Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-10
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The construction work on the new stor-
age warehouse Of the American Ice Com
pany, on the 9Th street wharf, Is progress
ing rapidly, and by the middle of the COM
ing month the building will be under roof
and practically completed. Workmen were
yesterday placing some of the river tim
bers in position, and the sheathing of the
walls of the big building was in progress.
The 1cehouse will be divided into four
rooms, each having a capacity of more
than 1900 tons of ice. The walls of the
building are double, and between the outer
and inner plaDking there is space of q
foot OF more. This will be filled with saw
dust or some like material that will not
convey heat rapidly, and when the ice is
packed away in the building next spring
1t will keep for several weeks without any
great degree Of melting. The new struc-
ture Is to be fitted with all appliances for
the quick handling Of ice, both in remov-
ing 1t from the holds of the vessels that
will bring 1t here from the north and In
taking 1t out of storehouse to be placed on
the wagons for delivery to consumers
There is a fairly good supply of oysters
in the shell at the 18th street wharf mar
ket today, and three or more vessels with
the bivalves aboard arrived from the Poto-
mac beds last night and this morning.
The oysters are being sold at prices rang
ing from about So cents to 81 and 81.
per DuSnel. w lille Inc medium SIdQcS VI
oysters from the Potomac beds are rather
small, they are full Of meat and are Of fine
flavor. A bushel of oysters will often
shuck gallon solid measure. and some
times a little more. A wager was made
recently that a bushel of small stock
which a shucker had just thrown down to
shuck would. not measure gallon when
opened. After the oysters were shucked
and poured into gallon mea sure they
filled it to the brim with good, solid oysters
Ch,,ol no uyha q kent hlISy
shocking for purchasers from uptown who
visit the wharf to get oysters for family
use.
Arrived Schooner Ivy Blades, from
Alexandria, to complete the loading Of a
cargo Of pine lumber; schooner S-lver Star,
cord wood from Aqua creek for local deal
ers; schooners Edna and Nellie. Fair
American and Eva Clarence and Amanda
Lewis, oysters from the Potomac beds;
barge Lucretia coal from Baltimore for
the naval powder factory at Indian Head.
Md; tug Selectman, with tow Of light
ers from the sand-digging machines down
river: schooner Lottie Carter and E. L..
Bowen. cord wood from river points for
the dealers; scow Fannie. railway ties
from Mattawoman creek for the dealers
here.
Sailed: Schooner Samuel Wood, light.
for Leonardtown, Md, to load lumber back
to this city; schooner S. l.. Bowen. light,
for Nanjamoy creek; tug James o. Car
ter, for ST. Mary's river to bring tank
barge No. II, laden with oil in bulk from
Baltimore. to this city; A. c. Co.. light.
for Quantico to load sulphur ore for Alex
andria; schooners Nellie and Matte, Ada
Wood. Blue Bell and Mary Elvis, light. for
the Potomac oyster beds to load back to
this city: schooner Leroy. light, for a river
point to load railway ties for the dealers
here; schooner w. H. French. light. for a
down river point to load back to this city.
Memoranda: Schooner Flora and Agnes
has been chartered to load lumber at
Newbern, N. c., for Baltimore or a
and Wicomico have passed through the
Delaware and Chesapeake canal en- route
to Philadelphia with cargoeS of railway
ties from the Potomac; schooner Grace G.
Bennett has been chartered to load lumber
at Newbern, N. c.. for this port; schooner
Beach, Me, with cargo of plaster for
this city; schooner Mabel AMI Ruth Is on
her way to a North Carolina port to load
lumber back to this city; schooner ]. W.
Cox has sailed from the Rappahannock
river with a cargo Of pine lumber for the
dealers here.
The Southern Transportation Company
tug Dixie arrived in port yesterday tow
ing the barges John w. Davidson. Mi
nerva, Cecil, Pomonkey and Potomac,
laden with hard coal from Baltimore and
Philadelphia. On her way up the river
the Dixie dropped the barge Lucretia at
indian Head. The five barges brought
here have aboard more than 5000 tons of
fuel for this market.
The steam lighter Daniel X. Jackson,
which was hauled out on the marine
railway at Alexandria for repair work
to her hull. was launched yesterday. and
has gone to Pohick creek to load for this
city. The dredge of the Miller Company
was taken to the shipyard to be hauled
ont for attention to her hull.