Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-16
ALONG THE RIVER : FRONT
SCHOONER SAID TO HAVE CASE OF
SMALLPOX ABOARD.
Spring Work at Fish Station Under
Way-Revenue Cutter Re-
turns From Cruise.

kins, with a case of smallpox on board, is
reported to be coming up the river on her
way to this city from Nomini and the har-
Dor police boat Vigilant is down the river
looking for her with DIR. Walsh of the
health office aboard. According to the re-
ports which have reached Harbormaster
Sutton the Biscoe had been lying in Nomi-
nj creek and one of the crew was taken i'll
with the disease He was sent ashore, but
the people in that neighborhood became
frightened and compelled the captain to
take him on the vessel again. The boat
then started for this city and the facts were
brought to Commodore Suttons attention,
who notified the health office.
The thorough overhauling Of woodwork
and machinery which the steamer Kent has
received since she was purchased by Capt.
E. s. Randall from the Baltimore and At
lantic Railway Company of Baltimore last
fall puts her in fine order for freight and
excursion work She has just come from
under the hands of the carpenters and ma
chinists and will this week take the place
of the steamer Harry Randall upon the
route to Chapel Point, Colonial Beach,
Nomini and river points. The Randall will
in a few days leave for Baltimore to have
work done on her iron hull. She will be off
her route for about two weeks.
Fish Station to Open.
The United States fish commission will
open the station at Bryan's Point, near
Fort Washington, this week, and the work
of taking spawn will be begun at once and
continued until the end of the fishing sea-
son. Superintendent Heron has had a
force of hands at the station for several
weeks arranging the preliminary work.
The steam launch LOWE Randall has been
chartered by the commission and was taken
in charge this morning. She and the launch
Blue Wing will be the steamers of the Bry-
ans Point station this summer.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, Capt Cur
ley, which arrived here from Norfolk with
a cargo of $4,000 bundles of shingles for
Alexandria and 151.50O bundles for Thos.
R. Riley & Co. of this city, has finished dis
charging her cargo and cleared today for
Norfolk under charter to reload lumber to
this port. Capt. Curley hopes to be back
| in port again with another cargo in about
two weeks. The Curley was the only
schooner of any size in port, and her clear
ance leaves the harbor bare of large sail
ing vessels.
The big sucker dredge Potomac. which
has been working on the flats improve
ment above the Long bridge, has been
llbeled, in the suit of ]. B. Mason and
others, for supplies furnished, etc,
| amounting to S2,751.33 The dredge is now
lying at the old Clyde Line wharf in
charge of the United States marshal. pend
ing a settlement of the claims During her
enforced idlenesS those in charge of her
are giving her pumping machinery a thor
ouSh cNSi ana II Is Understood
that when the repairs are completed and
the suit settled she will be taken to Bos-
ton for work there.
Revenue Cutter Back Mt Wharf.
The United States revenue cutter Win
dom is in port from a cruise around Ches-
apeake bay and Potomac river. She is now
lying at the kennebec wharf of the Amer
lean Ice Company, and will remain in port
for several days
Since Saturday about 100000 herring and
5000 shad have arrived at the fish wharf
Herring were selling this morning at from
sl.5O to 81 per thousand; roe shad brought
from ST. to Sl5 per hundred, while bucks
brought Sc to SIS.
Since Saturday about 1000 bushels of
oysters have reached port in the S. S.
Smith, Fannie Shepherd. Roy Oliver Cath
eIene and E. P. Evans
For the first time in a number of years
sturgeon have been caught off Alexandria
IN shad nets. Three were caught in one
drift few days ago by an Alexandria fish
erman.
Goes Into Commission.
The War Department steam launch Pleas
anton went into commission yesterday. TAX
ing a number of army officials to Fort
Washington on an inspection tour
The tug Jos. o. Carter underwent her
annual inspection at the American Ice
Company's wharf Saturday last
AT the last meeting CT Washington Har-
Dor resolutions of respect to the memory of
the late Capt. John II. Cooper, United States
steamboat inspector for this district, who
died in Baltimore last week. were passed
The United States lighthouse terder Jess
anime, Capt. Wyatt, is in port with sup
plies for the rebuilding of the lighthouse
at Jones Point. below Alexandria. This
station has long needed an overhauing and
the lighthouse authorities have now a force
of carpenters and builders at work upon it
putting 1t in thorough order. 1t is expect
ed 1t will take ten days CT two weeks TO
complete the work.
The Norfolk and Washington line steamer
W ashington is in the dry dock at Newport
News having number of bent plates In
her stern Strengthened out. The plates were
bent by the steamer falling against the
wharf at Old Point in heavy blow some
days ago.
Geo. NJ. Goskins, keeper Of Cobb Point
bar light, on the Maryland side of the river
opposite Colonial Beach, has been trans
ferred to Laural Point light in North Caro-
lima.
Capt. James Geoghegan, who last summer
was in command of the Weems' line steam
er Sue, between this point and Baltimore
Is now in command of the Baltimore ice
boat Latrobe. which Is used by the Bal
tmore authorities to give the poor children
OF that city, outings during the summer
months.