Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-02
ON THE RIVER FRONT
TUG HooLE NOT TO RETURN TO
SERVICE ON POTOMAC.
Work on Hand at Boatyards-Vessel
Charters Reported-Personal
and General Mention.

1Hc httic lug "A - I1oOiC, WHICH was
brought to the Potomac from New York
about six months ago to tow sand and
gravel-laden scows for the Tangier Sand
Company from Colonial Beach to this city
and which sank at Wilkerson's wharf and
lay on the bottom for several weeks before
being raised. is now employed in towing
about Baltimore harbor. After the vessel
was raised she was taken to Baltimore to
be repaired, and her owners. when she was
ready for service again, determined not to
bring her back to this city. the company
that had employed her having gone out OF
business. The Hoole is said to be owned
partly by Baltimore people and partly by
residents OF this city
There was a fair demand for all kinds
of fresh fish at the who .esale fish market
on the wharf this morning. Rock, perch
and catfish from the nets In the lower Po-
tomac are being brought to market In
increasing quantities.
There have been no arrivals of oyster
laden vessels from the beds In the lower
river since yesterday, but they are ex-
pected before Monday. Oysters were sell
ing this morning at Is cents per bushel.
The demand for watermeons continues
fair. Prices range about the figures quot
ed yesterday.
Vessels Undergoing Repairs.
The old sailing scow Bush. belonging to
Carter g. Clark Of this city, Is at the boat
yard of Cumberland & Son, at the foot OF
9th street, to be put in condition for gen.
eral freightIng work on the river. The hull
Of the old craft is to be renewed. and when
she returns to service she will be in better
order than she has been for several years.
The Bush has been employed for several
years past in bringing wood, lumber and
railway tie cargoes from nearby points on
the river to the dealers here and at Alexan-
dria.
The old Philadelphia barge Kate N Lat
ia is lying at the wharf foot of X street
southwest and will also be overhauled at
Cumberland's before she returns to service,
carrying cargoes of gas-making coal from
the railway dumps on me Eastern branch
to the gas plant pier at Georgetown. The
master of the Latta, taking advantage of
her being out of service, is painting the
outside of the hull of his craft. She will be
ready for service again in about ten days
or two weeks.
The Baltimorebuilt schooner Charles A.
Witler was in collision off Cape Hatteras
with the schooner John Bossart, and was so
badly injured that her crew had to ADAM
don her and take to small boats and were
picked up by a passing vessel and landed
at New York. The Witler was built by
VIM. E. Woodall & Co., and was launched
about year ago. The builders of the
schooner were her chief owners.
The big four-masted schooner Helen E.
Taft is reported to have put into Savannah
a day or two ago in leaking condition,
the result of storm at sea. The Taft was
on her way from Port Tampa Fla, to
Boston with a cargo of phosphate rock
The schooner was in port here about three
weeks ago with a cargo of ice from the
Maine ice fields.
General and Personal.
Capt. s. B. Davis of this city master OF
the United States army Quartermasters tug
doing duty as tender to the forts on Hamp-
ton Roads Is in the city on a short visit to
his family. Capt. Davis was for a number
of years in command of the army lighter
kearney. in service the river.
Capt. E. S. Randall. manager of the Ran
dali line steamers and of the excursion re-
sorts River View and Colonial Beach, has
returned from a business visit to New York
city.
Capt. Bob Brown, master OF the tug Jas
o. Garter, has gone to lower Maryland to
spend a week or ten days. While Capt
Brown is away Capt. Frank Kintz will be
in charge of the Carter.
Capt William H. Bannock. master of the
schooner Richard Linthicum, has stopped
ashore for a trip or two, which time he will
spend at his home in lower Maryland.
The schooner Grace Bennett. laden with a
cargo of shingles from a North Carolina
port, has arrived in port and has been
berthed at the wharf foot of 18th street.
The schooner Irene. with a cargo of cord
wood aboard, from Nomini creek, has ar
rived in port consigned to dealers on the
Eastern branch.
The schooner Emma Virginia is among
the recent arrivals in port with cargo OF
watermelons from Virginia points consigned
to the local market.
The Philadelphia barge Howard l.. Neff Is
lying at the Washington barracks pier
loading a cargo of hard coal for of the
engineer battalion during the coming win
ter. The barge has a cargo of about 500
tons of the fuel aboard.
The schooner Lula NJ. Quillan has unload
ed her cargo of glass-making sand at Alex
andria and has taken on a cargo of glass
bottles there for Norfolk.
The schooner Nettie, with about forty
cords of pine wood aboard, came into port
this morning from the lower river. con-
signed to local dealers.
The Baltimore tug Volunteer came into
port at Alexandria yesterday with a large
barge in tow, consigned to the Alexandria
Fertilizer and Chemical Company.
The barge Sargites, laden with Pocahon-
tas COAL from Norfolk, has arrived at the
naval proving ground at Indian Head and
has been berthed at the powder factory pier
In Mattawoman creek to unload. The barge
was lowed from Norfolk to Indian Head by
the tug Marion Cameron.