Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31
HOTELS. RESTAURANTS & CAFES
Where to Dine.
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The coming of cool weather is hailed
| with delight by the Potomac oystermen
and fishermen. whose business has been
| much depressed for the past two weeks
on account of the unseasonably warm
weather.
While receipts of oysters in the shell at
the 18th street wharf market have been
! good demand was light. Masters of BIZ
valve-laden vessels sold cargoes at low
prices in order to get rid of them before
they spoiled.
The same condition prevailed in the Ash
| market. Receipts from the nets in the
lower river were excellent, but the almost
| hot weather killed the market. To dis
pose of the fish they were sold at low
prices.
The masters of large number Of oys-
ter-running vessels went down the river
for cargoes during the warm spell. but
were afraid to buy. This affected the
| dredger by not giving him q market for
his catch.
These vessels yesterday began taking
oysters aboard. In the coming week
| there will be large fleet OF oyster-laden
| boats at the 18th street wharf and bust
| ness there will be brisk. The oysters at
| the wharf this morning were selling at
| from SO cents to 81 and higher per bushel.
Several large coal-carrying barges are
| lying at various points along the Poto-
| mac taking aboard pulp wood and rail-
| way ties for Philadelphia and New York
While the shipments OF pulp wood for pa
permak1ng to the northern mills have
been heavy during the past summer and
this fall. that of railway ties has been
lighter than for many years past.
Instead of thirty or forty vessels load
ing ties at Alexandria and points down
the river during the summer, as would
have been done In an ordinarily good
year. there have been possibly five barges
n uvit fnr rlxo$c
The dealers in the commodity at this city
| state that the outlook for business is
| improving and that they will load two or
| three large vessels for New York or
der between this time and the closing of
the river by ice. provided the ice does not
come too soon.
Next year they are looking for good
business and have already begun to place
| orders with tie-cutting firms in Mary
land and Virginia fer q full supply of
them for spring and summer .livery
! The steamer Harry Randall of the
Washington and Potomac line was yes
terday provided with her winter protec-
ton for cattle and live stock that are
/ brought from down-river points to this
city. on the forward deck of the boat.
During the summer and early fall the
| forward deck of the boat is open and
| the breeze from the river sweeps across
It. making 1t an excel mt place to carry
crabs. fish and other per.shable freight.
In winter. however. to prevent oysters.
fish and like commodities from freezing
and to make 1t more comfortable to live
stock. this open space about her bow is
inclosed by heavy wooden blinds bolted
| in place. These We're placed in position
| yesterday by Capt. Slye and his men.
Arrived: Schooner Earl Biscoe, cord
wood from a down-river point for deal
ers: tug George w. Pride. with tow
| from a river point: bugeye Winnie Wind
sor, oysters from the Potomac beds for
| the dealers; schooner C. c. Wheeler cord
wood from the lower Potomac for the
| Eastern branch; schooner William Cum
ningham, lumber from Smiths wharf to
| Georgetown; sloop Volunteer. schooner
| William H. Bixler and bugeye Thomas
| H. Kirby, oysters in the shell for this
market tug Eugenia, with a tow from
PiScataway creek
Sailed: Bugeye Ethel Vale. light. for
the Potomac oyster beds to load: schoon-
| er Sidonia Curley. light, for the Rap
| pahannock river TO lead lumber for this
market; pungy E. r. s. Dougherty. light.
| for Pocomoke sound to load for this city:
schooner ]. C. Bailey Brown. light. for a
| river point to load cord wood for the
dealers here: schooner William Henry.
| light for down-river point to load back
| to this city: tug Minerva. with a tow OF
| light scows for Greenway and other
points.
Memoranda: Barge Patuxent of Balti-
more will be brought to Alexandria Mon
day to complete loading a cargo o. rail-
way ties for New York: barge Patuxent OF
Philadelphia is loading pulp wood at Chca-
muxen creek for philadelphia: scow Sea
King is loading ties at Marshall Hall for
Alexandria: scow Daniel. is employed in
Tightening ties at river points to loading
barges: schooner Sam Wood, is in the ST.
Mary river loading wood for this city:
schooner Isabelle Is at river point load
ing cord wood for this market.
Early in the week the northeastery
winds made the tides SO high that on one
or two occasions the water enarly reach
ed the tops of some o. thu lower wharves
in the harbor Yesterday the heavy north
west wind brought about opposite condi-
tons. making the tide so low that in many
of the docks there was no wat at all
and the vessels in them were left lying
on the bottom. Low tides will continue
As long as the northwest winds blow.