Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-11
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The schooner J. y Bell, which sank
last week in the dock at the wood piers
of Carter & Clark at the foot of 10th
street southwest has been sold she lay
to the master of the schooner Cunning
ham and under the agreement Of sale the
vessel is to be raised at once and taken
out of the dock. The sunken vessel was
owned by Capt. Kendrick Of Prince Will
liam county, Va. but he did not sail her
himself, employing a man for that pur-
pose. When he was notified of the acct
dent to the schooner he requested Mr..
James o. Carter, in whose dock she sunk,
to sell her. and it was through Mr. Carter
that the master Of the Cunningham pur-
chased the Bell. 1t is stated that the
work of raising the schooner will be start
ed today and as soon as she is fioated
she will be taken to a shipyard to be
oVerhauled and put in trim to retOin the
wood and lumber carrying fleet in service
on the Potomac.
The shortage in the supply Of oysters in
the shell aboard vessels at the 18th street
wharf was broken by the arrival of a
half dozen or more vessels with the BIZ
valves aboard yesterday and last night
and additions to the fleet are looked for
this afternoon. Aboard the vessels living
at the wharf there is probably about 2, 800
bushels of stock taken from points along
the river below Colonial Beach. They are
selling at prices ranging from 10 cents
per busilel for the smaller and poorer
stock to 81 and higher per bushel for the
larger and finer grades. The demand is
excellent and the uptown dealers We're on
hand in numbers this morning to lay in
supplies. Some few eastern shore oysters
are on sale and they are bringing about
s1.o5 per bushel.
Arrived: Steam barge Dennis Simmons
lumber and shingles from a North Caro-
lima port to dealers here and al AleXan-
dria: schooners +. r. S. Dougherty. Hal
lie K. Amanda Lewis and Lottie Thomas
oysters in the shell from the Potomac
beds; schooner Isabelle, cord wood from
Nomini for the eastern branch dealers;
schooner Five Sisters, pine lumber from
Aqua creek for the dealers, schooner A.
II. Quinby. wood from lower river
point; schooners Nellie and Matte, oysters
in the shell from 2 bay point; schooner
Nettie. pine lumber from Nomini for this
market.
Memoranda: Schooner Sidonia Curley is
due at this city with a cargo OF lumber
from the RappahannocE river; schooner
Grace Bennett has sailed from a North
Carolina port with lumber board for the
dealers here: schooner K. Mason will
turn to a river point for a cargo of cord
wood for this city; schooner Belmont Is
d river point loading for this city:
schooner Ella V. Hill is reported at q
river point loading pine lumber for this
port.
Sailed: Schooner Columbia F. c. from
Alexandria. light. for d river point 10
load: bugeye Nellie Reed, light for a
river point to load; schooner Cunningham,
bricks, from this city to q river point;
schooner Dove, from Alexandria, with
cargo for the lower river: tug Martin
Dalman. with q tow of light scows Tor a
river point: schooner Martha Taylor,
light. for a bay point To load oysters in
the shell; tug J. T. Selectman. with tow
OF light scows for Greenway flats.
The schooner Amanda Lewis, Capt
Russell, which was reported ashore in the
mc,.th of Nanjanoy creek Saturday. was
fioated yesterday and has arrived al the
18th street wharf with her cargo Of
oysters from river point. The vessel
was not injured by running ashore.
The dredge Grey Eagle. which is EN-
ployed in pumping mud from the Eastern
Branch channel upon the land in the
southern part of the Washington barracks
park to raise its level. was TO have gone
to Occoquan creek last week to complete
the dred ging OF the creek. An extension
of time on the OCcoquan work has been
obtained. ii is stated. and the dred2e will
remain here to complete her contract be-
Iore taking up other work.