Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Wnlch brought ice here Is rapidly thin
ningt out. By the end Of the present week
all now in port will have completed un-
loading cargoes and have sailed.
A week ago there were six or seven big
vessels at the wharves Of the American
Ice Company on the river 'front.' Yester-
day afternoon only four remained, the
schooners Elisha Atkins and William C..
Tanner, at the 9th street wharf, and the
Frank T. Stinson and Thomas s. DENIM
son, at the 10th street wharf
The Atkins completed unloading nearly
1000 tons Of Maine ice: yesterday after
noon. She will sail in tow Of one of the
Taylor tugs for Baltimore this morning to
load soft coal for a New England port.
The Dennison has aboard but a small
portion of her cargo. She will unload and
sail within the next day or two.
AS soon as these vessels sail the taking
out OF the cargoes Of the Tanner and
Stinson will start. The schooner Mar
garet T. Doyle. with ice for this city, is
thought to be in the bay. Her arrival is
looked for tomorrow.
The schooner Margaret Thomas, loading
coal at Georgetown, after unloading ice
here, will complete taking aboard her
cargo and will be ready to sail early in
this week for Boston. The schooner will
not load ice again for this city or Balti-
more
Capt. Delano will take aboard ice. fruit
and general Christmas stores which he
Will carry to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Just
about this time In each year the Thomas
makes trip to Rio. arriving there about
q month or six weeks before Christmas
At Rio the Thomas will take aboard a
cargo for the United States and will be
back home and unloaded before the
spring trade begins.
The Thomas Is a handsome vessel and
will carry about 1900 tons.
The supply of watermelons on sale at
the nth street wharf market continues
large. Dealers in the fruit say they do
not look for any diminution in receipts
for weeks to come.
Yesterday and last night about 1900
addltionai melons were brought to mar
ket. II is estimated that there are now
fully $1,000 on sale at the wharf
The fruit Is the finest brought here in
recent years. In consequence of the large
supply they are selling at frosl 81 to $40
per hundred. low prices for the fine fruit.
The demand continues good. The wharf
is crowded all day with buyers and wag-
ons taking away their purchases The
bulk Of the supply now is from along the
Potomac.
wood from a river point: sloop Little
George and schooners Maryland and Clara
and Matte, watermelons from Potomac
points for the dealers; bugeye Seabird.
lumber from a river point; schooner James
Clark. cord wood from a Virginia port
for the navy yard; schooner John W.
Bell pine lumber from a river point for
the Eastern branch: schooner Hattie
stark. cord wood from river point; tug
Resale. with a tow from river point !;
schooner Oscar. cord wood from Nomini
Sailed: Schooner William Cunningham
light. for a Potomac point to load:
schooner New Jersey. light. for the East
ern shore to load: schooner M. w. Lau-
schooner Elisha Atkins, light, for Balti-
more to load coal for a New England
port; schoOners s. L. Bowen and Lottfe
Carter. light, for river points to load
back to this city; schooner Leroy, light
for Mattawoman creek to load cord wood !;
schooner Isabelle. light. for Mount Holly
to load for this city; tug Camilla, with a
tow for a down-river point: tug w F.
Meade. with tow of light scews for
dredging machines down river.
Memoranda: Schooner Maine has been
chartered to load pontoons and piping at
this city for Cape Charles: schooner Ur-
bana Is under charter to load lumber on
the York river for Baltimore; steamship
at Baltimore In tow Of tug NJ Mitchell
Davis; schooner Five Sisters will go to
Aqua creek to load wood for dealers here:
schooner Belmont Is at a river point
loading for this city.
The steamer Estelle Randall was off the
Glymont route yesterday to clean her
boiler and have some engine work done.
The steamer Wakefield took her place
upon the route for the day and the Ran
all returned to service this morning.
The steamer Queen Anne made the
last trip of the season to River View yes
terday, when she carried a large throng
OF the Plate Printers Association of the
bureau of printing and engraving to the
resort. The steamers St Johns and Wake
field were also in service to assist in car