Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-26
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

| The ram schooner Grace G. Bennett
Capt. Laramore. came into port yester-
day afternoon with about 100000 feet
of pine lumber and several thousand
bundles Of shingles from mills at New
bern, n. c., for dealers here. She Is
the last of the fleet of lumber-laden
vessels due here. and 1t is stated thai
few charters are now being made and
that IL will be some time in the spring
before another vessel with large car
20 of lumber comes into port here
The Bennett left Newbern about three
weeks ago and has been detained on
the trip by the continuous fogsy
weather and unfavorable winds. She
was coming up the river under sail
when Capt. Davis of the tug Camilla
picked her up and towed her into port.
The Bennett and the schooners Hester
A. Waters, Sidonia Curley and A. II.
Quinby are unloading lumber at the
local wharves and the work Of dis
charging them is being hurried SO that
they can return to Virginia ports to
load before the bad weather looked for
in the coming month is at hand. These
vessels will bring lumber back to this
city in the spring. It is also stated
which is laid up here, will go into COM
mission shortly and will go to North
Carolina for a cargo.
The unseasonably warm weather is
having depressing effect on the oyster
market and yesterday. instead Of being
busy day, as Monday usually u.s. was
rather dull and number of vessel
masters are talking Of returning to
down-river points and planting their
stock until more seasonable weather
comes. The stock on hand aboard the
fleet Of fifteen vessels lying at the
wharf was augmented yesterday by the
arrival Of seven vessels and others ar
rived this morning making the supply
on hand large. This morning the b.
valves sold at from 40 cents to $1.Oo
seasonable conditions stiffening in
price is looked for. The quality OF the
oysters being brought from the Poto-
mas beds is still excellent and they
are being caught in auanties:
fleet of the Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia Railway Company. which re-
Gently completed overhauling at Bal
timore shipyard. has taken the place
Of the steamer Anne Arundel upon the
route between this city, the lower river
and Baltimore while the latter steamer
is being overhauled. The Northum-
berland. under the command Of Cap.
Joseph Smith, left here yesterday aft
ernoon for the lower Potomac and Bal
timore
Carter & Clark's pile driver has COM
pleted the repairing of the pier of tho
Columbia Granite Company at George
town and has returned to this city
preparatory to taking UP other repair
work about the harbor. contracts for
which are now being placed.
Arrived: Schooner Grace G.. Bennett,
lumber and shingles from Newbern. y.
c., to dealers; tug Camilla with a tow
of oyster-laden vessels from a river
point; bugeyes Halle r.. Lottie Thorn
"a Ruth and Ella Kathleen Matte
May. Lily Clarence and Maud S.. and
schooner s. c. Kimball. oysters in the
shell from river and bay beds: tug
Pride, with a tow Of sand-laden light
ers from Piscataway creek.
Sailed: Schooner Fair American, light.
for a river point, to load back to this
city: tug Minerva, with a tow of light
ers for a down-river point; Hattie Return
ing Dove ands bugeye Wyatt, light for
the Potomac oyster beds to load back to
this city; tug Capt. Toby. towing Il
scow for a river point: barge John "
route to Norfolk to load lumber.
Memoranda: Schooner Maine Of 'th s
city has sailed from the James river
with a cargo of lumber for Baltimore:
schooner Bennett is under charter to
return to a North Carolina point to load
back to this city; tug NJ. Nj. Davis is at
Baltimore with g tow of schooners
from the capes: Standard Oil barge 40.
"a has sailed from Baltimore for this
city in tow Of Standard Oil Company $
tug, No. II.
The little tug Capt. Toby. which has
been laid up at the 10th street wharf
for several weeks past. went into service
yesterday. The aug will remain in serv-
ice for few days and will then return
to her dock to lay up until the spring
trade opens on the river.
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