Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-15
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The present excursion season on the
river has been the best In point Of wealth
er that the excursion boat managers have
had in five years or longer. The steamers
are well patronized.
Since 1903. summer months. when the
excursion boats do the most business,
have been rainy and cool. This caused
a heavy falling off in the patronage.
The records of one of the excursion
companies shows that in 1906 the month
of June was raw and cold, and that 1t
rained either all day or a part Of a day
for more than two-thirds the months OF
June. July and August. The sumder OF
1907 was but little better
The present summer has, SO far, been
ideal. No rains of consequence have
fallen since the latter part of. May, and
the heat has driven people to take rides
on the river In order to find cooling
breezes.
The only thing troubling the excursion
managers Is the fact that many working
people Of the city are out of employment.
When they have no money the receipts
at the resorts show decided falling of.
The big fve-maSted schooner William
H. Yerkes, unloading ice from Maine at
the 9th street wharf of the American Ice
Company, will complete unloading tomor-
row and will sail for Baltimore or Nor
folk to load.
1t was thought the vessel would 60 to
Baltimore to load coal for Boston. Capt.
Wade. the master Of the Yerkes, refused
the rate of So cents per ton offered on soft
coal from Georgetown to Boston, and will
seek a cargo elsewhere.
Vessel masters say 1t has been many
years since freights were as low as they
are now. Big cOasting schooners of to-
day cannot carry coal at the figures Of
fered. and make any money for their own
erS.
Last summer it is stated. freights
ranged above so cents per ton from Balti-
more and Georgetown to Boston or other
New England ports. At that figure there
was some profit in running coal
! The owners of number of big coasting
schooners have laid them up. claiming 1t
Is more profitable to allow them to lie idle
than to attempt to carry cargoes at the
present rates.
Arrived-Barge Patuxent. fertilizer ma
terial from Baltimore. at Aiexandria
schooner Bertha May. cord wood from a
river point to the dealers; schooner Iur-
tie Dayton. pine lumber. from a Virginia
port for this market; schooner Mabel q
Ruth. lumber, from Newbern. n. C.. for
dealers at Alexandria and this city: tug
Peerless of Baltimore. towing a barge for
alexandria,: power schooner Seabird. cord
wood. from a down-river point to the
dealers here; tug Walter F. Meade. tow
ing sand and gravel laden lighters from a
down-river point.
Sailed: Schooner William H. Mcclure,
light. from Georgetown for Nomini creek.
to load grain; schooner Peri. to AleXan-
dr1a to load general cargo for down
river point; schooner Mary Francis. light,
for lower river point to load back to
this city; schooner Silver Star. light. for
Potomac creek. to load; tug Peerless.
light, from Alexandria for a bay point
tug ROSalie. with a tow of sand and
gravel laden lighters for a down-river
point.
Memoranda: Schooner Young Bros. from
Alexandria, has arrived at Norfolk to load
coal for New England port: tug Dixie
Is on her way to this city with a tow OF
coal-laden barges: schooner E. A. Scrib-
ner has gone to Baltimore to load for a
North Carolina port: schooner Ella r.
Hill has gone to Edenton. n. c.. and
will load lumber there for this city;
schooner J. P. Robinson will load grain
in Upper Machodoc creek for this city.
The big sand and gravel dredging ma
chimes belonging to the Potomac Dredging
Company of this city. which have been
operating at Monkeys point. near the
Bryans point station of the United States
fish commission. were shifted early in the
week into Piscataway creek and will dig
sand and gravel there for building opera
tons in this city.
of this city. which has been at Bennett
boatyard for the past week having her
decks calked and other repair work
done. is about completed and will go into
service today. The tug will be used for
general towing work about the harbor.
The little brick building on the shore
Of the river at the outlet Of the big