Evening star., 1901-09-19
ALONG THE sRlvER FRONT
COAST SURVEY STEAMER TO SERVE
IN CHEsApEAKE BAY.
Schooner Loaded with Coal Goes
Ashore - FMh and Oyster
MarkeN-RHefs.


which is to do duty on Chesapeake bay and
its vicinity, was launchedat the shipyard OF
Townshend & Downey, Shooters Island,
N Y, last evening" and as soon as pos
sible the new boat VIII be brought to
Baldmore to be fitted out. The craft is
lat feet inches long q feet inches wide
and 10 feet deep, and has the engines ana
machinery from the old coast survey
steamer of the same name, which she is
being built to succeed. The steamer will
be ready to go into commission in the early
spring.
The four-masted schooner Edith G. Fol-
well, with cargo of soft coal from George
town for Portsmouth, n. H., went ashore
Tuesday morning near Cape Henry She
was foated by the steam pilot boat Fllol
and proceeded on her way apparently un-
injured
The two-masted schooner Cherubim Is re-
ported ashore on Bodllin bar, In Ches-
apeake bay, at the mouth of the Magothy
river The tug Maud H. has gone from
Baltimore to pull her into deep water.
There was but scant supply OF nsh on
hand at the 11th street wharf market this
morning. Prices were: Founders. 4c per
pound; sea bass, &c. per pound; bluensh o
to &c. per pound: croaker, Sc. per pound;
large trout, to &c. per pound; white perch,
8 to 15c. per pound; boiling rock 10 to lsc.
per pound: pan rock, to 1Oc. per pound !;
Spanish mackerel, 12h to lac. per pound;
black 81 ;. bass. 10 to 12c. per pound; gray trout
"a to . per barrel; porgies, 25c. each; drum,
Zoe. each; carp, 70 to 25c. each; eels ana
catfish, Is to 25c. per bunch; spot. 81 per
barrel, and crabs. 75c to 81 per barrel.
The cooler weather OF the past two days
had beneficial effect on the oyster mar
ket at the wharf, and today the demand Is
good at increased prices. This morning
they were selling at 80 to 55 cents per
bushel.
Three yecse1S laden with watarmeIons
were at the oyster wharf yesterday, but
the demand for them is light, and hut few
sales are being made. There were about
10000 melons on hand this morning, and
the prices were: For selects, SIG to SIT per
hundred; primes, $6 to s. per hundred. and
culls sold as low as 81 per hundred.
Passing To and Fro.
The schooner A. H. Schulz has arrived at
Alexandria with a large cargo of canned
goods from Smiths creek
The steamer Dennis Simmons has COM
pleted the unloading of a large cargo of
lumber and shingles and sailed for Eden
ton, N. c., to load.
The schooner Murray Vandiver, lying at
Forsberg & Murrays wharf, near the foot
of Sth street, unloaded a cargo of lumber
for II. l.. Btscoe and sailed for the James
river.
The barkentine Doris has been taken to
the asphalt brick works the Eastern
dl the loOt OF SOuln CdpltOl
to unload her cargo OF Trinidad asphalt.
The Leroy Is at the wharf at Fort WASH
1ngton unloading cargo of oak wood for
use at the fort.
The schooner Carrie c. Pinto has been
taken to the wharf OF Thos. r. Riley foot
of . street, to unload her cargo of lumber
The schooner Oakland has arrived in port
with cargo Of cord wood for Carter &
Clark.
The NJ. A. Shea is at Alexandria and has
loaded a cargo of building material for a
river point.
The large four-masted barkentine Doris,
laden with asphalt from Port au Prince
Island of Trinidad, has arrived in port.
The schooner John r. Reese has unload
ed her lumber and has sailed for a James
river point.
tilizer for the Alexandria Chemical and
Fertilizer Company has arrived at the
wharf Of VIM. A. Smoot & Co. at Alexan-
dria.
The schooner j.. r. Robinson has loaded
a cargo of general supplies at Alexandria
and has sailed for Upper Machodoc wharf.
The schooner Lewis H. Coward, with
coal from Georgetown, has arrived at
Portsmouth, N. H.. her destination.
The schooner Bradford c. French, from
Georgetown, is at Portland. Me-, with a
load of soft coal.
The schooner John H. Butterick, from
this port, has arrived at Baltimore and
will load coal for a New England port
The schooner Five Sisters with a cargo
of Virginia pine lumber has arrived In port.
The Amanda F. Lewis. Fair America and
Emmet Arthur have sailed for the oyster
beds In the lower Potomac and will reload.
The schooner J. D. Bell has gone to the
lower river to load cord wood for Carter &
Clark.
The tug sandow, with Standard Oil barge
No 7S in tow, is in port with a cargo Of
oil for the local oil company.
OF General Interest.
The handsome steam yacht Gravota, be-
longing to Mr.. John r. Dos Passos of New
York. has been launched from the marine
at Alexandria and has returned to
this city. While on the railway the Gra-
vo.a was given a thorough overhauling.
She is now ready for service.
The large barge Confidence, which has
been lying at Georgetown for several weeks
loading a cargo of poplar timber from
points along the line of the Chesapeake
and Ohio canal between Georgetown and
Cumberland. completed her cargo and has
sailed in tow of the tug Hercules, en- route
to Philadelphia, via Chesapeake City. The
poplar wood is to be used for paper maxi
ing.
The steam launch Joe Blackburn, which
was hauled out at the Alexandria shipyard
for repairs, has been launched and is again
in service
The snag-pulling boat of the United
States engineers which has been making
soundings for the new bridge across the
Potomac near the Long bridge, has COM
pleted her work and has gone to the Matta-
woman flats to make soundings there.
The schooner r. D. Bibbu has been char
tered to load soft coal at Baltimore for
Boston at Soc. per ton.
All the steamers in the harbor here will
fly their flags at half mast for thirty days
in memory of President Mckinley
Capt and Mrs. r. s. Randall have re-
turned from a short visit to Newport News
and Old Point.
from a trip on the Potomac in the steamer
kent.