Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-12
ON THE RIVER FRONT
UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO RAISE
TUG A. ]. HooLE.
Oyster Law Violations Reported
Steamer Arrowsmith Again in
Service-Marine Notes.

Chesapeake Gravel and Sand Company.
which sank at WiIkersons wharf. on the
lower river. near Colonial Beach. a week
or ten days ago, is still lying on the bot
tom, all efforts to float her having proved
unsuccessful. The sunken boat has been
worked from the point where it went down
around to one side of the wharf. so that
the steamers can land. 1t is stated that
another effort to raise the tug with addt-
tional appliances will be made this week.
The Hoole was brought here from New
York several weeks ago to tow sand and
gravel-laden barges on the Potomac from
Colonial Beach to this city. but she made
only one or two trips before the accident
befeH her that caused Fer to sink.
There was fair supply of fresh fish on
sale at the wholesale fish market at the
wharf this morning. and while the demand
was fair 1t was not heavy, as the hucksters
were holding an Indignation meeting at the
wharf over the enforcement of the police
regulations governing them. Trout. butter
fish and other salt water fish constituted the
bulk of the supply.
Crabs. both soft and hard-shelled, were on
sale this morning, but the supply was linn
tied and the prices high. Some few crabs
are coming from river sources. but the bulk
OF the supply Is from the vicinity of Nor
folk.
CLANS and oysters are on sale in quanti-
ties large enough to meet the demand for
them. They are bringing good prices.
Although the oyster-taking season on the
Potomac and Chesapeake bay is supposed
to be closed, in order to give the shell fish
chance to grow and fatten until the OPEN
ing of the next season in the fall reports
coming from the lower river say that
dredge boats are still at work at various
points and are taking up small oysters to
be carried away and planted at other
points. The report further says no efforts
are being made by the oyster police Of
Nor or,1 Att -
RAIDERS
Captain Sonny Reagan has begun the
building of an 1s-foot float to be used as
tender by one of the wharf-building ma
chimes now at work on the new wharveS
going up in the harbor. The float will be
used to carry timber and other material
from the pile driver to the point on the
new structure where 1t Is to be used. 1t
General News of the Port.
1t is expected the overhauling of the
steamer Washington of the Norfolk and
Washington line will be completed at the
Newport News shipyard this week and the
steamer will at once return to this city to
take her place on the route, relieving the
steamer Norfolk. which will go to Newport
News to be painted and put in order for
summer service on the Norfolk route.
The Randall line steamer T. v. Arrow
smith has returned to service on the river,
anu SATURDAY ana yesterday the steamer
carried excursionists to River View The
Smith has been given a general overhaul
Ing since she went out Of service last fall
at the end of her excursion season, and Is
her boiler was completely rebuilt and re-
newed. so that 1t Is now practically new.
and the steamer Is again one Of the fastest
on the river. She will be used in running
excursion trips to Colonial Beach and
River View during the summer.
The steam barge Lily and Howard. which
came into port Saturday evening last.
brought a big raft Of pine piling up from
the lower river. for use in the new railway
work going on and in the other public i'm
pTovements. The steamer, 1t Is stated.
will at once return to the lower river and
will bring back with her another raft.
A new hosting machine, built at Balti-
more shipyard for the Potomac Dredging
Company of this city. will be added to the
machine is to be used in unloading sand
and gravel laden barges In this city. A
mum Der of new sfxty-five-foot scows to
carry sand and gravel are building at Bal
tinore for the Potomac company.
The bucket dredge Kennedy is still at
work deepening the river channel near
Marshall Hail. The tug Sarah, belonging
to the MARYLAND Dredging Company is the
The Baltimore tug Tormentor has arrived
in port with two coal-laden barges from
Baltimore in tow.
The schooner Grace G. Bennett. now in
port here. has been chartered to load a
cargo Of lumber and shingles at a North
Carolina port for this city.
The schooner Lula M. Qullian. loaded
with railway ties from Marshall Hall. has
arrived at Sparrow's Point. She will go to
the Severn river to load cargo of sand
for Alexandria, as soon as she unioads her
cargo OF ties.
The schooner George C. A. Travers is at
Baltimore shipyard to be supplied with
a new foremost and bowsprtt and to caulk
decks