Evening star., 1901-08-12
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
PLENTY OF ICE ARRIVING ON YES
sells FROM MAINE.
Cradle of Alexandria Marine Railway
Completed and I'm Operation
General Port News.

The large schooners Massasoit. Agnes E.
yesterday. with Gull cargoes of ice for the
American Ice Company. The former sailed
from Bath, Me-. Jaly 81. and the two latter
August /, and had fair trips down the
coast. The first-named has aboard 1852
tons. the Young Brothers 1.f90 and the
Manson 1,195 tons. They are lying at the
9th street wharf. and will unload their
cargoes there. The last of the vessels
which arrived las. week. consigned to the
American Ice Company, had completed un-
loading and sailed Saturday night, and the
wharves were clear of ice vessels when the
new arrivals were brought up by the tugs
Neptune and Yerkes. Two other schooners
are looked for within the next twenty-fOur
hours by the American Company. This
morning the schooner B. c. French. with
1859 tons of ice, arrived for the American
Company. and is lying at the 10th street
wharf. She sailed from the Kennebec July
81.
Marine Railway Operating Again.
The rebuilding of the cradle of the large
marine railway at the Alexandria shipyard
was completed Saturday last. and after be-
ing tested the two-masted schooner Sido-
MIA Curley was hauled out for general re-
pairs. A number Of small vessels are In
port waiting to be taken from the water
for an overhauling before the fall trade in
oysters begins. This is the only marine
railway on the Potomac in which large
vessel can be accommodated, and since 1t
has been idle the larger vessels have been
forced to go to Baltimore for repair work.
The supply of fresh and salt water fish
received by the dealers at 11th street
wharf fish market this morning from the
river and from Norfolk was fair and the
demand good Prices this morning, with
but one or two exceptions. are the same as
those Of the latter part of last week. trout
and butter fish selling at 81 to s. per bar
rel; spot S. to $6 per barrel: croaker, &c.
per pound; blue, &c. per pound; mackerel,
10 to 12c. per pound; boiling rock, 10 to
II 1-2c. per pound: pan rock. to SC. per
pound; white perch, 5 to 12c. per pound; !;
sturgeon. 3 to 10c. per pound; sea bass. &c.
per pound: catfish, 20 to soc. per bunch;
eels, % to Soc. per bunch; porgies. Is to 25c
each; drum, 25 to 30c. each. and carp, 10 to
25c. each. Hard crabs are selling at 81 to
81 .25 per barrel today
Seven vessels laden with $1,000 watermel-
ons from the Wicomico and Nanticoke riv-
ers. Maryland. and York and Rappahan-
mock rivers, Virginia, have arrived at the
oyster wharf since Saturday. With those
previously at the wharf, about $1,000 mel
ons were on sale this morning. The de-
mand is fair, selects bringing from $12 to
$14; primes. So to $40, and culls. SD to 81
per hundred. The vessels in port are the
Effie M. Laird. Ida, w. ]. Leonard F. A.
Hall. Turner and Silver Wave.
The schooner ]. F. Kerwin has arrived
with cargo of Virginia pine lumber.
The three-masted schooner Jennie c. May
left port in tow Of the Camilla for New
port News to load coal for New England.
The schooner Samuel Wood has sailed
for North Carolina to run oysters to Nor
folk and Baltimore.
The hattie ]. v. Fitzgerald unloaded a
cargo Of foundry iron at Alexandria.
The schooner George H. Bunker has ar
rived from the Coan river with pine boards
for Thomas r. Riley.
The ram Grace G. Bennett has sailed for
North Carolina.
The tug Hoskins with four light barges,
sailed Saturday for PHILADELPHIA
The schooner Harry and Charley is in
port with a cargo of oak wood for Carter &
Clark
The barge Katie E. Latta. with hard coal,
has arrived at Alexandria for Dew. Aitche-
son.
The schooner Plumie E. Smith, with cord
wood, has arrived.
The schooner Isaac Solomon. with wheat
from near Mattawoman creek, Maryland.
is at Alexandria for Thomas Perry & Co.
The schooner J. A. Holland has sailed.
The tug General G. Mott from Baltimore
with tow of barges, has arrived at Alex
andria.
The tug Stella, with a tow of two barges
for this port and one for Alexandria, ar
rived yesterday Later she sailed with two
light barges for Havre de Grace, Md.
The barge Maggie Donaldson, with about
200 tons of fertilizer, has arrived at Alex
andria for Herbert Bryant & Co.
General and Personal.
The schooner Maggie Daniels, with a
pleasure party aboard from the Delaware
river, arrived in port Saturday evening.
The tug Vigilant, the harbor police
cruiser, made her maiden trip with her
new boiler and engine Saturday last. when
she came up from Alexandra, where the
new engine was placed in her, under her
own steam, in thirty-eight minutes. This
shows the boat will be much faster than
she was with her original machinery. She
will be inspected by steamboat authorities
today.
The Norfolk tug Albemarle has relieved
the tug Sam'l Eccles as the tender of the
dredge Alabama, working on the Malta
woman shoals.
The little schooner yacht Mist has gone
to the Coan river for general repairs and
painting When completed she will take q
party on a cruise to upper Chesapeake bay
The schooner Katherine D. Perry has
been chartered to load ice at Boothbay,
Me-, for this port.
The schooner Euna F. Angel. now at
Boston, has been chartered to load ice on
the Kennebec river for this port
The schooner James w. Elwell, from
Bath Me-, and the HelenH H. Benedict, from
Rockland, Me-, are at sea- bound here with
cargoes Of ice.
The schooner ]. Manchester HAYNES. with