The morning times., 1896-07-19
FROM THE RIVER FRONT
Just Now Business Is Rather
Slack Among Vessels.
DR.. KERR'S NEW YACHT
New Sailer to Take the Place of the
Eva-The MOllie b. and the Falcon
Off ON u Cruise-0ther Matters OF
Interest Large and Small About
Potomac Graft.

Affairs along the wharves from the Long
| Bridge to the Arsenal grounds are rather
quiet after II season OF fair business in
shipping circles. Up 10 within few
days ago the river business was very good
! considering the season, and not a few Of
the longshoreineD were able to keep stead
lily at work and at fair prices. During
the last few days, however, the business
has dropped Off considerably and quite a
number of people-wiite and colored-are
necessarily idle. The slump in the work
along the decks is noticeable, for there are
not nearly SO many vessels lying in along
side the wharves as rs usually the case.
Que OF the largest uf the big three-nasted
scliooners from down East is the Ida c..
Southard, Capt. Aanstcn Blake, which ar
rived Tbursda With 100 tons Of KeDne
bee ice for the Nn tiu1al Capital Ice ON
pany. The Southland is an immense vessel
OF enormous tonnage and capable of going
10 sea III necessary. The schooner is now
being uDloaded, and will reload with coal
for Boston. She will proba big clear Eext
Tuesday or Wednesday.
The schooner &C.. from Suffolk. Capt.
George b. 1Dsley, with $50, eco feet Of
yellow pine, arrived here last Monday, but
VI W u<S1 bttl ubdpit tb Aise
charge her cargo. The lumber was con-
signed TO Frank Libby and is being un-
loaded at Reiley's wharf. AS soon as the
cargo Is discharged the Schooner will go
out light.
ICE FROM MAINE.
The big three-master John ]. Ferguson,
Capt. T. s. wheatley, from Baltimore,
with LAO barrels of cement, arrived
Thttrl MIC lar n.,rt
to II. A. James, was unloaded at Reiley's
wharf yesterday. The vessel will clear
tomorrow, light, for Nanticoke river, where
she will go OH the ways Tor II new mast
and general repairs. Capt. Wheatley's
mother accompanied the vessel on her trip
to Washington.
The. Annie E. Reynolds, a small two
masted schooner from Norfolk, Capt. Joe
Hill, carried $4,000 feet OF yellow pine
lumber from Scots Vile, Va, reaching
this city Friday. The vessel, as soon as
her cargo can be discharged, will go TO
Alexandria, where she will be hauled out
for general repairs.
The schooner Annie Mason, Doc Cum
mings, captain, came in Friday, carrying
but tweDty-eight cords of pine wood The
vessel is unloading at the Tenth street
wharf. @-
Richards, which has been on the ways at
Benefits shipyard for nearly ten days,
was launched at l O'Clock yesterday after
noon. The tug has been thoroughly over
hauled, recaulked and repaired and will
resume her place in the towing business
in a few days. The sioop Wave, Capt.
Baker, was hauled out as soon as the Rich
ards was launched, and she will undergo
extensive repairs during the next two
weeks.
General repair work is now icing made
to a number Of small craft, the owners
taking advantage Of the dull times in the
river business to do this work and to get
ready for the fall season.
DR.. James Kerr's new sloop yacht now
being built a Cumberland's yard, foot Of
Ninth street, will be ready to launch about
Tuesday of this week. The yacht is Of
the deep-keel construction. forty feet over
all, and her beam is ten feet. Yesterday
men were enga ged in putting her rudder
in position, and the job attracted the at
tention Of quite a crowd of spectators.
The yacht is Of a clean-cut model and will
make a splendid addition to the Potomac
fleet.
A sLOOP YACHT.
George Knight, Ed O'Bren and Riley
Cumberland are building a sloop yacht
thirty Eight feet over all AT the Thirteenth
street wharf to take the place OF the Eva,
the yacht hurned.a year ago. Riley Cum
berland is doing the work on the yacht
The little craft will lie of the center-buard
type and will be quite a sailer in spite of
her tweIvc-foot beam, for she will carry
an immense spread Of canvas mainsail,
two jibs and topsatl.
The steam launch Nellie Mari, owned
by Fred R. Reh, rs being thoroughly over
hauled at the Thirteenth street wharf.
The launch is being recaulked painted, and
generally repaired. The launch has
carrying capacity of twenty-five.
The schooner yacht Empire is lying i'm
Willis slip fast going to ruin. The yacht
is owned by Capt Bill Fouts.
The small pleasure yacht, Annette, owned
by Mr.. Shepherd. partially dismantled lies
in Sheriff's Slip. Capt. Randails LOWE
Randall, q steam pleasure boat, is lying
nearby the Annette. Other steam yachts,
the Louise, the Signal, Capt. Gahart; the
Lourine, Capt Richards: the Snork, Capt
Chanlee; the Catherine T. Holbrook, Capt.
Hughes, and the Chicago, ride at anchor
off the wharf at the extreme end Of Seventh
street. The Mollie B., Capt. Wayman,
is at Cedar Point with party of excur-
and the Falcon is at BIockson's
Island with an excursion party. The
pungee j. j. Underhili, Capt Joe Chevell,
is lying at Riley's wharf waiting to take
out a party of gentlemen on a fifteen days
outing The trip will include stop
at Rlackiston's Island and perhaps run to
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