Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-16

I can Ice Company 1t is the intention OF
the officials Of the ice company 10 Keep
the Georgetown plant stocked Win ice u
facilitate deliveries for wagons GOVERNS
routes in. the western section of the CITY.
The. HAYNES is an old trader to this port
with ice from the Maine fields.
The schooner Cen +. s. Greeley. WIN
ice for this city. sailed from BoothDay'
July II. The schooners Clarence n. ven,
ner and Edwin r. Hunt sailed July l5
from Bath. The three vessels have ABOARD
nearly 42O0 tons of ice.
/ In addition to these vessels the local
Office of the American Ice Company have
the big schooners Independent, Daven-
port and Mary f. G. Dow under charter.
They will arrive here in the latter part
Of this month with Maine ice for use In
Washington households during the sum-
mer months.
arrive early the coming week. Ten OF
twelve more large coasting schooners Will
be chartered to bring ice to this city dur
ing the months of August and Septem-
Der when the demand is heavy.
aAdvices received by the wholesale deal
ers in watermelons at the 18th street
wharf market from North Carolina and
southern Virginia state that watermelOnS
are ripening fast. About July ~ cutting
OF melons will start AS fast as cut
they will be loaded on vessels 1or thls
city and Baltimore.
Dealers say the first cargo OF the fruit
will be at the local wharves not later
than July q. BY August !. the caicula-
ton is the melon season Will be IN fuii
swing and several vessels laden Withs
the fine fruit will be arriving here each
day from North Carolina points and from
the James river and other waterways in
southern Virginia.
Watermelons from the farms on the
lower Potomac will reach this market
about ten days behind the more south
ern grown fruit When it arrives the
homegrown melon will command higher
prices.
The outlook Is for q big watermelon sea-
son.
Arrived: Schooner Sam Wood, cord
wood from q Virginia point to the deal
ers: tug 8. o. No. II. towing tank barge
dria from Baltimore: schooner s. L.
Bowen, cordwood from down-river
point; schooner A. III. Quinby. pine lum-
Der from the Rappahannock river;
schooner Earl Biscoe. cordwoOd from
Aqua creek for the local market; schoon-
err Mabel & Ruth. pine lumber from
North Carolina via Alexandria; schooner
Walter F. Meade, with a tow of scows
from Greenway; schooner James c. Clark,
cordwood from Virginia point; scow Sea
No Name, clans from the eastern shore
Of Chesapeake bay.
Sailed: Schooner Oakland. for Fort
Washington with part cargo Of cord
WoOus SChOOLCI DcI liz May, URul, LOT b
Potomac point to load back to this city;
tug Captain Toby, with a tow for a down.
river point; tug S. o. Company No. II.
towing tank barge No. 53, light. from
Alexandria for Baltimore: tug Resale,
with q tow Of light sand and gravel car
rying lighters for a down-river point.
Memoranda: Schooner W. H. French
has been chartered to load cordwoOd on
the lower river for this city: schooner
Urbana has gone to u bay point to load
back to this city: scOw Daniel has gone
to Colonial Beach with a cargo of coal for
the electric lighting plant there: schooner
r. A. Scribner has gone to Norfolk to
load coal for Georgetown. s. c.
The United States naval tug Triton yes
terday took from the naval ordnance
foundry here to the proving grounds at
indian Head, Nd, three new naval guns.
which are to be tested at Indian Head
before being sent to the ships for which
they were built. The guns were mounted
On two of the car lighters belonging to
the ordnance foundry to be transported
to indian Head. One of the guns is
big one. and the other two are smaller.
The two-masted river schooner Mary
Ann Shea was yesterday hauled out on
the marine railway at Benefits boat
yard for examination of her hull under
water and for general overhauling. The
vessel will be on the railway for week
or two.