Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-29
ON THE RIVER FRONT
COLONIAL BEACH ICE-MAKIN0
PLANT AGAIN IN SERVICE.
Cargoes Of Brick and Tar Sail-over-
hauling Yacht Culprit Fay
Other Matters.

Several days ago the ice-making plant az
Colonial Beach met with mshap to its
machinery that caused shutdown Of the
plant and prevented the manufacture of
Ice. The reserve supply that was on hand
is now about exhausted and the owners OF
the plant are obtaining ice here to meet
the demand The little schooner HOratio
Seymour Is lying at the pier Of the Ameri-
can Ice Company here taking aboard about
twenty-five tons of Ice for the Beach. The
machinery of the ice plant has been re-
paired and the making Of ice again started,
and 1t Is expected the cargo aboard the
Seymour will meet the demand until the
homemade Ice Is ready to be taken from
the tanks. The Seymour sailed with her
cargo today, and. with favoring breezes,
should arrive at the Beach tomorrow.
There was a fair demand for all kinds OF
fresh fish at the wholesale fish market on
the wharf this morning, and owing to the
light supply coming from all sources the
fish are selling at prices unusually high for
this season Of the year. Crabs, both hard
and soft, are on sale, but the demand is
not heavy and they selling at prices
quoted yesterday.
CLANS and oysters are plentiful enough to
meet the demand and prices are firm.
The big Philadelphia barge Thomas ].
Cleaver has completed the loading of about
1900 asphalt paving blocks manufactured
at the plant at the foot Of South Capitol
street, and has sailed with them for Rich
mond, where the block will be used in
street improvement work. This is the third
cargo Of the paving block that has been
sent from this city to Richmond within
the pest few weeks.
The schooner Beulah Land Is lying at a
Georgetown wharf taking aboard a cargo
of gas tar. the product of the local gas
making plants, and will take her cargo to
Portsmouth, Va, where it will be used in
the manufacture of creosote and in dye
making. There 5 heavy demand for coal
tar such as is obtained In the making of
gas, and cargoes are frequently shipped
from this city and Alexandria,
The four masted schooner Charles w.
Church has completed the loading of a
cargo of Cumberland coal at the George
town piers and has sailed with 1t for Bos-
ton The tug James o. Carter will take the
vessel to the mouth of the river. The
schooner Hattie P. Simpson is lying at the
Georgetown coal piers, taking aboard a
cargo of coal for a northern port The
Church has cargo Of about 1900 tons.
The pleasure yacht Culprit Fay of the
Capitol Yacht Club fleet Is hauled out on
the marine railway at Benefits boatyard
for caulking Of her hull, and for the clean
ing and painting of her hull under water
with a copper paint. The yacht will be
ready for service early in the coming
week. Tie bugeye Rena Cox. which was
launched Thursday afternoon, Is at the
yard having her decks renewed and being
put in condition for general freight work
on the river
The large pile driving machine belonging
to Carter & Clark has completed her work
on the pier for the contractors for the
building of the new bridge across the Ana
costa river. and the driver has been taken
to the highway bridge to complete the
driving of the fender piles around the draw
pier of the new bridge. This work will
complete the pile work about the structure
and only the iron work remains to be done,
but no workmen have been on the bridge
for month past.
Charters as follows are reported: Schoon-
er A. H. Quinby to load railway ties at
points the Potomac for Philadelphia
then to load return cargo of coal at Phil
adelphia for this city; schooner r. Mason,
to load a cargo of cord wood at Wades
bay, on the Potomac, for this port.
The schooner Walter p. Snow came into
port this trip under the command of Capt
James Fegan, her regular master. Capt
Luther Headley, having remained at home
for a trip.
General River Matters.
Mr. Irving Weisiger, general manager of
the Virginia Navigation Company of Rich
mond, was visitor to the local steamboat
offices yesterday.
Capt. McCarrick, one of the best-known
steamboat men of Norfolk was also a
visitor to the river front yesterday.
Manager John Callahan Of the Norfolk
and Washington Company went to New
port News Thursday night on business con-
nected with the building of the new side
wheel steamer for the N. & w Company.
The Baltimore tug Peerless came into port
yesterday with the barge Laura V. Groves.
laden with gas coal, in tow. The barge has
about 100 tons of the fuel aboard, con-
signed to the Washington Gaslight Com
pany.
The longboat Edith Verrall has been taken
to Georgetown to unload a cargo of cord
wood from the lower Potomac.
The tug Camilla came into port yesterday
afternoon with the big four-masted schoon-
er Lewis Fl. Coward in tow. The schooner
brings cargo of about 1000 tons Of Ice to
the American Ice Company.
The longboat Five Sisters, with thirtyfve
cords of wood and the Sidney Jones, with
about forty cords aboard from the lower
river. came into port yesterday evening,
consigned to local dealers.
The schooner Walter P. Snow, with q
cargo OF about 10000 feet of pine lumber
from the Rappahannock river, has arrived
in port and is lying at anchor in the
stream.
coal, is lying at the pier of the asphalt
brick making plant on the Eastern branch.
The big barge Mary A. Hooper Is lying
at the wharf of William A. Smoot & Co. at
Alexandria. awaiting to discharge cargo
of fertilizer material from Baltimore.
The schooner e. F. Keen came into port
yesterday afternoon with cargo OF pine
lumber aboard from the Kappa hammock
river for local dealers.
The bugeye Kathleen, laden with cord
wood from river point, Is among the lat
est arrivals IN port here.
The schooner c. w. Reach Is lying at an
Alexandria pier taking aboard cargo OF
bricks and building material for a lower
river point.
Elk Grove a Butter of excellent quality