Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-07
ON THE RIVER FRONT
TUG MAJOR BREWERToN RE
sUMEs TRANSFER SERVICE.

The repair work to the boiler of the Bal
| timore and Ohio railroad tug Major Brew
! erton has been completed by the Washing
| ton boilermakers that had her in charge.
| and the tug will today resume her station
| towing the transfer barge laden with cars
| between Alexandria and Shepherds landing
| of the B. and o. The tug is now In good or
| der and is reported ready for work in the
| Ice this winter, II necessary. The Console
| dalton Coal Company tug Edith Goddard
! Winship. which has been acting tender
| to the barge while the Beaverton was out
/ of service, will at once resume the towing
| of coaI-laden canal boats from the C. and o.
| canal at Georgetown TO the points about
the harbor where they are to go. The tugs
James o. Carter and D. NJ. Key, which
| have been employed in towing the coal
| boats in place of the Winship, will return
| to general towing work on the river and
| about the harbor.
Both the supply of fresh fish and the de-
mand for them were quite light at the
| wholesale fish market on the wharf this
| morning, and prices are low.
| Eleven vessels with oysters aboard are ly-
| ing at the oyster wharf this morning ana
during the morning two additional oyster
| craft arrived from the lower Potomac. The
demand is quite fair at 45c. to soc. per
bushel
3,
supply was light and the demand fair.
Prices range about 81 so per barrel.
The big barge Thomas j. Cleaver, with
| a cargo of asphalt paving block aboard
has been lying at the forks of the channel
for the past two days waiting the arrival
of the tug that is to take her to Richmond,
Va. where her cargo is consigned. Ihe
barge William Curtin completed the loading
of the bricks at the wharf OF the asphalt
brick company, at the foot of South Capitol
street. yesterday and Joined the Cleaver at
the forks of the channel, waiting the tug.
The Curtin also goes to Richmond. The
tug Peerless will take them away.
The power sloop Curlew, owned in this
city, Is hauled out on the railway at Rea-
gan's boatyard to stop leak in her bottom
and for some other minor repair work. to
put her in condition for service on the river
this fall. 1t is stated that the little craft
will be used for duck hunting and hshing
expeditions on the river during the season
about to Open The Curlew will be put
overheard this afternoon and Will take
party on a trip down the river tomorrow
The tug Resale, owned by the Smoot
Sand Dredging Company, which has been
hauled out on a small marine railway at
Georgetown for several days past undergo
ing a general .overhauling, was put over
board yesterday and at once returned TO
service towing sand and graVel-laden
scows from the digging machines at work
on Greenway flats to this city, IN cohJuhc-
ton with the tug Eugenia
The Philadelphia tug Peerless was IN col
lision on Chesapeake bay wednesday hieh.
with a bay schooner off Sandy POINT anu
had her forward house under the piiot
house smashed in and some other damage
done Capt Price master of the tug, states
he was unable to obtain the name of the
vessel. which was apparently unhurt, as
she sailed away after the accident
General River Matters.
The three-masted schooner laden with
lumber reported ashore at Windmill Point
in Chesapeake bay, is the schooner Jennie
Huddell, and not the Edna A. Pogue, bound
to this city, as was first reported. The
Huddell has a cargo from Norfolk to Balti-
more and is under the command of Capt
MARITIME.
The power sloop Two Friends. owned by
Messrs. Finch & Hahn of this city, with
her owners and a party of friends aboard
will leave here this evening or tomorrow
morning a pleasure trip on the river
The party will return home tomorrow even
ing.
Dredge No. of the National Sand Dredg-
ing Company, which has been out of service
for some time past is to go into commits
sion again in a few days. A crew has been
placed aboard the dredge and she is being
made ready for service. The dredge will
be taken down the river within the next
day or two.
Desk Sergeant Frank Monroe of the har-
Dor police precinct is off on his annual leave
of absence and will spend 1t, it is stated, at
Old Point.
The four-masted schooner Edwin Hunt.
laden with cargo of about 800 tons of ice
from the Kennehec river, was brought into
port by the tug E. ". McCauley of Norfolk
and is lying at the wharf foot of 9th street
to unload her cargo. The Hunt arrived
when, 1t is stated. the supply of Ice on hand
was becoming small and her cargo was
needed 1t is now stated that the big
schooner Helen Taft will not bring her cargo
here. but that three vessels with ice aboard
for this city are now at sea and will arrive
here before the end of the coming week.
The three-masted schooner Clara Davis
built at Mystic, Conn.,. for the lumber trade.
was launched early In the week and will be
made ready for service as soon as possible.
She Is a vessel of $50 gross and $40 net tons.
and will run lumber out of southern ports
to the Chesapeake and the north.
The Elenora Russell Eta, Winnie Wind
sor, Amanda Lewis, Blue Belle and Oyster
Boy are among the fleet of oyster-laden YES
sells that have arrived in port In the past
day or two, and are unloading at the oyster
wharf
The schooner Sidney Jones has arrived in
port with a full cargo of cordwood aboard
from the lower river for the local dealers.
The tug Camilla has arrived in port with
a scow In tow laden with about $1,000 feet
of pine lumber from the Occoquan bay for
the local market.
The schooner Kate Darlington, with
cargo of cement aboard from New York.
has arrived and is unloading cargo at the
Georgetown wharves.
The schooner Peri with a load of cord
wood aboard. from a down-river point has
arrived in port and will unload her cargo at
the wharf foot of 10th street
The schooner Josie r. Burt with a cargo
of soft coal aboard from this city, arrived
at Boston, her destination. Thursday last.
The barge Industry, laden, 1t is stated,
with hard coal from Baltimore. has arrived
at the Georgetown wharves to unload her
cargo. She has about GOO tons aboard.
Official circles at The Hague express
doubt as to whether arrangements can be