Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-14
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

BY mistake in reading a telegram from
Cape Henry. the three-masted schooner
j. Manchester Haynes, laden with Ice,
from Maine port for this city. was re-
ported to have passed in the capes. Of
ficials of the American Ice Company
were calculating she would be here yes
terday
The tug Camilla was sent down the
river Saturday to meet the tug William
III. ferkes. 1r. which was thought 10 De
on her way up the river with schooner.
with instructions to relieve the ferkes
of the tow so she could return to the
capes to be on the lookout for other in
bound vessels.
The Camilla went to Point Lookout.
turned to this port Meanwhile the mis-
take in the telegram had been detected
but it was too late to recall the tug.
The Haynes is at sea and will arrive
here during the week. She has ABOARD
nearly 1000 tons of ice.
Nearly 5000 tons of ice are to be brought
here within the next two or three weeks
Seven vessels are either on their way or
are loading ice for this port
The big four-masted schooner lnde-
pendent sailed from Bath about July I'D:
She will also be IN port here by the end
of this week.
within the next week or ten days
watermelon-laden vessels will begin to
BY the middle of August the season will
be in full swing Many thousand of the
fruit will be brought here in vessels each
day.
The first cargoes are expected to come
from North Carolina. For the past year
or two melons from the vicinity of Nor
folk have been the first to arrive.
With the advent of the watermelon sea-
son the dull period at the local fish and
oyster wharves will be over. Melons will
H., to- % lrAt L., inf
weather comes. Then the oyster season
will be on hand again. The 18th street
wharves will be wide awake then for sew
eral months to come.
The wholesale dealers in melons seem to
think the fruit will be cheap and plenti-
full. and that homegrown melons will be
on the market earlier than usual.
The schooner Henry L. Peckham, which
brought ice to this city from Maine, yes
terday completed loading cargo of soft
coal at Georgetown for New England
port. In tow of the tug Camilla she
sailed for the mouth of the river and will
make the rest of her trip under sail. The
Peckham has aboard about 100 tons of
the fuel
The four-masted schooner Florence NJ.
Penley, which was taken to Georgetown
from this city several days ago. has been
placed under the coal chutes. A full load
of Cumberland coal is to be placed
aboard her. She will complete loading
about the end of the present week and
will take her cargo to New England
port.
The schooner Brina p Pendleton. now
at Alexandria, may load coal here If her
agents have not arranged another char
ter.
Arrived: Bugeye Frenchy. cord wood
from a down-river point for the dealers;
scow Sea King. lumber from Potomac
point to the dealers here: tug Resale with
a tow of sand and gravel laden lighters
from river point: tug Carter, light from
Indian Head: flattie Martha. junk from a
river point at Alexandria; sloop Daisy at
Alexandria with general cargo from
Sailed: Schooner Five Sisters for a
down-river point to load back to this city;
tug Carter. towing two coal-laden barges
for the naval powder factory on Mattawo-
man creek; schooner William Cunning
or lumber for the dealers here; schooner
Lydia Vernon, light for a river point to
load wheat back to this city; schooner
Virginia, light from Alexandria for Eden
ton, n. c., to load back to this city:
schooner Sidonia Curley, light for a Rap
pahannbck river point to load back to this
city.
Memoranda: Schooner Rather is at
Tappahannock. Va. to load lumber for
the dealers here; schooner Curtis has ar
rived at Norfolk to load lumber; schooner
Three Brothers is in Potomac creek load
ing cord wood for this city; schooner Cr-
hanna Is under charter to load wood at
Virginia port for local dealers; schooner
Lottie Carter Is on her way to this city
from a river point with wood aboard.
The bugeye Eleanor Russell has been
hauled out on the marine railway at the
Alexandria shipyard to have her hull un-
der water painted and for such repair
work as may be necessary to put the ves-
sci in trim for active service on the river.
She will be ready to be put overheard at
once and will go to the lower river to
load a cargo for this city.
In consequence of the dullness In freights
on the Potomac quite a number Of vessels
are laid up at river points waiting a re-
vival of business on the river. The steam
barge Daniel K. Jackson. which up to a
month ago was employed in freighting on
the river, has been laid UP here for the
past three weeks and 1t Is understood she
will not go out until freights are higher
and she can be operated with profit.