Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-22
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
ALLEGED DANGEROUS OBSTRUCTION
At FORKS OF CHANNEL.
Sunken Piles East Side Eastern
Brnnch-No Oysters on
Sale Today.

| During the operations of the harbor
dredge near the forks of the channel at
the entrance to the harbor line of fifteen
long piles driven along the Eastern
! branch on the east side OF the channel.
| When the dredge completed the work here
and transferred it's base OF operations above
| the Long bridge these piles were all To have
| been pulled up, but II is stated that only
! eleven were found. and that four which
had been broken off by passing vessels are
still under water. Should a vessel run
upon these piles she would likely be seri-
| ously damaged
The boiler and engine Of Mr.. J. +. Rey-
burns steam yacht Gretchen, which have
been lying on the old wharf Of the steamer
| Estelle Randall for the past two months,
| have been taken to Alexandria and will be
| at once placed in the yacht, which is lying
| at the wharf, foot Of Prince street. The
! Gretchen is now one of the largest private
yachts on the Potomac being 10 feet long.
! Since being taken TO the Alexandra ship
yard she has been cut in half and thirteen
and one-half feet added to her amidships
ana her bow made ten feet longer. Ship
| joiners are now busy laying her decks and
building her cabins, and IT will be several
| weeks before she can be gotten ready for
service.
The fish market at the 11th street wharf
was but poorly supplied this morning. the
| northeast storm having prevented the fish
| ermen In the bay and river from working
| their nets. The market today was fairly
| brisk and prices were: Roe shad, sly To so
| per hundred; buck shad. 50 to $40 per hum
| dred; herring, 81 per thousand; trout. 81 80
to 81 per barrel; carp, 10 to 10 cents each;
| rock, 10 to 10 cents per pound; white perch,
| o to 10 cents per pound; founders. cents
/ per pound; butternsh, 20 cents per
| pound; catnsh and cells, 10 to Is cents per
bunch; bluefish, to 10 cents per pound;
| sturgeon 4 cents per pound; yellow perch,
10 cents per bunch.
There were no oysters sale at the
| oyster wharf this morning, and but one
| canoe-the Rattling Joe-was in port with
! cargo of about 4VU00 CLAIMS from the
| eastern shore of Virginia. The market this
morning slow, the CLAIMS selling at 40
| cents per hundred.
| Coming and Going.
The schooner Henry l.. Peckham, with q
cargo of about 1850 tons of ice from the
kennebec, for the American Ice Company,
arrived in port this morning in tow Of the
| tug Camilla.
| The Gilman Dove has arrived with car
| go of railway ties. She is unloading in the
| James creek canal.
| The schooner Alice CARLYLE is in port with
! a cargo of cordwood.
| The bugeye Winnie Windsor is loading a
| cargo of bricks and building material at
Alexandria for river point near Colonial
! Beach.
The fiattie John d. Davis has arrived at
| Alexandria with cargo Of foundry scrap
] iron for Henry Bladder.
| The barge Latta is at the wharf OF Vim.
| A. Smoot & Co, dscharging a cargo Of
| hard coal from Philadelphia
| The schooner II. p. Eli is In port with q
| cargo of $4,000 feet Virginia pine lumber
| from the Rappahannock for Johnson Sc
| Wimsatt.
The schooner Fox has sailei for Cow arts
| wharf with a cargo of lumber.
| The steamer E. James Tull, having COM
| pleted the unloading of her cargo OF ALL
way ties has gone to Alexandria To load q
general cargo for Occoquan.
! The Peri loaded a general cargo a. Alex.
andria yesterday and sailed for AGuia
| creek.
The longboat Isaac Solomon rs in l.ort
with a cargo Of cordwood for Garter &c
| Clark.
The bugeye r. H. Stuart has loaded O
cargo of grain at Alexandria and has sailed
for Currioman bay points.
The tug NJ. NJ. Davis has left Baltimore
| for this port to take out the dig foul-jnast-
ed schooner Macomber.
| The Endeavor is at Alexandria with n
river.
| The steamer Estelle Randall is daily taxi
ing large quantities OF timber and building
material to Fort Washington to Ice used
| In the construction of the new barracks
| there.
The Norfolk line steamer this morning
| brought up a large quantity OF spring veg
| etables from the Norfolk neighborhood for
\ the dealers here.
The steamer Charles Manchester has re.
sumed her place upon the route between
this city, Mount Vernon and Marshall
| Hall, relieving the steamer River Queen.
Items of General Interest.
The new thirty-fve-foot sailboat built
at the boat house foot of o street south,
west for Mr.. S. Matthews was Yesterday
put overheard for the first time The new
craft will be called the Minnie o, and will
| now be rugged out, and will be used for
summer cruising on the river. She will
have large spread of canvas, and is ex-
pected to be very fast
Mr.. Charles Garner will this evening nut
overheard into the dock at the foot of 18th
street sailboat which he has Just builr
for his own use. The new craft is thirty-
six feet long and has been named the
Joseph H. She too, Will be fitted out for
use this summer.
The alterations recently made in the
wheels OF the steamer Wakefield by the
engineers of the Randall line have II M
stated, made the steamer considerable
! faster. She came into port yesterday even.
ing from her first round trip on the river
route since the wheels were altered
The excursion which was to have been
gwen by the government Printing office
Council Of the National Union to River
View yesterday has been postponed until
Monday next.
In consequence of the continued easteriy
winds the tides have been very high for
the past two or three days and all the
lowlands above jackson City have been
hooded.
The tug Juno is temporarily laid I'D az
Alexandria awaiting the appointment of a
commander.
The mud digging machine Of Mr. John
Miller Of this city is at the Alexandria
shipyard deepening the water in the docks
there.
Three large sand diggers are In opera.
ton above the Long bridge getting sand
and gravel from the rivers bed for use
In the building operations In this city.
The steamer Kent is to be overhauled and
gotten in readiness for service on the river
during the coming summer
The work of overhauling the yacht Law.
renee J. at Benefits boat yard is progress
ing rapidly.
The United States fish commission Yacht
Phflarope yesterday took the commissioner
of fish and fisheries and a party of officials.
with their wives on a trip down the river
A stop was made at Mt. Vernon, and at
Bryan's Point shad bake was served
The party returned home late yesterday
afternoon.
Captain Finley of the schooner A. p.
Bailey has gone to Philadelphia on a visit