Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
ON THE RIVER FRONT
LIVERPOOL POINT WHARF OPEN
ED FOR PUBLIC USE.
Coal Cargoes to Be Taken North-Im-
proving Reagan's Railway
5 Personal and General

The wharf at Liverpool Point, on the Po-
tomac. has been reopened for public service.
the steamer Wakefield of the Randall line
having stopped at 1t on her way up to this
city Thursday, and from now on it will
be included in the schedule of all the river
steamers. The wharf was closed to the
public over year ago, and the residents
of that part of Maryland have been much
Inconvenience by the want of a landing
place on the river. From Glymont, on one
side, to Riverside, on the other, a distance
of over twenty miles, there was no wharf
open to the public, and persons residing
between these two points had long dis
tances to travel in order to reach a wharf.
The opening Of Liverpool will be a great
convenience to the public, and it will be
largely used.
The big collier-barge No. IA of the Con-
sofidation Coal Company is expected to
complete her cargo tomorrow and Will sail
with it for Boston from Georgetown. The
barge will have aboard over 1,500 tons of
Cumberland coal and will be the first coal
laden vessel to leave here this season.
Barge No. 8. on her way here with ice. Is
also to load coal at Georgetown for Bos-
ton.
The receipt of fish at the wharf from
river points is very light and the bulk of
the supply on sale for the past week has
come from the nets in the lower part of
Chesapeake bay. Some few hard and soft
crabs from river sources have been on sale
in the past day or two and the supply will
increase from now on.
The three-masted schooner o. D. Wither-
all was brought into port yesterday after
noon and berthed at the wharf, foot of 1874
street southwest. She brings a cargo of
ice from the Maine ice fields and Is the first
ice-Iaden schooner to arrive here this year.
General and Personal Notes.
Capt. John Carpinter of this city, who was
last in command Of the United States army
launch Mercedes, has accepted an appoint
ment in the auartermasters department of
the army and has gone to Norfolk to join
a steamer there. Capt. Carpinter will act
as mate aboard the vessel commanded by
Can't. S. B. Davis of this city.
Capt H. Kiehne formerly In command
of the bark Julia Rollins, when she was en-
gagged in the South American trade, has
taken charge of the schooner Rover, in the
pineapple trade. When the pines season is
over the Rover will return to the Chesa-
peake trade.
Purser Wray, new man in the Randall
line. has been assigned to duty on the
steamer Gen. ]. A. Dumont, on the ely
mont route.
Capt. James Barker has succeeded Capt.
Downey in command of the steamer Du-
mont.
The large lighter building for Johnson &
wimsatt of this city at Cumberland & Sons
boatyard is rapidly approaching completion
and will be ready Tor s1auncnlnB early III
the coming week. The boat Is eighty feet
long. -
The little tug Barthold has been equipped
with an extra set of guards about foot
below her old ones, in order to enable her
to land alongside on ark down river with
out danger to herself or the ark. The work
was done at Benefits boat yard, and the
tug has been launched ready for service.
She will go into service today.
The marine railway at Capt. Sonny Rea-
gan's boat yard is being improved by the
installation of a set of gear wheels to raise
and lower the cradle in place of the hand
capstan that has been in use since the era
die was built. The new rig will greatly
expedite the handling of boats in hauiing
them out of the water.
The gasoline power bugeye Emma, when
has been under charter to run hsh
from one of the down river fishing SHORES
to this city and Alexandria. closed her char-
ter last week and started to return to Bal
timore, where she Is owned. AT the mouth
of the Potomac early in the week the little
vessel ran into suuali. So violent was
the gall, that the vessel dragged her an
chors. In spite of the aid of her engines, and
was only saved from going ashore by the
use of her head sails.
The steam barge z. James Tuil and the
schooners William H. Mcclure, c. w. Kent.
Osceola and Isaac Solomon have arrived in
mort from the lower river laden with car
goes of cord wood for the dealers.
The schooner Eugie, from the James river,
is In port with cargo of pine lumber for
the local market. The schooners Lucie ana