Evening star., 1905-09-13
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW SAND-DIG0INo MACHINE
GOES IN SERVICE.
to Build New Steamer-Im-
provements at Colonial Beach
Other Marine Matters.

The new sand and gravel digging machine
of the Potomac Dredging Company. which
was built at Baltimore for service In Pis'
Getaway creek has gone to work and is ex.
cavatfng many thousand yards OF material
each day for use in this city. The new ma
chine is Of the bucket-chain type. and. II -
said. 10 giving excellent results. II is stat
ed that the company will have to obtain adj
d'tional scows to bring the sand and gravel
dug by the two machines OF the Potomac
company to this market.
Mr.. John Callahan. manager OF the More
folk and Washington line steamers, has re-
turned from Newport News. The material
for the new excursion steamer of the More
folk and Washington line. the Jamestown,
is being shaped at the big shipyard at New
port News; and the keel for the new boat
Will be laid shortly, Mr. Callahan states. II
Is expected the new steamer will be ready
for launching some time in January. and
that she will be completed and ready for
service by May 1. 1906. 1t is stated that
during the coming summer she will run
daylight excursions on the river and that
Piney Point and st. Georges Island will be
included on her route She will also be
used for daylight trips to Old Point ana
Norfolk.
Fresh fish are being received In fairly
large quantities at the wholesale FISH mar,
i,
mand for them was quite brisk this morns
Ing. The receipts from the nets In the river
continue to increase, and taflors, trout
founders. cats. rock and some few bass
are being caught.
The supply OF hard crabs received by the
dealers at the wharf. while not large, was
ample to meet the demand. Prices range
from 81 to So per barrel.
Two or three vessels laden with oysters
In the shell have arrived at the oyster
wharf since yesterday. The oysters are ID
demand at 60c. per bushel.
Watermeons scarce and there Ia still
some demand for them.
The Philadelphia barge Kate N. LattA
which has been lying at the wharf foot OF
X street for the past two weeks being ovef-
hauled is now ready for service and this
morning she began work under her charter
to the Allegheny Coal Company. carrying
coal from the railway dump of the com.
pany on the Eastern branch to the piers at
Georgetown. The Latta was formerly In
service as a hard coal carrier Chesa.
peake bay and its tributaries from PhiIas
delphia and Baltimore. but has been super.
seded by newer and more modern type OF
freighters.
General Port News.
The tug James o. Carter came into port
yesterday with a raft of pine piling In tow
consigned to Carter e. Clark In the raft
were several hundred piles. some OF them
extra long. The plies to be used in the
improvements being made on the Eastern
branch and elsewhere In the District. Tho
piles were cut In the woods in Virginia In
the vicinity of Occoquan.
The schooner Robin Hood has gone 70
Alexandria and is hauled out on the ma>
rne railway there for the general over
hauling Of her hull and for other repair
work Her hull is to be caulked and paints
ed before the vessel is put overheard. She
will be ready for service before the end OF
the present week and will go to Virginia
port to load cargo of lumber for this city
or Baltimore.
Work will this week be started on q
large waiting room and freight shed on tho
river line steamer pier at Colonial Beach,
and 1t is expected the new building will be
completed and ready for service before the
end of this month. 1t is stated that inn
provements are In contemplation at the exc
cursion steamer pier at the beach before
the opening of the next excursion season.
Captain Frank Taylor, master OF the tug
NJ. Mitchell Davis. which is lying at Bal.
timore, was in the city yesterday on q
visit to his family.
The schooners Sidonia Curley from the
Rappahannock river and the c. c. Wheeler
from the James river are among the re-
cent arrivals in port with large cargoes OF
pine lumber aboard for the dealers.
The Schooner Service.
The schooner PLUME E Smith. with
cargo of lumber from a river port, has ar
rived in port and is at the 11th street wharf
to unload her cargo.
The schooner Golde c., laden with cane
ned goods from the lower river. was among
the arrivals in port yesterday. She is un-
loading at the 10th street wharf.
The schooner Alethea, with cargo oG
lumber aboard from Virginia lumber port
consigned to Washington dealer, is lying
at Alexandria to unload her cargo.
The schooners Fannie Shepherd and MARI
with cargo of. about thirty-fve cords OF
pine wood from the lower Potomac lor los
cal dealers
The schooners Gannie Shepherd and Mar.
tin Wagner were among the arrivals In port
Yesterday. They have cargoes of oysters
aboard from a river point.
The schooner Laura Muir, laden with
about 10000 feet of pine lumber from q
Virginia port, has arrived and is lying AT
anchor in the stream waiting a berth at
which to tie up and unload.
The schooner Blundon. with thousand
or more cases of canned tomatoes aboard
from one of the canning factories on the
lower Potomac, has arrived.
The four-masted schooner Malcolm 3.
Seavey has been berthed at the 9th street
wharf of the American Ice Company to
unload her cargo of Ice from Maine.
The schooner Puritan. with a cargo OF
lumber aboard from the Rappahannock
river has arrived and is berthed at the
wharf foot of 11th street to unload.
The Kathleen, Sidney Jones. Isaac Solo.
mon and the Samuel Wood are the recent
arrivals in port from the lower river with
cargoes of cord wood aboard for the local
dealers.
The schooner John Maginnis has beeu
taken to Georgetown to unload a cargo OF
several hundred tons of hard coal from