Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-29
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

observed along the river front this year
than ever before, practically all the Water
street business houses being closed for
the greater part of the day. Only such
work was done at the steamboat wharves
as was necessitated by the steamboat
schedules. The owners of power boats
took advantage of the holiday and the
beautiful weather to go on cunning trips
on the river and fully half of the pleas
ure craft owned in the city were in serv-
ice yesterday. Large throngs visited the
oyster wharf during the day and many
bushels of oysters were purchased and
taken home for oyster roasts last night.
While there were no excursion boats rum
ming, the ferry steamer between this city
and Alexandria carried large crowds all
day, and numerous parties were out fish
ing from the wharves and from the sea
wall about the Potomac flats.
The owners of many of the fleet of wood
and lumber carrying vessels which ply
between the loading points along the
lower river and this city during the
spring, summer and fall are now prepar-
ing to lay their vessels up for the winter
not caring to take chances on a freeze
coming and catching their boats on the
river. Several of the river craft have
already been laid up and others will fol.
low in a short time, and it is stated that
it is now becoming difficult to obtain YES
sells that will bring cargoes of cord wood
here. Some few of the owners will keep
their vessels in commission throughout
the entire winter as long as they can run,
but the number is small. While the boats
are laid up they will be painted and over
hauled and made ready for the resump-
ton of work on the river in the spring.
Arrived-Bugeye Avalon, oysters from
the beds along the lower Potomac;
schooner Five Sisters, cord wood from a
river point for the dealers: tug James o.
Carter. with Il tow of oyster-laden vessels
from the river beds: steam barge Daniel
X. Jackson, from Occoquan with cord
wood for the Alexandria dealers; schoon-
err 4. II. Quinby. lumber from Poto-
mac point for dealers; schooner Amanda
Lewis and bugeyes Halle X. and D. w.
Ballard. oysters from the river beds: tug
Capt. Toby. towing two lighters laden
with wood from Potomac creek: scow
Blanchard, railway ties from river
point for Georgetown: schooner Fannie
Shepherd, oysters in the shell, at Alex
andria
Sailed-Schooner Mabel and Ruth for
Newbern, N. c., via Norfolk to load lum
beg back to this city: schooner Silver
Spray, light, for river point to load
cord wood back to this city: sloop Enola,
light. for the lower river to load oysters
for this market: schooner f. l.. Bowen,
light, for a river point to load back to
this city: tug Eugenia towing several
light scows to the dredging machines at
Greenway; schooner Isaac Solomon, light,
for river point to load wood for this
city.
Memoranda-Barge Rappahannock is at
Boyds Hole. on the oPtomac. completing
her cargo of railway ties for Philadel-
phia: barge Edward S. Fay has been
chartered to load ties at Cole Landing
for Philadelphia; schooner Mabel and
Ruth is under charter to load coal at Nor
folk for Newbern, N. c.: tug Standard
Oil Co. No. 10. has arrived at Baltimore
with STANDARD Oil Co. tank barge No. a,
light, from this city; schooner William
Cunningham is at Somerset Beach loading
for this port: schooner Curley is reported
at Norfolk with cargo of bottles froxa
Alexandria.
Barges Katharine McIlvaine and Over
brook, from Baltimore, and Pennsylvania
railroad No. 100, Mattaponi, Ellen S. Jen-
nings and Roanoke, from Philadelphia,
all coal laden for this city, are on their
way here in tow of a Southern Transpor-
tation Company tug and should arrive in
port today.
The two-masted river schooner Peri, one
of the regular fleet of wood and lumber
runners to this port, has been laid up for
the winter at Cole landing, on the Poto.
mac, and will not return to service until
all danger of freezing weather is past
The Peri made a trip here last week and
was expected to make another before
going out of service.