Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-10
ON THE RIVER FRONT
TUG EMMA PURCHASED FOR
FREIGHT BARGE TOWING.
Ice-Laden Vessels Come Into Port
Rebuilding Lumber Pier
Harbor Notes.

The Baltimore tug Emma has been sold
by her owners, the American Towing Com
pany to the Atlantic Power Barge Com
pany and the new owners of the tug
have taken charge of the vessel and will
at once put her in service as tender
to the barges Lucretia and Saugertes. They
will also use her for general towing on
Chesapeake bay and it's tributaries. The
Emma is a frequent visitor to this port
with lows of coal-leden barges. She is
seventy feet long, seventeen feet five inches
wide and seven feet nine inchs deep In the
hold She was built at Baltimore In 1867
and has always been one of the most able
tugs in service on the bay, and has done
much heavy towing. She left the Potomac
a day or two ago with the barge Lucretia
from Indian Head and the barge Howard
L. Neff, laden with ties from Mattawoman
creek, bound to Philadelphia, by way of
Chesapeake City.
The big four-masted schooner Henry F.
Kreiger, laden with ice for the American
Ice Company, arrived in port today in tow
of the tug William H. Yerkes of this city.
The schooner has aboard about 1850 tons
of Kennebec ice from the Maine fields. She
sailed from Bath September 80 and had
rather slow passage down the coast, as
she did not come in the capes until Sun
day night. The tug picked her up Monday
morning and hurried up the river with her
and she will be berthed at the wharf foot
of 10th street to unload her cargo. The
schooner is paying her first visit to this
city. The schooner Francis NJ, which sail
ed from Bath September % with cargo
of about AGO tons of ice aboard, and the
schooner William c. Tanner, which left
with 100 tons aboard, are both due at the
capes. and are expected in port before
the end of this week. Two or three more
ice-laden vessels will come here before the
season is over.
There was an excellent supply of fresh
fish on sale at the wholesale fish market on
the wharf this morning, bluefiSh, trout, cat
fish. spot and rock being on sale. The de-
mand however, was rather light and prices
were low.
On the oyster wharf the supply on hand
was fully equal to the demand, two or three
boats with Potomac river stock aboard hay
ing arrived since yesterday morning. The
oysters sold at prices ranging from 80 cents
to 81 per bushel.
Grabs were on sale, but in small quanti-
ties. and the demand was very light.
The work of rebuilding the wharf at the
foot of 1917 street southwest has been start
ed and will be pushed to completion as
rapidly as possible. The shore line bulk
head of the wharf, which had been under
mined by the water, is to be rebuilt and the
entire structure made strong and firm in
order to stand the weight of the piles of
pine lumber that will be placed upon it
from vessels.
and the steamer Estelle Randall were in
strumental in pulling the big Norfolk dine
steamer and the steamer Wakefield from
the mud bank on which they had stuck III
the fog Sunday morning. The harbor po-
lice boat Vigilant and the District fireboat
Firefighter were about to go to the aid of
the stranded vessels when they were tioated
and resumed their trips.
General River Matters.
The steamer Wakefield, which went into
service Sunday, has Capt Frank Luckett
aboard as pilot and Mr. George Guest as
purser. Mate Murdoch is in charge of the
deck department of the steamer, and Chief
Engineer Van Ostrand Is in charge Of her
engine room. AS was stated Capt. Harry
Randall is in command of the Wakefield.
The tug Bohemia is under the command
of Capt. Robert E. L. Freeburger, and sailed
from Baltimore yesterday with a tow of
barges for Norfolk. Captain Freeburger is
well known here, and is expected to bring
lows here with his new command.
The schooner Bill Nye is hauled out on a
marine railway at Baltimore for a general
overhauling and to be put in order for her
fall and winter work on Chesapeake bay
and its tributaries.
The schooner Kate Gillian, laden with a
cargo of pine lumber from Virginia port,
has arrived here consigned to the local
dealers.
The schooner MayfIower came into port
yesterday afternoon with cargo of about
thirty cords of pine wood aboard from a
lower river point.
The Mark Stevens and Shining Light are
among the recent arrivals in port with car
goes of oysters in the shell from the beds
on the river.
The bugeye Reba Sterling, with about COO
cases of canned tomatoes aboard, has ar
rived in port from canning factory on
the Coan river.
The schooners r. Mason and S. L. Bowen
are in port with full cargoes of cord wood
aboard from points on the river for this
market.
The longboat Silver Star has arrived here
from nearby point with a load of pine
scantlings aboard for dealers here.
The tug Sandow, which brought tow of
light barges to Georgetown, left port light
ye.1 erday bound for a bay point.
The schooner j. d. Bell Is among the re-
cent arrivals in port here, with q cargo of
about thirty-fiwe cords of pine wood aboard
for the Washington dealers.
The schooner E. S. Johnson has been char
tered to load canned goods on the eastern
houses here
The barge Joseph F. Clinton, with a cargo
of fertilizer material aboard from Balti-
more. will arrive at Alexandria this even
ing for one of the chemical plants
The barge Mary Brady is on her way to
this city behind tug, with cargo of
about coo tons of hard coal. She will un-
load at Georgetown.
Mr.. Frank Kersey has been appointed
chief engineer of the United States army
quartermaster's department tug Gibbon and
Mr.. Ware Adams has been made fireman
of the same steamer.