Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-10
USING PENSION LIST
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

GENEhAL NEWO Ud 4dEhEU
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
The supply Of oysters in the shell on
sale at the wholesale wharf market at
the foot of 9Th street was larger this
morning than it has been this season.
Ten or twelve vessels. varying in size
from the large bay schooner capable of
carrying several thousand bushels of
bivalves down to the little fiattie that
could carry but one or two hundred bush
els, were lying at the wharf with oys-
tiers aboard None Of them had full car
goes, however.
The supply on hand in all amounted
to but about 5000 bushels, which are
selling at from o to 20 cents per bushel
The demand is light. and will continue sc
until good cool weather, when demand
and price will both advance.
The demand is SO light at this time
that the master Of one schooner that ar
rived here yesterday with about 400
bushels aboard has not yet opened his
matches, and will probably return to the
lower river, where the oysters will be
put overheard to wait for a more favor
able market.
A couple Of days Of good cool weather
will have a bracing effect on the market
The vessels can quickly dispose of their
loads of the bivalveS at good profit
The fog making weather seems to be
temporarily over Masters of steam YES
sells plying the Potomac are more than
pleased at the prospect Of cool weather
coming. as this will put an end to the
early morning fogs that have prevailed
almost every morning this week.
Though the fog clouds covered the
river with a pail so thick that 1t was. at
times, impossible to see fifty feet away
from the steamer. boats were taken UP
and down the river on practically sched-
ule time. No accidents Of consequence
were reported.
Steamboat masters. who log fog and
other events in the daily records of their
ships, state that there have been more
fogs this fall than for several years past.
The fog clouds seemed to be unusually
thick and wet.
Masters of steamers plying the river
on schedules that kept the boats run
ming at night have had hard time Of it
during the past several nights. They
have had but little opportunity to rest
while their steamers were running in
the fogs, and when in port it is too noisy
to sleep.
The master of one Of the river steam
ers stated that he did not have an OPP
portunity to undress and go to bed for
over thirty-six hours in the early part
Of the week.
The hree-masted schooner Eliza A.
Scrivner reported lying in the cove
under Cape Lookout, on the North Caro-
lima coast, in leaking condition. is we'll
known here She was in port here about
six weeks ago with a cargo Of laths from
New Brunswick. After unloading the
laths she went up to Georgetown and
loaded coal there for Boston.
The Scrivner. according to reports, is
in bad condition In consequence Of the
buffetings she received in a storm off
the coast. She is leaking SO badly that
her pumps have difficulty in keeping her
free of water.
Arrived: Schooners Lottie Thomas
Halle K. Loula Taylor. II. NJ Peach
and Dove. oysters in the shell from the
Potomac beds to this market; schooner
William Henry. laden with cord WOOD
from river point for the dealers; tug
James 0. Carter. with a tow of light
coal-carrying barges from Indian Head
schooner Five Sisters. lumber from Aqua
creek for a dealer; tug Camilla with g
tow from a down-river point; schooners
S. L. Bowen and PLUME f. Smith. core
wood from landings on the river
schooner ]. DaIlis Marvel. laden witt
pine lumber from Newbern, N c., for this
market: schooner ]. P. Robinson. core
wood from Upper Machodoc creek fol
the dealers.
Sailed: Schooner Mary Ann Shea. light
for Aqua creek to load back to this city
schooner Belmont, light, for river poin
to load: schooner Eleanor Russell, light
IOT d IOIOIIldC pOlnC 10 loaO DaCk TINS
city; bugeye Annie Mills, light. from
Alexandria. for a river point to loaC
back to this city; schooner Mary Francis
light for a Potomac point to load; tuf
Meade, with tow of light sand barge:
for dredging machines on the river: sloor
Florence, with general cargo from
Alexandria for a Potomac point.
Memoranda: Schooner William H. Nc
CURE is in Nomini creek. loading canned
goods for this city: schooner William
Cunningham is in Potomac creek loading
for this city: schooner Oscar is at a river
point loading cord wood for the dealer.
here; schooner Sidonia Curley will re
turn to the Rappahannock river to loat
lumber back to this city; tug S. O., No. IL
has arrived at Baltimore with a tow O.
light tank scows from this city; slooJ
Enola has gone to a river point to loat
oysters.
| The barge Totuskey light. from George
town. was early in the week taken Il
Occoquan creek to begin the loading of
cargo of poplar logs for the paper-makint
plants at Philadelphia. After loading
portion of her cargo at Occoquan, shs
will be taken to other points along tn,
river to complete her cargo.
The barges William A. Smoot, Mildred
Patuxent and Nansemond and tn,
Brandywine are lying at piers at George
town discharginS cargoes of coal from
Philadelphia and other points. AS soor
as they are light they will be taken Il
Potomac and bay points to- load.