Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-12
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
WHARF BEING ERECTED IN FOUR
MILE RUN.
Boat to BE Launched
With Passengers Aboard
Passing Craft.

Thomas Banks, the wharf builder, is
erecting a small wharf in Four-Mile run
for Mr. William Norton of this city, who
has recently erected a soap factory in that
part Of Virginia. The plant Is to take the
place of his soap factory recently destroyed
by fire on Buzzard's Point, on the Eastern
branch Mr. Norton is also having built
at Cumberland & Sons boat house, foot OF
9th street, scow SO feet long. 16 feet wide
and of very light draft. which he will use
to transport the material from this city.
The scow will be ready for service in about
a week or ten days.
The local fish dealers this morning re-
ceived from the Norfolk steamer thirty
four barrels of salt water fish from the
seines at Virginia Beach and about Old
Point. Some few barrels also came from
the fisheries on the eastern shore OF Vir-
ginia. There was q slight advance in price
on some varieties Of fish. trout selling for
81 per barrel: croakers. $3.50 to 50 per bar
rel; mackerel, cents per pound; bluensh,
2la to 3 cents per pound. No tailors or but
terfish were offered for sale. Fifteen bar
the lower river boats since yesterday and
selling a 81 10 to 81 per barrel. There
is scarcity of soft-shell crabs, none hav-
ing been received for several days.
MT. James ilCklESOn. the pateTtee OF tne
new ''non-sinkable and non-capsizable"
boat, Will this evening make test of the
new craft from the Randall line wharf.
foot of Sth street. The boat Will be
launched from the wharf with passengers
in it. and Mr.. Dickinson claims that should
it be turned over in being launched it will
Immediately right itself without the per-
sons on board getting wet.
The summer fishing season will begin
very shortly. and already the fishermen are
going down the river to prepare for the
opening of the season. Yesterday after
noon Messrs. VIII and George Cumberland
Skipjack. They will fish in Nanjamoy
Reach and Occoquan bay.
Vessels With Cargoes.
The schooner Lydia NJ. Deering sailed
from Portland the 10th instant for the Ken
nebec to load ice for this port. The schoon-
er o. d. whitehall sailed from Bath on the
9TH instant, and the schooner Alice Hol-
brook sailed on the 9th, both with large
cargoes of ice for this port. They are
looked for at the capes early next week.
The ice-laden schooner Hugh l.. Peckham,
which sailed from Bath June 70, is now due
at this port.
The schooner Thos. X. Carroll. Capt.
Christian, and the PUNCHES Isaac Solomon,
Capt. Madding: Highland Light, Capt.
Brown. and Pert, Capt. Kersey are all in
port with cord wood for Carter & Clark
The three-masted ram Grace G. Bennett.
with cargo of 240,000 feet of North Caro-
lima lumber. has arrived in port from New
bern for johnson & Wimsatt. This is the
second trip the Bennett has made to this
city in the past five weeks.
The Hattie Free Silver, with a cargo of
1'6 bushels of 1900 wheat for Thomas Per-
ry & Co, has arrived at Alexandria,
The pungy Shining Light sailed from
Alexandria yesterday for Georgetown, with
a cargo Of grain for the mills there
The steamer Potomac arrived last night
with a miscellaneous cargo for the local
merchants from Baltimore and river land
ings.
The schooner Rio Grand, with a cargo of
about G0.HI feet of Virginia pine lumber for
Dell K Co Of Baltimore. has arrived in
port
The steamers Kent and Harry Randall of
the Randall Line arrived in port last night
with good cargnes from lower river points
The schooner VIM. NJ Hackett will com
plete the diseharging of her cargo of lum-
Der at Alexandria today and will clear for
the lower river to reload.
The four-masted schooner Young Bros
one of the largest vessels coming to this
port, is in the river bound up with cargo
or ice She will arrive here late this even
ing or tonight. and will be locked at the
3D. street southeast wharf.
The scow Laura Bush has completed the
unloading OF cargo of heavy timber for
Carter & Clark at the y street bridge over
James creek canal, and the steamer Oc-
coquan is in the canal discharging a cargo
of railroad ties for the same firm.
The threemasted schooner Beulah Land
with cargo of joists and heavy timber
for johnson & Wimsatt from the Kappa
hammock. arrived in port this morning.
The schooner I-ottie Carter. Capt diff
with 3OWO feet of lumber from the Rap
pahannock. and the schooner Annie Martz
Capt. Cullison, with GOOO feet from Nor
folk. both for H. +. Biscoe. are in port
The four-maste schooner Charles Daven-
port will complete the discharging of her
cargo of ice today and will sail for New
port News to load coal
The schooner Isaac n. Kcrlin from this
port. will load coal at Baltimore for Sa-
vannah. and will load lumber there for
Sharptown, Md
General and Personal.
Mr.. George Hines is rebuilding large
twenty-foot dead rise for the Maurice
Faunce of this city on the wharf foot of
18th street.
The pungy Sidney Jones has been hauled
hull and a thorough overhauling and re
painting.
The longboat Uriah Horner is on the
ways at Benefits ship yard to be caulked
and to have other work done to her.
The tug Martin Dolman. which has been
on the railway at Alexandria for several
days past, was launched yesterday and i'm
mediately returned to towing on the river.
Treasurer Crowley of the Washington
Steamboat Company, who has been quite
ill. is recovering.
a merry party of young people aboard.
made trip down the river to the resorts
last night.