Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-09
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Wheat is brought in large quantities
from wharves along the Potomac by the
river line steamers. The crop this year is
larger than for several years.
On the last trip of the steamer Harry
city. stopping at all the landings in the
lower end of the river. she gathered up
over 500 two-bushel sacks of new wheat
consigned to dealers and mills in this
city and Alexandria. More than half this
quantity was brought TO this city and
will go to the mills al Georgetown to
be converted into -four for Washington
bakeries and housewives.
The steamer has been bringing the
grain to this city in quantities for d
week or two past. The receipts of the
grain yesterday were the heaviest of the
season. Shipments of wheat Will con-
TIME for several weeks longer.
The wheat from down river is in good
condition and according to the whole
sale market, should bring the growers
from IS to So cents per bushel.
The red maritime flag of Great Britain
flying from the miZzen boom OF vessels
Is becoming SO common IN local waters
as to create but little comment.
Last week the british steamship Ma
nette arrived here and unloaded several
hundred tons of asphalt from Venezuela.
4 day or two ago the steamship Parran.
also flying the red ensign. came up the
Potomac and is at Georgetown discharg
Ing asphalt. She will be here until about
the end of this week.
The charters are now reported OF the
British 'schooners Wanola. Capt. 'Atkin-
son. and Mineola, Capt. Forsythe, which
will bring spruce latbs from the mari
time provinces of Canada to this city:
The schooners are small. but they will
bring many hundred bundles of lathS
from the spruce forests of the north to
the dealers here.
The river line steamers going to Co
lonial Beach and other summer resorts
along the river have been well laden for
several trips past with furniture and
household goods. Washington people are
furnishing and fitting out summer homes
to be occupied until the latter part Of
August or early September.
Many Washington families for years
past have had cottages at points down
the river and every summer take furni-
ture enough from their homes to fit out
the cottages. There they live. enjoying
the beauties and pleasures of the lower
children have to be brought back to the
city to be placed in school.
For every family which spent the sum-
mer in this way five years ago there are
now a dozen. The number is increasing
each year.
at Alexandria to load a general cargo for
a down river point; tug Minerva, from
Greenway with tow of sand and gravel
laden lighters; schooner Henry l.. Peck
ham, light. from Alexandria to George
town to load coal for Boston: tug Carter
with a tow from a down river point.
Sailed: Sloop E. A. CrOsWell. building
material. from Alexandria for Edgewater.
Va; barge Lily of the West, lumber, from
Alexandria for Fort Washington; sehoon-
er Leroy, light. for a Potomac point to
load back to this city; tugs Rosalie and
Eugenia, with tow of light scows for
down river points: scow Fan lie. light, for
a Potomac point to load back to this city.
Memoranda: Schooner Mabel and Ruth
has sailed from Newbern. y. c.. for this
city with a cargo OF lumber aboard; steam
barge Dennis Simmons is at a North Car
olina point loading for this city: schooner
Belmont Is loading on the lower river for
this market; schooner Sidonia Curley is
in the lower Potomac on her way to this
city from the Rappahannock: schooner
Young Brothers. with Ice aboard from the
Kennebec river. will arrive at Alexandria
today. and will berth there to unload.
Large catfish, of the spotted or MissiS-
sippi variety. are caught in the harbor in
good numbers. They are biting at almost
any kind of bait. A specimen caught by
one of the crew of the steamer River
Queen while at her dock here a few days
ago weighed, it is stated, over five
pounds.
The fleet of pile drivers, scows and mud
dredging machines at work removing the
old sunken barge from the river a short
distance above Alexandria is making
slow progress. This is owing to the fact
that the barge has been covered with
mud to the depth of several feet and con-
siderable difficulty is had in removing it.
When this is done the work of remov-
ing the old barge will be resumed and
nushed to eompletion