Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-09
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

Tine opening of the street link that con-
meets Water street with 14th street south
west has started the improvement of one
of the dilapidated portions Of the west
ern part of the harbor and in a short time
the water front to the east of the rail-
way embankment will be one of the bus
lest spots about the harbor. The proper
~ has been leased by local coal COM
pany, which has had plans prepared for
the building of large pier and coal dump
and the construction work on them is TO
be started in short time. Railway
tracks connecting with those used by the
various railroads entering the city, will
be laid into the yard. Coal will be de-
1ivered in cars on the trestle and chutes
will place it aboard lighters for transpor-
tation to the docks Of the various steam
boat lines and from the lighters the fuel
will be transferred into the bunkerS of
the steamers. Under the present arrange
ments the coal used on the steamers out
of this city is hauled to the wharves in
wagons and dumped, to be taken aboard
the boats in wheelbarrOws. 1t is said
ice in about three months.
In spite Of the fact that the season for
taking oysters from the beds in the lower
Potomac expired. by the fisheries regu-
lations of the states of Maryland and Vir-
ginia, oysters in the shell are being
brought here in quantities as large as at
any time during the season. In the TWEEN
ty-four hours ending this morning eight
vessels with the bivaves aboard came
into port and tied up at the fish wharf to
dispose of their cargoes. The vessels have
aboard about 2.40O bushels Of the bivalves.
and in spite of the warm weather of the
past three days the demand for them has
been good. The coming OF warm weather
of the early spring will cause a heavy
falling off in the demand for oysters in
the she'll but vessels with the bivalves
aboard will arrive al this city for several
weeks TO come.
Arrived: Schooner I.ottie Carter. cord
wood from a river point: schooner Mamie
and Ruth. laths from North Carolina
point: schooners William II. Bixler. Jacob
Goldstrom. NJ. j. Stevenson. Charles II
teer. oysters in the shell from Potomac
beds: iattie Jumping Jack. clans from
the eastern shore of Chesapeake bay;
schooner Edith Verral. lumber from Mat
tox creek: schooner Shepherd, cord wood
from river point for local dealers.
Sailed: Steam yacht Giavota, on a
cruise TO the lower river: schooner S. L.
Bowen light, for a lower river point
10 load back TO this city; barge Maury,
light. for Baltimore in tow of tug Yerkes;
schooner Silver Star. light. for Aqua
creek to load wood for dealers here: tug
Capt. Toby. with tow for a down-river
point: tug Camilla, for a down-river
point, seeking; schooner Kibble light, for
Memoranda: Schooner Hattie Nicker-
soa has been chartered to load lumber
at a Virginia point for this city; schooner
Doyle is at Georgetown. light waiting
orders: schooner u. Z. Layton sailed from
Baltimore yesterday for this city: schoon-
or Hester a. Waters Is at Baltimore
with lumber from the James river
schooner j. S. Hoskins Is chartered to
bring lumber from Tampa to this city
at 81 per thousand feet: tug Defiance
has arrived at Baltimore. towing the tie
laden barges Worcester and Arundel.
The schooner Jas. A. Parsons, which
is lying at the nth street wharf loading
oyster shells for Suffolk, Va. will sail
early in the coming week with 12,OG
bushels of the material aboard. They
are 10 he used in planting work
in the NanSemond river. The Parsons
will load lumber on the James river after
discharging her cargo of shells
The tug Camilla of the Taylor fleet of
this city started down the river yester-
day after a tow of wood and lumber
CINE became partially disabled and Capt
Davis thought it wise to return to Alex
andria for repairs. The work on the
boat was completed last night, and she
resumed her interrupted trip.
The barge Atlantic. which is in Aqua
creek loading railway ties for New York,
will be brought up to Alexandria tomor-
row and berthed at the shipyard pier to
complete her cargo Of about $4,000 ties.
The barges Worcester and Arundel. tie
laden from the Potomac. sailed from
Norfolk yesterday In tow OF the tug
Margaret for New York. The barge Wi
to load ties on the Potomac for New
York