Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-25
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
QUARTERS FOR FORCES At FORTS
WASHINGTON AND HUNT.
Additional Facilities Made Necessary
by Increase of the GarrisOns-
General and Personal.

The additional quarters for the garrisons
stationed at both Fort Washington and
Fort Hunt now rapidly approaching
completion, and. it is said. an addition to
the forces will be made very shortly.
Battery X and half of Battery A of the
+.h Artillery. under Captain Walker, now
garrison Fort Washington. and the other
half of Battery A is at Fort Hunt under
the command of Lieutenant Johnson. Yes
terday morning Battery NJ of the 4th Artil-
lery. which has been transferred to Fort
Hunt from Fort Monroe. arrived at the
fort on the Norfolk and Washington
steamer Newport News and will be its gar
rison. as. it is stated. the entire Battery A
will he stationed at Fort Washington.
Within the next two three months it
is proposed 10 have two more batteries
transferred to Fort Washington and one
more to Fort Hunt. making the force at
the former post about 400 and the latter
DO 1t will take fully this number of men
to properly care for the modern ordnance
that has been placed in both forts in the
past one and a half years.
The big four-masted schooner 1ndepend-
ent. which arrived in port this morning
from the Kennebec holds the record of
the season for fast time. She sailed from
the kennebec June Is. passed the capes
without being reported. and surprised the
ice people here by arriving in tow of the
tug Thompson last night. She was just
Sin days from port to port.
Vessels With CargOes.
The big schooner Emma F. Angle, bound
t. this port with cargo of ice. is expected
to enter the capes within the next twenty
four hours. and the tug Camilla is at the
capes looking for her
The local dealers yesterday morning re-
ceived thirty-six barrels of fish on the Nor
folk and Washington line steamer. This
morning none was received. Trout are now
bringing 81 to $50 per barrel. and blue fish
AMI tailors cents per pound each.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, Capt Cur
ley, is at the Alexandria ship yard to lie
hauled out for repairs.
Mr.. Dos Passes steam yacht GfvOta Is
still on the marine railway at Alexandria,
but will be launched in day or two.
The work of saving the little sailing
yacht Seabeile in half. at Benefits ship
yard. to add twelve feet to her in the cen :
ter. is progressing slowly. The heavy lead
keel has been sawed in pieces and taken off
being done. 1t will be the middle of July
before the work is completed
The United States revenue cutter Win
dom arrived in port this morning from
cruise on the bay.
The tug d. NJ. Key, Captain Bailey, of
Taylor Bros. fleet. has been chartered by
Rittenhouse & Moore, contractors. as
tender for the dredses at work on the Mat
this morning to enter upon her work.
The schooner Isaac n. Keslin is due here
with a cargo of lumber from Jacksonville,
Fla. for Johnson & Wimsatt of this city.
She has not yet been reported as having
entered the capes-
The schooner Minnie Estelle has arrived
with cargo of 10000 feet of lumber for
johnson & Wimsatt.
The steamer Lilly and Howard. Captain
SiSson. and the longboat Highland Light
Captain Benon, with cargoe3 of oordwocd
for Carter < Clark. arrived yesterday.
The tug Camilla of this city, with the
schooner Clarence H. Nenner, from this
port, in tow, has arrived at Norfolk to
load coal.
The schooner a. c. White from this port
has arrived in Baltimore. where she will
load coal to Boston at 50 cents per ton.
The big longbGat Mayfiower, after dis
charging cargo of sand at Georgetown.
cleared light for the lower river to load
wood for this port.
The tug f V. McCauley of Norfolk was
in this port Saturday evening and yester-
dav.
Tho pungy Ruth a. Price. with a cargo
Of pine lumber from Norfolk for p. H.
BiscOe, arrived in port Saturday evening
last.
The steamer Northumberland of the
Werms line arrived in port last night from
Baltimore with miscellaneous cargo for
the local merchants.
Personal Mention.
The condition Of Captain Bush Grigsby
who has been seriously i'll of congestion of
the lungs, Is so much improved that in
spite of his advanced age hopes of his re-
cOvery are entertained.
Commissioner Macfarland visited the har-
Dor office Saturday evening last and WAS
taken on the Vigilant on a tour of inspec-
ton about the harbor
Mr.. Frank Guest. son of Purser Guest OF
the steamer Harry Randall. has been APP
POINTED shipping clerk in the office of the