Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-07
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

/ The two-masted bay schooner H. A.
Jordan, which arrived here early In the
week with cargo of cord wood aboard
from a lower river point for Washington
dealers is making her first trip to this
city under the command Of Capt. Tom
Bland Capt Bland will keep her in the
wood and lumber trade on the river.
The Jordan has been in service on .Ches-
apeake bay for several years. Recently
Capt Bland acquired her from her owners
in Baltimore. After running trip OF
two from bay points to this city, she was
brought to the Potomac and will remain
here
The Jordan is a schooner of 81 gross and
Al net tons register, and Is 1O.5 feet long.
She is a stanchly built vessel, having
been constructed at a Rockland, Me-,
shipyard in 1882 for the coasting trade
Capt Bland was formerly master of the
schooner Charles HI. Dagger, which was
run into and sunk by the ferry steamer
= Iackawanna between this city and Alex
andria, about ten months ago. The Dali
ger was raised. but was found to be so
badly damaged as to be not worm re-
pairing. Her hulk is lying In the cove
near Deans shipyard, north OF Alex
andria.
A fleet of twenty or more vessels with
oysters aboard from lower Potomac points
and from the eastern shore or chesapeake
bay is at the 18th street wharf, where
Cool weather of Wednesday and Thurs
day had a good effect upon the market.
Demand for bivalves is excellent. Since
warmer weather came the demand has
fallen off considerably. oysters are only
. sold in small lots.
They are selling at prices ranging from
20 cents to 60 cents per bushel for the
better grades. Vessels with the finer
grades of oysters aboard are expected
to arrive here some time during today in
for he market which iS al.
ways brisk.
The officers of the steamer Harry Ran
dali and of the other steamers plying
the river and bay report the recent
northwest gale to have been very heavy
and to have lasted over twenty-fOur
hours. In the lower river the gale caused
very heavy seas and the steamers moving
from one side of the river to the other.
in the trough of the sea. had q rough
time Of 1t. The Harry Randall, in cross
ing from Nomini to Lower Machodoc and
from Machodoc to Coltons, was rolled
and tosse das If she was in gale at
sea. The spray few over the steamer and
incrrsted the windows on the saloon deck
with a thin film of salt, something that
but seldom occurs on the river. The bad
weather kept the oyster dredgers and
fishermen in harbor from early IN the
week
Administrations s. Sawyer, pine
! lumber, from a Virginia port. for the
dealers here: sloop Daisy, household
goods from Piscataway creek: bugeye j.
D. Ballard, oysters in the shell. from the
Potomac beds for the local market;
schooner Ida G. Farren. lumber, from
schooner Kirby, oysters, from the Poto-
mac beds; tug James o. Carter, with
tow of lighters, from naval smokeless
powder plant on Mattawoman creek.
Sa11ed-Schooner Earl Biscoe, light, for
a down-river point, to load cord wood
for this city; steamer Washington, light,
for the Newport News shipyard to re-
pair; ;sloop Returning Dove, light, for the
Potomac oyster beds to load back to this
city schooner Mayfower, light for
river point to load lumber for this city;
sloop Daisy, light, for Alexandria to load
a general cargo for Pennington. Md; tug
d. NJ. Key, for Occoquan, towing two
light scows, to load lumber.
Observation-Disclosures Grace G. Ben
nett is chartered to load lumber at New
bern, N. c., for this city; schooner ]. P.
Robinson is In Upper Machodoc creek
loading grain and cord wood for this
. city and Alexandria; schooner Sidonia
Curley has arrived on the Rappahannock
river and is loading lumber for the deal
erS here; schooner ]. Dallas Marvel with
lumber for this city, sailed from West
Point, Va, 4th instant; schooner Mary
Ann Shea is in Aqua creek loading cord
wood for this port
The electric lighting plant recently in
stalled aboard the steamer Estelle Ran
dali has been completed, and was tested
yesterday evening. The machinery work.
ed In the most satisfactory manner, and
the steamer was we'll lighted by her in
candescent lamps. The plant WAS IN
stalled under the supervision Of Capt
II. s. Randall and Chief Engineer Harry
White of the steamer.
The houseboat belonging to Frank A.
Rawlings of this city, which was
aground on the rocks near the seawall
in the harbor during the northwest blow
Wednesday night and Thursday, has been
f1oated and again anchored with the
pleasure fleet. 1t is stated that the YES
sci was not damaged by dragging on the
shoal spot.