Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-12
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The receipt of hard crabs by the dealers
at the wholesale market on the 1lth street
wharf has been particularly heavy for the
past week or more, and as consequence
prices are considerably lower than hereto
fore. The bulk of the crustaceaus being
received come from Nomini and lower
Machodoc creeks in Virginia, and the Wico-
mico river. Maryland. and it is stated that
1t is by no means uncommon for fisher
man to catch two or three barrels of crabs
in few hours. The crabs, in consequence
of the cold and unfavorable weather of the
early spring. were slow in coming into the
Potomac and it's tributaries. but as soon
the weather became seasonable and the
water warmed up they came with rush.
The crabs now being caught particu-
larly large and fine. The steamer T. V.
Arrowsmith. which arrived from river land
ngs this morning. had about three hum
dred barrels of crabs in her cargo and
they are on sale in the markets today.
The Baltimore barkentine Josephine.
which brought a cargo Of asphalt from the
Island of Trinidad to this city. completed
Capitol street yesterday and will sail
at once for Baltimore. where she is
owned 1t was reported several days ago
that the vessel had been sold to Phiadel-
phia parties. and that after the voyage to
this city she was to be stripped of her
square rigging and converted into coast
ing schooner. The report Is denied
Arrived: Consolidation Coal Company
barge No 10. ice from Maine. at Alexan-
dria: schooner PLUME E. Smith. cord wood
from a Potomac point: barge Daniel rail-
way ties from river point for Alexandra;
steam barge Dennis Simmons, lumber and
shingles, from North Carolina; steam Scow
Daniel X. Jackson. with tow from the
lower Potorlac: bugeye John Branford, rail-
way ties from a Potomac point: tug Dixie,
towing five coal-laden barges, from Balti-
60, NJ ~
with a tow of sand and gravel laden light
ers from down-river point.
Sailed: Tug Dixie with a tow of four
light barges from Georgetown and Alexan
dria for Chesapeake points: schooner May
flower. light, for river point to load. back
to this city Standard Oil Company barge
No II, light. for Baltimore to load; barge
Albemarle. light, for Fredericksburg to load
railway ties.
Tug Camilla. for the lower Potomac with
a tow; scow Bush. light, for Marshall Hall
to load back to this port with railway ties:
schooner Samuel Wood. light for Nomini
to load lumber for the Phila delphia market.
Memoranda: Tug William H. Yerkes. jr..
has gone to the James river for light Con-
solidation Coal Company barge for George
town to load coal: barge Keystone is lying
in Nomini creek loading timber for Phla-
delphia: schooner J. c. Strawbridge sailed
from Charleston, S. c., for this city, with
a cargo of lumber the 9th instant; schooner
Rover. from this city arrived at Norfolk
the 9TH instant: barge Annapolis is at Alex
andria unloading a cargo of fertilizer ma
terial from New York.
The schooner Farmers Friend will COM
plcte repairs on the marine railway at the
Alexandria shipyard this week. A pump
dredging machine belonging to the Column
bia National Sand Company is also hauled
out at Alexandria to have some repair
work done to her hull and to be calked.
The machine is to be sent down the river
for dredging work
The tug D. M. Key has gone to Occoquan
to resume service as tender to the dredge
Jack. employed in deepening the channel in
that waterway, The Key will be employed
in this service for several weeks.