Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-11
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
ICE-l>Df.N sCHOONERs IN PORT AND
ON THE WAY.
Sailing Yacht BeinE Heightened NJ
Local Shipyard-The Pass
ing Craft.

,rbr.e large schooners are still in port dis
charging their cargoes of ice. and since the
Isl Of August seven four-masted schooners
have sailed from the Kernebec and Penoo-
scot rivers with ice for this city Inc
Richard BIbber. c. 8 Glidden and John
Twoby sailed the I'd of August. the Henry
Little and the 5. Il. Kiaplan the Sd: the j.
G. Nav the 4th and the Edward Briry the
9th. The first three named are due here
within the next forty-eight hours, and tugs
are down the river looking for them Since
the LIST of August a total of nearly $500
tons of ice has been received here in seven
vessels, and 1O454 tons are afoat, bound
here.
The work of lengthening the sailing yacht
Sea Belle at Bennetts ship yard is pro-
crossing rapidly. Already the new oaken
keel is in position. and the interior frame
work has been completed The outside
planking is being placed on the hull, but it
will be month or six weeks before she
will be ready for service. This Is the first
job of this kind that has been attempted in
Washington boat building yard for sew
eral years. and it Is being watched closely
by the yaChtsmen.
About seyenty-five of the cadets OF Con
zaga College, with couple of hundred of
the relatives and friends Of the boys. left
this morning at O'Clock for St. Inigoes.
St. Marys county, Md, where the cadets
will 60 into camp for week. The party
will reach ST. lnigoes about o'clock this
evening. and the cadets will at once dis
embark The larger portion of the others
Of the party will remain aboard and will
return home at once. reaching here early
in the morning Mr.. Randall will next
Friday night leave here for St 1ntgoes to
bring the boys home. The Gonzaga Cadet
Band accompanied the corps and will fur
nish music for the trip.
The new tender for II. X. Bliss naphtha
launch Grayling. now cruising among the
summer resorts on the lower river, has
been completed by Thler & Co and will be
shipped in day two to the yacht The
new boat il about twelve feet long and Is
elegantly appointed in all details.
Fish Receipts.
Twenty barrels of salt water fish
from the Chesapeake bay and eastern shore
nets and two from Delaware bay were re-
Ce;ved by the dealers at the wharf this
morning Trout today sold at 81 TO $50
per barrel. mackerel at III cents to II cents
per pound; bluefish and tailors, 2ta cents per
pound Three barrels OF river fish were re-
c4ived By Golden 8. Co. and rock sold at x
cents per pound for large to Il cents for
pan fish Perch were in demand and
brought II cents per pound Hard crabs
are not plentiful. and sell at 81 TO 50 per
barrel. according 10 size. With cooler
weather next month the dealers look for
larger catches by the river nets.
-Four vessels. laden with water melons.
ing. all from Virginia
The schooner John E. Bright brings 1000
melons from the Rappahannock. and the
Vigilant 1900 from the same place both
consigned 10 j. H. Richardson & Co.
The schooner Andrew ]. Bradshaw. from
Nantic"ke. with $500 melons on board, and
the Flying Arrow. from the Rappahannock
with 1860. are both consigned to Capt
Frank Evans
Melons this morning selling az from
81 to SD per 100
d.I linz
went her annual inspection by the United
states steamboat inspection officers this
morning Mr.. J. d. Stanton examined her
10 boiler and machinery and Inspector
Wright as TO hull. Both examinations were
perfectly satisfactory and her license for
the ensuing twelve months will be at once
renewed.
The steam launch Anna H. belonging to
Mr. ThOs- Tenneson. is being repainted and
Is receiving a thorough overhauling pre-
paratory 10 a trip aboard by her owner and
Mr. Charles X. Heath They expect to
spend two weeks afoat going up the canal
Is far as Cumberland They will leave
Monday.
The Freight Carriers.
The schooner Highland Light sailed yes
terday evening for lower river landing
10 reload To this port.
The steamer Z. James Full sailed from
Alexandria yesterday evening with a mis-
celianeOus cargo for OccOquan and river
points.
The schooner Clara Goodwin. from this
port. has arrived in Baltimore to load coal
To Boston.
The steamers Kent and Harry Randall
have been bringing up large quantities of
tobacco from the lower river. for trans
shipment steamer Northumberland TO
Baltimore.
The bugeve Kathleen is discharging a
cargo Of lumber at 4. ". Riley's wharf for
johnson x Wimsatt.
The barge George B. Roberts Is at Car
tor K hnr IF Wit of N
Tor c. G. Smithson.
The tug VI. NJ. Davis will leave this even
ing with the schooners Walcott and Petit
grew in tow, for Newport News. to load
coal.
sailed from Georgetown with cargo OF
broken stone for Cape Charles city.
The schooner Emma F.. Angel. Capt
Tupp. has sailed from Boston for the Ken
nebec river To load ice TO this port.
The bark Ethel V Boynton from Port of
asphalt. passed in at the Capes yesterday,
bound for this city. This is the second
cargo of asphalt to reach this port since
the beginning OF summer.
The schooner Frank l. Siinson. from this
port. has arrived at Newport News for n
cargo of coal for Boston
The sloop Climmer went ashore on the
Hats below Buena Vista yesterday even
ing. but was roated without injury BY the
rising tide.
The S. S. Jones IL in port with a cargo
OF cord wood for Carter Clark
The steamer Occoquan arrived in r,ori
Yesterday evening with a cargo of railway
ties for Carter & Clark. The Occouuan als1
brought up in tow a raft of about 800 pine
piles. also for Messrs. Carter & Clark The
raft was one of the largest that has been
brought up the Potomac for some time. II