Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-18
ON TIE RIVER FRONT
TRAVEL TO LOWER POTOMAC
POINTS NOW VERY HEAVY.
Tug Gibbon About Ready for Service
Vessels With Coal Cargoes-
General Matters.


Travel on the river steamers to points on
the lower river is now at its full tide for
the summer and the steamers are leaving
here each trip well filled with passengers
bound for Colonial Beach, Colton's, Piney
Point, ST. Georges Island and to landings
in the ST. Mary's river and Smiths creek IN
Maryland and on Coan river on the VIZ
ginia side Of the river. Most Of those who
go on the week day trips go for an extend
ed stay and carry big and little trunks,
boxes and bundles with them. The Satur-
day evening trips of the Norfolk line steam
ers and the Saturday and Sunday afternoon
trips of the Baltimore boats are great ia
vorites for water trips, and the steamers are
going crowded. They have good passenger
trips during the week. but these week end
trips are the favorites. About September
/ the travel will be heavy toward this city,
and most of the excursion business will be
over by the middle of the month.
The demand for fresh fish at the whole
sale fish market on the wharf was very
light this morning. while the supply on
hand was amply large to meet heavy de-
mand The dealers at the wharf assign
the intensely hot weather as the cause for
the light demand. the Duik OF tne stock
on sale is coming from the James river ana
from the fisheries about Old Point.
There was good demand for both hard
and soft-shelled crabs at the wharf mar
ket this morning, while the supply on mana
Is light. Prices are high for hard crabs.
CLANS from Norfolk being received
in good quantities and the demand for them
is fair
The United States army tug Gibbon,
which has been lying at the wharf of Fors-
& Murray a week past undergoing
an overhauling, Will. 1t Is, expected. De
ready to go into service by tomorrow night,
and she will at once resume her pace on
the government route between this city ana
Fort Washington. While the tug has been
laid up there has been no boat on the Hio-
bon's route, and the supplies nave gone
down to the fort on the river steamers Inc
efforts of the Fort Washington of1cers 10
have the little steam launch Mercedes as
signed to service at the fort has not yet
been successful, but it is believed it will.
Capt. Douglass Ross, second officer of the
steamer Norfolk, the Norfolk ashing-
ton route, has gone to Matthias Point TO
spend a short vacation. While Capt Ross
is on leave Quartermaster j. T. johnson is
acting as second officer.
Capt. Frank Luckett, pilot of the steamer
ArroWsnith, has been assigned TO uhe
steamer Harry Randall on the lower river
route as pilot. Capt. Michael Robb has
taken Capt. Lucketts berth on the steamer
Arrowsmith.
The Philadelphia barge Kate n. Latta,
which has been under charter to the Ale
gheny Coal Company of this city for the
past year has been released from her char
ter and has returned to general freighting
on Chesapeake bay. The barge was USED
to carry gas-making coal from the dumps
of the Allegheny company to the wharf
used by the city gas plant at Georgetown
The barge Roselle, it is stated. has taken
the place of the Latta in the service.
General River Matters.
The tug Camilla has gone to Point Look
out at the mouth of the river to bring
Consolidation Coal Company barge to this
city The barge has cargo of about 800
tons of ice aboard from the Kennebec river
for the American Ice Company. She was
towed down the coast by one of the big
tugs of the Consolidated Coal Company, and
left at Point Lookout for the Camilla to
bring TO this city, while the big tug con-
tinued on to Baltimore with the remainder
of her tow.
The tug William H. Yerkes jr., which has
been cruising off the capes of the Chesa-
peake for several days past on the look
out for vessels bound here, hooked on to
the big four-masted schooner Malcolm B.
Seavey at sea yesterday morning and pass
ed in the capes with her about am. She
made good trip up the bay and river with
her tow and berthed her at the American
Ice Company wharf this morning. The
Seavey has aboard about 1900 tons of ice
to aid In keeping the people of Washington
cool during this torrid weather.
The three-masted schooner Josie r. Burt
will complete the unloading of a cargo OF
Ice today and will be taken to Georgetown
to load coal there for a port in New Eng
land, the charter for the cargo having been
made today. The schooner Strawbridge Is
now lying under the coal chute at the Con-
solidation piers at Georgetown and as soon
as her cargo is completed the Burt will
go under the chute to take aboard her
cargo of about ,29O tons. Nearly all the
vessels bringing cargoes of ice here are be-
ing chartered to load return cargoes to
ports on the North Atlantic coast.
The schooner Eugie has arrived in port
laden with pine scantlings from the Kappa
hammock river for the local dealers. she
has aboard about 10000 feet of the lumber
and is lying at the wharf at the foot OF
X street to unload her cargo.
The schooner Earl Biscoe came into port
yesterday evening from the lower river
with cargo of cord wood for the dealers.
The WashingtOn-owned schooner Samuel
Wood came into port yesterday evening
laden with cargo of hard coal for parties
here. She brings her cargo from Philadel-
phia coming through the canals with II.
The schooner C. II. Bramwell has arrived
at Alexandria with a large cargo of new
wheat from point on the lower Potomac.
The ram schooner Grace G. Bennett came
into port yesterday morning with a big
cargo of lumber and shingles aboard from
Edenton. N. c. She is lying at the wharf
foot of 18th street to unload her cargo.
The r. II. Stuart and Kate Johnson are
goes of cord wood aboard from lower river
points.
The Philadelphia tug Peerless came into
port yesterday and sailed later in the day
with the barge Rebecca T. Mclean, laden
with asphalt brick for Richmond.
Two large lighters laden with pine lum-
Der from QuanticO were brought into port
yesterday evening by the tug James o.
Carter.
The schooners Lily l.. Deacker and Hem
nile L. James have unloaded their cargoes
and sailed for Norfolk to load again for
this port.
The steam barge e. James Tull left port
yesterday evening under charter to go to
OccoQuan, Va, for cargo Of oak piling
for the Alexandria Chemical Company The
piles to be used in the construction OF
a new pier and warehouse on the Alexan-
dria water front.
Lightning Started Fire in Stove.
In hard thunder storm Sunday even
ing the lightning came down the chimney