Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-16

yet be necessary to put on third steamer
to aid in taking care of all those who
will wish to witness the ceremonies incl
dental to the arrival Of the big ships. The
officials of the Norfolk and Washington
Company are preparing for throng that
will be limited only by the capacity of the
steamers In service Saturday and Sunday
nights next The trip Saturday night
will be the second the new Southland Will
have made from this city. Its capacity
for Thursday night. its first trip will also
be pretty we'll taxed.
The fogs on Chesapeake bay and its
tributaries have been unusually frequent
and exceptionally heavy in the past two
months. During one of the recent fogs
he schooner a. H. Quinby. which I'M
loaded lumber here last week, was lying
at anchor in the Rappahannock river as
steamer from Baltimore. bound to a
nearby wharf. came up the river. The
pilots of the steamer. through the mist
clouds, mistook the anchored schooner
for the pier a which she was to land,
and II was not until almost alongside
the vessel that the pilot Of the steamer
discovered his mistake. Then he put his
wheel over, sheered off and made an
other start in search of the lost pier
Capt. Alfred Curley. master of the schoon-
er Sdonia Curley. who has been navi-
eating the bay and Potomac for many
years states that his records show that
fogs have been three times as numerous
this year than In any year for a. long
time.
The supply OF oysters in the shell at
the wholesale market on the 18th street
wharf Is large and vessels are leaving
the wharf quite frequently with con-
siderable proportion of their cargoes
aboard for the lower river, where the
oysters will be planted. The warm. un-
seasonal BILE weather has made the demand
very light though the stocks of oysters
aboard the vessels at the wharf are par
ticularly fine. Today they are selling at
prices N q.
buShel
Arrived-Schooner Earl Biscoe lumber
from Coan river to dealers here; schooner
S. {. kimball. oysters in the she'll from
Southern with a tow of barges from
Baltimore for Georgetown; schooner
James O. Wright. lumber from the lower
river to the eastern branch; steam yacht
Giavota; from Lynchs point. Va; bug
eye Nellie and Matte. oysters from a
lower Potomac bed for dealers; steamer
Southland. new. from builders at New
port News: tug Camilla. towing tank
barge S. o. Co. No q. oil from Point
Lookout.
Saled-Schooner S. F.. Colburn and bug
eye Lola Taylor. light. for a doWn-river
point to lead back to this port: schooner
Sidonia Curley. light. for Rappahannock
river point to load lumber for dealers
the Wicomico river to load: bugeye kath-
leen. fer a Potomac point to load back
to this city: bugeye Majestic for the lower
river to load oysters in the shell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Goldie c. is on her
| way to this city from Coan with lum-
Der: schooner A. II. Quinby is. in port
! waiting orders tc sail for the Kappa
| hammock to load lumber; schooners Com
pact and Flying Scud have arrived at
Baltimore from Virginia points: schooner
Rockaway has sailed from Baltimore to
Virginia port to load lumber
The steamer Charles Manchester of the
Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall route
nesumed its trips between this city and
| Mount Vernon yesterday morning. and
from this time until next fall the boat
will be kept in operation. While laid up
the boiler and machinery Of the steamer
were overhauled and the saloon and pal :
] lors were renovated and refitted for the