Evening star., 1900-09-25
ALONG THE river FRONT
sCOw RUNS AFOVL OF SOME OLD
WHARF PILES.
Receipts at the Fish sWharf-Steamer
Temporarily Yithsdrawn for
Repairs-GeneraisN Notes.

A scow belonging TO the new soap and
fertilizer factory on Four, Mile Run, while
being conveyed to Alexandra yesterday al
ternoon for a cargo of coal, ran upon the
stumps of the old wharf piles at the mouth
of the canal, just above Alexandria, and
stuck there. The tide was falling at the
time and the scow was left sitting on the
piles. There 1t remained for several hours
until the rising tide lifted it off and the two
men aboard got her af1oat again. No dam
age had been done the scow. She was
taken to Alexandria, loaded with coal, and
last night started back to the factory.
The schooner George F. Wright and a
scow were both attached by the United
States marshal yesterday evening to salts
fly judgment for $3.50, alleged to be due
a note of Mr.. Kintz. the manager OF the
two vessels. Mr.. Kintz states that the at
tachment grows out of business transac-
ton that took place over fifteen years ago
and one that he thought had been settled.
He says the vessels will soon be released.
The Norfolk and Washington line steamer
Washington this morning brought up sixty
five barrels of saltwater fish from the
shores about Old Point and Norfolk for the
dealers at the wharf, and seventeen barrels
Of river fish were brought up last night py
the steamer Harry Randall. Prices TINS
morning were as follows: For porgies
cents per pound; mackerel, IL cents per
pound: butterfish, 4 cents per pound; tai
lors and bluefish. cents per pound; white
perch, 5 to 10 cents per pound, rockflsh,
to Is cents per pound; sturgeon, cents
per pound: winter shad. % cents per pound:
catfish, 10 TO 30 cents per bunch, and trout,
81 to s. per barrel. No spot or croakers
were offered for sale.
But five barrels of crabs have been re-
ceiyed since yesterday.
There have been no arrivals of oysters
since yesterday.
Tbn fnlly hi, I'm cfn
er Newport News has temporarily been
withdrawn from the Washington and Nor
folk route and left yesterday evening for
the Newport News shipyard, where she, she
will go into the dry dock to have her hull
scraped and painted and to receive thor
ough overhauling.
The putting of the lead keel weighing
about six tons, under the yacht Iabelle at
Benefits boatyard will be begun this even
ing. mold the exact shape of the keel
will be placed under the wooden keel of
the vessel and into this the molten lead will
be poured. 1t will then be bolted to the
vessels bottom.
Vessels With Freight.
The steamer Norfolk is on the route be-
tween this city and Norfolk in place of the
steamer Newport News. She made her first
trip from this city yesterday evening
The schooner Flying Arrow sailed yester-
day evening with cargo of coal for a
down-river port.
The steamer E. James Tull is at Alexan-
dria loading a miscellaneous cargo for
points on Occoquan bay and run.
The longboat Osceola, with a cargo of
cord wood for Johnson & Bros, arrived in
port last night and is dischargng at the
18th street wharf.
The Seabelle and the Sunny South, both
light, have sailed for the lower river to
reload oysters for this market
The schooner Thos. X. Carroll is at
Stephenson & Bros. wharf, discharging her
cargo of cord wood
The schooner Flying Scud has finished
discharglng her cargo of lumber and will
sail for Virginia lumber point to re.oad.
The schooners Lydia M. Deering, at
Georgetown, and the r. d. Bibbet at the
9th street wharf. will sail tonight or to-
morrow morning for Baltimore to load coal
to Boston or an eastern port
The tug Mary J. Walker has sailed for
Philadelphia. having safely delivered her
tow of pontoons. 7tj ea 49,
The lighthouse tender Maple, which has
just been extensively repaired. has sailed
from Baltimore for aicruise on Chesapeake
bay and tributaries - paE
The schooner Edith O,cott. from this port,
has sailed from Baltimore with a cargo of
coal for Boston
The schooner Samuel Hart has arrived at
Georgetown with a cargo of plaster from
Red Beach. Me-, for G. NJ. Waters & Son.
The schooner Henry j. Raymond, from
New York, is in port with q cargo of cement
for j. H. McGili & Co.
General and Personal News.
Doughcrty's tug j. S. Hoskins, with. tow
of five barges. loaded with hard coal. from
Philadelphia, arrived in port last night. One
was docked at Alexandria and the others
brought here. They have in all about l, 500
tons of coal on board.
Fertilizer IN large quantities is still being
shipped from the Alexandria chemical fac
tory to points along the canal between
Washington and Georgetown and Cumber
land Yesterday two barges, fully laden,
left Alexandria i'm tow of the tugs Pride and
Winship, and several are to go there to load
as soon as they complete the discharging of
their cargoes of coal.
The steam launch Cygus has been engaged
as the tender for the dredse Pugh. now at
work deepening the water in the channel
over Mattawoman flats. She is employed in
running errands and carrying messages be-
tween this city and the dredge. Capt. VIM.
Jones is in command of the yacht.
The big sand digger of Mr.. j. B. Lord
which has been digging sand near Motley
Hall for some weeks past. was brought up
yesterday afternoon by the tug Seiectman.
The scows laden with sand and gravel were
also brought up at the same time
Messrs. viii Neitzey and Kali Fenwick
returned yesterday from a hunting trip to
the Big Marsh, near NeitZey's fishing shore
in King Georges county, Virginia In one
afternoon they killed S5 woodcock and 15
squirrels. They report game very plentiful,
but say the mosquitoes drove them from
the marsh
Messrs. r. w. Smith & Co. this morning
shipped to Fort Myer, near Arlington, Va,
the 1JO-foot flag pole which Is to be erect
ed there. The pole is in three sections. the
butt piece being 20 feet long, the main pole
6S feet long and the topmast 73 feet. When
erected the sections will lap SO as to make
the pole the length stated. 1t will be visi-
BILE, when up. from any part of the city
Capt. Charles Entwisle is in command Of
the steamer Charles Manchester during the
absence of Capt Ross in New York.
Mr.. Thos. w. Riley is still confined to his
home by illness.
The son of Capt. Albert Richards, who
has been very i'll at Providence Hospital of
typhoid fever, is recovering rapidly.
Mr.. Thomas Broderick has been trans
ferred from the River View wharf to the
Randall line wharf foot Of Sth street as
shipping clerk
Mr.. John Callahan. general manager of
the Norfolk and Washington line of steam
ers has gone to Norfolk on business con-
nectad with the line.ie ~
The following changes have been made in
the officers OF the coast survey vessels at
Baltimore: Mr.. George Olsen has been
transferred from the schooner Matchless to
the steamer Baches Mr.. Henry Mitchell
from the Blake to- the Bache, and Mr.