Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-06
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BIG SUPPLIES OF MELONS COMING
FROM VIRGINIA POINTS.
overhauling Schooner Cunningham at
Acknowledgements Loading
Coal Cargoes.

Watermelons have come upon the market
with rush and the dealers are being
swamped with them. Should the receipts
continue as heavy for another twenty-four
hours as they have been for the past two
or three days big slump can be looked
for in prices Yesterday evening there
were over 100000 melons, it was stated at
the wharf, and vessels with cargoes aboard
were still coming. There never has been
finer fruit in the market than the vessels
are bringing there this year, and the heavy
arrivals have kept prices down. Generally
the first melons Of the season to reach here
by vessel come from North Carolina. but
this year the Virginia melons were the first
on the market at the wharf four vessels
coming in within a few minutes of each
other The reports coming from down the
river state that the melon crop will be I'M
usually large this season. and that the mel
ons are as fine as We're ever grown.
The schooner Cunningham, which was
reported hard and fast ashore near Wake
Held wharf in Westmoreland county, Va,
has been fioated and is at an Alexandria
shipyard for the repairs necessary to put
her In condition to float. 1t is stated the
bull of the schooner was damaged by the
hard bottom of the bar on which she was
lying. The Cunningham Is regular trader
- this city during the oyster season and
she also comes here with cargoes of cord
wood.
The tug Edith Goddard Winship, owned
b. the Consolidated Coal Company and
used as the lumber tug for the company, is
lying a the wharf of Fosburg & Murray a
the foot of X street southwest for some
re cessary repair work to her boiler and
machinery. The work on the tug will be
completed within the next day or two and
she will be ready to return to service tow
ing gas coal laden barges from Shepherds
landing of the Baltimore and Ohio railway
to this city.
Shipping Notes.
The schooner Emma F. Angel has COM
pleted loading about Leo tons of Cumber
land coal at Georgetown and has sailed for
Boston The tug William H. Yerkes, jr..
will take the Angel as far as the capes of
the Chesapeake. The four-masted schoon-
l.. w. Ray has taken the berth vacated
by the Angel under the coal chutes and
will take aboard a cargo of about LOO
tons of the fuel for a New England port
The schooner Louis H. Girard. which left
here today for Newport News to load coal
for New Haven, will receive soc. per ton
freight for cargo of about 1,S0o tons.
slightly higher rate is being paid, it IS
stated. from this city.
The steamer photographer of the United
States coast survey service, which has
been hauled out on a marine railway at
Baltimore for repairs to her outside con-
nections, has been put overheard and VII
be ready in few days to sail for the coast
of Maine, where she will take UP survey
work for the summer and fall.
One Of the large clay and brick carrying
scows of John Miller & Co. is at Benefits
shipyard for general repairing of hull and
deck above water. AS the tugboat Pire is
on the marine railway, and is likely to re-
main there for several days, the scow will
not be hauled out
The scow Fanny, belonging to Carter &
Clark of this city. has been hauled out on
the marine railway at the Alexandria ship
yard, and will be put in thorough repair be-
fore she is put overheard again.
The tug Agnes Miller belonging to the
Miller Company, Is at the Alexandria ship
yard, to be hauled out as soon as the rail-
way is vacant, to be fitted with new
wheel and for cleaning of hull under water.
When the work on the tug is completed she
will return to service on the river.
The houseboat of the Diamond Back
Hunting Club has been given thorough
overhauling at Reagan's boatyard and Is
now ready for service.
Personal Notes.
Mr.. John R. Dos Passos of New York was
a passenger on the steamer Culvert for
Lynch's Point on the lower Potomac, yes
terday morning.
Cant Jim Baker has returned to service
as mate of the steamer Estelle Randall, on
the Glymont mail route.
Capt, William ROBERTSON mas gone 10
Northumberland county. Va, on visit to
his family, who are spending the summer
near Kinsale.
The power launch Laura X. and the steam
launch Ruby. both with pleasure parties
aboard, left port yesterday afternoon for
trips to the lower river.
The schooner Columbia F. c., with cargo
aboard, from Baltimore, is on her way to
this city and should arrive tomorrow.
The schooner Jennie D. Bell, which has
recently received general overhauling at a
Baltimore shipyard. has been launched and
is again in service.
The schooner Wentz L. Roberts. laden
with pine lumber from point on the low
er Potomac has arrived in port consigned
to the dealers.
The schooners Maud s. and A. J. Holland
are among the recent arrivals In port with
cord wood aboard from the lower Potomac.
The tug NJ. Mitchell Davis left port yes
terday afternoon with two light schooners
in tow, bound for coal ports to load.
The ram schooner Lizzie E. Williams.
with a big cargo OF lumber and shingles
from North Carolina aboard. has arrived
in port from Edinton, N. c.
The schooner J. D. Bell is In port laden
with a cargo of about forty cords of oak
wood, consigned to local dealers.
Twenty more watermelon-laden craft
have arrived in port from the lower river
since yesterday morning.
The two-masted schooner Casper Heft
was brought into port yesterday afternoon
by the tug ]. /. Selectman. The Heft has
aboard about 125,0OO feet Of lumber from
a Virginia point.
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