Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-18
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The three-masted schooner Emma 8.
Lord, laden with about 2.5OOOOO spruce
| Iaths from st. Johns, New Brunswick, ar
| rived in port yesterday morning and was
! taken to wharf on the Eastern branch
| to discharge her cargo. Within the past
| three weeks vessels having on board more
| than 7.OO,O0O spruce laths from New
| Brunswick and Quebec provinces of Canada
! have arrived in port here, putting an end
| to shortage in the supply that has ex-
| listed for several weeks. When the vessels
| arrived, 1t Is stated, there were not dozsn
| bundles of spruce laths in the wholesale
yards In the city. The Emma s. Lord had
fairly quick trip down the coast and
passed in the capes the latter part of last
week. The tug Camilla picked her up in
the lower end of the river and towed her
to Alexandra, where the marine hospital
surgeon looked her over before allowing
her to be brought up to this city to dis
charge.
The receipts Of oysters in the shell have
been very light at the wholesale market
on the 18th street wharf so far this sea-
son. and as yet only six vessels with the
bivalves aboard have come into port. Three
oyster-running vessels have arrived at the
wharf In the past three days but they
had aboard only about 200 bushels each OF
the shelltish. and their cargoes were quickly
disposed of to the uptown dealers. The
oysters sold at about 80 cents per bushel.
and reported to have been rather poor
and thin. This condition will improve, the
dealers say, the water in the
river becomes cooler. The receipts of water
melons at the 18th street wharf continue
fairly heavy while the demand is good.
The melon season will this year continue
two OF three weeks longer than usual in
consequence Of the late opening Of the sea-
son.
Arrived: Stop Enola, oysters from the Po-
tomac beds; schooner Clara Leonard,
canned goods from Nomini creek packing
| houses; barge Edward 8. Fay. hard coal. at
Fort Washington; schooner Silver Star.
lumber from a lower Potomac point:
the lower Potomac; schooner Father and
Son, cord wood from river point; schooner
Earl Biscoe. cord wood from Nomini
creek; schooner Mayiower, cord wood
from Aqua creek for dealers here; schooner
L. B. Plat, canned tomatoes from Kinsale;
schooner William H. French pine lumber
from Virginia point for dealers; tug Dixie,
! and Philadelphia; schooner Nettie. cord wood
from the lower Potomac for the Eastern
branch; schooner Lily w. Owings, canned
tomatoes from Nomini.
Sailed: Schooner Melissa Lawrence for a
river point to load; schooners D. N Taylor
and Mabel. light. for Chesapeake bay ports
to load: sloop Norwalk. lumber and building
material from Alexandria for a river
this city; schooner H. P Ely, light, from
Alexandria for a river point to load canned
tomatoes for this city: bugeye Levin Wool
ford, light, for Potomac point to load
cord wood for the dealers here
Memoranda: Schooner Crescent laden with
coal. from Georgetown for Lynn, Mass,
passed Vineyard Have 18th instant; schoon-
er Mabel & Ruth. from this city. has ar
rived at Newbern, N. c.. and will load lum-
Der for dealers here: schooner Cox & Green,
for Alexandria to load railway ties. passed
Boston 18th instant: schooner Sidonia Cur
Icy is under charter to load lumber at a
Rappahannock river point for this city:
schooner l.: B. Plat has been chartered to
load canned goods at Kinsale for Baltimore
and empty boxes and cans back to Kinsale
The tug Fortuna OF the Southern Trans
portat!on Company fleet has arrived at Bal
timore from this city towing the light
barges Wicomico. Two Friends Katherine
A. Brady and Totousky, to load hard coal
back to this port.
The schooner ]. A. Schultz. employed in
the melon-running trade since the opening
OF the season several weeks ago. has with
drawn from that service and has gone to
point down the river to make ready to
join the fleet Of sailing craft that Will bring
| oysters to this port during the fall and
winter.