Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-05
ON THE RIVER FRONT
TIDE OF TRAVEL NOW FLOWING
TOWARD THIS CITY.
Big Vessels Arrive With Cargoes-
Steamer Pocahontas Returns to
Norfolk-Personal and General

The tide Of travel on the Potomac river
is steadily flowing toward this city, and
on every trip of the river steamers num-
bers Of persons return from the down-river
resorts where they have spent the sum-
mer months. In Washington there is
large contingent that came TO this city
from the counties of Maryland and Vir-
ginia and they always spend vacation time
at their former homes Added to this
many who enjoy salt water bathing and
other pleasures to be found at river points
and they spend the heated term there. The
throng that has gone to the resorts on salt
water of the Potomac is larger this year
than ever before. The steamers are not
only bringing the returning vacationists.
but their household goods well, for 1t
Is the thing to furnish a cottage at Colonial
Beach Coltons, st. Georges or elsewhere
for a summer home
There was a brisk demand for all grades
of fresh fish, both from river and bay
sources. and the supply on hand while not
large, was ample to meet the demand.
Trout, butterfish, tailors. perch, catfish and
rock constituted the bulk of the supply.
Prices are steady and range about the fig
ures of last week.
There were few oysters sale at the
wholesale market the wharf this morn
Ing and a larger supply aboard vessels Is
x.
scarce and selling at prices ranging
about 81 per barrel.
Watermelons are on sale. but the supply
| is not large and the demand is rather light.
MIR. John Callahan, general manager of
the Norfolk and Washington line of steam
ers, returned home this morning from
business trip to Newport News in connec-
ton with the building of his new excursion
steamer.
Capt Stephen Self has returned to duty
| as commander OF the tug ]. T. selectman
of the National Sand Company's fleet in
service on the river.
Capt. Jerry Posey. who has been off duty
in consequence of sickness, has recovered
and is again ON duty on the tug Baby
Capt. Bob Brown has returned from
visit to friends in lower Maryland and has
again assumed the command of the tug
James o. Carter.
The Incoming Vessels.
The schooner Charles w. Church was
brought into port yesterday morning by the
tug Yerkes and taken up to the pier of
the American Ice Company at Georgetown
to unload cargo of about 200 tons OF Ice
from the Kennebec river. The Church sail
ed from Bath about ten days ago and is
reported to have had uneventful trip
down the coast. She came in the capes OF
The Chesapeake Saturday and was picked
up by the tug and hurried to this city.
The three masted schooner Fannie Reiche
is in port with a cargo of several hundred
thousand feet of pine lumber from CHAR
lesion, >. g., consigned 10 Johnson " W I'M
satt, and is berthed at the wharf foot or
18th street to unload. The Reiche sailed
from Charleston about two weeks ago and
had head winds much of her trip up the
coast. She receives 1925 per thousand feet
freight. The schooner was built at Balti-
more, but this is her first visit here for
number of years.
The three-masted schooner Charles w.
Sprague, which has been bringing cargoes
of ice here, was brought up the river yes
terday, in tow of the tug George w. Pride
with a cargo of cement aboard from Port
land, Me. for parties on the Eastern
branch. The Sprague had a fairly rapid
trip down the coast and had nothing out
of the ordinary to report. She will. when
she has unloaded the cement, take aboard
a cargo of coal for a northern port.
The schooner Malcolm b. Seavey, which
Is bringing a cargo of Ice to this city. has
been chartered to load cargo of coal at
Baltimore for Key West when she COM
pletes the unloading of her cargo here, and
the schooner Humarock is under charter
to bring guano in bags from Charleston,
S. C., to Alexandria.
Steamer Pccahontas Departs.
The excursion steamer Pocahontas, which
has been in service the river during the
summer months. carrying excursionists TO
River View and Colonial Beach. left this
| morning for Norfolk and will resume her
| route on the James river between Norfolk
and Richmond. While the Pocahontas was
| on the Potomac she became very popular
ana many thousands OF persons TOue on
| her. Capt Bailey Reed is in charge OF the
steamer. with Capt. JEFF Posey as mate Mr..
| Calls is in charge of her engine room.
| The schooner Robin Hood. laden with pine
| lumber from Virginia port. has arrived in
| port and is lying at the wharf foot of 18th
street to unload her cargo.
The schooner Sydney Jones. with a cargo
of lumber aboard from a river point has
arrived and will berth at the wharf foot
of 10th street to discharge.
The big barge Juanita has arrived at
Alexandria with cargo of fertilizer
terial from Baltimore in tow of the tug
Dauntless. The barge has about 700 tons
to unload.
The Washington tug NJ. Mitchell Davis
| came into port yesterday with two large
schooners i'll tow from ports In the north.
The schooner Laurina Bramble. laden
with sand from Tangier sound, on the
eastern shore of Virginia. is FL port and
will DE taken to the Eastern branch to I'M
load.
The Earl B!scoe and William F. Villas are
among the recent arrivals in port with
loads of cord wood from Potomac points
consigned to dealers
The schooner Two Sisters came into port
| yesterday morning with about 10000 feet
of pine lumber aboard for dealers. She
is unloading at the 18th street wharf.
The schooner Hazel Dell is lying at a
Georgetown wharf unloading a cargo OF
about 400 tons of cement. She comes from
Red Beach, Maine.
The schooner Eugie has been berthed at
the wharf foot of 9th street to unload her
cargo of Virginia pine lumber.
To Use Water Power.
A dispatch from Mexico City, Mexico, last
night says: The Mexican Power Company.