Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
TIDE OF SUMMER TRAVEL IS TO-
WARD THIS CITY.
Resorts on the River Being Rapidly
Deserted - Overhauling Sailing
Craft-Around the Harbor.

The tide of summer travel toward this city
from the resorts on the lower river is still
very heavy. but will become lighter this
week. and before the end of the month the
larger portion of the temporary sojourners
at the different points will have returned
home The travel homeward has made
freights on the river quite heavy the past
week. and on her last trip the steamer
Harry Randall came into port loaded and
had left freight down the river for the
steamer Wakefield to bring up the following
day The bulk of the stuff coming now is of
the furnishings from the summer homes of
the Washington people; considerable stock
sheep, calves and the like: some fish and
crabs and eggs and country produce are
also coming. consigned to the local commits
sion merchants.
The wholesale fish market on the 18th
street wharf was not busy place this
morning the receipts of fish from all
sources being fair only and the demand but
fair. Trout, butter fish and a scattering
supply of river-caught fish were on sale.
Three vessels laden with oysters, in all
about 200 bushels. have arrived at the
oyster wharf since yesterday from the beds
in the lower Potomac. They are In de-
mand at fifty to sixty cents per bushel.
The supply of watermelons at the Whart
this morning was quite light. but vessel
with the fruit aboard is expected in port
today.
Grabs are on sale, and the demand for
them is fair at about $50 per barrel
Capt Edward Whyte has the old SAILING
sloop Oneida in his boathouse at the foot of
9TH street and is rebuilding the craft, giving
her more frceboard and making other I'M
provernents in her that Will add to her ell
cheney as a pleasure craft. When the YES
sci goes overheard again Capt. Whyte Will
rename her the Constitution. The Constr
tuition will be used for pleasure cruises on
the river until the Ice comes and puts an
end to boating.
The tug Peerless of Baltimore arrived in
port a day two ago-and carried away
with her a raft made up of the pine ping
left from the construction of the piers or
the new Highway bridge. The piles We're
used in the construction of the new railway
bridge for the Pennsylvania railway over
the Susquehanna river. McMullen & Nc
Dermott. the contractors that built the
Highway bridge piers here. are building the
piers for the new Susquehanna river bridge.
The Potomac Craft.
The schooner Charles w. Church COM
pleted the loading of cargo of Cum
be rland coal at Georgetown and has sailed
with it for a New England port The
schooner has aboard about LOO tons of
the fuel. The three masted schooner Josie
r. Burt has completed the unloading of
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vacated by the Church under the coal
shute She will also load for a point IN
New England. probably Boston.
The schooner Father & Son is hauled out
on a local marine railway to have her
hull examined and for calking and PANT
ing from stem to stern The vessel Will
be ready for service again in few days
and will at once go down the river for a
cargo for this city.
The little power launch Elk, which re-
Gently completed a cruise of over l 300
miles has been hauled out on Reagan's
railway for several days past. to have
new wheel placed on her, the old one haN-
ing been damaged in passing through the
Delaware and Chesapeake canal The re-
pairs to the launch were completed yes
terday and the little craft was put over
board ready for service on the river. She
will be used for pleasure cruising on the
river during the fall months.
The pungy Ada Balanger. owned in this
city, is lying at anchor in the stream with
one mast gone. waiting the completion OF
the new spar being made for her at the
hoathouSe of Cumberland & Son on the 9th
street wharf. The spar VIII be ready to go
in the vessel within the next day or two
and as soon as the work on her is complet-
ed she will be made ready to go into Serv-
ice with the fleet bringing oysters from the
beds in the river TO this city. While await
ing the spar the vessel is being oVerhauled
and put in order for active service.