Evening star., 1909-06-03
NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

The number of barges loading pulp
wood and Railway ties at points along
the Potomac is more numerous Just
now than at any time in the past year
or longer. The barge Howard Neff Of
Philadelphia is at the Alexandria ship
yard taking aboard about 5000 ties
from river points and along the South
ern railway in Virginia for Philadei-
phia. The barge Rappahannock. it is
stated, is loading ties at Somerset
Beach, and the big seagoing barge
John Z. Donahue which unloaded fer
tiilzer at Alexandria, is at Somerset
Beach completing cargo of about 5000
ties for New York. The barge Wicomico
is in Potomac creek loading pulp wood
for Philadelphia or Elkton, Md, and
a large seagoing barge is reported in
for New York. The barges Arundel and
Atlantic are under charter to load ties
at Potomac points and will begin taking
aboard their cargoes in few days. There
has been a general resumption of ship
ping in the tie business on the Potomac,
and pulp wood is more in demand.
The crabbers down river and the
dealers here are looking for a heavy
Increase in the receipts Of soft shell
crabs during the present week. The
crabs shed their shells about the full
of the moon in each month and hun
dreds Of them are then caught where
dozens are caught at other periods of
the month. The moon is full tonight
and along the grabbing grounds down
river men and boys are searching the
shores for the delicacy to send to this
market. The bulk Of the soft crabs from
the Potomac is caught in the vicinity of
Colton's wharf and in the Wicomico
river, Maryland. On the last trip of the
steamer Capital City from these points
she brought up about twenty-five pack
q paC ~ hn he mr. ho or or h
cumberland also had a good quantity of
the crabs consigned to local dealers from
Coan river. Virginia. and Smiths creek
and the ST. Marys river. Maryland At
rive. points the delicacy sold at from 20
to % cents per dozen. In the markets
here they sell at twice that price.
AS yet the tug Margaret has not been
f1oated from the marine railway at the
Alexandria shipyard, where she stuck
last week while being hauled out for
wrecking appliances which were brought
here from Baltimore to release the tug
from its involuntary Imprisonment are
ready for action. and 1t Is expected the
tug W.. be worked into deep water to-
day. The hanging up Of the railway is
a most uncommon accident, and 1t Is said
that this is the first time In third of a
century that such a thing has occurred
at the Alexandria shipyard.
Arrived-Schooner Samuel Wood, cord
wood from Bretons bay for the dealers
here: schooner Sidonia Curley, lumber
from the Rappahannock river; schooner
Grapeshot, at Alexandria,. with barreled
fish from Reedville, Va; bugeye Levin J.
the dealers; schooner Edith Verrall, lum-
ber from q river point; schooner Five Sis
ters. lumber from Aqua creek for deal
ers; schooner Mary Baird, cord wood from
a bay point schooner Itinerant. pine lum-
ber from Virginia point for dealers; tug
Meade with q tow of lighters from a river
point
Sailed-Steamer Dennis Simmons. light.
from Alexandria for, North Carolina
points, via Norfolk; schooner Thomas G..
B. Brown. light. for Coan river to load.
tug George W. Pride. towing light barge
to Liverpool. point; barge Cecil. light for
Baltimore to load; schooner Mary Elvia,
light, for a down-river point to load for
this city: schooner Peri. from Alexandria
with a general cargo for river point
barge Shenandoah has sailed light for
Norfolk to load lumber; schooner Edith
Verrall. wood from a river point.
Memoranda-Barge Mouse has arrived
light at Baltimore from this city to load;
schooner John McGinnis has sailed from
the Rappahannock river for Philadelphia
with lumber: schooner Oyster Boy is
living in lower Machodoc creek. waiting a
cargo: schooner William H. MCGUIRE is
at Deep Point, Va, with fruit cans from
Baltimore; schooner Edwin & Maud is at
Norfolk to load lumber, schooner Oak
lana Is dl Il IlN ci punt lcduitS IOT InlS
city; schooner Mary Francis is at Mary
land point loading railway ties for Alex
andria.
The tug Camilla. Capt Davis. of the
Taylor fleet has gone to Point Lookout
after c. c. Co. barge No. IT, which is
due there today from Boston. and which
is to be brought to this city to load coal
for a New England point The barge
will go under the coal chutes at George
town as soon as barges and u, now at
Georgetown. complete loading in the lat
ter part of this week
The river steamers leaving here yester-
day afternoon and this morning all had
large passenger lists made up of persons
going to Colonial Beach and other points
along the river to spend the summer
months The heaviest of the travel to
river points will not come until after the
10th of this month, and travel will con-
tinue heavy from that time until the lat