Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-03
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SUNKEN BUGEYE A SERIOUS
MENACE TO NAVIGATION.
Excursion Traffic on Potomac During
July-Freight-Lad Vessels In
Port-0eneral Matters.

The wheat-iaden bugeye which. about ten
DAYS ago, was IN collision with a tug from
Baltimore. and was sunk in the channel
near Holland Point below Mount Vernon.
is sun menace TO navigation. the effort
that has been taken To remove the wreck
having failed. 1t is stated the vessel lies
directly IN mid-channel, IN about twenty
teet or water. and while the smaller vessels
can san over 1t without injury. the larger
ones win deeper draft, will strike ii and
receive serious damage. A passing vessel
has fouled the wreck during the past two
or three days. as one of the ruasts OF the
suhhen craft has been broken of under
water 1t Is coatended by river men that
the location OF the wreck should be marked
by warming light at night Ii IL believed
the vessel WIFI be eventually raised as she
Is not so badly damaged that sne would noe
ne worth repairing and putting in condition.
for service again.
During the month OF July, Just passed
the steamers employed IN the excursion
business on the Potomac carried les CAT
passengers TO the various resorts This
does not include special charters for event.
ing tips. nor business done out OF Alexai,-
dria. but 1t relates only 10 the number of
persons handled on the five excursion
steamers. July was not a favorable month
for the excursion business. there
many rainy and cool days IN the beginning
and last of the month. though the middle OF
the month was. ~ every one knows. ex-
tremely hot.
There WAS a fair demand for all varieties
of fresh fish al the wholesale fish market
on the wharf this morning, but the re-
ceipts from all sources continue to be quite
light, Fish from the nets In the Potomac
are particularly scarce, and command high
prices. Prices for all grades OF fish are
up, due to the steady demand and the light
receipts.
,.AA fnr
watermelnns was quite brisk this morning.
and the supply on hand was ample to meet
the demand. several vessels from the lower
river having arrived with the melons
aboard. They are of fine grade and are
selling at from 81 to SO per hundred, ac-
cording to grade.
The demand for hard crabs IS excellent.
but the receipts are light, and this morning
the supply on hand small. They are
selling at from s. to 50 per barrel, accord
ing to size.
Freight-Laden Schooners.
4 large schooner Is coming up the bay
bound to this city with a cargo of ice 1t
Is the Thomas S. Dennison. with l.5o0 tons
aboard. She passed In at the capes during
Monday night. and is expected to, arrive
here this afternoon. The schooners Cox
& Green, Daylight and Estelle Phinney are
at with ice aboard for this city, and
will arrive within the next week. The en-
river.
The Washinglon-owned schooner Dora has
completed the discharging of her cargo OF
Georgia pine lumber and has sailed under
charter for Norfolk, and will there load a
cargo Of lumber for New York.
Charters are reported as follows: Schooner
Rover. 10 load lumber at Clearmont, on the
James river, for this city, and the schooner
J. Manchester Haynes, which recently un-
loaded Ice here, to load coal a Baltimore
for Boston.
Mr.. William Hayden. who for the past
year has been chief engineer of the harbor
trict service yesterday to engage In EN-
ployment ashore. He was succeeded on the
Figilant by Chief Engineer William Kerr
sey, from the tug William II. Yerkes. jr.
General News of the Port.
1t is reported that a number of the mer-
chants of Alexandria are organizing conn.,
pany for the purpose of going into the
shipping business. They propose to pur-
chase or build a four-masted schooner. and
will put her in the freighting business.
The little schooner Annie s. Ellen. laden
with cargo of laths from North Carolina,
has arrived at Alexandria.
The schooner Mary Ann Shea Is In port
from the lower river with a cargo OF
about 10000 feet of pine boards for local
dealers.
The schooner John Maginnis has arrived
in port with a cargo of hard coal from
Philadelphia. She has about 400 tons OF
fuel aboard.
The schooners Clara Leonard Belmont,
Mayflower and Farmers Friend are In port
with cargoes of cord wood aboard from the
vicinity of Nomini creek.
The schooner Nellie and Matte, tandem
with Virginia pine lumber from the Lower
Machadoc creek. has arrived in port and is
unloading at the 10Th street wharf
The schooner Samuel button with cargo
of pine wood aboard from Upper Machodoo
creek is "A GEORGETOWN consigned to th6
dealers there.
The big barge Dorchester has arrived at
Alexandria with cargo of about 100 tons
of fertilizer material aboard for the Alex
andra Chemical Company.
The schooner Berthe May has arrived at
Alexandria with cargo of about 10 cords
of pine wood consigned to dealers there.
The schooner Berthe has gone up to
Georgetown 10 unload a cargo of pine wood
from the Wicomieo river, a tributary of the
Potomac.
The big schooner Joseph G. Ray VIII
complete the unloading of her cargo of ice
at the Home Ice Company's wharf and will
be taken to Georgetown to load coal for
Boston or another New England port.
The big four masted schooner Sarah W.
Laurence laden with about 800 tons of ice
from the Kennebec river. has arrived in
port in tow of the tug NJ. Mitchell Davis.
The Laurence sailed from Bath. July %.
and had 4 slow trip down the coast. She
is berthed at the 9th street wharf of the
American Ice Company TO unload her cargo.
The Davis left port yesterday afternoon
with the schooner Hattie P. Simpson In
tow bound 10 the capes of the Chesapeake.
The Simpson has aboard about 800 tons OF
Cumberland coal taken at Georgetown,
consigned to Boston.
The barge Rappahannock has arrived in
port in tow of the tug w M Adams. laden
with ABOUT 700 tons of hard coal from Phil
a delphia for the dealers.
The bugeye John Branford is In port with
a cargo of cord wood from the lower river
for parties on the Eastern branch.