Evening star., 1909-05-16
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT


foot OF 18th street, which for several
months past has been a scene Of activity
twenty-four hours in the day, has sunk
into state OF quiet aand is now one OF
the dullest places on the river front The
oyster season closed about two weeks
ago. but had 1t not been for the coming
Of hot weather early in the season oyster
laden vessels would have continued to
come. The cutting out Of the fishing
shores last week closed the spring fishing
season and the fleet of runners that had
been coming with cargoes of fish from
river points have departed and with them
have gone the fish cutter and packer that
made the wharf and its vicinity lively. A
small clam-laden canoe from the sastern
shore of Chesapeake bay may be seen
lying at the wharf. but both the fish and
oyster wharves are now given up to the
storage Of lumber and the summer quiet
Is upon them. Activity about these
wharves will not be resumed until the
melon season opens some time in the early
fall and before it is over the oyster sea-
son Will be again at hand.
The Taylor tug Camilla is expected to
arrive here today with the schooner barge
No. of the Consolidation Coal Company
meet, which Is to be berthed at George
town 10 load about JOo tons of coal from
the Cumberland mines for New Eng
land port. No. Z was expected to arrive
here several days ago and tug that
went to the mouth of the river with a
loaded barge in the early part of the
week was to have brought her to this
city. She was delayed in reaching Point
Lookout and did not arrive there until
yesterday. The vessel will complete the
taking aboard of her cargo by the middle
OF the week. by which time another light
barge will be here to load.
The steamer Wakefield OF the fleet of
the Potomac G. Chesapeake Steamboat
Company. which left here for Newport
News, Thursday night, arrived at the
shipyard there Friday. She was placed
in the dry dock there yesterday and the
work of renewing number of plates in
her hull was begun. The steamer is to
receive general overhauling before she
returns to this city about June !
Arrived-Schooner Eleanor Russell. cord
wood from Potomac point to the deal
ers; schooner Lily D. Smith. barreled fish
from the packing houses on the lower
Potomac: canoe Jack, clans and oysters
from bay port for the local market: tug
Minerva, with tow of sand-aden light
ers for the digging machines down river:
schooner Edith Verrall, cord wood from
Quantico for dealers: schooner ]. r.
Dixon. barreled herring from the Kappa
hammock river packing houses; tug Capt.
Toby, with a tow from a down-river
point.
Sailed-Tug Camilla. light, for Point
Lookout to bring back a light Consoli-
dation Coal Company barge to load coal;
schooner Urbanna, light, for a Chesa-
May. light, from Alexandria to a river
point to load: schooner 8. l.. Bowen.
light. for Wades bay to load cord wood
for the dealers here: bugeye Kathleen,
light. from Alexandria for a river point
to load lumber back to Alexandria; tug
Eugenia, with a tow of lighters for Pts
Getaway creek.
Memoranda Mayf1ower and
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ing for this city: schooner Plumie E.
Smith Is on her way to this city from q
river point with lumber aboard; schooner
Oakland is at Sand Gates loading cord
wood for this city: the barge Pacific.
with ties from Alexandria. has arrived
at Norfolk en- route to New York: schoon-
er Robin Hood has arrived at Baltimore
with lumber from the Rappahannock
schooner Elisha Atkins has been char
tered to load coal at Baltimore for Port
land at 81 cents per ton.
May flies, which generally come about
the close OF the fishing season on the
Potomac, are making their appearance ir
small numbers about the river front. Las,
night they were to be seen flying about
the electric lights, and in a few nights
they will be here in swarms sufficient to
fill the electric light globes with theil
burned bodies and to give the lamp trim
globes clean. No one welcomes the ap-
pearance OF the flies. except the small
boy fishermen, who find them excellent
bait for smelt, perch and other small fish
caught in the harbor.
A small jag Of herring, numbering few
hundred. was received at the fish wharf
yesterday from the traps down river
Fish Of all kinds from the nets in the
river are scarce, and are selling at good
prices. There has been an increase in the
varieties of salt water fish on sale al
the wharf market, but the receipts are
not heavy.