Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-24
ON THE RIVER FRONT
ALL DANGER OF LOCAL ICE
FAMINE PASSES AWAY.
Dredging Docks in Eastern Branch
.Overhauling at the Boatyards-
Around the Harbor.


If any anger ever existed has been dis
PEELED by the arrival here in the past forty
eight hours of about $500 tons from the
Maine ice fields Saturday night the tug
William II. Yerkes, jr., brought the
schooner Hattie P. Simpson into port and
berthed her at the local ice houses, and yes
terday afternoon the Baltir lore tug Defiance
came into the harbor towing the schooner
Emma +. Angel, also laden with the cooling
stuff. The work of taking the ice from the
holds of the vessels was started early this
morning. Since Wednesday last five large
vessels with ice aboard have arrived he. e.
bringing In all about 1908 tons. The ice
storage houses on the river front will be
comfortably filled when the two vesse S
now in port complete the unloading of their
cargoes. Three or four vessels with ice
aboard for this city are at sea. and are ex-
pected at the capes at any time.
There was a very light demand for fresh
fish at the wholesale fish market on the
18th street wharf this morning, and the
supply on hand was also light, and con-
sisted mainly of gray trout, though there
was scattering supply of other varieties
of fish on sale. They brought very low
prices.
Crabs were on sale in quantities ample
to meet the demand this morning, and
prices ranged about the figures of last
week CLAIMS were scarce, and the demand
for them was good, at prices ranging about
10c. per hundred.
The three-masted schooner Norman,
which unloaded cargo of laths from New
Brunswick here. and which went to Alex
andria and there loaded a cargo of railway
ties. completed the cargo Saturday and yes
terday she sailed in tow of a tug for the
mouth of the river. on her way to Boston
The schooner has over $4,000 ties aboard
She WILL 1t Is stated, after unloading at
Boston, go to ST. Johns, New Brunswick
for another lath cargo for this city.
The dock dredging machine belonging to
Mr.. John Miller, which has peen employed
for several days past In deepening the
water at the dock of the Columbia Ma
tional Sand Dredging Company, completed
the work there day or two ago. and is
now employed in digging out the dock at the
new wharf of Mr.. Thomas w. Smith on the
Eastern branch. at the foot of South Cap
itol street. 1t is stated that several other
wharves on the branch are to be made
deeper shortly, and that wave OF I'M
provement is on in that section of the wa
,er front of Washington. :"
The dredging of the new uocks of the
Alexandria Chemical Company at the foot
of Queen street. in Alexandria, is about
completed, and the work of building the
new piers will be started at once. The
docks will be large and modern and will
greatly improve the looks of the harbor of
Alexandria.
Boats Repaired and to Be Repaired.
The two-masted schooner Samuel Wood
of this city, which recently unloaded a car
go of coal here, has gone to Benefits boat
yard to be hauled out to have a new center
we'll put In, and for such other work as
may be necessary to put the vessel In trim
for efficient service on the river. The Wood
will be out of service for week or ten
days.
The tug NJ. Mitchell Davis of this city has
been hauled out on the large marine rail-
way at the Alexandria shipyard and is
having her bottom cleaned and covered
with copper paint as a protection against
marine growths and worms in salt water.
AS soon as the work Is completed the tug
will go to the capes of the Chesapeake
seeking lows.
The work of preparing the new ninety
foot sand and gravel digging machine, re-
Gently built at Baltimore for the Potomac
Dredging Company of this city, is being
hurried to get the machine to work
on the Potomac as soon as possible in or
der to fill the heavy demand for gravel
and sand. The new digger is of the end
less bucket type and is said to be very
fine machine.
The little steamer Severn, formerly the
Charles ]. Seufferle of this city, is now en-
ployed in running on a freight route on the
Annemesseck river, on the Eastern shore of
Maryland,as feeder to the steamboat lines
to Baltimore. After the steamer was sold
and taken away from here she was rebuilt
and converted into a propeller boat and
her name was changed.
The schooner Nettle, which was hauleQ
out on the marine railway at the Alexan-
dria shipyard for painting and minor re-
pairs, has been put overheard and has gone
to the lower river to load a cargo for this
city. Capt. Bill Finn is in command of
the Nettie.
Movements Of Vessels.
The schooner Loretta E. Brambel has ar
rived In port at Alexandria with a cargo of
about $4,000 feet of pine lumber from
Virginia port for dealers.
The schooner Beulah Land has been taken
to Georgetown to discharge her cargo Of
hard coal from Philadelphia. She has about
400 tons of the fuel aboard
The steam barge Lily and Howard has ar
rived here with cargo of piling on deck
and towing a raft of several hundred pine
piles. The sticks will be used in the public
works now going on about the city. The
Plies were brought from Occoquan and
other points in Virginia on the Potomac.
The schooner North Carolina, with car
go of lumber aboard from Virginia port,
has arrived, consigned to a dealer on the
Eastern branch.
Barges SO and II of the Standard Oil Com
pany have completed the discharging Of
their cargoes of Oil here and at Alexandria
and have sailed in tow of the tug Radiant
for Baltimore.
Mr.. William Kersey, chief engineer of the
Yerkes has handed in his resignation and
will retire from the tug August i.