Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The club house of the Capital Yacht Club,
at the foot of 9th street, is busy place
The building is being put in order for the
use of the yachtsmen during the coming
spring and summer, and lying around 1t are
a dozen boats, being overhauled and put
in trim for active service on the river ana
bay. Cumberland has recently quilt new
gangway to be used between the boat house
and the boat landing stage, and that Is
being installed and other improvements
are being made At the Corinthian Club
headquarters, at the foot OF street, the
ing their craft and putting them In trim
for active service. The coming yachting
season promises to be one Of the most in
teresting for a number of years.
The demand for oysters in the shell Is
very light, owing to the warm weather.
but the oystermen are obtaining fairly good
prices for the stock they have aboard the
vessels at the 18th street wharf.
Four small vessels with oysters aboard
arrived here yesterday from points on the
lower river and on Chesapeake bay. but
the supply on hand is not very heavy. The
bivalves were selling yesterday afternoon
at from 40 to 90 cents per bushel for good
stock.
Arrived-Bugeye Eleanor Russell cord
wood from a river point for the dealers;
bugeye Kathleen, lumber from Nomini
creek; schooner Escort, f1attie Mark Twain
and two small unnamed f1atties, oysters
from bay and river points; schooners Five
Sisters, Mary Ann Siled anu odhldlu, Coru
wood from Nomini and other points for the
local market schooner Edna and Nellie,
fish from the Potomac nets; tug Rosalie,
with a tow of sand and gravel laden barges
from Piscataway creek; tug Volunteer,
towing the barge PatuXent from New York
for GEORGETOWN.
Sailed-Schooner Eliza Anne, light, for a
Virginia lumber port to load for the dealers
here; tug J. T. Selectman, nine light scows
to the digging machines down the river;
bugeye PLUME F.. Smith, for the lower
Potomac to load lumber for this city;
schooner Leroy for nearby point on the
river to load cord wood for the local mar
ket: bugeye A. j. Lawson, light, for Lower
Machodoc for a cargo of pine boards; tug
Marion Cameron, towing three light sand
scows to Piscataway creek; fireboat Fire
fighter for Baltimore for repair work.
observation-disclosures Kate Is loading
lumber at a North Carolina point for deal
ers here; schooner Beulahland is under
charter tc load lumber and shingles at
Norfolk for this city; schooner Nettie Is at
Blanfields Va, loading lumber for this
port; schooner ]. T. Seward has gone to the
Rappahannock river under charter to load
for this city; schooner E. NJ. Skinner has
sailed light from Alexandria for the Rap
pahannock river to load.
The steam yacht Runaway, owned by Mr..
Joseph Moore of Alexandria, is hauled out
on the marine railway at Alexandria for a
general overhauling of her hull and for
such other repair work may be neces-
sary to put the boat in good order for sum-
mer cruising on the Potomac and Chesa-
peake bay
The new iron side-wheel steamer. James
town the latest addition TO the feet of the
pany, will leave here tomorrow for the big
shpyard at Newport News for her over
hauling IN preparation for going upon a day
route to Norfolk next month.