Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-28
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
WORK OF COAST SURVEY STEAMER
IN CHESAPEAKE BAY.
Triangulation Completed and Shore
Marks Erected-Receipts at the
Fish Wharf - Briefs.

The coast survey steamer Bache, Capt.
Welker has returned to Baltimore, having.
after several months work, completed the
triangulation of Chesapeake bay from
Point Lookout to its mouth Shore marks
have been erected on both sides of the bay,
from the mouth of the Potomac river to
Old Plantation, on the eastern shore, and
Old Point Comfort, on the western shore.
The coast survey engineers will now take
up the survey of the bay and will continue
the work until the cold weather sets in
and forces a discontinuance
Capt. AL Faunce, who, with crew, on
the Ella Treadwell, is fishing summer
seine on the river near the White House
Harding, was in town yesterday, and al
leges that as the steamer Northumberland
of the Weems line was on her way down
the river Sunday evening last she ran into
one of his seine boats, not far from the
landing named, and cut it in half. The
contents of the boat were lost. but fortu-
nately none of the crew was drowned
What caused the accident could not be
learned. 1t is understood that Capt. Faunce
will bring the matter to the attention OF
the steamboat inspectors.
The receipts of fish by the dealers at the
wharf are still plentiful enough to meet
all the demands of the local market Ihls
morning seventy-two barrels We're received
from the shores about Norfolk and Ocean
View, and trout brought $50 per barrel;
tailors and blue fish, 412c per pound. ana
mackerel, 15c. per pound. The river boats
last night brought up three barrels from
the nets in the lower river. ROCK nsh ana
white perch are selling at Zoe. and l5c per
pound. Crabs are plentiful and no change
in prices are to be noted.
The U. S. ship Fern, the practice vessei
of the Naval Battalion Of the District mill
tia has been brought around from the
navy yard and berthed at the government
wharf foot of o street southwest
The four-masted schooner Henry A Lit
tie is lying at the junction of the George
town and Washington channels competing
the loading of her cargo of coal from w IN
ship & Meredith Co. of Georgetown 1or
Boston. The deep draft of the Vessei pre-
vented her receiving her full cargo at the
Georgetown wharfs. 1t is being brought
to Ter on canal boats and hoisted aboard
by means of a floating elevator. The Little
will sail today.
Coming and Going.
The steamers Kent and Harry Randall
which arrived from the lower river last
night. each brought up large cargoes of
melons and fruit for the local market.
The steamer T. V. Arrowsmith took
heavy freight and large passenger lst 10
points on the lower river yesterday even
ing
Blackistone's Island, in the lower Potomac'
where the doctor has his summer home.
The schooner Ethel W. White is at Ri
ley's wharf, discharging a cargo OF VIZ
ginia pine lumber.
The schooner May V. Duncan sailed from
Georgetown yesterday evening with a car
go of poplar lumber for Philadelphia.
The barge Saturn is at Wm A Smoot q
Co.'S wharf. Alexandria. discharglng
large cargo of hard coal from Philadelphla.
The schooners George A. McFadden, Benz.
c. Firth and Gen. S. E. Merwin will com
plete the discharge of their cargoes of Ice
81 off
will sail in tow of Taylor Brothers tug Tor
Baltimore to load coal
Repairs and Other Matters.
The overhauling of the engine of the
naphtha launch Rudy and the putting in OF
a new shaft at Benefits ship yard is now
nearly completed and the boat will be ready
for service in few days.
The steam launch Americas, one Of the
Capital Yacht Clubs fleet, while coming
up the river with a party aboard Sunday
evening. broke her machinery while off
Buena Vista wharf and is laid up FOR re-
pairs
The tug Cecil is at Deans ship yard in
Alexandria receiving thorough overhaul
ing.
When Capt. Thos. Todd of the steamer
Estelle Randall returned with his steamer
Sunday night last from an excursion trip
to Chapel Point he missed his new Ram
bier bicycle from the warehouse of the
steamer, adjoining the harbor office. He
believed II was stolen, but yesterday, on re-
porting the matter to Harbor Master SUIT
ton he was delighted to find that by the
latter's orders the wheel had been taken
from the warehouse, which had been left
open, and carried to the harbor office for
safekeeping.
The arrivals of watermelons al the fish
wharf in the past twenty-four hours have
been about 1000, brought here in the Goldie
c. and the William r. No change in prices
is to be noted from yesterday.
The steam launch Dixie was this morning
inspected by the United States steamboat
inspectors and her papers will be renewed
at once.
The steamer Samuel J. Pentz made a spe-
cial trip to Colonial Beach today and car
ried nearly 600 passengers.