Evening star., 1901-12-13
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER BRINGS UNUSUALLY
LARGE CARGO OF LUMBER.
Hull of Bugeye Sheathed With Iron
Prices at Fish and Oyster
f..' Market.

lneF I0uF~lQaSlcQ SCilOOHtT JtiH w. LII
nell, which arrived here early in the week
from Pensacola, brought 61I.0o0 feet OF
| lumber. the largest cargo of the kind that
ever came to this port Capt Gabrielson.
commander OF the schooner reports hav-
ing met considerable heavy weather COM
ing up the coast. but excellent time was
! made. The schooner is lying at the wharf
foot of 18th street southwest. and will un-
load a part of her cargo there, and VIII
discharge the remainder at the 9th street
and other lumber wharves.
The small three-masted schooner Alice
Carlisle a day or two ago loaded a cargo
OF pine wood In Nomini creek for this port.
and had dropped down the stream below
the bridge at Nemint ferry, preparatory TO
starting up the river. when 1t was discov-
cred she had sprung a leak and was In
danger of sinking. She was run Into shoal
water, and her-cargo is being removed.
She will be brought to Alexandria for re-
pairs.
The work of covering the hull OF the
| large bugeye r. H. Stuart with metal to
protect it against the ice during the winter
has been completed, and the vessel has
sailed for Curriomep bay to load.
The demand for fish at the 11th street
wharf market this morning vas good The
| supply of fish was small and me-. ready
sale. Prices today are as follows: For
Spanish mackerell, 101s to 12c. per pound;
jumping mullets. 21a to &c. per pound: black
| bass, to 10c. per pound; carp, to DC. per
pound; green pike, to SC. per pound; boil
ing rock. 20 to DC. per pound; medium
rock, 12a to lac. per pound; pan rock, 70
10c. per pound; salmon trout, to &C. per
pound river mullets, 10 to 35c. per bunch;
eels, Is to 25c. per bunch; cat ash, 10 to
| soc. per bunch and yellow perch, 10 to ioc.
per bunch.
The supply of oysters at the nth street
| wharf this morning was ample to meet the
| demand. Prices this morning are about the
same as they were in the early part Of
| the week. the smaller oysters sehing at 40
| to 80 per bushel and the large ones brirg-
| ing from 60 to Soc per bushel. The recent
arrivals at the wharf are the T.. L. Bowt1,
Lollie Thomas, Raymond Oliver, Winl.;e
Windsor and Levin Woolford.
The Freighters and Their Freight.
The steamer E. James Tuli is in por. with
a load Of cord wood from Occoquan for
Carter & Clark.
The barges Overbrook. Katie N. Latta.
c. r. Rosselle. Cecil and Edward Fay have
| sailed light for Baltimore to load coa%
The w. A. Parks has gone to Alexandria
| to complete the unloading Of cargo of
oysters.
The VIM. Mcdaniel is at H. X Fields
wharf loading a cargo of lumber and build
ing material for river point.
The Eleanora Russell has gone to the
Wicomico river neighborhood for cargo
of oysters. -..4
Inc rive S1SleTS mas Sdiieu ifOfh Alex
| andria for Aqua creek with a cargo of
lumber
The Joseph Beach has arrived at Alex
andria with a cargo of Potomac oysters for
the dealers there.
The schooner Isabelle has sailed for a
lower river port, and viii receive a gen.
eraI cargo for this port.
The Ada Ballenger has gone to Alex
andria, and will load general cargo for
river point.
The schooner ]. P Robinson has sailed
for a lower river point with miscel-
laneouS cargo. ..-,-
The tug VIM. H. Yerkes, jr, has sailed
for the Virginia capes on the lookout for
vessels bound here or to Baltimore.
The Uriah Horner has arrived In port
with full load of oak wood from the Oc-
coquan neighborhood for Carter & Clark
The schooner Mary Ann Shea has loaded
a cargo Of building material.
The barge Sharon Hill, loaded with pop
lar wood at Georgetown, has sailed for
Philadelphia, where the wood will be used
for paper pulp.
The schooner Samuel Russell is in port
loading a cargo of fertilizer at the 11th
street wharf for Norfolk.
A large Scow laden with oak wood has
arrived in port for the local dealers.
OF General Interest.
The work on the tug Spray, which was
hauled out at Alexandria for repairs to her
hull where it had been broken by the ice
in Occoquan bay, has been completed.
and the tug is again at work towing stone
laden barges. Capt. Kurtz of the Spray re-
ports the ice to have been two inches thick
in Occoquan bay in the early part of this
week.
The schooner Lottie Carter which was
recently fitted with a new mast to replace
one broken in blow, is again in sailing
order. her rigging having been set up and
the sails bent. The vessel has sailed for q
river point and will load a cargo Of cord
wood for Carter & Clark.
The barge Thomas McNally. which has
been lying in the St Mary's river for sew
eral days, has been taken to Baltimore for
the repair of leak caused by the straining
Of the vessel In a heavy gale while being
towed down the bay.
The fog which covered the river yester-
day for the greater part Of the day extend
ed nearly the entire length Of the river and
was as thick as any the river men have had
to contend with for several years.
The Christmas season trade on the river
has begun and the steamers are going and
returning with heavy freights, Christmas
goods being sent down the river and poultry
and produce coming up.
The naval tug Triton yesterday took two
six-inch guns, built at the naval ordnance
foundry here, to the proving grounds at In
dian Head to be tested.
The Sandy Point Hunting and Fishing
Club of this city, which had its headquar-
ters on the river near Gunston wharf, Fair
fax county, Va, has closed it's club house
for the season and most of Its furniture
has been shipped here.
The tug Minerva is lying at the wharf of
the steamer Estelle Randall, near the har-
Dor boats wharf. while some repair work is
being done to her boiler. The tug win be
out of commission several days.
Coal charters from Baltimore to Boston
are now based on rate Of S1.25 per ton.
The former ram schooner BERTHE and
Maud, well-known lumber and coal trader
to this port, has had her masts taken out
of her and has been changed to a barge and
named the 8. A. Souder of Philadelphia.
Mr.. nj. F. Flanner. chief engineer in the
coast survey service, has gone to Shooters
Island, n. Y, to take charge Of the new
steamer Bache.
Engineer Roberts OF the schooner Charles
Davenport fell into the hold OF the vessel at
Baltimore yesterday and broke several ribs
Mr.. Roberts has many friends here.
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