Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-08
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
BAD CONDITION OF HARBOR NEAR
THE ARSENAL.
Transfer OF Crews and Vessels to the
Coast Survey Service-Gen-
eral Items.

The condition of the harbor from the line
of street along more than half the arsenal
| wall is extremely bad. it is said. and unless
| something is done to clean 1t out sickness
| may result. There seems to be an eddy
| making in at this point, which brings all
| the decaying vegetables and refuse from
| the river to that point and leaves 1t there
| At low tide, when the shallow places are
bare. all this accumulation is left to decay
| in the hot sun. and at times the eff1uvia is
| overpowering. When the water is high and
the river bottom covered the odor is not so
| noticeable.
The transfer of the officers and men OF
| the coast survey service from the regular
| naval establishment to that of the newly
| created coast survey corps. which. like the
| revenue cutter service is under the control
| OF the Treasury Department, was carried
| out ordered by Congress. the 1st OF
| August. The crews of the steamers Bache
| and Blake and the schooner Eager were all
! discharged from the navy at Baltimore and
reshipped in the coast survey. In all three
| vessels there was but one man. fireman
| on the Bache, who asked to be sent to
| naval vessel. The transfer on the other
vessels of the survey service We're made at
| the port in which they were lying last week.
| Forty barrels of fish from the eastern
| shore of Virginia and about Norfolk and
| sixteen barrels from the Delaware bay and
| river were received by the local dealers at
| the fish wharf this morning. Only trout,
| bluefish and few mackerel were received.
| The trout sold at 81 to $50 per barrel;
| blues brought 4c. per pound. and mackerel
| 121ac. per pound. Only two barrels of rock
| fish and perch from the river nets have
| been received in the past twenty-four hours.
| The rock sold at &c. to 1Oc per pound and
| the perch at Sc. to 12c. per pound The
| river boats last night brought up about
twenty barrels of hard crabs. This morn
| Ing they sold at Sl.25 to s. per barrel.
| Watermelons this morning sold at the
| fish wharf at s. to $40 per hundred. accord
! Ing to quality. No vessels have arrived in
| port with melons in the past twenty-four
| hours
FreiEht-Laden Vessels.
The Isaac Solomon. Highland Light.
Mary Francis and Harry and Charley. all
| laden with cord wood for Carter G. Clark
| have arrived In port.
| The four-masted schooners Edwin r.
Hunt. with 1.I75 tons of ice on board, and
the Hattie P. Simpson with about the same
| amount, arrived In port last night in tow
| OF the tugs NJ. NJ. Davis and Camilla The
Hunt was locked at the foot Of 10th street
ana the Simpson will be locked at George
| town II water enough can be obtained
| The barge Laura Bush, with heavy timber
| from Piscataway. Md, has arrived at the
James creek canal for Carter & Clark
me Norfolk and Washington line steamer
| Norfoik this morning brought up 1000 wa
| termelons for Anderson. Ernst T. Merrick
| and Davis.
large barge belonging to Bradbury was
| hauled out at Benefits boat ward TODAY for
| new keelson and new planking on her bot
| tom.
The schooner Edwin L. Martin is at
georgetown to load broken stone for Cape
| Charles City.
The Weems line steamer Northumber-
| iahd Capt Geoghegan, sailed yesterday
| evening with a full cargo and heavy pas-
| Baltimore ~
| The schooner L. f. Williams has COM
pleted the discharging of her cargo of fer
| tiliZer and has sailed
The United States naval ting Tacrnsab
and barge with a big gun from the In
dian Head proving grounds reached the
navy yard yesterday evening.
| Inc down-river steamers on every trim
| prins up large quantities of peaches and
| market '-e toeai
The steamer Dennis Simmons has COM
pieted the discharging of her cargo of Ium-
Der and has cleared for Edenton N G. In
! load back to this port
| me pungy Leroy is at Alexandria dis
| wharf ~
The barge Marjorie has arrived with a
large cargo Of fertilizer materials from Bal
| tlmore for VIM A. Smoot & Co
| The four-masted schooner r F. Petit;
grew with LIST tons of Ice for the Mutual
Ice Company. arrived at Alexandra last
night IN tow of the tug Camilla
| Inspection and Repairs.
| Inc United States light house steamer
1essam1ne is In port. She is engaged max
ing some further repairs to the light house
at Jones Point. below Alexandria.
The work of deepening the channel over
Mattawoman flats is now progressing ran
idly. The broken pals of the dredee Pueb
| nave been replaced and duplicate parts sup
| piled so that in case of another breakdown
| the damage can be repaired quickly and
| the dredge put to work again
| The Randall line steamer Kent will I'M
| dergo her annual inspection by the United
states authorities on Saturday next.
| The Taylor Bros tug d. NJ. Key which
| has been on the railway at Burnetts boat
YARD undergoing repairs, has been put
| overheard and Is again in service.
| The launch Santa Barbara, from the
| naval proving grounds at Indian Head has
been handsomely reprinted.
The pungy Put has been launched from
| the marine railway at Alexandria after be-
ing repaired.
| The overhauling of the barge Maggie Call
| at Alexandria has been completed and she
will be taken to Philadelphia to reload hard
| coal.
Mr.. Pink Hart has been transferred from
| the steamer Estelle Randall to the steamer
| Kent first officer, Mr.. Jos. Baker taking
| his place as mate of the steamer Estelle.
| Mr.. William Callahan, general passenger
| agent of the Norfolk and Washington line
| is back from a ten-day trip to Atlantic
| City.
| Messrs Stanton and Dunn of the United
| States steamboat inspectors office at Bal
| timore were in the city today.