Evening star., 1901-07-31
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
HARBOR OFFICE FOUND TO BE IN
DANGER.
Supports Badly Decayed and INNER
sion I'm River Immincnt-Frefght
and Passenger Trafiic.

Commodore Sutton, the harbor office
building and all the harbor police have
been In imminent danger of sliding into the
Potomac for several months past, without
knowing it. A day or two ago the commo-
dore had the paving in front of his ofnce
on the river front torn up for the purpose
of repairing it, and as the workmen were
digging, a section of earth, about ten feet
long. slid into the river. Investigation
showed that with but few exceptions all
the supports under the structure had rot
ted off and in short while the building
would have gone into the harbor The sup
ports have been replaced and Commodore
Sutton and his men are safe once more
Since last Wednesday fourteen Ice laden
vessels have arrived In port from the Maine
ice fields, bringing total OF 2o4ll tons OF
ice for the local consumption VI TINS
quantity 1851 tons have been brought into
port in the past twenty-four hours.
A seine boat twenty-four feet long and
about seven feet wide. has Just been COM
pleted at Cumberland & Sons boat house,
foot of 10th street, for Captain G. D. Sheck-
les. The boat will be used by Captain
Sheckles and his crew in their summer
fishing operations on the river. Nets are
now being prepared and with his crew
Captain Sheckles will leave here In few
days ON the pungy Louise.
A fine bay mare belonging to Mrs. Thos
riley became WHlle
in front of the Riley lumber office, at the
foot of o street. yesterday evening and
ran away. The animal, valuable one,
with record for speed, badly injured one
of it's legs and had to be shot.
The United States lighthouse tender Ma
pie is at Baltimore preparing to go to the
yard of the James Clark Company, to be
practically rebuilt. The work will cost
ABOUT $4,000, and when completed the Ma
pie will be practically a new vessel. She
ha lot nd fnr nrSyian
about December 1.
The fish market at the 18th street wharf
was very dull this morning. The supply on
hand from the bay and river was very
Prices this morning were but slightly
changed from those of yesterday and were:
For gray trout, 81 so to $4 per barrel; but
ter fish, $3.50 to 81 per barrel; spot, $500
to $3.50 per barrel; blue fish, &c. per pound );
rock pan, & to &c. per pound; rock boiling
10 to 121Ac. per pound mackerel, to &c.
per pound; white perch, to 1Oc. per pound !;
sturgeon. 1Oc. per pound; catfish, 10 to 25c.
per bunch; eels and yellow perch, 10 to 20c.
per bunch; porgies, 15c. each; drums, 25c
each, and carp, % to soc. each; hard
crabs are selling for SOC. to 81 per barrel
and are in fair demand.
The Moving Craft.
The large Baltimore tug Peerless came
Into port yesterday morning, having in
tow four barges laden with coal from Per-
ryville, Md, for the dealers here.
The three-masted schooner Brayton,
which discharged her cargo at Georgetown.
left port yesterday In tow Of the tug Res
cue for Baltimore.
The bugeye Navahoe, having loaded
cargo of supplies at Alexandria, has sailed
for the upper Machodoc
The tWo-masted schooner Murray Van
diver has been taken to the wharf of
Thomas r. Riley, foot of o street south
west, to unload cargo Of Virginia Pine
lumber.
The longboat Uriah Horner has arrived
in port with a cargo Of cord wood from
the lower river for Carter & Clark
The barge 1. NJ. McLain, with a cargo Of
about 400 tons of hard coal, is unloading
at the wharf of Stephenson & Bro, foot Of
7th street.
The steamer Occoquan, with cargo of
general supplies from this city and Alex
andria, sailed for Occoquan yesterday
The two-masted schooner Simmons, with
cargo of about $3.50 feet Of Virginia
pine lumber, has arrived in port for W. T.
Galliher & Bro.
The barge c. J. Pugh has arrived at
Alexandria with about 400 tons Of hard
coal from Perryville Md, for John R. Zim-
norman.
The large dredge Pugh, belonging to Rit-
tenhouse Moore, the contractor for the
deepening of the water In the Potomac, is
at work on the Smiths Point shoals, and
the work there is being pushed night and
Gay. The tug E. V. McCauley of Nor
folk, which was the tender of the Pugh
last season: is engaged this year in the
same capacity. The McCauley was in port
yesterday coaling up.
The schooner Rosa B. Cora, with cargo
OF ABOUT 1000 Watermelons from Powelrs
Point, n. c., has arrived at the 11th street
wharf. On her way up the river the Cora
grounded on Cedar Point bar, and was
ashore for day or two before she floated
hli {v,l
titles from the northern neck Of Virginia to
the merchants at Alexandria, Yesterday
evening the steamer Wakefield brought up
nearly 600 bushels for the dealers there.
General and Personal.
The new frame which supports the scoop
on John Miller's dredge Fannie, which
Is being rebuilt by Cumberland & Son, is
in position, and the work Of preparing the
machine for service Is progressing.
The handsome schooner yacht Cinconia
belonging to Mr.. c. c. Wilkinson of this
city, returned to port yesterday evening
from a cruise of several weeks on Chesa-
peake bay and it's tributaries.
Commencing Monday next the steamer
Harry Randall will begin running a series
of family excursions to Chapel Point Mon
days, continuing through the month Of
August.
About 5000 watermelons from North Car
olina were on sale at the 11th street wharf
this morning, and brought from S. to $50
per hundred
The steamer T. v. Arrowsmith brought
up about l 200 packages Of cantaloupes and
400 boxes Of fruit from the Coan and Yeo-
comico rivers this morning for the dealers
here.
Mr.. Edward Cumberland has gone to
Smiths Point to do some repair work on
the dredge Pugh
Mr.. Louis Hart Is recovering from the
burns he received by the bursting of the
boiler at the Portner brewery, Alexandria,
Monday last.
CANCER.