Evening star., 1901-06-29
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
WORK OF REFITTING TUG FOR SER
VICE ON RIVER.
The William III. Yerkes, Jr., Placed in
Commission The Fish
Market-PersOnal.

| new tug VIM. H. Yerkes, Jr., for service on
| the river Is now completed and she went
| into commission this morning. This tug is
somewhat smaller than the NJ. M. Davis,
but Is more powerful. Her dimensions are
80 feet long, IS feet beam and feet depth
of hold. She will be propelled by a single
| screw, driven by a steeple compound engine
with cylinders 1914 by % inches, with %
| inch stroke. Her deck houses are large and
| airy and the crews quarters are very COM
| Portable. She was built at Solomon's Island,
| Md, by M. M. Davis. and her engine and
boiler were built by the Spedden Company
Of Baltimore. The boiler is of steel and is
allowed a steam pressure of 125 pounds to
| the square inch.
The tug is named for Mr.. VIM. H Yerkes,
| jr, of the American Ice Company of this
city, and her crew are: Jack Taylor. cap
| tain; VIM. Anderson mate; John Young,
chief engineer, and George Jackson, second
engineer. Taylor & Bro, to whom the new
! tug belongs, have four other tug boats In
| their fleet the NJ. N. Davis. Camilla, James
| o. Carter and d. M. Key.
| large four -masted schooner now building
at Thomaston. Me-, will be launched early
| in August and will be named after the elder
| sent here on her maiden trip with a cargo
OF Ice. The new tug left port this morning
with the schooner Young Bros in tow, for
| Baltimore.
HS supply VI HSH TeCelNeu Dy the uedloTS
| at the 11th street wharf for this mornings
market was small, but the warm weather
has made the demand for them light. and
prices today are somewhat lower than they
were yesterday. This morning gray trout
sold at $1.5O to 81 per barrel; croaker. 81
to 81 per barrel; bullar fish, s175 to So 30
per barrel; bluefish, Sc. per pound; mack
erel 8 to 1Oc. per pound; founder, to &c.
per pound spot, to 4c per pound; stur-
geon, to 1Oc. per pound; weakfsh, Sc.
per pound; pan rock, to &C. per pound; (;
boiling rock 1917 to 15c. per pound; white
perch. 8 to 10c. per pound; catfish, Is to
drum, 25c. each; carp, II to 15c each;
porgie. 10c. each; crabs are still scarce,
soft shell selling at 40 to 5Oc. per dozen
and hard at 75c. to 81 per barrel.
Vessels Passing In and Out.
The steamer E. Jos. Tull is in port with
a cargo Of lumber from Aqua creek for
Johnson & Wimsatt.
The schooner Maria o. Teel has arrived
| at Bangor, Me-, and will there load ice
for this port
The Seabird, with a general cargo for
river point near Colonial Beach, sailed from
Alexandria yesterday evening.
The longboat Five Sisters is at Ellsmere
Beach. near Marshall Hall, loading cord
wood for this port.
The schooner Jos. B. Anderson will COM
plete the unloading of her cargo of lumber
at T. w. Rileys wharf today and will sail
for Norfolk.
The steamer Harry and Charley is un-
loading her cargo of lumber at the wharf
of Forsberg & Murray
The schooner Chesapeake, with cargo
of Virginia pine lumber from the lower Po-
tomac came into port yesterday for H. L.
Biscoe.
The steamer Occoquan will sail today for
Occoquan creek to load railway ties or
cord wood back to this port.
The schooner Mary McGee has arrived in
port with q full cargo of cord wood for
Carter & Clark.
The tug Peerless, with the barges Reli-
| ance, ]. w. Brady, ]. w. Thomson, George
Roberts and one other in tow, left port
yesterday for Philadelphia via Chesapeake
City.
The schooner VIM. Lanahan has sailed
with a cargo of household goods for Cape
Charles City.
The schooner Casper Heff has cors1aeted
the loading of a cargo of hickory butts
and has sailed for Richmond.
The Uriah Horner came into port yester-
day evening with 4 cargo of cordwood for
the local dealers.
The M. A. Shea is at H. X. Fields wharf,
Alexandria, and will load cargo Of build
ing material for a river point.
The Leroy is in port with a load of
ccrdwood from a lower river point.
The steamer Wakefield took out a large
passenger list for lower river points this
morning.
The steam launch Cygnus, belonging to
t
was yesterday given her annual inspection
by the United States steamboat inspectors
and will be given license for pleasure
cruising on the river The Cygnus was
Yacht Club. with headquarters on the
Miles river, and was used by the club as
the judges boat in all its races.
large barge laden with railway ties
was taken from Georgetown to Alexandria
yesterday. where her cargo of ties will be
transferred to the schooner Alice Holbrook
Manager John Callahan is having the
Norfolk and Washington line steamer New
port News repatnted In preparation for her
special excursion trip, July 4.
The sailing sloop Dart. with her owner.
Mr. Clary, aboard, was out for a sail on
the river yesterday evening.
The United States fish commission yacht
Philanope has left port bound for the coast
of Massachusetts, where she will engage in
work for the commission during the COM
ing summer Capt. VIM. Owens left here
in command of the yacht
Capt. Harry s. Randall has returned from
short trip to Somerset Beach. Va.
Capt. Jamy Posey, now mate of the
steamer Estelle Randall. has been trans
ferred to the steamer T. V. ArrowSmith as
pilot.
The large four -masted schooner NJ. A.
Randall, laden with Ice for the American
Ice Company of this city, is reported ashore
the river. The tugs Camilla and VIM. H.
Yerkes, Jr.. have been sent from this city
to her assistance.
Approved by Commissioner Beach.
Engineer Commissioner Beach today ap-
proved an application Of the American Clay
Manufacturing Company for thirty-day
extension in its contract for delivering
sewer brick The delay is caused by the
| recent floods in the Ohio river.
Commissioner Beach also approved the
recommendation Of Plumbing Inspector
Ball that the improvements to the two
dwellings, 65 and 81 I street northeast, be
considered as one improvement, a single