Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-03
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NEW NAPHTHA YACHT BUILT FOR A
WASHINGTONIAN.
To Be Supplied With Ten-Horse
Power Gasoline EnEine-Gen-
eral and Personal.


the Garcia, will be 81 feet long on deck
and 35 feet on the water line. She has IA
feet beam clear, will draw five and a half
feet to keel and has a center board with a
drop of two feet The keel, which is of
solid iron. weighs five tons, designed to
keep her steady in heavy sea.
The cabin, which will be large, will con-
tain two state rooms and a toilet room and
bath. Forward of this will be a living
room, by feet, and in the bow are the
kitchen and crews quarters. From her
saloon deck to the roof there will be feet
inches of space, so that tall man can
move about without bending his head. She
will be driven by aten-horse-powerg gasoline
engine, arranged under the after compan-
fonway. and which will take up but little
space. 1t Is expected that the Garcia will
go into commission about the middle of
July or the LIST of August. She will be the
largest vessel Of her class on the Potomac.
Contractor Thomas Banks of this city has
completed the rebuilding of the wharf at
Glymont, Md. regarded as one of the most
important shipping points on the upper
river. New mooring and fender piles have
been driven and improvements made in the
warehouse and wharf Platform. Alterations
and improvements are being made in the
wharf at Marshall Hall.
Messrs. Uhler & Co. are building hand
some little sixteen-foot yacht tender for Mr.
A. o. Bliss yacht Adroit. The new boat
will be of the best of cedar and will be
trimmed in nickel and brass When COM
pleted it will be very handsome. The same
firm is also overhauling all the other boats
of the Adroit.
Changes at Light Houses.
The following changes of light house
keepers in Virginia and Maryland have
been ordered. and are of interest to the
local rivermen: James T. Park has been
appointed keeper Of Deep Water shoals
| light station, Va, in place of ]. ]. Nelson
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made assistant keeper of Seven Foot Knoll
light station. in Chesapeake bay; Samuel
Jones has resigned keeper of the light
house at Fort Washington. Nd, and W. S.
Greenbury Point to take his place; Mr.
Jones has been in charge of the light at
Fort Washington for a number of years
and was popular with the river people.
The schooner Ella Mason, with 10000
fruit baskets for Brown Bros. & Co., from
Sharptown. Nanticoke river. is discharging
cargo at the fish wharf. When coming out
Of the Nanticoke river the Mason ran into
the draw Of the railway bridge and carried
away the end of her jibboom.
The dealers at the fish wharf this morn
Ing received IS barrels of fish from Old
Point and Virginia Beach. Prices still
continue way down, trout this morning SELL
ing at from s. to $3.50 per barrel; tailors
and blue fish at cents per pound; mack
erel at cents per pound, and rock fish at
ana cents per pound.
Grabs ere somewhat scarce this morn
ing, only nine barrels arriving on the In
coming steamers since yesterday They
are today at 81 per barrel.
The river fishermen are getting their nets
ready for the summer fishing season, which
will now open in a very few weeks.
Mr. D. E. w. Atcheson has leased the
wharf property at the foot of Prince street
Alexandria, and will rebuild the old wharf
there and fit 1t up for a steamboat landing
The new wharf will give facilities that are
much needed in Alexandria.
WrAPkHFS a tao incv 70 nj
the hulk of the pungy Sea View, which
was sunk on the edge of the Eastern
branch fats, off Buzzard's Point. The rud-
der, chains, anchors and mast and sails
have already been taken off her, and the
hull will be broken up for the old iron that
is in 1t.
The pungy Mamie Estele. which has just
hn1shed discharging a cargo of lumber here,
went to Alexandria and was hauled out on
the marine railway for extensive repairs
to the hull and for other repairs.
The Moving Vessels.
The schooner Loon is at T. w. Riley's
wharf discharging a cargo of lumber for
Riland & Brooks.
The schooner Henry L. Peckham sailed
from the Kennebec river for washington
June %
The United States light house tender yfo-
let is in port from cruise among the
light houses Of Chesapeake bay and the Po-
tomac river.
The schooner Lola cleared yesterday even
ing for Colonial Beach with a cargo of soft
coal.
The schooner Ruth Price sailed yesterday
evening for the lower river to reload for
this port.
The schooner VIM. Oliver has arrived at
Alexandria and is discharging a cargo of
fertilizer for Armour & Co.
The four-masted schooner Edward E.
Brtry will compete the discharging of her
cargo of ice this evening
The schooner United is lying at the 18th
street wharf discharging a cargo of white
sand from Tangier, Nd, for Mr.. Frank
Evans.
The schooner Kate Muller has arrived
with a cargo Of lumber from Coan river
Smith.
The schooner Alberta, with a. cargo of
lumber. is lying In the stream
The schooner William Churchill Capt.
Barker. has sailed from Alexandria for
Baltimore.
The pungy Leroy arrived last night with
a cargo of wood for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Mable. with cargo of lum-
Der from the Rappahannock for Johnson &
Wtmsatt, has arrived in port.
The longboats Mayflower, Capt Henson,
Peri, Capt. Underwood. and Uriah Horner,
Capt. Fisher, and the pungy MCGEE. Capt.
Brown. have all arrived with cargoes Of
cord wood for Carter & Clark.
The barge G. Nelson Thompson, Capt.
Winstead. has sailed from Baltimore for
Alexandria.
The schooner George Gilkey, Capt. Gilkey.
with ice for this port, sailed from Rock
port, Me-, on the 18th ultimo
General and Personal.
The schooner Sidnia Curley, Capt. Cur
ley, was put overheard at the Alexandra
shipyard Saturday. the work of caulking
and painting having been completed.
The little sailing yacht Marion, belong
ing to DR.. Bryan. was Saturday hauled
out at Benefits yard for repainting and
repairs.
The schooner John E. A. Cunningham,
Capt. Bob Carroll, is at Benefits to be
hauled out for extensive repairs
The handsome steam launch Americas of
the Capital Yacht Clubs feet, which has
been lying at the Buena Vista wharf on
the south side of the Eastern branch for
several weeks. sprung a leak Friday and
sank at her moorings In about four feet
Of water. When the tide was at its lowest
she was pumped out and hoated, and has
been brought to the city for repairs.
Capt. Tally Fowkes Of the Alexandria
ferry steamer Columbia has returned from
a short visit to his parents In Prince Will
lam county, Va.
Capt. Bush Grigsby has entirely recovered
from his illness and Is able to be out again.
Can't, Charles EntWisie will command the