Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-17
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
HARBOR POLICE BOAT TO GO INTO
COMMISSION SOON.
Prices at the Fish Wharf.-The Freight
Hnndiers-SchOOner Gets
Aground-Briefs.

The hsrbor police boat Vigilant, which
| has been out of service for about two
| months will shortly be ready to go into
| commission again. Commodore Sutton, the
| harbor master has been notified by Moore's
/ Sons of Alexandria, the contractors Tor the
| new engine, that it will be shipped from
| Boston tomorrow, and should be mere py
| Thursday next. The new boiler. built by
| the Spidden Company, in Baltimore, Is nm
! ished and ready to be tested. This test
will he made at once and if successful the
boiler will also be here before the end OF
this week. The old engine has already
| been removed from the Vigilant, and the
| old boiler will be at once taken out and
the new machinery installed, and Commo-
dore Sutton expects to be able to again
raise his flag on the Nigilant in about
! three weeks or a month. The new ma
chinery of the boat will make her much
| faster and more SerVlceable LOT Hal poi
police work.
The rains of the past two or three days,
| together with the easterly winds, nave
| caused high tides. and yesterday evening
| the low lands on the Virginia side of the
| river. near the south end OF the Long
| bridge were under water. Unless there is
| a sudden rush of water from the upper
| Potomac no danger is anticipated here.
| considerable current is now running from
| the Eastern branch and the rivermen are
! looking for a current from the upper river
| today. The rains and consequent muddy
water have destroyed the chances Tor bass
| fishing for some time to come.
| The fish market at the 18th street wharf
! this morning was fairly well supplied with
! fish of all varieties. The market was fair
| and prices were: For croaker. 81 per bar
| rel; trout go TO $3.50 per barrel; butter
| fish. 81 to 81 per barrel; bluetish, &c. per
pound; pan rock, &c. to 1oc. per pound
boiling rock. 1232c- to l'c per pound; wnte
perch &C. to 12c. per pound spot. &c. per
pound; sturgeon, &c. to Sc. per pound; sal
mon trout &c. per pound; Spanish mack
| erel. SC. to 10c per pound; founder, &c per
pound; catfish. lac. to 20c. per bunch; cells
and yellow perch, 1oc. to 15c. per bunch;
carp. &c. to Zoe. each; drum, 1oc to 2Jc
each. and porgie, SC. each. Crabs are
scarce. and are selling at 3Oc- to 4oc. per
dozen for soft-shels and 81 so to 81 for hard
crabs
| The Moving Craft.
| The big four-masted schooner Indepen-
dent, with cargo of 400 tons of ice for
the American Ice Company, arrived in port
early this morning in tow of the tug
Camilla.
The United States revenue cutter Win
dom has returned to port from cruise on
the Potomac river and Chesapeake bay.
| The schooner Seward is in port with
cargo of cord wood for Carter & Clark.
| The steamer James E. Tull is in port
with cargo of about 100000 feet of Vir-
ginia pine lumber from Aqua creek for
/
| The Zephyr has arrived with a cargo of
cord wood from a river point for Carter &
! Clark.
The schooner A. H. Quinby has completed
the unloading of her cargo of lumber and
| has sailed.
| The schooner Cooper came into port Sat-
urday with cargo of cord wood for the
| local dealers
| The bugeye May unloaded a cargo of
scrap iron at Alexandria Saturday and will
sail today with a cargo of general stores.
| The two-masted schooner Charles H. Glib
son, laden with Virginia pine lumber, ar
rived in port yesterday evening.
The bugeye r. H. Stuart sailed today for
| Nomini creek to load cord wood for Carter
& Clark.
The schooner John J. Hanson, with a
/ cargo of about 1,G'O tons of Cumberland
coal loaded by the Winship Meredith Com
pany of Georgetown, will sail this evening
! for Boston.
The long boat Osceola is in port with pine
wood for Carter & Clark.
| Items Of General Interest.
| little black schooner coming down from
| Georgetown yesterday evening ran ashore
| on the flats at the junction of the Washing
ton and Virginia channels and remained
there for several hours until the tide arose
| and her crew were able to work her Off
She was unhurt, and continued on her way
down the Potomac.
| The large naphtha launch Eaglet arrived
IN SATURDAY evening anu Is lying III
the harbor. The Eaglet Is about forty feet
| long and is a very roomy little vessel. She
halls from Fredericksburg, Nd, and has
her owner. Mr. H. B. Messenger with q
| party aboard for pleasure cruise on Ches-
| apeake bay and it's tributaries.
The rebuilding of the steam yacht
Daphne at the Alexandria ship yard is
rapidly approaching completion, and it is
expected she will be put overheard shortly.
The rainy weather is having diSas-
trGus effect on the excursion business on
the river Several of the excursion boats,
which usually do a good business on Sun
day remained tied up at their wharves
yesterday, and the business done by those
that was light.
Manager John Callahan of the Norfolk
and Washington line has arranged spe-
cial trip for July on the steamer New
pert News, to Old Point, Yorktown and
Norfolk.
The United States naval yacht Sylph.
with a party of officials on board, passed
down the river yesterday morning.
The tug NJ. Mitchell Davis has left Bal
timore for the capes of the Chesapeake on
the lookout for the schooners Lavinia
, Campbell, NJ. a. Randall and Charles E.
Soul, all due there with cargoes of Ice
| for this port.
| The tug George W. Pride has taken the
| large covered barge of the Alexandria
Chemical Company to Occoquan to loao
sulphur.
The steam launch LOWE Randall, which
, has been doing duty as the harbor police
boat, has been handsomely reprinted by the
|. | harbor masters force.
I CENSUS OF MANILA.