Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
ON THE RIVER FRONT
LIGHTHOUSE INSPECTOR WARNS
ToWBoAT MASTERS.
Tug Yerkes Completes Fish Towing
Observation-Disclosures Teachers
to Visit Historic Points.

Commander Henry McCrea L. S. light
house inspector in charge of the fifth dis
trict has given notice that he will proceed
against vessel masters damaging buoys and
beacons in the district by collidfng with
them
This action on the part of the inspector
has been made necessary by the numerous
complaints that have been made of mis-
placed and damaged buoys, particularly in
the vicinity of Norfolk. where towboat mas
tiers are alleged to be very careless and
have twice sunk and misplaced at least
twenty times one buoy near Norfolk in
the past month. While Commander Nc
Crea's remarks are intended primarily for
the Norfolk steamboat men, they are equal
ly applicable to vessel masters plying on
the Potomac. Under section 4439 of the
Revised Statutes any master found guilty
of damaging buoy is in danger of having
his license revoked.
The Lenten demand for fresh fish was
quite heavy at the wholesale fish market
on the 18th street wharf this morning, but
the supply sale was very small. The
heavy gales that have been blowing for the
past forty-eight hours have kept the fisher
men from working their nets. and a con-
sequence only about 600 shad and less than
5000 herring were received at the wharf
this morning. Roe shad sold at 80 to 60
cents each this morning and bucks at 20
to 25 cents each.
The supply of oysters in the shell on hand
while not large, was more than ample to
meet the demand. They sold al GO cents to
81 per bushel, according to size and quail
ity.
Crabs. both hard and soft shelled were
on sale, but the supply was limited. Hard
crabs sold at S1.25 per hundred and soft
crabs at 10 cents per dozen. CLANS are on
sale at 70 cents per hundred, and the de-
mand is good.
The tug VIM. H. Yerkes, 1r., which has
been under charter for several weeks past
towing fish-laden ScowS from the nets at
the mouth of the river to the market here,
has completed her contract, the use of
tug in hurryng the fish to market having
been dispensed with The Yerkes is now
lying at the American Ice Company wharf,
having some minor repair work done pre-
paratory to resumng general towing work
on Chesapeake bay.
The hydraulic dredge Dewey. which was
employed for nearly two years In deepen
ing the water of the Eastern branch chan
mel, Is now at Baltimore receiving general
overhauling. As soon as the work is COM
pleted on the Dewey, 1t is stated, she will
go to Newport News to begin work on
contract made to deepen the water in the
harbor and in the channels In the vicinity
of Newport News.
General River Matters.
The rebuilding of the wood wharf ad-
joining the 9th street wharf of the Ameri-
can Ice Company. which tumbled down
over a year ago with pile of wood on It,
is now going on and the wharf is being
made ready for use once again. Wood
laden vessels will use the pier to unload
their cargOes
The harbor police boat vfgilant is lying
in her berth at the harbor Office wharf.
having her decks recanvased and the
house scraped preparatory to being re-
painted. When the Vigilant goes into serv-
ice again She Will nreSeut handsome n
pearance.
A large party Of Washington school teach
ers have arranged to pay a visit to York
town, Va. and jamestown Island, and will
make the trip on the large steamers of the
Norfolk and Washington line. The party.
which will number about 200. will leave
here on the evening of April 20. and will be
gone two or three days.
During the absence of Capt. III. S. Ran
dali, Capt. Frank Luckett Is in command
Of the steamer on the Glymont route. Mr..
Pete Baggott Is acting as deck mate.
Capt Theodore keene Is supervising the
work of repairing the life preservers of the
steamer T. v. Arrowsmith and other steam
ers of the Randall line
The tug Camilla, which has been towing
mud-laden scows on the river. has been
released from her charter and has returned \
to general towing on the river.
The Baltimore tug Marion Cameron has
been into port twice lately towing barges
with cargoes of sand and gravel aboard
from the dredge at work in Piscataway
creek near Fort Washington.
The lumber lighter to be built at Cumber-
land Sons boathouse for Messrs. Johnson
& Wimsatt of this city will be over eighty
feet long and not fifty feet, as stated. The
work on the scow will be started this week.
The schooner Edith g. Verrall has arrived
in port from the lower Potomac with big
cargo of straw in bales aboard.
The schooner Five Sisters is in port with
a cargo of pine wood from Occoquan for
the dealers.
The sloop E. S. Croswell left port yes
terday loaded with empty barrels for the
fish packing schooners along the river.
The barge HI. s. Nen arrived in port early
yesterday morning in tow OF the tug Emma
from Baltimore.
The British bark Alexander Black. which
is unloading a cargo of bone at Alexan-
dria, will complete the discharging Of her
cargo this week. and will. 1t Is understood,
load cargo of lumber for South America.
The barge Thomas J. Claver. laden with
hard coal. has sailed from Philadelphia for
this city by way OF the Delaware and Che4-
apeake canal