Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-19
NEWS ITEMS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The wholesale dealers In fish at the 18th
street wharf report receipts very light from
all sources, while the demand, despite the
warm weather, continues fairly good AS
consequence prices are ranging high. Re-
ports coming from the lower river say that
the fishermen working nets in the vicinity
of Blackistones Island are having some sue
cess in catching rockfish, and the steamers
from down the river bring up several bar
rels of the fish each trip. While the re-
ceipts Of fish continue light, the dealers at
the wharf are receiving hard crabs in large
quantities, the steamer Arrowsmith having
aboard about 200 barrels on her trip up the
river this morning. Crabs can be purchased
at me wholesale market on the 18th street
wharf as low as SOC per barrel. but fine
stock commands prices ranging from 81 to
$50 per barrel. Soft crabs are plentiful
enough to meet the demand, and sell at
prices ranging from Doc to CSC per dozen.
The summer exodus to the resorts along
the lower Potomac continues quite heavy,
and the cottages at the various resorts are
gradually filing up for the rest of this
month and August. Those who keep watch
on the travel say that so far this season
the travel has not been as heavy this sum-
mer as 1t was last year, and account for It
py the 1aot that many persons who have
neen IN the habit Of spending their vaca-
lions down the river are planning this year
to visit the jamestown exposition In the
fall and are saving their leaves of alb
sence until that time. 1t is expected that
local travel to the exposition will be very
heavy IN the latter part of next month and
continue through September and October
November
Arrived: Schooner BERTHE May, cord wood
from point on the lower Potomac: schoon-
or ray, pine lumber from the Rappahan-
mock river, at 18th street wharf; Standard
on Company barge No. II, oil in bulk from
baltimore for Georgetown; schooner Bel
mont. railway ties from river point; bug
eye P. e. Smith, railway ties from Deco
guam, at Alexandria; schooner A. H. Quin-
by hard coal from Philadelphia, at 7th
street wharf; schooner Father and Son,
railway ties from river point. at Alexan-
dria; schooner r. Mason, cord wood from
Wades bay; schooner Isabelle lumber from
Virginia port for Washington dealers
Sailed: Schooner Oakland, light, for a
point on the river to load back to this city;
schooner 8. L. Bowen, light, for Aqua
creek to load cord wood for this city;
schooner Raymond. light, for the Kappa
hammock river to load lumber for this port;
schooner Sidney Jones, for the lower Po-
Francis, light, for Occoquan for cargo of
cord wood; schooner B. w. Bramble, for a
Potomac point to load lumber for Wash
ington dealers; bugeye J. w. Wright, light,
for a Potomac point to load for this city;
schooner Stephen Chase, light for the Rap
pahannock river to load lumber.
Memoranda: c. c. Co.'S barge No. II,
laden with coal from Georgetown. at Port
land, Me-, 18th Instant schooner Edward
G. Hunt, for the Kennebec to load for this
city, sailed from Portsmouth, N. H., 18th
instant; schooner Earl Biscoe is at
river point loading cord wood for this port
schooner G. G. Wheeler is loading lumber
on the Rappahannock for the dealers here;
schooner Edward G. Height, laden with
lumber, sailed from Charleston, s. c., for
this port 18th instant; schooner Nettie is
at Rappahannock river point loading for
this city; schooner Grace G. Bennett is at
North Carolina port loading for this city.
c. c. barge No. 10 completed the loading
Of cargo Of about 800 tons of Cumber-
land coal at the Georgetown piers yester-
day, and the tug Camilla sailed with her
to Point Lookout, where she will join tow
Of coal-laden boats from Baltimore bound
up the coast to New England ports.
The big sea-gotng barge Patuxent which
loaded a cargo of about 10000 railway ties
at Alexandra early in the week and which
sailed for Perth Amboy, N. j., has arrived
at Norfolk in tow Of the tug Dauntless.
She will join tow going up the coast and
will be taken to her destination.