Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-25
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The continued warm weather. at time
when the atmosphere often has frosty
touch in it, is having depressing eff
feet upon the oyster market In this city,
and the demand for the bivalves during
| the past two weeks has been very light.
| This morning there were lying at the
| 18th street wharf with oysters aboard
| five or six vessels, but they all had
| small cargoes and several of them were
| consigned to dealers who take their en-
tire supply.
In spite of the fact that there are COM
pa ratively few oysters at the wharf. they
were selling today at from 40 to 70 cents
| per bushel During the past three Or
flour DAYS the masters of several vessels
| that brought oysters in the shell to this
market finding the market very dull,
| have returned with them, and will lay
| the oysters down in salt water to keep
until cool weather comes and the market
| here improves.
While the oysters now being brought
| to market are rather small, they are of
excellent quality. due, it is asserted, to
the long dry summer that has made the
lower river very brny.
With the arrival of the schooner r.
Bowers Monday and of the bark John
Emery yesterday. only one large vessel
is known to be on its way to this port
with a cargo, and she is the four-masted
schooner Salisbury. Capt. Farwel. which
sailed from Jacksonville, Fla. the 10Th
instant with cargo of pine lumber for
the Washington wholesale market. Ac-
cording to the calculations of her con-
signees and of the local tugboat men,
she should pass in the capeS about Octo-
Der l and as soon as she comes in she
will be picked up by one of the fleet of
Washington-owned tugs and brought to
this city to unload.
The Salisbury has been in port here
once before, about two years ago, when
she brought lumber. She was so long
unloading that time that her captain de-
of the schooner she should not come here
again with lumber aboard. The vessel is
now under command of a new master.
who purchased her from her former
owner and master about year ago.
The three-masted schooner r. Bowers.
which arrived here Monday with a car
go of laths from port in lTew Bruins
wick, had remarkably fast trip from
that far northern point to New York and
still faster one from New York here.
According to reports the schooner had
favoring breezes after leaving st. Johns.
and within a week was lying at anchor
in New York harbor Coming down from
ST Johns she was struck by the storm
that caused her to lose her foretopmast
head At New York she received orders
to make all speed to this port. --aturday
she sailed from New York, according to
reports. and Sunday she came in the
capes of the Chesapeake. The tug Yerkes
picked her up and Tuesday morning she
was locked at this city ready to unload
Arrived: Schooner Ocean Wave oyster
in the shell from jackson creek: scow
Bush cord wood from a river point: tug
James o. Carter. towing two light coal
carrying barges from Indian Head; schoon-
er Dutton, cord wood from a river point
for the deaNrs; tug George w. Pride. tow
ing two wood and one oyster laden yes
sci from river point; schooner Belmont
cord wood from river point bugeye
Eleanor Russell wood from Mattawoman
creek: tug Dallman. with tow of clay
lighters from a Potomac point: A. c.
Company. scow sulphur ore from Quanti-
co at Alexandria.
Sailed: Sloop Volunteer, light for the
Potomac oyster beds. to load back to this
city: schooner Oakland. light. for Vir-
sinia port. to load lumber for the deal