Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-07
ON THE RIVER FRONT
Lumber Cargoes Coming From
North Carolina Points.
OYSTERS IN GOOD DEMAND
Northwest Winds Cause Low Tides.
Repairing River Tugboats.
Personal and General.

winter to interfere with navigation by
sailing craft, the vessels bringing lumbe r
to this city from North Carolina points
have been few and far between, though the
dealers on the river front report q good
demand for the material. Usually each
winter, even when ice is making, several
cargOeS will be brought here, but in the
past two months only one vessel has ar
rived here with North Carolina lumber
aboard. Within the next two or three
weeks the receipts of the building ma
terial are expected to be heavy. The
big barge Staunton, and schooners Annie
Roehle and Charles L. Rohde are on
| their way here from Newbern with full
cargoes and the schooner Grace G. Ben
nett and other vessels are at that port to
load for this market. Several schooners
are also reported loading at Virginia
points with lumber for dealers here and
unless exceptionally cold weather comes
two and three masted Schooners with
lumber aboard for the local dealers.
Oyster Demand Increases.
Cooler weather has caused decided
increase in the demand for oysters in the
shell at the 18th street wharf market
and the numerous vessels that were at
the wharf in the early part of the week
have been able to dispose Of their car
goes and have returned to river and bay
! beds to load back to this city.
This morning there were but four or
| five vessels lying at the wharf market
| and they had aboard. all told, less than
thousand bushels of oysters. a supply
sufficient to last, with the present demand.
about forty-eight hours A large fleet Of
| oyster runners is at river points after
oysters for the market here and vessels
are expected to arrive In time to prevent
any serious shortage in the supply
This morning Potomac oysters were
selling at 80 cents per bushel and bay
stock at about so cents per bushel Re-
ports received from down river state that
the dredgers and tongers are making
fairly good catches, and that the oyster
boats should have but little trouble in
getting cargoeS.
Low Tides in River.
The northeriy winds are causing the
tides in the river to run low, but not as
low as they have been several times in
the past month. River men who keep
track of such matters state that heavy
nOrtherly winds have been unusually fire.
quent this winter. and as a consequence
the tides have ranged lower than the
average. Many of the shoal creeks trib-
different occasions been blown dry and
the vessels laid up in them were without
| water about them.
| Fortunately at this season traffic on the
Potomac is very light and the low tides
have really caused but little inconveni-
ence except to the oyster boats caught in
the shOal docks at this city.
| Advantage Is being taken Of her be-
ing laid UP to give the boiler and ma
chinery of the tug Edith Goddard Win
ship. belonging to the Consolidation Coal
Company, general overhauling In order
| to get her in condition TO return to serv-
ice in the latter part of this month or
| early in March. The Winship is en-
ployed d tender to the coal-laden boats
coming down the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, and she will return to servic
| soon as navigation is resumed ON ,ue
| waterway.
The tug Camilla of the Taylor fleet was
out Of commission yesterday to have
some repair work done to her boiler The
work was completed last night and the
tug left with a lighter from Alexandria
| for Quantico, Va. The rebuilding Of the
boiler of the little tug Powhatan will be
| completed next week. it Is stated. but it
will be a week or two later before she
| returns to towing sand and gravel laden
lighters on the river.
Shad From South Carolina.
About 900 shad from South Carolina
| coast fisheries were received by dealers
| at the 18th street wharf yesterday, and
/ this Is said TO be the heaviest receipts
| of the fish IN one day since the season
| opened. They were quickly sold to re-
! tail dealers at 500 each for the roes and
| 40 cents each for bucks. Receipts of all
| other varieties Of fish continue very light
and the supply on sale this morning was
| very small. There has been an increase
| I'm the receipts of white perch, Seve-a |
barrels having been received from North
| Carolina.
Caught by the low tides, the steamer
| Anne Arundel of the fleet Of the Mary
| land, Delaware and Virginia raj road
line, is reported hard and fast ashore at
| Benedicts. on the upper end of the Pa
tuxent river. The steamer was on her
| regular trip from Baltimore, when she
| grounded too hard for her engines to
| float her. 1t Is expected. however. that
| when the tide returns she will be hOated
| without much difficulty. Where she lies
| she Is In no danger Of damage. The rev.
enue cutter Apache has gone to the aid
! Of the stranded steamer.
Capt. William II. Davis, master Of the
tug Camilla, reports the spar buoy at the
| lower end of the Mattawoman flats miss
| ing. The buoy disappeared several days
ago, and is supposed to have been run
| over by passing steamer. The attent' on
! OF the lighthouse authorities will be called
/ to the matter.
Capt. Thomas Shannon is overhauling
his schooner. the Eleanor Russell. in
| NanJamoy creek, preparatory to going
into commission. A letter received at
| this city to his consignees here states
! that he will have his vessel running be-
| fore the last week in this month.
turned from short visit to relatives in