Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-23
ON TIE RIVER FRONT
NEW TUG MARION CAMERON ON
HER FIRST VISIT HERE.
Built for Service About Washington
Te-Laden Schooner Sails
Personal and General.


more paid her first visit to this city yes
terday afternoon, having come here for a
light barge of the Potomac Dredging Com
pany, which will be taken to Baltimore
and used for the hull of new sand-diggng
machine, to be built for the Potomac COM
pany. The Marion Cameron was built last
year at the shipyard of NJ. Mitchell Davis.
on Solomon's Island. Md. and was design
ed for service on the river between this
city and Piscataway creek as tender to the
sand and gravel-digging machines of the
Potomac Dredging Company. After being
built and going in service the tug was
found to be too large for the work. and
has been engaged in general towing on the
bay between the capes and Baltimore Inc
Cameron is handsome vessel of over 100
feet in length and is owned by Mr.. August
Campbell of Baltimore, president of the
Potomac Dredging Company.
Business was brisk at the wholesale
fish market at the wharf this morning,
there being an excellent demand for all
varieties of fish, and the supply OIL hand
being moderately heavy Shad and her
ring from Chesapeake bay were on sale.
but there were no Shad from the nets In
the river, and the herring were very
scarce Roe shad sold at 81 each and her
ring S1.7J to 81 per hundred. The entire
supply of river fish was light
About loo bushels of Potomac oysters
w. VI ~ t a,s tha s,,nnIy now on
ia heard tho boats living at the wharf
is large while the demand is light. The
oysters are selling at 40 cents to 90 cents
per bushel for medium stock and up TO
81 per buShel for selected.
CLANS from the vicinity of Norfolk and
Old Point were on sale at the wharf mar
re- thiS filoi ~ .iinS a. ct.
NC th rUa ,,aosted scbooner William p.
Hood has sailed from Alexandria with a
cargo OF railway tles LOT bo sSoo, ne the
oai ,,th ~ tha r;,er and then turned her
loose to sail the rest of the voyage. This
is the first cargo of ties that has left Alex.
andrla TINS spring, ou. A. 10 oharter to Load
severn "a: ,.,I,o ,orts in the next month
or six weeks.
The heavy rains and high water in the
streams that feed the Potomac at it's source
have caused heavy current to come down
tba r;var and since Yesterday morning the
Muddy water has been rolling under the
railway bridges in large volume. In
spite of the fact that the current that fol-
iaued " the breaking up of the ice brought
down large oIlantity of logs and other
f1otsam. the current now running is also
bringing a quantity of trash.
The Tangier Sand Company of this city
has If is stated. purchased a tugboat at
Nary work for service on the Potomac, and
the vessel is to be brought here within the
newt week or ten DAYS The tug will be
used to tow sand and gravel-laden scows
from the lower river to this city.
The fish packing plants along the lower
liver are prerarine for the herring packing
&C con and quantities of salt, empty bar
rels and other supplies are shipped from
this city almost daily. The schooner W. l.;
Roberts laden with empty barrels. sailed
Yesterday for a river point. Old rivermen
cav that a vessel on the river loaded with
empty barrels is sure to bring rain.
1.1 p;rar MO tfars
1eneral NiVei "A"'''
The ending of the oyster dredging season
on the river and the withdrawal of the
oi ~ =, 49, ;,drs+ry has allowed
poats ehsaseu III INC - -
the steamer Governor McLeaii' Sapt' 'aiie
Turner of the Maryland oyster police Meet
IN 90 to Baltimore for coal and supplies.
III, ro+,,r,, +o har station on the river
Sne W. . ~, +,.o ~
III q ' -orn. Coolx hos taken command
zap , HuU5 Iauoes Douglass in the
Vi INC "a ny, potnroac Dredeing COMPANY.
service " NJ NIat;n Of this CITY has gone to
Ca ~. Paanb 70 look after his property
Soloiiiai t,so,n ~
me- eets - .-au of Noroini Va was
WI. - nc citv Yesterday on the
prousn. - ~ III p.ndsu and taken TO the
steamer raaiiy tor ITnix,ersitv Hosnita1 to
80 ,1e9ass,, ~ nraration for annendicitis.