Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-23
ON THE RIVER FRONT
IN PROGRESS AT
ALEXANDRIA DOCKS.
Fireboat Officers Preparing for Duty
Dock Dredging Work Completed
Personal and General.

A general Improvement of the river front
at Alexandria has been started. and within
the next few weeks number of changes
will be made there that will greatly i'm
prove the appearance of the harbor. Be
sides the rebuilding of the slips and wharf
for the new ferry company at the foot of
King street, the Alexandria Chemical Com
pany has started the rebuilding of its
wharves and docks at the foot of Queen
street. The remains of several old piers
are to be removed and new wharves built
and the docks are to be dredged out In or
der to allow the deep-laden fertilizer car
rying material vessels to berth Mt the piers
and discharge their cargoes without diff
Guilty Several weeks will be REQUIRED &c
complete the work
The supply of fresh fish received by the
dealers at the 18th street wharf from al
sources was not large this morning but tn,
demand was smaller than the supply, Their,
being but ew hucksters on hand reyiya
IN business on the fish wharf Is looked fol-
as soon as the police regulations are sc
amended as to allow the hucksters to cry
their wares.
The demand for crabs. both hard and
soft-shelled. was excellent this morning but
the supply was again limited and they sold
at high prices ~
Oysters and CLAIMS were on sale in guam
titles ample to meet the demand which was
fair.
selected by the District Commissioners for
service on the new District tireboat are
preparing to enter upon the discharge of
their duties June 2S. when 1t Is expected
the new craft will go into service. The
appointments made by the Commissioners
to the Firefighter have been received with
general satisfaction. as the appolntees are
all good men and with the exception of one
or the engineers are now in active service
on steamers doing business on the river
Their entering government service NAV
give the steamboat owners some trouble In
ming their places, as good pilots and en-
sineerS are scarce on the river lust now
when all the excursion steamers are In
service. ....----
dredging machine is at work digging a
trench along the east wall of the navy
yard for the extension of line of sewering
and as soon as the work is completed Car.
ter & Clark's pile driver will start the driy-
ing OF the piles for the new work.
General Marine News.
The ciamshell dredging machine belong
Ing to Dean & Son of Alexandria, which
was employed for several DAYS in deepen-
ing the water in the docks at johnson e.
Wimsatts lumber piers. has completed the
work and was yesterday taken to AIexan-
dria to begin the dredging of several docks
Tor one of the fertilizer manufacturing
plants there 'he
The steamer Northumberland of the
Maryland Delaware and Virginia Railway
WHICH Is being OyerhanIed xf
baltimore, will complete overhauIiny Sat
urday and will return to service on the
route between this city the lower river
s ntng and Baltimore. relieving the
steamer calvert, now, on the route The
boilers of the Northumberland have been
given general overhauline.'~ go =
me schooner Sidonia CurIey completed
me unloading OF a cargo of lumber at
.Lls CITY yesterday afternoon and went
down to Deans boatyard at AIexandria
Wnere she VIII receive some minor re-
pairs before going to the Rappahannock
t tL TO ioad cargo of pine lumber for
Inc army tug Gibbon has taken tbe
Piace or the chartered steamer EstelIe
handali on the route between this city
ana the army ports on the Potomac while
the steamer Is employed in bringing
soldiers from Fort Washington en- route
to their regular stations. The charter OF
the Estelle Randall with the quartermas.
ters department will Terminals ar ths
end of this month.
Commander McCrea, u 8. lighthouse in.
spector for this district, was a visitor te
this city yesterday.
The steam barge E. James Tull has ar
rived in port with cargo of about 80, DOC
feet of pine timber from the vicinity OF
AQUA creek for the dealers
The bugeye GQldie c.. came into port
yesterday afternoon with a cargo Of lum.
Der from ports yon-tte lower river for the
local market
General Matters.
Two barges laden with ice from the
SusQuehanna river arrived at Alexandria
yesterday In tow Of the ting Dauntless
The ice they have aboard will be used ir
icing vegetable and fruit-laden cars OF
their way from the south to the large
northern markets. Alexandria Is the
chief icing point for the fruit trains er
route.
Mr.. Augustus Deane has gone to Lower
Cedar Point, on the lower Potomac tC
superintend the rebuilding of the wharf
at that point.
Capt Thomas Todd of the U s. army
tug Gibbon was confined to his home al
Fort Washington yesterday by illness
and a substitute was in command Of the
tug.
Capt. James Rawley. second officer OF
the steamer Calvert, on the Washington
Baltimore route, will leave the steamer
after the next trip in order to enter upon
his duties as one Of the pilots of the new
fireboat the Firefghter.
The large tugs Peerless and Defiance OF
Baltimore have been chartered by the
government for service tenders to the
warships during the trials of the new
dry dock at Solomon's Island. Md.
The four masted schooner Mary L. New
hall, which unloaded a cargo of ice here,
has been locked at Baltimore shipyar6
for the repairing, cleaning and painting
of her hull
TALK OF RUSSIAN RETREAT.