Evening star., 1901-07-30
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
LARGE SUPPLY OF wATERMELONs
AT THE WHARF.
Game Preserve to He Established In
King George County, Va.-Gen-
eral and Personal. :;


From now on an ample supply of water
melons will be received at the l1th street
wharf to meet all demands For the pres
ent the main supply will come from North
Carolina, but in a short time the melons
grown on the river farms will be coming to
market Yesterday the bugeye Helen Vino
sor, with 1900 melons from Powells Point,
N c., was towed into port by the tug
Yerkes, jr and last night the bugeye ).
Nanko with 1000 melons from the same
point. came into port Both cargoes are
consigned to J. H. Richardson & Co.. and
this morning the melons were selling at p
to SIS per hundred. according to size and
quality.
Fifty acres OF the old Redding homestead
In King George county. Va. not far from
Stiffs' and Stuarts wharves, has been pur-
chased by Mr.. James e. Kendall or west
Virginia, who. 1t Is stated, will convert IT
into a game preserve. the only one' -
said, In any of the river counties. Inc
pr eserve is to be stocked with deer. raDDlts.
goats and other animals. and will be sur
rounded by q high and close barbed wire
fence to keep out dogs and poachers Game
keepers will be In charge, and a mousse ior
their accommodation Is to be erected IN
the center of the preserve.
The warm weather has had depressing
effect on the fish market at the 1lth street
wharf. The supply on hand Is gooo, put
the demand Is light, only those buying
fish who want them for immediate use
Prices this morning were: For gray trout:
s.. so to 81 per barrel: butter fish, 81 90 TO y
per barrel: croakers, - per barrel; o.ue, .n e.
fish, cents per pound: spot $3.50 to $3.50
per barrel: rock. pan: to z cents per
pound: rock. boiling. 10 to 12.a cents per
pound: mackerel, to cents per pound'
white perch. to 10 cents per pound; stur-
geoa, 10 cents per pound; catfish. 15 to
25 cents per bunch: eels and yellow percn,
Is to 20 cents per bunch; porgies. 10 cents
each: drum, 25 cents each: carp, 70 to 80
Hard crabs are plentiful and sold this
morning at 81 per barrel.
The Freight Handlers.
The schooner Mary Virginia, with car
20 Of lumber from the lower river. has ar
rived in port.
The schooner Belmont has arrived IN
port with a cargo Of wood for Carter &
Clark and lumber for Johnson & Wimsatt-
The two-masted schooner ]. P. Robinson.
which unloaded a cargo OF grain at George
town. sailed for Alexandria yesterday even-
ing and will load general cargo there for
the lower river.
A. Smoot & Co., at Alexandria. unloading
a large cargo Of cord wood from the lower
river.
The two-masted schooner VIM. L. Frank
The three-masted schooner Josie E. Burt.
with a cargo Of ice for the American Ice
Company, came into port yesterday In tow
Of the tug VIM. H Yerkes. jr. She has
been docked at the 9th street wharf OF the
company.
The bugeye Silver Spray. with cargo OF
wheat from Alexandria, has gone up to the
mills at Georgetown to unload
The Charles II. Dagger, laden with cord
wood, came into port yesterday consigned
to Messrs. Carter & Clark.
The schooner Zaccheus Sherman, with
cargo OF about 1900 tons of Ice for the
Purity Ice Company, is reported In the
river bound to this city She should reach
here by night or early tomorrow
The large schooner Lizzie II. Brayton
will sail for Baltimore to load coal Tor
Boston as soon as she unloads he- cargo OF
Ice at Georgetown.
The schooner Murray vandiver. with a
cargo of 10000 feet Of Virginia pine lum-
ber arrived in port this morning 1Or JOnp-
son & Wimsatt.
The schooner Carrie L. Moss, loaded with
10000 shingles for Frank Libby and Her
rell Bros. is at 7. w. Riley's wharf dis
charging cargo.
The large schooners Daylight and La
vinia Campbell. for the American Ice Com
pany, and the Estelle Phinney. for the
Home Ice Company Of Alexandria, arc re-
ported in the river, bound up.
The steamer OccoQuan, with cargo OF
-four in barrels and railway ties. came into
port yesterday evening She brought up in
tow a raft Of about $50 pine piles for Car
ter & Clark.
The Julia and Annie. with cargo OF
cord wood for the local dealers, has ar
rived in port.
The large schooner VIM. c. Tanner, now
unloading ice here, has been chartered to
load coal at Georgetown for port In New
England.
The schooner Augustus Hunt has sailed
in tow of the tug NJ. NJ. Davis for Norfolk
to load coal.
General Matters.
The new boiler recently placed In the new
steam power barge Jackson IS said to be
too small for the boat. Work has been
stopped on the vessel while Capt. Al Owens,
her owner. is trying to get some informa-
ton regarding larger boiler The barge
Is now at Fosburg & Murrays wharf being
fitted out.
The building operations at Fort Wash
ington are rapidly drawing to a close. and
the new building will be turned over for
use of the post very shortly. This morn
ing the steamer Estelle Randall took down
q large quantity Of iron piping. of various
shapes, to be used stairways, balconies,
&c, in the new buildings.
The new steam launch belonging to Mr..
Charles Smithson has been put overheard
at the foot Of 9th street and was given a
trial Of her new naphtha engine yesterday.
Inc working or the launch was SattSfaC-
tory and she will go into commission in a
few days.
The ladies OF the Ninth Street Christian
Church gave a moonlight excursion on the
steamer Harry Randall last night and
about 800 of the members OF the church and
their friends enjoyed pleasant sail on the
river to Indian Head and back without
landing. During the evening refreshments
were served.
The sloop Nan. belonging to Mr.. VIM j.
Aman. which has recently been oyerhauled
at Cumberland's boat house at the foot OF
nth street. Is now ready for her new suit
of sails and will shortly go into commits
sion. The Nan Is one of the most comforta-
Bile boats on the river and the improve
ments made in her will add to her effi-
cheney.
The officers Of the steamers coming into
port yesterday evening report a little two
masted schooner painted black and laden
with lumber ashore on the flats, on the
Virginia side of the river opposite Fort
Foote. From the position In which she was
lying her name could not be made out She
was high and dry and only a good high
tide will float her.
The little steam launch Alert Is having
some minor improvements made in her ma
chinery, preparatory to a cruise in the
river.
Walter Langley is building a large bateau
on Lannon's old wharf at Alexandria for
private use.