Evening star., 1900-07-24
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
FISH AND VEGETABLES ARRIVING
IN QUANTITIEsiLATELY
Notes of Interest Aboat Shippers and
shipping-N~lle Dathers
Nufnanoo.

Nuisance.
The work of getting ost the frame work
for the new buildings to be erected at Fort
Hunt by Messrs. Meade.,& Reynolds, the
contractors, has been completed, and the
material will be shippeduin a day or two
to Sheridan's Point on the schooner James
H. Wright. CaptainsKintz This morning
force OF twelve or fifteen men left this
city for Fort Hunt % erect the new build
ings, six in number. AS all the cutting
and fitting Of the timbers was done here
all that remains to do at the fort is to
put the tmbers together and close them
in. The new buildings are to be ready for
occupancy before cold weather comes.
A party of from 200 to 800 Of the mer-
chants and business men Of Raleigh. Will
mington and other points in North Caro-
lima will arrive here tomorrow morning
on the Norfolk and Washington line steam
er, and will spend two days in visiting
the points of interest about the city. The
Trip was arranged by General Manager
Callahan Of the Norfolk and Washington
line to give the merchants Of northern
and eastern North Carolina an opportunity
to visit Washington while buying their
fall stocks.
Complaint is made by the officers of the
river steamers that each Sunday large
practice of bathing in the nude from the
wharf at Buena Vista. Just south of the
Eastern branch. The steamboat men say
that though these boats are crowded with
women these men stretch themselves out
full length on the wharf without particle
OF clothing and conduct themselves In a
disgusting manner. The matter Is to be
brought to the attention of Commodore
Sutton and the harbor police.
Twenty-four barrels of saltwater fish
were received by the local dealers from
the fisheries on the eastern shore of Vir-
ginia this morning.
The cool weather and the increased de-
mand for the fish keep the prices higher
than they have been for some time. This
morning trout brought $3.50 per barrel:
butterffsh sold at s. to $3.50 per barrel;
mackerel, cents to cents per pound:
tailors cents per pound, and bluefish,
cents per pound.
Two barrels of Potomac rockfish were
also received and sold at cents to cents
per pound for bunch and 10 cents to IL
cents per pound for pan rock.
Crabs are still plentiful and prices are
unchanged.
The third of half dozen large sand
barges for the Columbia National Sand
Dredging Company of this city was
launched at Cumberlands boatyard. foot of
9th street, at high water about 3:3o o'clock
Saturday evening last. The launch was
most successful one and was witnessed by
large throng. This is the third scow that
has been built and launched at Cumber-
lands in the past month.
The Baltimore owned schooner S. S. Jones
has been purchased by Captain George II.
kendrick. and will be used to trade be-
tween Washington, Baltimore and the river
landings.
The steam yacht HalSyon left Cumber-
lands wharf yesterday evening for an ex-
tended trip to the lower Potomac. Harold
Clinton Smith. owner - the yacht, is IN
command, with Mr.. Arthur Norton as en-
gineer. The yacht will call at Colonial
Beach and other points of interest along
th, where friends will entertain them
Saturday evening the Halcyon took merry
party of young people for Il trip down the
river Miss Annie Haslup of the Woman's
College of Baltimore. Mr.. Joseph Milburn
Of Dickinson College and Miss Millburn
Were among the number.
The flying jib schooner c. C. Wheeler
arrived in port last night with a cargo of
a,127 boxes of canned peas from Cambridge.
Md, for Messrs. o. o. Spicer, Earnshaw &,
Bro, Frank Hume, Ergood & Birch.
The schooner Kate Wordall is at S. w.
the Rappahannock for Galliher e Brother.
The bugeye Julia a. Lawson is in port
with cargo of cord wood for Carter &
Clark
The schooner Burch cleared this morning
light for the lower river to reload for this
port.
The steamer T. V. Arrowsmith sailed yes
terday evening for the lower river landings
with q good cargo and a large passenger
list.
The Sidney Jones and the Ida May, both
terday evening and We're docked in the
Eastern branch.
The tug Spray with large scow laden
with granite block for building, arrived up
from the quarres near Occoquan yesterday
evening.
The schooner Buelah Land completed the
discharge of her cargo of lumber and sailed
for the Rappahannock to reload.
Beachs tug Eva Belle Cain is laid up for
the summer at the Alexandria shipyard.
The schooner Clara Goodwin, Capt Pink
ham, has sailed from Portland for the Ken
nebec river to load ice for this port
The steamer Estele Randall brought up
over 80 boxes of fruits and vegetables yes
terday morning. from the wharves be-
tween this city and Glymont.
The sloop 3. H Lambert, Capt. Davis
has been overhauled and handsomely re-
painted
The work of putting in the new boiler
and engine of the tug Juno, al the Alex
andria shipyard, is progressing rapidly
and she will be ready for service shortly
The caulking about one of the bottom
pipes of the steam launch Amerfcus has
been completed and she was brought up to
her anchorage with the Capital Yacht
Clubs fleet off the foot of 10Th street yes-
terday evening.
The new wharf of the Randall Potomac