Evening star., 1901-12-10
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
RACE OF SCHOONERS FROM BOSTON
TO BALTIMORE.
The Charles Davenport Wins by Sew
eral Hours Fish and Oyster
Market-GeneraI News.


A race to decide the supremacy of three
schooners well known at this port, has just
been decided at Baltimore. The four-masted
schooners Charles Davenport, Mount Hope
and John Twohy. sailed together Thursday
from Boston harbor, all light and bound to
Baltimore to load coal. The vessels kept in
sight of each other for several days but
the Davenport finally drew away from the
other vessels and arrived at Baltimore
December Z. The morning of the sth the
Mount Hope came into the harbor, and but
a few hours behind her came the Twohy.
These vessels all brought ice to this port
last summer.
The sand and gravel digging machines,
which have been operating in the river near
Glymont, Nd, have been transferred to a
point nearer home. Several machines are
digging in the river just above the Long
bridge, and others are in operation in the
Eastern branch. They are all said to be
getting superior quality of building sand
The large bugeye r. H. Stuart of Currio-
men has been hauled out on the marine
railway at Alexandria, where her hull win
be covered with a sheathing Of galvanized
iron to prevent the ice cutting the wooden
planking when the vessel is towed through
1t this winter.
The supply of fresh and salt water fish at
the 1lth street wharf market this morning
was small most Of the stock on hand COM
Ing by express from southern points. Prices
are as follows: For bluefish. 9 to &c. per
pound; pan rock, to 1Oc. per pound; me-
dium rock, 12A to 14c. per pound; boiling
rock, 20 to 23c. per pound; black bass. to
1Oc. per pound; green pike. 3 to &c. per
pound: jumping mulets, to 4c. per pound:
carp, to SC. per pound; Spanish mackerel,
1O1k to 12c. per pound: gray trout. &c. per
pound; salmon trout, to 7c per pound (;
river muilets. 10 to 35c. per bunch; eeis. Is
to 25c. per bunch; catfish. 10 to soc. per
bunch. and yellow perch. 10 to 4Oc. per
bunch. More than half the fish now being
caught by the river nets is being shipped by
express to the Philadelphia markets.
While the stock Of oysters at the oyster
wharf Is large, 1t Is not excessively so, and
prices still keep up. The demand today Is
fair. Prices are about the same as yester-
day, the smaller oysters selling at 40 to soc.
per bushel while the larger ones bring 6O
to Toe per busheI The arrivals since yes
terday are the J. b. Faunce and the VIM.
A. Parks.
The Passing Craft.
The steamer E. James Tull has gone to
Alexandria, and will there load a general
cargo for Occoquan.
The Five Sisters is in port with load Of
ccrdwood for Carter & Clark.
The Silver Star is in port with full car
go of pine boards from river point for
Johnson & Wimsatt.
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Potomac and will load a cargo for this
market
The schooner Charles V Dagger is in port
with a cargo of cord wood from the Guam
tico neighbour hood for Carter & Clark.
The large barge Overbrook is at the
wharf of Johnson Bros. unloading a cargo
Of Hard coal.
The Irene is in port with a full load Of
cord wood for the local market
The schooner Cora McKenney has arrived
at Alexandria with full cargo of Potomac
oysters for the dealers there.
The Peri has discharged her cargo Of
cord wood at the wharf Of Stephenson a.
Bros. and will sail for Aqua creek to re-
load.
The two-niasted schooner Hester A. Wa
ters has completed the unloading Of her
cargo of lumber and has sailed for the
James river to load.
The tug Minerva, with light coal barge
in tow, has gone to Occoquan, where the
barge will load pulp wood.
The three-masted schooner Alice Carlise
is In Nomini creek. loading q cargo Of wood
for the Baltimore market
The tug Favorite, with the American Re-
filming Company's barge No. 7s in tow. has
arrived in port The barge brings cargo
OF OIL for the Standard on Company
The schooner Annie Ellen has sailed for
a Virginia lumber port. where she will load
pine boards for this market.
The coal barge Carolina, belonging to the
Dougherty Company, has arrived in port
with a cargo Of hard coal from Perryville.
Md.
The schooner Earl Biscoe is in Pierec's
creek, Va, loading cargo OF oak wood
for the dealers here.
General Port News.
The boat owners are having their small
craft taken from the water and laid up for
the winter at Townshend & Whyte's boat
houses. at the foot Of 7t1 street. Eighteen
or twenty boats have been taken from the
water in the past few days.
While the large barge T. J. McIlvaine
was being towed up the bay In the ice by
the tug Maud H. she was cut through and
began leaking so badly that she had to be
beached to save her from sinking. She has
aboard cargo OF poplar wood for Philadel-
phia. The Mcflvaine is well known at this
port. where she Is frequent visitor.
The steamer Harry Randall, 1t is under
stood, will be Withdrawn from the lower
river after the busy season Is over to have
her boiler rebuilt and other repair work
done.
Two large focks of ducks. each number
ing several hundred. were seen by the Off
GERS of the ferry steamers between this
city and Alexandria yesterday. One flock
was of black mallard almost entirely
The barge Kate M. Latta, which has been
unloading at Fort Washington, Is now
light, and is waiting tug to take her to
Baltimore. She Is under charter to load
coal back to the fort. and an effort is to be
made to get her back here before the ice
comes.
The schooner Beuiah Land has been char
tered to load sand on the Severn river Md
for one of the glass-making plants at Al
exandria-
The menhaden fishing season In Chesa-
peake; bay is now closed for the season
1891. and is reported to have been quite
successful.
Mr.. NJ NJ. Davis. the builder of the new
tug for Taylor Bros. of this city was here
q day or two ago in consultation with the
firm regarding the plans for the house to
be erected on the boat The worlx on bar
Is progressing rapidly, and she will be
ready for service in the early spring.
OFFICERS REBUKED By KAISER.
They Had Ignored His Decree Re-
garding Eig hffuR nuela