable pleasure craft In
service on the Potomac
The schooner Rover Capt. Neal, has ar
rived in port from Clearmont, on the James
river. with a cargo of about 10000 feet
of pine lumber consigned to parties in Bal
tinore. She Will unload at the 18th street
wharf
ne barge Lucretla with a cargo OF 400
tons of salt in the hold and lumber on deck
has arrived from Norfolk. The salt Is con-
signed to Alexandria parties, and the lum-
Der to dealers here
The schooners Matte Edison Loon, VIII
liam f. Villas, Flirt of the Wave and the
pungy Laura Muir came into port yesterday
with cargoes of lumber aboard from Vir-
gina points.
Mr. Jake Oppenhemer has been made a
steward on the Randall line and assigned
to duty aboard the steamer Estelle Ran
dali on the Glymont route.
Mr.. Reeves of the Columbia Sand Com
pany Is guest aboard the schooner Joseph
G. Ray on her trip from this city to Boston
with coal aboard.
charge of the new pier of the Norfolk
and Washington Steamboat Company,
which is to be used a the Washington and
ferry line terminal
The pleasure launch Ruby was locked at
Cumberlands boat yard yesterday to be
painted and cleaned up for further service
on the river. The Ruby will leave here
afternoon with a pleasure party
aboard for a cruise to the various pleasure
resorts along the lower river.
The power launch Stella has gone to the
lower river with her owner and his family
aboard on a ten days cruise. The greater
portion of the time will be spent in the
Coan river and adjacent waters.
The steam yacht Gretchen and the power
yawl Seabelle, both from this city, are
reported cruising about the summer resorts
on the New England coast. The Gretchen
is owned by Mr. ]. E Reyburn and the
Seabelle by Mr.. Henry Seymour of this
city. The yachts will both return here
about the middle of September.
j. h. Small & Sons, Florists,