Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
ON THE RIVER FRONT
CHANGES IN ROUTES OF POTOMAC
LINE STEAMERS.
Wakefield to Be overhauled-Coal-
Laden Schooner Sails-Per-
sonal and General.

When the steamer Wakefield arrived in
port yesterday afternoon from her trip from
Wirts wharf she went out of commission
and was taken to the repair wharf of the
Randall line for overhauling. The ma
chinery of the steamer Is to be gone over
and put in order. The hurricane deck is to
be repaired and covered with heavy canvas.
The withdrawal Of the Wakefield from her
route has necessitated the shifting about
Of the steamers in the river service. The
steamer T. V. Arrowsmfth took the place
of the steamer Harry Randall this morning
on the long route to Nomini and Lower
Machodoc. and the Randall will tomorrow
take up the Wakefields route to Colonial
Beach and Wirts. Capt. Bailey Reed is in
command of the Arrowsmth, and Capt.
Chap Slye has been transferred from the
Wakefield to the Smith as first officer.
Messrs. Preston Wise and Eugene Murdoch
are the quartermasters with Capt. Reed.
Mr.. T. 3. Garnett is purser and Mate Ply
George has charge of her deck Chief En-
gineer Mayo is In charge of the engine
room of the Smith. with Chase Nash his
assistant. Capt. James Barker will have
command of the steamer Harry Randall
and her regular crew will remain with her.
Business was unusually brisk for Sat
urday morning at the wholesale fish mar
ket on the 18th street wharf this morning.
but the supply on hand was light and as a
consequence prices asked for the stock on
hand were above the average.
There have been no arrivals of oyster
laden vessels at the wharf since yeSter-
day and the supply on hand this morning
was small. Prices still range about 60
cents per buShel.
Watermelons are in light demand, but
there are only a few on sale at the wharf
market.
Crabs are scarce and in fair demand at
prices ranging from Sl.50 to $3.50 per bar
rel.
The three-masted schooner Lizzie r. Burt
has completed the loading Of q cargo or
about 200 tons of Cumberland coal at the
piers at Georgetown and will sail this even
ing in tow of tug for the capes of the
Chesapeake, en- route to Boston Inc sail
ing of the Burt leaves the coal piers at
Georgetown deserted, but it Is understood
vessel will go under the chutes within the
next day or two.
Vessels Undergoing Repairs.
The river schooner aFther and Son has
been hauled out on the marine railway at
Benefits boatyard, and before the vessel
Is put overheard again she is to be given
a general overhauling. The hull OF the
schooner will be opened and all unsound
timbcrs and planking removed and replaced
with new material. The hull or the vessel
is also to be calked all over and she Is
TO be painted and made ready for fall serV-
ice on the river. The schooner will be out
of service for several days while under
going repairs.
The big tug Marion Cameron, owned by
the Potomac Dredging Company operating
on the river, Is hauled out at Baltimore
shipyard for an overhauing. and 1t Is un-
derstood that as soon as she Is competed
she will come to this city and go In service
towing sand and gravel laden scows from
the digging fleet OF the Potomac Company
at work in the creek just below Fort Wash
ington. The Cameron has sufficient power
to bring up a. tow of ten or twelve heavily
laden scows.
Mr. George o. Carpenter. general man
ager of the Randall line of steamers. with
his wife and son, will spend a day or two
at Old Point prior to taking Merchants
and Miners line steamer for trip TO Bos-
ton. Mr.. Carpenter will be absent from
his Office for about two weeks
Mr. John Stewart, manager of the big
hotel at Colonial Beach during the past
summer. has returned to his home in this
city to spend the fall and winter
Mr. George B. Guest, purser of the steam
er on the Wirts wharf route on the river,
who was detained at home by the illness
of one of his children, has returned to
duty aboard his steamer. Mr.. Michael
Robb, who was acting as purser or the
steamer Wakefield during Mr.. Guests alb
sence has returned to duty at the Ran
dali line office. foot of Sth street southwest
Cant Atkins of the schooner Malcolm B.
Seayey now unloading ice here, was In
Baltimore Wednesday on business IN con-
nection with the chartering or ms Vessel.
The power barge lcicle. which came INTO
port several days ago from Baltimore, went
down the river yesterday, and 1t is re-
ported she will start RAINING freight
route on the river 10 this city.
Arrivals and Departures.
The schooner Charles Fl. Dagger has ar
river In port with a cargo of cord WOOD
from the lower Potomac for local dealers.
She is lying at the nth street wharf.
The Winnie Windsor has arrived from the
vicinity of Blackistones Island with load
of several hundred bushels of Potomac
oysters for the local market.
The Washington tugs VIM II. Yerkes jr..
and the NJ Mitchell Davis have arrived at
Baltimore with tows of laden vessels from
the capes of the Chesapeake.
/ The sehooners L. L. Bowen and Oakland
came into port yesterday evening with full
cargoes of cord wood from river points for
the dealers.
A large lighter laden with shingles from
this city left port yesterday afternoon. con-
signed TO a dealer I'm Alexandria.
The steam barge f. James Tull has been
berthed at the wharf foot of 9th street to
unload her cargo of pine lumber from Aqua
creek for the dealers.
The schooner Grace G. Bennett has ar
rived at Norfolk her way to North
Carolina port to load cargo OF pine lum-
Der for this city.
The steamer Wakefield on her trip I'D
from the lower river landings yesterday
evening, brought up over two hundred pas
sengerS, returning to their homes In this
city from the summer resorts on the lower
river. She also had q full load of freight.
Two large Philadelphia barges are lying
at the Alexandria wharves unloading big
carsoes of fertilizer material for the manu-
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