Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-05
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Between-seasons dullness has settled
upon the 18th street oyster and fish
wharves. They have been given over to
cargoes there for local dealers. The
wharves are covered from end to end with
big piles of pine boards and scantlings
that have been unioaded from vessels
during the past week or ten days.
Vessels with CLAIMS aboard from the
eastern shore of Chesapeake bay are ar
irving at irregular intervals. The last
vessel with oysters aboard arrived ten
days ago. She had to take "a portion of
her small cargo back down the river
The only fish-laden vessels are those
loaded with salt herring from the lower
Potomac packing shores. Fish packing
houses on the wharf have ceased oper-
atoms. Packers are selling the sailed fish
In the south and west.
Tho fish and oyster wharves will be
dull spots until the watermelon season
opens about August 1. Melon-laden ves-
sells will be at the wharf after the oyster
season opens In the fall SO that the wharf
will be lively through the winter.
The new schooner Oscar, laden with
cord wood from Matthias Point, on the
Potomac river, arrived in port yesterday
consigned to her owners, Carter & Clark.
This Is the maiden voyage of the schoon-
er. She proved herself both speedy in
hCi CLASS anu q ul6 SdI 81 CdIIlcI
As soon as the Oscar can discharge
cargo she will at once return to the low
err river to bring another cargo to this
port
The Oscar is the old schooner osceola
rebuilt and made new. Last fall the Os-
ceola was purchased by her present own
ers and was placed on Benefits railway
to be repaired. When the repair work
was started, 1t was found that the tim
bers Of the old vessel we're in such con-
ho0 lo6 70 ha
When the work was completed it was
a new vessel that was launched. She con-
tanned some timbers of the Osceola, but
they were few. She was renamed the
Oscar, after one of the young sons of
James 0. Carter, one of her owners.
The steam barge Daniel K. Jackson,
Capt. Ownes, owner and master, is lying
In the dock at the foot of X street being
overhauled and painted and made ready
to return to general freighting work on
the vessel Is being overhauled. and she
will not be ready for service for week
or ten days.
The Daniel j. Jackson Is the only steam
vessel of her type in service on the river.
She is used by her owner in running car
goes of lumber. cord wood ties and other
timber from Aqua creek and points along
the Potomac to this city.
Arrived: Tug Dixie OF Philadelphia, with
a tow of coal-laden barges for George
town; schooner Isaac Solomon cord wood
from lower Potomac point for dealers:
schooner Mary Ann Shea, lumber from
Aqua creek for this market; schooner
William Leisheir. barreled herring from
Potomac points, schooner PLUME Smith,
cord wood from Nomini; bugeye James
O. Wright, at Alexandria with salt her
ring In barrels aboard; tug Capt. Toby,
with a tow from river point.
Sailed: Schooner John Medley, light, for
Maddox creek to load for this city;
schooners Daniel Ballard and Bessie Reed,
light for the st. Mary's river to load:
sloop Enola. light. for Bretons bay to
load securing sand; schooner Silver Star,
this city; scow Sea King, for Marshall
Hall to load railway ties for this market;
schooner Eleanor Russell. light. for a down
river point to load: schooner Mary Fran
CHS. light. for Wades bay to load cord
point to load sand for Mount Vernon.
Memoranda: Barge Mattaponi is at
Georgetown loading stone for Norfolk;
scow Daniel is at Alexandria loading
Verrall has been chartered to load ties
at Mount Vernon for barge Atlantic's
cargo: schooner Edna A. Pogue has been
chartered to load pulp wood at Nomini
for Philadelphia; barge E. A. Souder has
arrived light at Baltimore from this city
and will load hard coal for return: barge
Totusky is discharging coal at Alexan-
dria from Philadelphia.
The big sea-going barge Atlantic, lying
at Alexandria taking aboard a cargo Of
railway ties, loaded about 1000 ties at
that port and was yesterday taken to
Cherry Hill. on the Potomac to complete
her cargo of 10000 ties. The vessel is be-
ing loaded by Carter & Clark of this
city and will sail in the beginning of next
week for New York.
The barges Patuxent and Wicomico
from Baltimore and the Vincent McNaI-
ly from Philadelphia were brought into
port by the Southern Transportation
Company's tug Dixie, and were berthed
at Georgetown to discharge their cargoes
of hard coal. The three barges have
aboard about 900 tons Of coal.