Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-16
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

sale at the fish wharf at the foot OF 18th
street, and the supply. 1t is stated. is large
enough to meet the demand. The bulk OF
the crabs on sale are from Norfolk and
other Chesapeake bay sources. but with
few days of warm weather 1t Is thought
that the crabs will be caught in the lower
river In large numbers. At this time In
May, In past years. crabs were being
caught in the Potomac and the steamers
were bringing them here fifty and hun
dred barrels at trip. While there have
been some crabs caught in the Potomac.
the catch has been very light SO far this
season. The soft-shell crabs on sale at the
fish wharf yesterday were quite small. and
sold as low as 20 cents per dozen, but good
soft crabs will sell at from 40 to SO cents
per dozen.
The Washington and Potomac line
steamer T. ". Arrowsmith. which. for want
Alexandria since last fall. has been toNwed
back to this city by the tug Camilla,
and was berthed at the River View line
pier. Tie Arrowsmith is to be given q
general overhauling and painting IN prepa-
ration for the excursion season on the Poto-
mac, which will open Decoration day. In
addition to being repainted and decorated,
the saloon of the steamer will be reftted.
and her state rooms recarpeted and refur-
nished. Some machine work will be done.
and when she goes into service she will be
in thorough order. both for comfort Of her
passengers and for speed.
Arrived-Schooner Farmers Friend, light
from down river to repair sails; schooner
Sidney Jones, cord wood from river point;
schooner William H. MCGUIRE, pine lumber
from Nomini creek; tug Marion Cameron
with a tow Of sand and gravel laden barges;
schooner Isabelle, cord wood from Eomini
creek for the Eastern branch; tug Camilla
with c. C. Co. barges No. laden with ice
and No. II light for Georgetown. to load
coal; schooner Edith Verrall. cord wood
from river point to the dealers: bugeye
Sweet, light, from the eastern shore for a
cargo Of oyster shells; bugeye Plume e.
Smith. railroad ties from river point;
schooner Mary Francis cord wood from
down-river point for the dealers; scOws
Farmers Friend and Fanny Groves, rail-
way ties for local dealers; fatty Ben
Franklin, foundry iron from Blackistone's
Island for Alexandria,; sloop Spray Of Bos-
ton, from a West Indian cruise; schooner
Hennie L. James and bugeye A. J. Lawson,
pine lumber FROM the lower Potomac;
schooner C. c. Wheeler, laths from q North
Carolina point for dealers.
Sailed-Schooner Emma Virginia. light,
for a river point to load; schooner Levin
Woolford, light, for the lower Potomac to
load cord wood for this city: schooner
Stephen Chase for bay point to load;
schooner Belmont to Alexandria to load
R. Lewis, light. for Potomac point;
schooner Oakland. for river point
to load wood for this city; schooner
May Brown, for the lower Potomac to load
pine lumber; schooner Nettie, for the Rap
pahannock river to load for this city;
schooner J. P. Robinson. for Upper Macho-
doc creek to load grain for dealers at
Georgetown; schooner Leroy, for Marshall
Hall to load railway ties: schooners ]. D.
Bell and Oakland. light, for Wades bay to
load cord wood.
Memoranda-The schooner-scow Daniel is
in Mattawoman creek loading a cargo Of
1y,,,, I>nr Par io oft pnr{ hos
gone to a river point with a part cargo OF
coal; schooner John McGinnis, laden with
pine lumber. has sailed from the Rappahan-
mock river for this city; barge Wicomico is
load railway ties for New York; schooner
Walter P. Snow will go to a Virginia port
to load a cargo for this city.
The three-masted schooner Winchester,
ere for the District, was Monday morn
ing taken down to Alexandria and berthed
at the shipyard pier to load cargo Of
about 10000 railway ties for New York
The ties that will make up her cargo have
been on the pier for a week or more.
Consolidation Coal Company schooner
barge No. 20 has completed the discharging
of a cargo OF about ]. 400 tons of ice at the
American Ice Company pier at the foot OF
9th street, and has been taken to George
town to load a cargo of Cumberland coal
for q New England port. No. 20 brought
the first cargo of ice Of the season to this
port.
The two-masted river schooner Farmers
Friend, which was reported ashore on the
fats at Fort Hunt, was hoated yesterday
and came up to this city to repair. She
came into port with her foresail blown into
ribbons, having been caught in a blow down
The schooner Charles H. Dagger was yes
terday hauled out on the big marine rail-
way at Alexandria for minor repair work
to her hull under water.