Evening star., 1909-05-26
Adiourns for the Summer.
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Decoration day, Sunday next, marks the
opening Of the excursion season on the
Potomac river, and from then until the
middle of September crowds will be going
to the resorts along the river daily. The
steamer Charles Manchester will carry
many thousands of children and their eld-
ers to the popular Maryland resorts and
it is stated that the excursion dates from
now until abor day are well filled with
Sunday schools and societies from this
city. who will give excursions. Marshall
Hall and Coloniai Reach are tha resorts
on the river for white people, River View
having this year been opened for the
colored citizens Of Washington. Com
mencing with the trip next Saturday
evening. the steamer st. Johns will make
trips to Colonial Beach every Saturday
afternoon and Sunday morning through
out June. The daily trips to the resort
will begin about July 1. River View and
Washington Park, the two colored re-
sorts, will run steamers to the parks
daily. and will vie with each other In
popularity.
The wreck of the old Alexandria-Wa
ington ferry steamer Lackawanna, which
was sold about two weeks ago to parties
in Norfolk. will be dismantled. 1t Is said.
as she lies in the old ferry slip at Alex
andria. This is made necessary by the
fact that the steamer Is badly listed. In
consequence Of the house and wheel being
cut from one side, SO that 1t would be a
difficult matter to bring the vessel any
where near even keel to tow her away.
and to tow 1t In Its present condition
would invite further disaster. It Is stated
that the new owners Of the old hull pro-
pose to strip it of house and to remove
boiler and machinery, leaving the hull.
which is sound, to be converted into a
freight barge. When the Lackawanna
was struck by the Norfolk line steame!
only the upper works were damaged, and
the hull Is sound and in good order and
will make a splendid barge. The wreck
of the Lackawanna has been lying at
Alexandria since about two weeks after
the accident that disabled her ana ended
the ferry line.
Only one or two vessel loads OF oyster
shells remain at the 11th street wharf OF
all the big pile that was there when the
oyster season closed month ago, and
within the next few weeks they will be
sent to river and bay ports for use on
worked-out oyster beds. A three -masted
schooner with several thousand bushels
of the old shells aboard left here Mon
day afternoon for lower bay port The
vessel is one of the largest that has
loaded here this fall. and her cargo made
a big hole in the shells remaining on the
pile.
Arrived-Bugeye Ella, cord wood from
High point for dealers; steam yacht Rox-
anna. from a southern cruise; schooner
Lottie Carter cord wood from river
point to the dealers; steam barge Daniel
K. jackson. lumber from river point
to the Eastern branch; schooner Perl.
pine lumber from Aqua creek to the
and gravel laden lighters to the dealers;
pungy Oriental, oak wood from Mary
land point to the market: barge Cecil,
fertilizer material to Alexandria from
Norfolk; tug Meade. with a tow from
a down river point.
Sailed-Schooner Samuel Dutton, light
for Sycamore landing to load: Lady
Shelton, light for the Rappahannock
river to load lumber; schooners Oak
land and Mayfower. light for MARYLAND
point to load cord wood for the dealers
here; barges Rappahannock and Pa
tuxent, light for the Rappahannock river
to load: schooner Julia & Annie. light
for river point to load; schooner Bertha
cord wood; schooner Isaac Solomon,
light for Wades bay to load wood back
to this city; schooner Jennie D. Bell.
oyster shells for Suffolk. Va.
tawoman creek loading railway ties for
Alexandria; barge John T. Donahue is at
Potomac creek loading railway ties for
New York; schooner Earl Biscoe is load
ing lumber in Nomini for the Philadel-
phia market; schooner Grace g. Ben
nett is under charter to return to q
North Carolina point to load for this
city; schooners Isabel A. H. Quinby and
Sidonia Curley are on their way from
the Rappahannock river, with lumber
to dealers here; schooner William Cum
ningham is at Maryland point to load
for this city.
The tug Georges Greek OF the c. c.
Company's towing feet is on her way to
Point Lookout, at the mouth of the Po-
tomac, with schooner barge No. 8 from
Boston and schooner barger No. q from
New York. These barges are to be
coal at Georgetown. The barge now un-
der the chute will complete the taking
aboard Of her cargo today and will be
towed to Point Lookout. The tug that
takes her there will bring back the light
barge.
Nicholas ]. Smith, sixty-four years old.