Evening star., 1909-03-12
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The two-masted schooner Clemmie
Travers, one Of the best known of the
fleet of Chesapeake bay traders. is here
with cargo of pine lumber from down
bay point. AS soon as she can unload
she will go to Baltimore to be over
hauled in preparation for several deep
sea voyages during the spring and
summer months. The little vessel has
been chartered by New York parties to
make two or three trips from Chesa-
peake bay points with seed oysters
aboard for New York. BY the time she
finishes this contract the season for
running pineapples from the Bermudas
to this city will be on, and the Travers
will join the fleet of speedy sailing
vessels employed in the trade between
Baltimore and West Indian ports with
pineapples aboard. Every spring ten
or twelve Of the fastest of the fleet of
and for two or three months are employed
in running between the Chesapeake and
the West Indies with fruit aboard. The
Travers has been one OF the fleet OF
pineapple runners from the Bermudas
and other islands for the past six or
eight years.
The new tugboat being built for a. j
Taylor & Bro. of this city al the ship
yard of NJ. NJ Davis & Son at Solo
mons Island, Md, will be ready fol-
but it will be the middle of the sum
mer before the new boat will be ready
to be added to the fleet of towboats
| in service on Chesapeake bay and the
the largest of the fleet owned here
and will also be one of the larges
boats employed on the bay. Ii is de
signed for service on tie coast wheI
needed and to take tu"- =. barses from
the Potomac to New York
| Srpnlv of Sba0 from the nets il
| the lower part of Chesapeake bay ant
| from those III North Carolina waters re
ceived by the dealers at the 11th stree
wharf has shown substantial lncreas'
| in the past two or three days. The tota
receipts OF shad were yesterday owe
1000 while herring fell off. less than 5.0O'
being received by the dealers here. Shat
| sold both yesterday and this mornin;
at sl.10 each for roes and from 90 t.
% cents each for bucks. Herring hav'
| advanced in price and sold at from s.. -
! to $,.25 per hundred.
| Arrived: s. O. Co. tug No. l.. town.
barge No. a., laden with oil in bulk TO
this CITY: power boat Nj. 3. Wright oys
ters in the shell from IA river point TO
| the market: tug James o. Carter, town;
tug William II. Yerkes from the AleXan
dria shipyard: tug Capt Toby. with tov
of lighters from Little Hunting creek
| bugeye Maud, cord wood at AleXandri;
| for dealers.
Sailed: Bugeye LOttie Thomas, light
| for a lower Potomac point to load bacl
| to this city: schooner f.. =. Evans. light
for a lower river point to load oysters il
the shell for this market: S. o. Co. tu,
No. II, towing barge u. light, for Balti
more; launch Virginia. light. for Deco
ouan: tug Pride with a tow of lighter
for Piscataway creek.
Memoranda: Schooner Bill Nye Is a
Baltimore with cargo of lumber from
a Virginia port: schooner Levin j. Mar
vel passed through Dismal Swamp cana
| March 10 bound to North Carolina to loa,
lumber for this city; schooner Five Sis
ters is at lower river point loadin.
| wood for this city: sailing scow DAME
has gone to river point to load railWa
ties for Alexandria: schooner Eleano
Russell light for river point to lOa'
back to this city.
The Baltimore barge Wicomico, ladel
| with several hundred cords of popla
| wood to be converted into paper. is lyin;
at Aquia creek, awaiting the tug that 4
to tow her to Elktop. Md. This is TIN
first cargo of pulp wood that has bee
loaded on the Potomac this spring, bu
from now on several barges will be load
ed each month with wood for the pape
mills in the north.
The schooner Virginia, which arrive'
here Wednesday with cargo of lumbe
from a North Carolina point. is havin'
difficulty in finding A dock on which t.
unload her lumber. Several Of the lumbe