Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-10
ON THE RIVER FRONT
TUG CAMILLA ENCOUNTERS
HEAVY STORM IN POTOMAC.
Schooner to Load Railroad Ties - Big
Cargoes of Fuel Coming
Other Matters.


river Friday night with light three-masted
schooner in tow, bound to Alexandria, was
struck by the snow squall off Maryland
Point. and her crew report she had all she
could do to make Roadway against the gale
and keep from going ashore. The wind was
accompanied by heavy rain. mixed with
snow. and the flakes that fell were more
balls than flakes. being as big as hens
egg. The gale only lasted a few minutes
and the entire power of the sturdy little
craft was called into reauisition to keep
from being carried ashore with her charge.
The Camilla on her arrival here found or
ders waiting her to act as tender of the
dredge Kennedy, employed In deepening the
river channels below this city. The charter
IS for six or eight days work, and the tug
began towing mud-laden scows Saturday
morning.
There was a falling off in the receipts of
fish received by the dealers at the wholesale
fish market. on the 18th street wharf, this
morning, only about 1000 shad and 100, 900
herring having arrived during the night.
This morning roe shad were selling at 81
to 40 cents each and bucks from 10 to 10
cents each. The supply of rock. catfish and
other river-caught fish were also on sale.
The demand was light this morning..
The supply of oysters on sale at the wharf
have decreased materially in the past day
or two, and prices have advanced the small
oysters selling at go to 40 cents per bushel
and ranging from that price up to LIS per
bushel. Five vessels came into port last
night and this morning with about 600
bushels of Potomac stock aboard.
Hard crabs are sale in ample quanti-
ties to meet the demand. They are in ex-
cellent condition and are selling at 81 IS per
hundred.
The tug Sarah, belonging to the Maryland
Dredging Company. while employed in tow
nedy. twisted her propeller wheel of its
shaft day or two ago and has been taken
to Baltimore by the tug Imperial for neces-
sary repairs. 1t was at first reported that
the Sarah had hawser twisted In her
wheel. She will be fitted with q new wheel
at Baltimore and will be able to return to
service in about ten days.
The three-masted schooner George B. Jor-
dan arrived light at Alexandria Saturday In
tow of the tug Camilla and was locked at
the shipyard there to load a cargo of rail-
way ties. The schooner will take aboard
about 1000 ties cut from the oak and chest
nut trees in the forests in the interior por-
ton of Virginia, along the line of the South
ern railway, and this will be the second big
cargo that has left the Virginia city this
spring. The Jordan will take her cargo to
Boston
The favorable breezes of the past day or
two have brought large fleet of wood
laden vessels into port from points along
the river. At the wood wharves six or
eight vessels are unloading, and since yes
| terday the Lottie Carter, Earl Bscoe, Sid
ney Jones, Quicktime, Annie 8. Croswer
nave COINe INTO port with WOOD CdrROeS.
Coal Is also coming into port in barges in
large quantities. A day or two ago tow
Of four large barges arrived. Yesterday
another tow of four barges came into port.
and four barges with 5000 tons OF the fuel
aboard are on their way here and are ex-
pected to come into port today. The
greater part of this coal will be unloadad
at the Georgetown wharves.
General River Matters.
The big four-masted schooner Salisbury
of Baltimore has been chartered by John
son & Wimsatt of this city to load a
big cargo of pine timber at Jacksonville,
Fla. for this city.
The little tug Joseph jackson has been
hauled out on the marine railway at AL
exandrfa for repair work to the hull and
for caufkfng. The Jackson Is employed as
tender about the new highway bridge
under construction. While the jackson is
out of service the tug Sunbeam is perform
ing her duties.
The Baltimore tug Piokwick fs on tho
marine railway at Alexandria for repairs
to the main shaft and the replacing of
her propeller wheel. The tug Is owned
by the Maryland Contracting and Dredg-
ing Company. the contractors for the
dredging of the river. =;
The auxiliary sloop Greyhound, which
has been hauled out at Benefits boatyard
for ten days past for cleaning and paint
ing of hull and for other work has been
launched and will be made ready for sery-
ice on the river at once. --r-s; * s-.es,
The repair work to the hull of the power
launch Marian has been completed and the
little craft Will be put overheard at Rea-
gan's boatyard tomorrow.
The bucket dredge of the Miller Com
pany Is engaged in completing the trench
across the Eastern branch, in which the
syphons. to be used in the new sewer,
work. will be laid The Miller dredge is
completing the shoal water ends where the
hydraulic dredge Dewey cannot work
The tug Edith G. Winship OF GEORGETOWN
will undergo her annual inspection by the
United States steamboat authorities to-
day.
Commodore John r. Sutton, the harfbor-
master. has gone to Colonial Beach to look