Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-04
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PLEASURE BOATS ON CLOSING
CRUISE OF SUMMER.
Making Soundings for Sewer Outlet
Game Birds Reported Scarce
Around the Harbor.

Notwithstanding the bad weather Of Sat-
urday and yesterday, the owners OF the
large feet Of pleasure craft that make the
local harbor their headquarters during the
boating season took advantage Of the two
days of holiday to take long cruises on the
river. Saturday afternoon. with the rain
pouring down, the first Of the fleet left the
harbor. and Saturday night the ajortty of
them sailed. The few that were left in port
got under way yesterday morning, until
only one or two craft were left at the yacht
anchorage in the harbor. The objective
points of the boats are the summer resorts
on salt water-Colonial Beach. Colton's
st. Georges Island and elsewhere. The
boats will begin to return this afternoon,
and by tomorrow morning they will all be
tied up at their berths, The Labor day
cruise Is generally the last long cruise Of
the season, though the boats are kept in
commission until cold weather comes.
Since Saturday two vessels. the w. H.
Bixler and J. 0. Kirby. have arrived in
port with cargoes OF oysters aboard from
the beds in the vicinity Of Blackstone q
Island and are lying with the watermelon
carrying fleet at the wharf. foot Of 18th
street. They each have about 80 bushels
aboard and the oysters are selling at 80 to
60c. per bushel The supply Of fresh fish
and the demand for them were both light
at the wholesale fish market on the wharf
this morning, owing. 1t Is stated, to the
holiday On the melon wharf the supply on
hand was equal to the demand and the
fruit sold at IS to $40 per hundred. Crabs
were scarce and at good demand. and this
morning they sold at $3.50 to $500 per
barrel.
Company feet Is in a drydock at Baltimore,
being overhauled and made ready for her
fall and winter work on the bay and its
tributaries The Emma Is employed in tow
fyHer al Ia 10, 49,
Chesapeake City to this port and Is a fire.
quent visitor here.
Of General Interest.
For several days a party of work.
men have been employed in boring
in the river shore in the vicinity OF
the old fertilizer factory wharf for
the purpose, it is stated, Of ascertaining
the nature Of the ground on which the dis
charging basins Of the new sewer system
from this city will have to be built. The
apparatus used in the borings Is Like that
used in sinking well, and It was at first
reported that the borings were for the
purpose Of making tests for oil, signs of
which were said to have been found on the
river shore near where the men were work
ing
AS a large raft of pine piling was being
taken through the draw Of the bridge
over the Eastern branch the big sticks
became jammed in the draw and kept It
blocked for over two hours. while the
orldse men and those in charge of the
tug that had the barge in tow worked to
get the logs through the opening, SO that
the draw could be closed. The tug D. M,
Key. which came along about that time
with barge to go above the bridge was
detained for over two hours by the acct
dent The piles are to be used in the work
branch
While the longboat Lottie Carter was
inc oP
for this city on her last trip her crew
scraped and painted the hull, changing
her appearance SO that she was hardly
known when she came into port yester-
day. The vessel has been given a general
overhauling and is now ready for eff
cient work on the river until the ice
comes and puts an end to navigation.
The work Of rebuilding the machinery
Of the tug Eugenia, at Shoots sand
wharf on the Eastern branch, is about
practically completed, and the tug Is ex-
pected to be ready for service within the
next day or two. The engine Of the tug
was badly wrecked In an accident on the
river about three weeks ago. that put her
out OF commission AS soon as ready for
service the Eugenia will join the sand
and gravel-laden barge towing fleet on
the river.
The Passing Craft.
The schooner Eug1e, laden with pine lum-
Der from the York river, came into port
She will unload at the 18th street wharf
The schooner Lottie Carter has arrived
from Maddox creek with a cargo Of about
forty cords Of pine wood for the local mar
ket.
The Washington schooner John McGinnis
Is on her way to this city with q cargo of
hard coal from Philadelphia on local order.
The tug Marion Cameron sailed yesterday
afternoon with the big barge Lucretia in
tow bound for Norfolk to load cargo Of
lumber.
The tug Radiant came into port yesterday
with barges n and 81 in tow from Balt-
more. The barges are loaded with oil In
bulk for the tanks here and at Alexandria.
They have many thousand gallons aboard.
The schooner Edith Verrall, under char
ter to load wood in Dogue creek, and the
schooner John Ely. to load lumber at Nor
folk, have left port since Saturday.
The schooner Irene is unloading cargo
Of cord wood from Nomini creek on James
Creek canal for local dealer.
The big four-masted schooner Malcolm
at sea and should arrive here within the
next few days. The schooner Lizzie R.
Burt, with ice aboard. is expected in port
before the end Of the week.
The schooner Samuel Wood Is lying in
the Wicomico river loading a cargo Of rail-
way ties for the Philadelphia market.
The schooner James B. Anderson Is under
charter to load cargo of pine lumber on
tho Rappahannock river for a Washington
firm.
The schooner Salisbury. which sailed from
a Florida port over two weeks ago bound
here with a cargo Of lumber, should nave
been in port by this time. and 1t is reared
she has met with bad weather on her way
up the coast
$1,000 Niagara Falls Excursion,
Pennsylvania Railroad. September 8. spe-
80 NtNH,yn