Evening star., 1901-09-27
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
THE NAVAL YACHT ONEIDA READY
FOR SERVICE.
Practice Vessel for District Naval Bat
talion-Heavy Winds Cause Un-
usually High Tide.

has been completed and the handSome llt-
tie craft has been brought from the navy
yard and is now lying at the wharf Of
the old Inland and Seaboard Coasting
Company at the foot of 7th street, adjoin-
ing the arsenal grounds. A force of ship
keepers is aboard her cleaning up the bright
work and putting her in shipshape order.
The Oneida was one of the yachts pur-
| chased by the government during the war
with Spain for the auxiliary navy. With
the U. S. S. Fern and the Oneida the ma
val battalion is admirably equipped for ed
ucation in the duties of seaman.
The supply of fish received by the deal
ers at the 11th street wharf market, While
not large, was ample to meet all demands
this morning. The prices today ranged as
follows: Gray trout, sold at ~ to IS per
barrel; porgies, $3.50 per barrel; croakers,
So per barrel; founders cents per pound;
black bass, 10 to IL cents per pound; butter
fish, to cents per pound; bluefsh, to
cents per pound; large trout, to cents
per pound; white perch, 10 to Is cents per
pound; pan rock, to 10 cents per pound;
medium rock. to 10 cents per pound;
Spanish mackerel, Is cents per pound;
carp. 20 to 80 cents each; catfish. 10 to 30
cents per bunch; cells, 20 to 80 cents per
bunch and hard crabs, 81 per barrel.
The demand for oysters at the wharf
continues fairly good and with continued
cool weather will largely increase. Prices
remain firm. the smaller stock selling at
40 to 60 cents per bushel and the large
oysters at 70 to so cents per bushel The
large marine railway at the Alexandria
shipyard has been temporarily disabled by
the breaking of the heavy chain used TO
haul it from the water. The damage is
now being repaired and the railway Will
be ready for service in few days.
The heavy easterly winds which have
been blowing on the coast for the past
week are causing unusually high tides for
this season of the year. Yesterday even
ing the water was so high that several of
the wharves at Alexandria were awash,
and all the lowlands at the south end of
the Long bridge and on the Potomac Park
were under water. There is no fear Of a
tide high enough to do harm here.
The Randall line steamer Estelle Ran
DALI which is laid up for repairs, will not
be ready for service until about October
new crown sheet of her boiler in position,
and considerable work is being done on
her engine and pumps.
In and Out of Port.
The two-masted schooner T. D. Purnell
having discharged a part of her cargo of
canned goods at Alexandria, has come to
this port to complete unloading.
The barge Annie took a load of terra
Gotta piping from the cars at Shepherds
landing of the Baltimore and Ohio railway
yesterday and sailed for Fort Washington.
The canal barge Potomac, laden with
fertilizer by Bryant & Co., at Alexandria,
has sailed for points on the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal
The steamer Northumberland, which
sailed yesterday, took a large cargo Of sup
plies from this city and Alexandria to the
merchants at points on the lower river
She also had quite large passenger list.
The Baltimore tug Samson, with the
four-masted barkentine Doris in tow, left
port this morning for Baltimore, where,
after being overhauled. the vessel will load.
The two-masted schooner Emily E. Bur-
ton has unloaded her cargo and has sailed
for river point. She will, 1t is stated.
load a cargo Of canned goods.
The schooner Father and Son has arrived
In port with cargo of cord wood from
Aqua creek for Carter & Clark.
The f1attie Rattling Joe, laden with Poto-
mac river oysters, arrived at Alexandria
yesterday. This is the first oyster-laden
vessel to come there this season.
The two-masted schooner Hattie C.
Wheatley is at the wharf of Thos r.
Riley. foot of street southwest, unload
ing a cargo Of about 10000 feet Of pine
lumber.
The schooner Sidney Jones has sailed
light for river point, and will load
cargo for this market.
The barge William Washington, laden
with lumber and building material for
Fort Washington. sailed from Alexandria
yesterday evening.
The bugeye r. H. Stuart and the Wm
Turner have gone to Curriomen bay, and
will load oysters for the dealers in this
CITY,
The barge York will leave Alexandria
today for the Wdcomico river, Maryland.
to load poplar wood for Philadelphia.
The schooner Five Sisters has arrived in
port with a full cargo of lumber from a
river point for johnson & Wimsatt.
The schooner Amanda F. Lewis has
sailed for lower river point, and will load
for this market
The Carrie C. Pinto, having unloaded her
cargo of lumber, will sail today for the
Coan river for another cargo.
The Schooners Ethel and Lucille Western
are in port with CargoeS of river oysters
for the dealers here.
The steamer OccoQuan Is at Alexandria,
loading miscellaneous cargo for the
stores on Occoquan creek She is lying at
the Duke street wharf
Of General Interest.
The fattie disabled in the river by the
breaking Of her mast Is not the Northum-
berland, as was supposed. The craft has
been towed into the cove near the mouth
of Piscataway creek for temporary repairs
The smokestack of the Mount Vernon
line steamer Charles Manchester has been
painted dead black, the use of the silver
aluminium paint having proved to be un-
satisfactory.
One Of John Miller's large mud and sand
scoWs Is hauled out on the marine railway
at Bennetts boat yard for an overhauline
The longboat Silver Star, which has been
on the railway at Benefits boat yard for
ten days past. receiving a general overhaul
ing, has been put overheard. and will be
n.
The steam scoop dredge Fannie has been
taken by the tug VIM. H Yerkes jr., to
West Point, where she will be employed in |
some Of the dredging operations there for
the government.
One Of the large sand-digging machines
Of the Columbia Sand Company of this city
Is operating on the Maryland side of the |
river near Chapman's fishing shore. The
sand she digs is brought to this city in
lighters.
The schooner Isaac Solomon, which was
undergoing repairs at the Alexandria ship
yard. has been completed and put over
board She is now ready to go into service |
Quantities of powder are being shipped |
from Fort Washington to the Dupont pow |
der works in New Jersey. The steamer |
Samuel ]. Pentz has made several special |
trips to carry 1t.
Mr. Laurence Perry. treasurer of the |
Washington and Alexandria Ferry Conn
pany. will leave tonight for New York to |
witness the yacht races
Mr.. VIM. A. Moore has again taken |
charge Of the engine room Of the steamer |
Samuel J. Pentz on the Glymont mali |
route.
Captain Willard M. Wade. who has COM
mand OF the new schooner VIM. H. Yerkas
is well known here, having been the COM |