Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-06
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

Although the oyster season opened a week
ago, only one vessel laden with the BIZ
valves from the lower Potomac has as vet
arrived in port. and that one came from
the private beds consigned to a dealer The
stock she had aboard was never placed on
the wholesale market. 1t is stated there
are several vessels at down river points
loading oysters for this market and they
are expected to arrive here within the next
few days. Because of the warm weather,
1t is said. the oystermen are taking their
time about bringing cargoes into port. Re-
garding the outlook for the coming oyster
season, the general opinion of the dealers
about the 18th street wharf is tina, the sup
ply of oysters on the beds in the lower
river is fair and that there will be no
shortage in the usual supply. All who wish
to eat oysters during the coming winter
Will be able to purchase them at about
the price at which they sold last season,
from 90 cents to S1.25 per bushel.
The excursion season on the Potomac, ex-
cept for runs down the river on Sundays,
will wind uD this week. and the steamers
that have been carrying thousands of per-
sons since last May will lay up for q rest
of several months. The steamer Charles
Manchester will continue to make her daily
trips to Mount Vernon with tourists aboa I'd
and to Marshall Hall but the excursion
trips to the resort over and the steam
er is making but two trips per day, instead
of three as during the excursion season.
The steamer st. Johns. which has been
running Colonial Beach excursions will
next week enter upon her charter to the
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Com
panv and for the next three months will
make daylight trips between this city and
the jamestown exposition and Norfolk
Next season she will resume her place on
the excursion route to Colonial Beach
Arrived-Schooner Almeda Wiley, laths
from St. Johns. n. B.. for the dealers
schooner Sallle ron. nine humber
Charleston. S. c.. at 18th street wharf:
schooner Belmont: cordwood from Nomini
creek for this market: bugeye Levin Wool
ford. pine lumber from river point: tug
Baby, towing five sand-laden lighters from
Greenway flats for the dealers; schooner
Lottie E. White. shingles, from Norfolk
at Alexandria; bugeye James o. Wright
cord wood. from Monroe creek for the local
market; tug Martin Dallnan, towing five
ciay-laden scows from Little Hunting
creek.
Saied-Schooner f. L. Bowen, light for a
river point to load cord wood; bugeye p f,
Smith for the lower Potomac to load back
to this city; schooner Julia Hopkins for
Virginia port to load lumber; bugeye
Halle X, light. to load oysters back to
this city; scOw Farmers Friend, light, for
Marshall Hall to load lumber back to this
city; schooner Martin Wagner for river
point to load.
Mcmoranda-Barge Atlantic is at Alex
andra completing a cargo of railway ties
for Philadelphia; schooner Earl Biscoe is
at river point to load cord wood for deal
e-s here; schooner Curley is loading pine
lumber on the Rappahannock river for this
port
The four-masted schooner Florence NJ
Penley, which unloaded a cargo of ice at
the Home Ice Company pier. completed the
discharging of her cargo and has sailed
in tow of the tug Camilla for Newport
News to load soft coal for a New England
port.