Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-22
ON THE RIVER FRONT
WORK RAPIDLY PROGRESSING ON
NEW MARINE RAILWAY.
Coal Charter for Ice Company Schoon-
ers-Barge Loading Asphalt
Brick-Harbor Notes.

The excavations for the small marine
railway to be built at Benefits boatyard
have been completed and the workmen are
now placing the heavy string pieces that
will form the base of the railway in posi-
ton. and the construction of the cradle
will be started shortly. The new railway
is to be ready for service before the busy
fall season begins at the boatyards, when
the small pleasure craft are to be hauled
out and made ready to be laid uD for the
winter. The new railway will be but fifty
feet long and is being built for the hauling
out of the steam and gasoline power
launches and pleasure craft, now very nu-
merous on the river. Rumor has II that the
large marine railway at Alexandria is TO
be extensively overnauled and improved
and made ready for the hauling OF large
vessels. the bulk or which work IS now
done In Baltimore. The Aiexap dria ma
rine railway is large enough to haul out
three-fourths of the vessels that come up
the river.
The long boat Earl Biscoe is at Cumber-
land s boathouse, at the foot OF 9th street
southwest, to be fitted with new rudder
and for other repair work In order To get
at the rudder the vessel has been backed
on the bottom in the shoal deck at the
boatyard, where the low tide Will leave
her high and dry, so that the workmen
can get at her stern TO put the rudder in
place. This was made necessary by the
fact that all the railways in this vicinity
had vessels them and the Blscoe could
not be hauled She VII be ready for serv-
ice early in the coming week
There was a fair supply of fresh fish at
the wholesale market on the wharf this
morning, and the demand was fairly good
at the figures quoted yesterday. Some few
fish from river sources were on sale, but
the supply was small The bulk of the
stock is coming from bay sources.
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for them was fair Soft-sbelled crabs are
scarce. CLANS and oysters were on sale in
quantities more than ample to meet the
demand.
The tug NJ Mitchell Davis will be hauled
out on the marine railway at Alexandria
tom coated with copper paint a pre-
ventive against the action OF worms in
salt water.
Captain James Marmaduke. who has been
pilot of the tug William II. Yerkes, jr.. for
the past year has resigned and will enter
other employment.
Mr.. William Allison. steward of the tug
NJ. Mitchell Davis. has gone on vacation
to visit his home. at Newbe-n. n. c.
Mr.. Henry Allan OF Alexandria has been
made assistant engineer of the tug William
H. Yerkes, jr., succeeding a Baltimore man,
who leaves the tug to be made a chief en-
gineer of another boat.
The Philadelphia barge Thomas j. Cleaver
Is lying at the wharf of the Mahoney
Brick and Tile Company al the foot of -
street on the Eastern branch loading a
cargo of several thousand asphalt brick
for Richmond. This is the third fourth
cargo of asphalt brick sent from this city
within the past week or two to be used In
the repaving of the streets of Richmond.
Nearly all the schooners bringing car
goes of ice here are loading soft coal at
Georgetown for points in New England.
The schooner Josie r. Burt which COM