Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-16
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

| The two-masted schooner Ethel Vale
is the latest addition TO the fleet of oyster
running vessels on the Potomac. She
came into port a day or two ago with a
cargo from the beds in the lower river
for the market here. The Ethel Vale is
OF eighteen tons register and is fifty four
feet long. She was built at Solomons
Island by M. M. Davis & Son about two
years ago for Baltimore parties, and Capt
Watt Cheshire purchased her for the Po-
| tomac trade. She will be employed In
| the oyster trade during the winter months
| and In the spring and summer will en-
| gage In general freighting work on the
| river from down river points to this city
| 1t is stated that several new vessels are
to be brought to the Potomac this fall
Tor the oyster-running trade and other
| lines OF work.
| Canned tomatoes and fruit are being
shipped to this city in large quanti-
ties just now from the packing factories
| In Nom1ni, COan and other tributaries of
the Potomac, and hardly a day passes
without a vessel laden with a thousand
or more cases coming into port with her
| cargo consigned to local dealers The
steamers from the lower river are also
bringing tomatoes here on every trip. in
| tended for use on the tables of Wash
| ington housekeepers. The tomato can
| ming season on the Potomac was one of
the best for several years. The fruit
was of particularly fine quality and the
crop unusually large.
Arrived-Schooner Mayfower, cordwood
| from river point for the dealers: barge
M. G. Nally, coke, from Philadelphia for
Georgetown; Schooners E. R. s. Dougher-
| ty and Lottie Thomas. oysters in shell
from the Potomac beds: barge Robert
| Griers. hard coal from Philadelphia for
| Georgetown: schooner Pulmie E. Smith,
| dusty. Mary A. Hooper and Chesapeake,
gas coal from Philadelphia for Wash
| ington Gas Company; tug Resale with a
tow tow OF sand and gravel laden lighters
Sailed-Schooners j. A. Stevens and
Norwaik. light, for river points to load;
steam barge D. K. Jackson, Hight, for Oc-
| coquan to load for this city; schooner r.
Mason, for river point to load lumber
for Washington dealers; schooner Euith
| VerraI, for Aqua creek to load cord
wood; schooner Samuel Wood for Nom
ind to load wood for this market: 8. o.
IT. light, for Baltimore; schooner w. H.
Bixler. light. for the Potomac oyster beds
| to load; tug Dixie with a tow OF light
barges for Baltimore and Philadelphia:
schooner Dougherty. light for the WI
comico river to load oysters back to this
city; tug Marion Cameron, with tow Of
light barges for river point
Memoranda: Schooner John McGinnis,
| sailed from Baltimore 18th instant for the
Rappahannock river to load lumber for
this city: sailing scow Daniel is loading
railway ties in Port Tobacco creek for
transshipment at Alexandria for Phila-
delpha: schooner Sidonia Curley is load
ing pine lumber on the Rappahannock
river for the dealers here; schooner Mabel
and Ruth has been chartered to load
lumber and shingles at a river point for
the dealers here.
One Of the large sand scows belonging
to the Smoot Sand Company Of this city
Is hauled out on the marine railway at
the Alexandria shipyard for a general
overhauling of her hull and for calking,
in preparation for active service with the
sand-carrying fleet between Greenway
flats and this city.
The sloop. Water Lily. which sank in
Occoquan after running upon pile. was
| raised and has been brought to Alexan-
dria to be given general overhauling In
preparation for returning to service.
The Taylor Tug James o. Carter is
| laid up at the 9th street wharf to have
her engine given a general overhauling in
preparation for fall service on the river.
Two small oyster-laden vessels with
about 300 bushels of the bivalves aboard
were lying at the oyster wharf this morn
| ing. and that constituted the supply on
hand. The oysters are selling at from
80 cents to 70 cents per bushel.