Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09
ON THE RIVER FRONT
TUG EUGENIA NEARLY READY TO
60 IN SERVICE.
Schooner Minnehaha Sunk In Bay
Business Dull for Towboats-
Personal and General.

service for the past three weeks In conse-
quence of an accident to her machinery, will
be ready to go into service again about the
middle of the coming week. The casting
for the new cylinder for the engine OF the
tug has been received from Norfolk and is
now in a machine shop in Georgetown being
bored and made ready to be placed in POSI-
ton aboard the boat. The other work on
the disabled machinery on the boat is well
advanced and only awaits the cylinder to
have her ready for service. She will be en-
poyed in towing sand and gravel-laden
harges from the lower river to this city
when she goes into commission.
The overhaulng Of the tug George W.
Pride at the Alexandria shipyard was COM
pleted yesterday and the tug was put over
board ready for service. While on the rail-
way the metal was stripped from the hull
of the boat and she was caulked from stem
to stern and was remetaled and painted
The Pride will be employed in general tow
Ing on the river.
The demand for fresh fish at the whole
sale fish market at the wharf this morning
was fair and the supply received by the
dealers from all sources was ample to meet
the demand. Prices are firm. but not very
high.
Three vessels are lying at the oyster
wharf with bivalves aboard this morning
and the demand was fair They are selling
at SOC. to Coo. per bushel.
The supply of watermelons on sale at the
wharf market is largely in excess OF the de-
mand, and they sold this morning at low
prices.
Crabs and CLAIMS are in fair demand. but
the supply Is small.
A small schooner. supposed to be the
Minnehaha. is reported sunk In the bay at
Point No Point. The vessel is lying on the
bar about half way between the lighthouse
and the shore. She is supposed to have
sunk IN a gale about two weeks ago. The
M la tr NJ VIC
burden and was built at Cambridge, Md, In
1873 She Is owned in Baltimore.
Capt. E. S. Randall, manager of the Ran
dali line OF steamers, returned last night
from a business trip to Colonial Beach.
Capt. George Paul, formerly master OF the
Baltimore tug Favorite, Is in command OF
the Bohemia.
The Freight Carriers.
The big schooner Lizzie R. Burt was
brought into port today and berthed at the
wharf of the American Ice Company to I'M
load cargo of ice for local use. The Burt
has aboard over thousand tons of the re-
frigerating material and brings her cargo
from the Maine ice fields
The schooner Father and Son has arrived
in port from the lower Potomac with
cargo of railway ties for the dealers.
The longboat Peri, with a cargo of cord
wood from a river point, came INTO port
yesterday evening consigned to local mer-
chants.
The tug William H. Yerkes, jr., arrived In
port today with a large schooner In tow
from the Virginia capes. She Will sail at
once to the lower part of the bay on
search for business.
The big four-masted schooner Thomas S.
Dennison has been chartered to load a
cargo of ice on the kennebec river for TINS
city. She will bring about 1850 tons of the
cooling stuff.
The sloop Belvedere and the schooner San
Sebastian are among the latest arrivals IN
port with cargoes of Potomac waterinelons
aboard. They are lying at the lltn street
wharf
The Baltimore tug Peerless has arrived IN
port with the barge S. NJ Provost in tow;
The barge has aboard a cargo of about 6oo
tens of hard coal from Philadelphia for this
market. The tug sailed this afternoon with
the asphalt brick laden barge Gladlolus
bound to Richmond the barge Isabelle for
Petersburg and the barge Reliance for Nor
folk.
General Port News.
The little fishing sloop Lady Bug, which
was hauled out on the marine railway at
Reagan's boatyard for a general overhaul
ing and painting. was put overheard day
or two ago, and as soon she is fitted
with a new mast at the boatyard she will
he ready for service The Lady Bug Is to
be taken to the lower river and will be en-
ployed in the fall and winter fisheries IN
preparation for this work her hull was
way.
Work for the big fleet of tugboats en-
ployed in towing on Chesapeake bay has
become very scarce. and the boats are again
cruising well off shore on the lookout for
vessels bound in the capes to points on
Chesapeake bay and it's tributaries.
The power launch Dash, owned in this
city, which has been in service about Colo
NAL Beach for several weeks during the
summer, was brought up to this city aboard
the Randall line steamer Wakefield yester-
day afternoon. Today 1t was put overheard
at the 18th street wharf, and after some
minor repair work is done to it the little
craft will go into service on the river.
The little tug Keystone, which was IN
service on the Potomac for a number of
years towing coal-laden boats between Alex
andria and Georgetown, but which was
sold away from tho Potomac ten or more
years ago, is now, 1t Is stated. employed as
q tender to the floating plant Of Mcmillan
& McDermott, who are building the new
steel bridge over the Susquehanna river at
Havre de Grace, Md. The old craft is rem
dering efficient service.
The new barge Louise, built at Solomon's
Island. Md, for MIR. Robert Murphy of
Nonlimi, has been taken to Baltimore to
have her power installed and to be made
ready for service on the Potomac. She is
to be used in the carrying Of wood and
lumber from the lower river here.