Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-04

w WRITING an along the water
n front column isn't the easy
NV matter some might suppose.
Just try roosting in the
cockpit of your ship some
time for the purpose of writing let
ter home. The distracting influences
will be such in all probability the letter
will get no farther than the Dear
Folks" stage The breeze rattles the
awning overhead. What day to be
crossing the bay! The fellow three
berths away Tugs an interesting bit OF
new machinery aboard. Must 60 take
a look. Charlie or John or Bill hops
aboard to pass the time O. day and lie
about the fishing, last trip down TO
Coan. Chug -chug go the waves in the
scupper pipe. A new cruiser comes
up the channel. 1 wonder whose nos:
Wnoo-o-o-o-o. The steamer to Balti-
more is leaving. Must watch this.
WHAT'S that darn speedboat trying to
do-hit the wall? There goes Harry
Murray in his boat. "Hlo. Harry
Wonder where he is bound for. Boys
pass carrying strings Of sunfsh. Must
try fishing down along that wall some
time An argument involving the merits
of the Chesapeake deadr;se hull agln
the round-bottomed starts close by on
the dock. Those fellows don't know
have to go over and put them right. so
it goes. and time flies-and the type
writer idleS.
Levin w. Walker, to whom am in
debted for news of the Corinthian fleet,
in Widgeon, and DR.. Harry Smith. IN
Ettawn, are basing operations curing
August from Canoe Neck Creek. St
Clements Bay, driving down each week
end.
j. H. Galliher now IS vice commo-
dore and Col. H. c. Snyder. the CLUB
Leatherneck, is rear commodore, as
result OF Arthur Middleton moving per-
manently to Chicago to take up ms
duties there in an executive capaclty
with the Johns Manville Corporation.
Middleton has resigned his vice COM
modoreship, but retains his member
ship. Many regrets are expressed over
his departure. Using military chatter.
we report Col. Snyder making ROCK
Point his "P. c." for the Summer.
When last saw the colonel ne was
lust on the point of making his de-
parture for China or Nicaragua-one OF
the other. A .Gyrene is never sure Oh
his destination until he arrives. ne
may start for Guam, be snunteo 10
Haiti. wind up in Pekmg. WonqeI IN, ~
the colonel knows that his men call rim
pop? They do. know. I was once
one of them. And in case some one
might mistake the designation as Ia.
miliarity on the part OF the troops, iet
me explain that such nickname car
ries with it an accolade that neltner
Congress nor foreign nations might De-
stow-the absolute approval ana anec-
ton Of those under his command.
The FREELY, James H. MacRafferty
coynn,andinp is on cruise to Breton
Raw and lower river The fishing ana
Grabbing there is all that any one coulo
wish. - Let
Sunday night we were fortunate 70 en-
counter Horace Baxter, VINO, WIFI ms
wife and boys, has been cruising lNe
lower Potomac, Nanjemoy, MacnouoS,
Yeocomico Rivers and Breton pay peiis
some of the points visited; He spoSe IN 10
VIowing terms of the behavior OF MS
boat. the Amycita, ON the trip ana re-
lated running into some OF the famous
southeast "chop" of the lower river, the
rough water off Ragged Point Iurnlsh-
ing plenty Of thrills.
There is much amusement among aa,,n
boating circles over the new sun
tan" fad. Old stuff to boatmen.
Something should be done about the
unsightly dacks that line the cnahnel;
some condemned, others destroyed ana
every vestige Of their being removed.
AS a suggestion, why not require the
posting Of q bond whenever any struc-
ture is placed in the river, a bond that
might not be lifted until the structure
is removed? At many points we md
old abandoned docks, pilings and flsh
stakes, ancient rotting vessels and
scows, the debris from which is serious
menace to navigation.
Opposite Hams Point. for example.
there is an unsightly mess OF old pile
stumps; there Is the old railroad docks
at Oxon Run for another, and along
Water street there are several con-
demned and decayed wharves that
should be removed. not permitted TO
slowly rot and eventually collapse into
The river. Why not require the people
last using khese structures to remove
.them2 Coz hSetiona ere, not allowed 70