Evening star., 1901-08-15
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
STEAMER MAMIE ASHBY GETS
AGROUND IN MUD FLATS.
The Rainy Season Damages wheat
Fish Market QuotatiOns-Gen-
eral Port News.

As the small two-masted schooner Ma
mie Ashby. hailing from Tappahannock.
was on her way up the river yesterday
morning, with a cargo Of cord wood for
Carter & Clark. she was kept on a tack to
the westward too long and ran hard
aground in the mud fats off Manns fertil-
izer factory, just about high water. Her
crew put out anchors to deep water and
tried to pull her off, but their efforts were
unavailing, and she was still aground last
night. At high water early this morning
she was floated and is now lying in the
stream off the 10th street wharves, await
ing place to berth to unload.
In consequence of the repeated rains for
the last six weeks or two months, which
soaked the cut wheat after 1t had been
stacked in the fields, much of the wheat
now being brought to market from the
lower river Is found to be damp and In
some. instances it has begun to sprout.
ures Quantities of the grain is coming to
this city and Alexandria daily on the river
boats from the farms along the lower Po-
tcmac.
The supply of fresh and salt water fish
on sale at the 18th street wharf market
this morning was small, only about Sixty
packages having been brought up by the
steamers from the fisheries about Norfolk
and two barrels of fresh water fish coming
up on the river boats. The market this
morning was quite brisk and the demand
was heavy. Prices today are: For gray
trout and butter fish. 81 to s. per barrel;
croaker, s. per barrel; spot, IS to $6 per
barrel: bluefsh, 31 to 4 cents per pound;
| mackerel, 10 to IL cents per pound; rock,
boiling, 10 to 121a cents per pound; rock,
pan, to 8 cents per pound; white perch,
5 to II cents per pound; seabass, q cents
per pound; sturgeon, to 10 cents per
pound: catfish, 20 to 80 cents per bunch;
aa1c 70 hI1nn
to 25 cents each: drum % to 80 cents each,
and carp Is to % cents each. Hard crabs
are selling at 81 to $1.50 per barrel
There has been a considerable increase In
the demand for watermelons today, and
the oyster wharf was quite busy place
this morning Selects were selling at Si3
to $15; primes, Sc to IS, and culls, s. to "a
per hundred.
Matters of General Interest.
It is expected that big five-masted
schooner which is now building at one of
the Maine shipyards and which is to be
called the William H. Yerkes, after Mr.. w.
H. Yerkes of the American Ice Company.
will be launched in a short time and will
make her maiden voyage to this port with
q cargo of ice. She will bring a cargo OF
| nearly 1900 tons and will be brought into
port by the new tug William H. Yerkes, jr.
The machinery of the steam launch Au-
gusta, belonging to Mr. August Gaines of
Alexandria, which was disabled while be-
ing prepared for a trip last week, is again
in order and the boat is ready to go into
commission again.
The barge Minerva, laden with coal from
Philadelphia, is expected to arrive in port
today liz tow Of the tug Emma. She comes
by way Of the Delaware and Chesapeake
canal, Chesapeake bay and the river to this
city.
1t is stated that Washington will shortly
have another small marine railway Plans
are now being prepared for small railway
rxyhip oh &c 10 ho ad a hOllSe
at the foot of 18th street, and which will
be used to haul out the smaller sailing
craft only. 1t is understood it will be ready
for service this fall.
Messrs Uhler & Co. have recently sup
piled the sloop Nan, belonging to Mr. w.
j. Aman, with a complete set OF new sails.
These will be put in place at once and the
Nan will be made ready for service.
The big schooner Agnes Manning has
been chartered by the American Ice Com
pany to load ice on the Kennebec river for
this market,
The large Baltimore stug Peerless, with
the barges w. e. w. Kirby and the I. M.
McClain, from this city, and two light
barges from Alexandria in tow. left port
yesterday evening. Part of the tow will
be taken to Norfolk to load fertilizer and
the remainder to Philadelphia to load coal.
Capt. Ollie Crowder, who has been In
command Of the tug M. Mitchell Davis for
the past year, after turning the boat over
to her new commander will go to his home
in lower Maryland for visit Of about ten
days.
Mr. B. o. Tyler of this city is in West
moreland county, Va, on visit to his
mother.
The Freight Handlers.
The big four-masted schooner L. H. Go
ward, with a cargo Of LII tons Of ice
from Bath, Me-, arrived in port this morn
ing in tow of the tug VIM. H. Yerkes. jr.
The schooners Lottie Carter and Dukes
came into port this morning with cord
wood for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Mary, laden with about
10000 feet Of Virginia pine lumber, came
into port yesterday evening for Lewis Din
B. Co. Of Baltimore.
The schooner Mayf1ower. having unload
ed a cargo of cord wood on James Creek
canal. sailed for the lower river last night.
The longboat Five Sisters has gone to
river point and will load cord wood back
to this port for the dealers.
The schooner Jennie c. May, from this
port has arrived at Newport News and
will load coal for Boston.
The Leroy has arrived in port from the
lower river with a load of cord wood for
Carter & Clark.
The large sailing barge Daniel arrived In
mort today with full cargo Of heavy tim
her from the vicinity of Occoquan.
The schooner Joseph Allud has finished
unloading and has sailed light for the
The bugeye Seabright came into port
Yesterday evening with a full cargo Of
pine wood for Carter q clark.
The sloop Samuel Gibson loaded mis-
cellaneous cargo at Alexandria yesterday
and sailed for a river point.
The schooner Henry 8. Little sailed from
Bath, Me-, on Monday last for this port
with cargo OF Ice.
The little schooner c. II. Daigu. with
cargo of grain, has arrived in port from
lower river point.
The longboats Father and Son and the
Harry and Charley have gone to the lower
river and will load cargOes back to this
port.
The schooner VIM. Turner, having COM
pleted the unloading Of her cargo. has
sailed light for river point.
The steamer Occoquan, having loaded
cargo of general stores at Alexandria, has
sailed for Occoquan bay points.
The schooner VIM. Mcdonald has gone
light to the lower river and will load
cargo Of lumber for this port.
French Engineers Visit Washington.
A party Of French electrical engineers
touring through the principal northern
cities Of the United States. were In Wash
ington Tuesday and spent the day here
visiting the points Of interest. M. Paul