Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-04
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
FOUR-MAsTED SCHOONER OF LARGE
CAPACITY IN PORT.
Alleged Thoughtlessness of Those
provements Mt Fort Hunt.

The four-masted schooner Edward E.
Briry. which is discharging cargo of ice
at the wharf foot 9th street, Is one of the
finest vessels of her class ever in the port
of Washington. Although her sails are all
large and enormously heavy, the hoisting
engines with which she is supplied make
the work Of raising and lowering them
very easy, and only small crew is re-
quired. She has also steam pump and
winches and all labor saving devices. She
can carry $500 tons of dead weight below
her matches, though she brought only loo
tons of ice here, the shallowness of the
Kennebec river preventing her from taking
on a heavier load.
The officers of the excursion steamers
running out Of this city are complaining of
the thoughtless conduct of the captains
and owners of the small pleasure craft,
who are nightly out on the river and fail
to display light. The navigation laws say
plainly, it is commended, that on the ap-
proach of a steamer the sailing vessel shall
show light over her stern or where 1t
can be best seen by those on the steamer.
This. the steamboatmen say, is seldom, If
ever, done, and several times lately, in con-
sequence of this negligence they have come
much nearer than was comfortable to rum
ming the pleasure craft down.
But thirty-four barrels of salt water fish
came up on the Norfolk steamer from Old
Point and the eastern shore fisheries this
morning. The warm weather makes the de-
mand for them very light and prices con-
tinue low. Trout this morning sold for
81 per barrel, bluefish at 3 cents per pound,
butterfish at 2 cents per pound and mack
erel at Z cents per pound. There were no
tailors offered for sale. Crabs are scarce,
but the demand for them is still light. To-
day they are bringing from 10 cents to 81
per barrel.
Tho work of getting ont the frames for
the new buildings to be erected at Fort Hunt
which has been going on a. the wharf loot
of 18th street for several days past, Will
be completed in day or two, and the ship
be begun.
The building of the big scow at George
T. Cumberland's boat house. foot of 10th
street, for the National Sand Dredging
Company. is progressing rapidly, and with
good weather Mr.. Cumberland hopes to
launch it during the latter part of next
week
The steamer Kent will Sunday next start
out on a route to the lower river, with
Captain Harry s. Randall in command;
Captain Addie Posey. pilot: Jack Phillips.
deck mate, and George Sherwood. engi-
neer. The purser of the steamer has not
yet been selected.
The Randall Steamboat and Excursion
Company and the Potomac River Line Com
pany held meetings In the office of Doug
lass & Douglass, at AZ street and Louis
lana avenue, yesterday evening. and COM
pieted the arrangements for the transfer
of the River View excursion grounds and
the steamers Samuel J. PentZ, Harry Ran
dali, Kent, Estelle Randall and LOWE Ran
dali from Captain E. S. Randall to the new
company.
The Passing Craft.
The steamer Potomac of the Weems line
arrived from the lower river and Baltimore
last night with quite large passenger list
and heavy freights.
The tug Gus McCauley Of Norfolk is in
the harbor. and the members of her crew
are spending July ashore.
The pungy Shining Light Ia at the wharf
in Alexandria, loading grain for the George
town mills.
The steamer T. v. Arrowsmith took a
large number of excursionists to Colonial
Beach yesterday evening.
The pungy Minnie Estelle, which has been
hauled over on the marine railway at Alex
andria for several days, undergoing repairs.
was launched yesterday.
The caulking and repair work to the
steam launch Americas of the Capital
Yacht Clubs fleet, having been completed,
she was put overheard at Benefits boat
yard this morning.
The Francina. the new sloop being built
at Townshends boat exchange for Mr.. F.
T. Rawlings, will be completed within the
next week or ten days, and will be put
overheard at once. She will not be ready
for service until about August 1.
The steamer Wakefield brought up a
large cargo of grain and county produce.
fish, etc, to the merchants in Alexandria
and Washington.
The lighthouse tender Violet sailed yes
terday evening for a short cruise on her
station on the river and Chesapeake bay.
The schooner Roberts has completed the
discharging Of her cargo. and has sailed for
the lower river to reload to this port.
The schooner Marguerite, from Bath, and
Emma F. Angel. from the Kennebec river,
with ice, both arrived In port yesterday
evening.