Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-17
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW BARGE ELIZABETH VANE
GOES INTO COMMISSION.
Schooner North Carolina Raised and
Repaired-Dredging Eastern
Branch Dock.

carrying trade on Chesapeake bay and Its
tributaries. has gone into commits On and
Will load her first cargo at Baltimore for
! Norfoik. The barge Is a handsome one of
| her type and will carry a cargo of $50
tons dead weight. making her one Of the
| largest barges in service on the bay. She Is
1876 feet long. has beam of "a feet and is
| II feet deep in the hold. Her living quar-
| tiers are large and roomy, her main deck
house containing saloon, dining room,
| galley and two state rooms, and In the
| wheelhouse, above the deckhouse. is a.
| state room with two roomy berths iu 1t
! for the use of the crew. She Is fitted out
with modern windlasses anl other para
phernalia usual on vessel Of her md
| Capt. w. b. Vane will be master of the
| new barge and has large monetary inter-
| est in her. The Vaue will often visit this
4 city with cargDes of hard coal aboard
There was an excellent supply of all va
| rieties OF fresh fish on sale at the whole
sale fish market on the wharf this morning
| and while there was large throng of buy
| ers on hand purchases were quite light
| spot blue fish, trout and all varieties of
| river fish were on sale. Prices are low.
On the oyster wharf there was fairly
brfsk demand for oysters in the shell and
1 the supply on hand was amply large to meet
| the demand Prices range from 50c. to 81
l per bushel.
| capt. Bell or Philadelphia has taken COM
| mand of the little gasoline power barge
| Icicle. employed in carrying freight on the
! river.
| Capt. Frank Posey has Joined the tug
James y. Carter. and Is acting as mate of
that vessel employed In general towing on
| the river.
| Capt. Bailey Reed has taken command of
the Randall line steamer Harry Randall.
employed on the route between this city
| and Nominal and lower Machadoc creeks
Capt. Ollie Crowder. master of the tug
William II. Yerkes, jr., has changed berths
| with Capt. Bob Brown Of the tug James
o. Carter. in order to give Capt. Crowder
| an opportunity to spend day or two with
| his family in this city. as tue Carter Is
| homo here every night and the Yerkes
| often does not come to this city in month.
General Matters.
| Mr.. John T. Sweeney. president of thu
! Alexandria board of aldermen, was q Wis
itor to the Norfolk and Washington Line
| Company offices In this city yesterday.
| The two-masted bay schooner North Caro-
| lima, which sprang a leak and sank in a.
| dock on the Eastern branch Friday night
last. as was mentioned at the time. has
| been raised and was pumped out by the tug
| James o. Carter. Temporary repairs were
made to the leak that caused her to fill
\ and sink and when she completes the I'M
| loading of her cargo she will go to a boat
1 repairing yard to be overhauled, prepara-
\ tory to going to q Virginia lumber port to
| load another cargo.
| The little power launch Alice of the fleet
| OF local pleasure craft Is hauled out at
| Cumberland's bOatyard for some minor re-
pair work and to be cleaned and painted II,
| preparation for the falk boating season on
| the river. The Alice Is an able little craft
and her owner has made several long
| cruises in her this summer. She win be
I ready for service within the next two or
| three days.
| The tug George w. Pride is now employed
1 IN towing the mud-laden scows from the
dredging machine at work deepening the
docks on the Eastern branch to the dump
| Ing grounds on the river. 1t Is stated the
| Pride will be employed in this work for the
next two or three weeks.
The gasoline power launch May. hailing
! from Wildwood. N. J., Is the latest stranger
| TO visit this port. She arrived here yes
1 terday evening and berthed at the wharf
| foot of 9th street southwest. She has a
party OF tourists aboard and will II IS nm
| derstood. remain In port here for several
| Gays. while those aboard her visit The
| numerous points OF interest In and about
this city
The dock dredging machine belonging to
John Miller, which has been employed In
| deepening the water In the dock on the
| Eastern branch at the foot OF Cd street
! southwest. has completed that work and
has been taken to a point above the Ana
costa bridge to dig out a dock for parties
there.
4 The schooners Mary Brown, Isaac Solo,
| mon and Mary Francis are among the re-
| cent arrivals in port with cargoes of cord
wood aboard from points on the lower Po-
4 tomac consigned to local dealers. The yes
1 sells have an average of about thirty-five
cords aboard.
| The schooner C. C. Wheeler has arrived
1 in port from Norfolk. laden with cargo
4 of lumber and shingles and has been
| berthed at the wharf foot OF 1917 street to
unload.
The schooner Bessie Ford. with a cargo
4 of oysters aboard from the beds in the
| lower river. is among the recent arrivals at
the oyster wharf.
i The schooner Maid of the Mist, with a
cargo Of fertilizer material aboard, has ar
rived at Alexandria from Norfolk con-
signed TO n chemical company there.
/ The bugeye Lemuel Kirwin came into
| port yesterday afternoon with cargo Of
about 1000 feet Of pine lumber aboard
from river point.
4 The tug Radiant. with .--andard OIL barges
i No. 81 and n In tow from aBltfmore,
l came into port yesterday The barges have
cargoes OF oil In bulk for the stations here
and ct Alexandria
| The schooner Henry Pitts has arrived
here light and has 8o1e 20 Georgetewn to
load gas tar In barrels tor q Portsmouth,.
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