Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-28
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

A telegram received in this city yes
terday from Capt. Tilton, master of the
schooner Adelaide Barbour announces
that the vessel Is off Cape Henry and
asks that tug be sent to tow the Bar
bour to Alexandria. AS the Washington
owned tugs. large enough to tow the
Barbour. are all employed in special
work or undergoing repairs, one of the
Baltimore fleet of tugs will be asked to
look after the schooner, which is ex-
pected to arrive at Alexandria by Monday
night at the latest. The Barbour has
ABOARD a cargo of about 1900 tons of
phosphate rock from Port Tampa, Fla,
for the fertilizer making plants at Alex
andria. She had a fairly speedy VOYAGE
up the coast, having sailed from the Flor
Ida port December Is. Like most of the
schooners employed in the phosphate rock
trade, the Barbour is a large vessel and
draws more than twenty feet of water.
This is her first trip I'D the Potomac
river. but she is expected to make a
number of visits to Alexandria during
the next year with phosphate rock
aboard
There were only four vessels living at
the oyster wharf foot of 18th street with
oysters In the shell aboard Yesterday
morning. and their combined cargoes
amounted to less than a thousand BUSH
els. This small supply stiffened the mar
ket and 60 cents per bushel was asked
Tor small oysters. while the selected
grades sold as high as S125 per bushel.
-Four vessels with fresh cargoes amount
ing to 1.5OO or 1000 bushels from river
ana bay oyster beds came into port yes
terday afternoon, and the market took a
tumble. The bivalves this morning could
be bought at 80 cents per bushel or even
lower, and the top of the market ranged
ABOUT ~ per bushel. By Monday morn
Ing, 1t is stated. an additional supply will
have been brought here by vessels now
coming up the river, but prices will not
go lower than they are now.
Arrived-Barge Wicomico, hard coal
from Philadelphia, at Baltimore; sloops
Enola, Eta, Edna and Nellie and Mildred,
oysters in the shell from down river
points; lighter No. 1, ]. & W., lumber
from Quantico, to her owners; barge Vim
cent McNally coal from Philadelphia for
from river points with a tow; tug Mi
nerva, towing sand and gravel laden
lighters from a river point.
Sailed-SloOp Regulator, light. for a
lower potomac point to load oysters in
the shell back to this market; tug D. M.
Key, to Cole landing after a lumber
laden lighter; schooner Edith Verrall.
light, for Dogue creek to load cord wood
for the dealers here; schooner Cunning
ham, light, from Alexandria for river
! point to load back to this city: tug De-
fiance, with tow of light scows from
Alexandria for Norfolk; tug Selectman.
with several light scows in tow for the
digging machines down river
observation-disclosures MURRAY Vandiyer
will go to Virginia point to load lumber
for Baltimore; tug Fortuna, with tow of
coal-laden barges, has sailed from Balti-
| more for this city; schooner Mabel and
Ruth. laden with lumber and. shingles,
sailed from Newbern, N. c., for this CITY
the 18th instant: barge Totusky has been
chartered to load railway ties at Quanti-
co for Philadelphia: power barge Louisa
| is at river point loading cord wood
The big barges Lucretia and William A.
Smoet. from Baltimore, and the Dempsey
and Chesapeake. from Philadelphia. are
on their way to the Potomac with cargoes
of hard coal aboard. The Lucretia is
consigned. 1t is stated, to the naval prov
| Ing grounds at Indian Head, Md, and
the other barges will come to this CITY.
The three barges that are coming here
| have aboard about 1S0O tons of the fuel
The barges PatuXent and j. H. Nc
Nally were taken away from Alexandra
| light for Norfolk, and on the way down
the river the tug will stop in st. Mary's
river to pick up the barges Overlook and
]. T. Cleaver, also bound to Norfolk The
Patuxent has aboard a cargo of railway
ties, which she will carry to Philadelphia.
going to that port via the Delaware and
Chesapeake canal.