Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-05
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Business has been very dull on the
Potomac for the last several months.
but now is beginning to pick UP. and
vessels that have been laid up down the
river since early I'm the summer are COM
ing into port with lumber and other
cargoes aboard. There Is a general
awakening of business along the coast
too. and vessels are more in demand
every day. A number of vessels lying
idle in the harbor here for several weeks
past have made charters and have lett
here for ports at which they will load. and
for the next two three months masters
are looking for good business in freights
OH the coast
While cargoes may he more easy TO
obtain, prices paid for freis'hts are stu
low and numbers OF vessel owners VIII
keep their craft tied UP In preference to
operating them at prices that will barely
pay running expenses. This Is said 10 he
particularly true OF the Chesapeake bay
coal-carrying barges. a number or whicn
are laid up at Baltimore waiting Tor
higher freignts before they are put III
service again. The pulp WOOD business
has kept a number Of barges busy TINS
summer carrying the wood from points Oh
Chesapeake bay and the POTOMAC 10
Philadelphia and elsewhere.
With the opening of the oyster season
on the Potomac, the grabbing season
practically ends and receipts of crabs
from the lower river here become very
light. During the past week the re
ceipts of crabs from river points
have fallen of and there has been
decreased demand for the crustaceans
There is no shortage in the supply here,
as an ample stock of them Is being op-
tanned by the dealers from Norfoik. Bal
timore and other points on Chesapeake
py..nh Col,
been one of the best in number Of years
Soft crabs were scarce the entire season.
however and brought high prices through
out the season.
which unloaded lumber here this week Is
living at the 18th street wharf watlne
orders to go to York river to load iunper
for this city. The recent hoods IN iower
Virginia have made ii impossible for the
vessel to get a cargo for this city at rms
time and she may be sent to some otner
point 10 load. going to York river la'er.
Arrived: Schooner Annie May, cord
wood from a down-river point for the
dealers; bugeye Nellie. pine lumber from
a river point for the Firth-Sterling steel
plant: flattie Capt. Faunce. at Alexandria.
for ice for fishing trip down river; tug
James o. Carter. with a tow or coal
lighters from Indian Head: schooner Mist,
cord wood from the lower river; tug Mi
nerva with a tow from lower river
point for Georgetown; A. [. company
ScOW from lguanuCo, Will SupHui JIG
for Alexandria; United States revenue
cutter Apache from Baltimore.
Sailed: Tug Carter, towing two loaded
coal barges from Georgetown to Indian
Head; schooner East Lynn, light, for
lower Potomac point TO load BACK 10
this city; schooner Helen Jester, light,
for q Virginia port. TO load lumber for
the dealers hero; schooner Ida, light FOR
a down-river point, to load; schooner J..
f. Smith, light. for Wades bay to load
wood for this city; tug Resale. with
tow OF sand-carrying lighters 10 Piscat-
away creek: tug Capt. Toby, to1ingl two
scows laden with street sweeptngs for
Broad creek, Md. -
Memoranda: Schooner Salisbury has
been chartered to load lumber at Jack
sonville, Fla, for this city; schooneT Mary
Francis has gone to Pohick creek TO
load for this city: schooner Bel4ont is
in Occoquan taking aboard a cargo of
wood for this market; schooner Frank L.
Stinson, laden with coal at Georgetown.
will sail for Boston soon tug can
be had to take her away; tug 5. 0. No. II
has arrived at Baltimore from this city
towing tank barges 81 and IL
The steamer It. V. Arrowsmith, which
during the summer has been in service
as a colored excursion steamer. has been
laid up for repairs 10 a broken wheel. at
the wharf foot of 14th street southwest.
The steamer will probably remain where
she is lying until next spring. but re-
pairs to her wheel will be made at once.
The barkentine Allenwilde. which UNI
loaded asphalt here and after discharginS
lay at anchor in the habor for nearly
month, has completed loading a cargo OF
500 tons of soft coal at Baltimore for
Guantanamo, Cuba and will sail from
Baltimore today. From the Cuban port
she will go to Trinidad to load asphalt
for this city.