Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-23
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The old bugeye-shaped schooner Beu-
lab Land at the Alexandra sh!py ard Tor
the past week undergoing overhauling
and painting. will today complete re-
pairs and sail for the Severn river to
load glass-making sand for bottle manu-
featuring plants at Alexandria.
The Beulah Land is unique in that
she is one OF the few bugeye-shoped
schooners of American registry. Only
two Of her kind are In service on the
bay She has been navigating the waters
Of Chesapeake bay and the Potomac for
many years and is frequent visitor to
this city.
For the last three months she has been
employed in bringing glass-makipg sand
from the Severn to Alexandra. The
vessel will make several more trips in
that trade.
Although the oyster season has been
over for nearly a month, vessels laden
with the bivalves in small quantities con-
tinue to arrive at the nth street wharf
from the lower Potomac and Chesapeak Ike
bay. The demand is light. Several times
lately vessel masters Lave been unable
taken them back down The river to put
them overheard in salt water 10 keep
them in condition for future market.
Yesterday two small flatties arrived
here from the lower end OF the river.
Both vessels have aboard less than a
hundred bushels OF oysters. In spite
CT the warm weather the oysters now
brought to market are in excellent con-
dition and sell at prices ranging about
30 cents a bushel.
CLANS from the eastern side OF the bay
are brought to this market in small ca
without
several arrivals of "clammers' from bay
points To reach this market these open
beats sail from two to two hundred and
fifty miles and brave weather that makes
the masters of much larger vessels seek
a,bor.
The Chesapeake bay canoe is said to be
ore of the hest sailing craft ever de-
signed. The chances they take in coming
10 this city should prove It,
Arrived: Slocp jackson. cord wood from,
Potomac point fer the dealers; sleeps
Hattie Ely ard Annie F.. oysters in the
shell from Potomac points; tug Camilla.
with a tow from a down-river point !,
canoe Rafting Joe. CLAIMS from the east
ern shore of Chesapeake bay; schooner
S L. Bowen. wood from Nomini creek
fer dealers: tug Fortuna. with two coal
laden barges in tow from Chesapeake
City: tug Meade. with a tow OF sand
and gravel laden lighters from a river
point.
Sailed. BuSeye Fila. lgns. Tor MachO-
doc creek to load back to this city: tug
Fortuna. with a tow OF light coal-carry-
ing barges for Chesapeake bay points:
schooner Ella Davenport. light, for a
Florida PORT to load lumber
II nloranda: Schooner Nettie is at Fort
Washingto on unloading a cargo Of stone
from Alexandria; scow Bush Is at Mar
shall Hall loading cord wood for this
market: schooner Edith VERBAL is in
Wades bay loading for this city: schoon-
ers Grace Bennett and Mabel and Ruth
will return to North Carolina ports to
load for this city; schooner Samuel
Wood has been chartered to load lumber
on the Rappahannock river for this port
The four-masted schooner reported in
the lower Potomac is said to be the
schooner Clara Donnell bound to Alex
andria with ice from Maine She is ex-
pected to arrive there today. The big
four-masted schooner Brina Pendlet or
mas recently been chartered to bring ice
from Maine to the Mutual Ice Company
at Alexandria.
The three-masted schooner Ella Daven.
port. which unloaded lumber here. wa.
unable to get a charter to carry coal &c
Florida. except at low figure. at either
Baltimore or Norfolk. She sailed ligh,
yesterday in tow of the tug Camilla 'ol
the Kettle Bottoms. and will go sight &c :
| Florida port for a cargo Of luIao~
| this city or Baltimore.