Evening star., 1901-06-08
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
THE STEAM YACHT GIAVOTA RE-
CEIvEs A NEW sMOKEsTACK.
Handsomely Equipped Pleasure Boat
Fish Market Quotations
Launch of Steam Barge.

Mr.. Thomas Banks derrick boat will place
the stack in position. The Giavota is one
of the most beautifully fitted pleasure boats
that has ever been on the Potomac. In her
main saloon a rather large apartment for
a small boat the walls covered with
dark green velvet, with panels of mirrors
in gold frames. The furniture, 1ounging
chairs and couches are beautifully uphol-
stored in the same hue, and this color
scheme is general throughout the boat.
The large four-masted schooner Lydia
NJ. Deering arrived in port this morning in
tow of the tug NJ. NJ. Davis, with cargo
of / ,265 tons of ice for the American Ice
Company. She will discharge her cargo
at the Sth street wharf. The Deering load
ed 1.5i0 tons of ice in the Kennebec and
started for this port about May 2E When
she attempted to come out of that river 1t
was found she was drawing too much
water and 275 tons of her cargo had to be
thrown overheard to tighten her. She
sailed from Bath, at the mouth of the Ken
nebec, May %, and had a good run down
! the coast. She came in the capes Thurs
day night
The new steam barge built by Cumber-
land & Son at the foot of 10th street for
Mr. Thomas Owens was launched at high
water yesterday, and was named the D.
h Jackson. The new barge is SAY feet
long. % feet wide and feet deep. Her
draft will be light, allowing her to go into
the shoal creeks on the river for lading
Inc engine ana DOlleF LOT the uodl VIII pC
received next week, and will be at once
put in position. 1t is expected the new
craft will go into commission about the
latter part of this month.
The supply of fish at the 11th street
wharf market this morning not large
about seventy packages of bay and river
fish having been received by the dealers
The demand was fair and prices were: For
shad to Is cents each; croaker, butter
fish and gray trout. $3.50 to 3d. per barrel;
salmon trout 6 cents per pound; founder
to cents per pound; carp, to 10 cents
each: porgies 10 to 10 cents each; stur-
geon, to cents per pound; blue fish, Z
to cents per pound; rock, 10 to 121a cents
per pound; white perch, to 10 cents per
pound; drum catfish, Is to 25 cents per
bunch; eels 10 to 20 cents per bunch, and
mullets and yellow perch, 10 to Is cents
per bunch. After today no shad can be
sold in this market until the end of the
closed season. The supply of crabs on
hand was fair and soft shell sold at 30
cents per dozen, and hard ones at $l.O per
barrel.
Coming In and Going Out.
The schooner ]. w. Holland IL unloading
a cargo of lumber at the wharf Of 7. W.
Riley. foot of 18th street.
The schooner w. H. Dillard has COM
pieted the unloading of her cargo Of lum-
Der and has sailed for Norfolk.
The schooner Lizzie Burt is in port with
a full cargo OF cordWood from the river
for Carter & Clark.
The Weems line steamer Potomac, which
came into port early this morning, brought
up a large freight Of berries and other
country produce from the lower Potomac
This Is the first trip OF the Potomac mere
for several weeks.
The Peri and American Patriot have both
sailed for river port and Will load cord
wood for this city.
The barges Patapsco and Chickahominy.
both laden with hard coal, have arrived III
port for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The sloop Annie Gertrude. with cargo
of about 81. 900 feet of Virginia pine lum-
ber from Coan river, has arrived In port
for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The steamer Dennis Simmons. having
completed unloading large cargo OF
boards and shingles, has sailed for New
bern, N. c., and will load again for this
market.
The schooner May Brown has sailed for
river landing and will load cordwood back
to this port.
The tug Peerless of Baltimore came into
port yesterday with an oil barge for the
Standard Oil Company, and three coai-lad-
en- barges in tow. The oil barge was taken
up the Eastern branch, one coal barge to
Georgetown and the others to the dealers
here.
The steamer Lily and Howard came into
port yesterday evening with fun load OF
railway ties from Aqua creek for Carter Il
Clark.
The Miami having completed the unload
ing of her cargo. has sailed from Alexan-
dria and will reload at river point ror
this market.
The schooner Bertha Dean from this port
has arrived at Baltimore. and will load
coal for a New England port.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Ninth Street
Christian Church had it's annual outing on
the steamer Harry Randall last night.
About 800 Of the members and friends OF
the society made the trip and enjoyed
delightful sail on the river as far as In
dian Head. During the evening refresh
ments were served on the boat by the Ia
dies. The party reached home shortly af-
ter 10 o'clock. Mr. Geo. w. Pratt was In
charge of the arrangements.
Large quantities of lumber are being
daily shipped from this city on the river
steamers to points in Maryland and Viz
ginia. A large number OF buildings are
being erected along the Potomac from Al
exandria to it's mouth. and much of the
lumber used Is supplied from here.
Matters of General Interest.
The District Letter Carriers Association
gave the largest excursion yesterday that
has gone down the river for long time.
Over 5000 people went on the outing to
River View. The steamers Samuel j.
Pentz. Arrowsmith. Wakefield. Kent and
E,stelle Randall were used to carry the
huge crowd
The damage done the longboat Five Sis
at all serious. 1t was at first thought she
had broken her keel in half. but when she
was placed on the railway 1t was found the
damage was mainly to her bottom plank
ing. The hull sheathing is being renewed.
The tug Carter yesterday left Alexan-
dria with the sucker dredge from the Alex
andria shipyard in tow. Down the river
the Carter will meet the tug M. M. Davis.
and will turn the dredge over to her to be
taken to the capes.
The large unloading derrick of Little
field & Alvord is at Alexandria taking the
cargo from large barge for VIM. A.
Smoot & Co.
The work Of rebuilding the yacht Nym-
phea, at the foot of 18th street, Is rapidly
approaching completion.
The summer schedule Of the Randall line
will go into effect about the 1st Of July.
Five steamers will then be In the freight
and passenger business on that line
Mr. Bert G. Faulhaver representing the
New York owners Of the Washington-Alex-
andria ferry line, has been in the city for
the past two days on business connected
with the line.
Capt. Addie Posey Is temporarily in COM
mand Of the steamer Kent. with Mr.. Mich
olas Keys as engineer and Mr.. Jacob Phil
lips as deck mate.
Capt. Ollie Crowder, in command Of the
tug NJ. NJ. Davis, will leave here today for
Cape Henry with the schooner John B.