Evening star., 1901-11-06
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
N. &c &tf
THE STEAM LAUNCH BARTHOLDI TO
RE REBUILT.
Fish and Oyster Market-CominE and
Going of Vessels - Gem
eral Items.

eral Items.
+ The large steam launch Bartholdi. which
| has been used for excursion purposes on
| the river for the past two or three sum-
| mers. is hauled out on the marine railway
! at Cumberland's boatyard in Georgetown
| and will be rebuilt When taken from the
water some unsound tfmbers were found
in her hull and her owners are now having
| 1t rebuilt and numerous improT oTements are
| being made in it. She will also be thor
| oughly repainted and will be reinstalled in
preparation for running in ice during the
| early part of the winter. The Bartholdi
| viii be out of service for two or three
! weeks, but when put overheard again will
| be practically new boat
The supply of fish on sale at the 11th
| street wharf market this morning was
small, river fish being particularly scarce
The demand was fair and prices were as
| IoilowS: For black bass, to 12'2 cents per
pounu sturgeon, lp cents per pound; sal
| mon trout, to cents per pound; Large
| trout, to cents per pound; pike. > to :
cents per pound; bluetish and tailors. 4 to s
cents per pound butter fish, cents per
pound; pan rock, to 10 cents per pound;
medium rock, 10 cents per pound; boiling
| rock, 12n to 10 cents per pound: jumping
mullets, to 81: cents per pound; white
perch. D to II cents per pound. or % to 30
cents per bunch; spot, 81 per box; gray
trout, ST to s. per box; yellow perch. ) to
10 cents per pound; carp 10 to % cents
each; catfish, % to 30 cents per bunch; cells.
10 to % cents per bunch. and river mullets,
lO to ID cents per bunch.
The cooler weather has greatly increased
the demand for oysters at the 11th street
wharf, and with the decrease in the sup
ply prices have advanced. This morning
the small oysters were selling at from yOc
to 6Oc. per bushel and the larger ones were
selling as high Soc. per bushel. The
cent arrivals are the Ruth and Ella and the
Maggie Smith.
Passing In and Out.
The two-nasted schooner Eugie is at the
lumber wharf between Sth and 9Th streets
southwest unloading her cargo of North
Carolina pine lumber for Johnson & Vim
satt.
The pungy Seabelle loaded small cargo
of lumber and building material at Alex
andria yesterday and sailed for lower
river port.
The Bush is loading cord wood near Mar
shall Hall for Carter K Clark
The steamer E. James Tull has 50 led
from Alexandria with large general cargo
for points on Aqua creek.
The f. r. S. Dougherty has sailed from
Alexandria for the Blackistones Island
neishbornood and will load cargo of oys-
terS for the dealers here.
The schooner Clara Coward. with load Of
! cord wood from Nomni. has arrived in port
for the local dealers.
The Winnie Windsor. having unoaded
her cargo here. went to Alexandria and
loaded cargo of hard coal and sailed Tor
a river point,
The large three masted schooner .,gnes
e. Manson, which unloaded cargo of ice
here, sailed in tow of the tug Wm II
Yerkes, jr., for Newport News, where she
will load Pocahontas coal for Boston
Ihe longboat triah Horner is at Marshall
Hall loading a cargo of about forty cords
! of hickory wood for the dealers here
The sloop Glmmer with a cargo of bar
rels of potatoes and apples from Occoutlan
arrived at Alexandria yesterday. and after
unloading part of her cargo there came
| on to this city to complete unloading
| The sloOp 3. H. Lambert after loading a
| general cargo at Alexandria, sailed Tor
| the Curriomen bay.
The schooner Kate Muller has arrived in
| port with full cargo of cord wood from
| the lower Potomac for Carter & Clark
The new schooner Orlando Fl. Walton is
in the river bound to this port on her
maiden voyage. with a full cargo of about
! l,10O tons of ice for the American Ice CON-
pany.
General News of the Port
! The engineers battalion at the arsenal
had drill yesterday in building pontoon
bridge a detachment constructing a bridge
in very few minutes from the arsenal
grounds about halfway across the Last
| ern branch. The drill was watched with
| interest by a number of spectators Sur
| Veying parties from the arsenal are out
| almost daily running lines from the arsenal
| into the river in all directions
Stuarts wharf on the Potomac about
i fifty miles below this city, is to be rebuilt
| and put in thorough order to withstand
| the ice and storms of the coming winter
| The piling and other material to be ,lsed
in the rebuilding of the wharf are on hand
| and the work will be begun within the i.ext
| few days.
| The United States naval tug Tecumseh
| with barge in tow, on which was six
| inch gun to be tested, passed down the river
Yesterday for the naval proving grounds at
| Indian Head.
| The work of building the hull of the new
| pile driver for Messrs. Garter & Clark of
| this city has been begun at the new boat
yard of Mr. Augustus Dean at Alexandria,
| the early spring
The building of the new wharf at Alex
| andria in front of the Mutual Ice Com
pany plant Is to be resumed as soon as the
| tides Will allow. For the past week or ten
days the tides have been so high that it is
| Impossible to build the crib on which the
| new structure will rest.
The schooner John ]. Hanson. which ar
| rived here yesterday to load railway ties
| came light from Boston for that purpose
controlling interest in the fleet of
schooners belonging to the ]. b. Kelly es-
| tate of Bath Me. has been purchased oy
J. S. Winslow & Co. of Portland Me- The
| fleet comprises the ID. Howard Spear, Clara
| Goodwin, Charles Davenport and the James
W. Ellwell' all well-known traders to this
| port.
Messrs. Anthony Smoot. Laurence Perry,
| Louis Sherman and Ashby Miller of Alex
| andria made trip to Mattawoman creek
| Tuesday in the launch j. S. Douglass on a
! hunting expedition.
| Mr.. w. j. Aman of this city has gone to
Occoquan bay and vicinity on a hunting
and fishing trip His sloop Nan will be his
! headquarters on the trip
Mr.. +. e. Mattingly, leading merchant
of the Glymont neighborhood. was in the
! city yesterday evening on business.
| Mr.. w. Harris returned yesterday even
| ing on the steamer Estelle Randall from a
! visit to Prince Georges county, Nd in the
| neighborhood of Marshall Hall
| Mr.. Thornton Smoot, purser of the Ran
| dali line steamer Kent during the summer
| season. will leave Saturday for New Mex