Evening star., 1901-08-09
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES To THE
LIGHT HOUSES.
six SchOOners Bound for This Port
With Cargoes OF Ice-Gen:
eraH Matters,

| SuppIicS lIUH thS1tASiitLOuSe teHueT /,
which left the Headquarters of the light
house service for the district of Bal,i-
| more on Wednesday. Many of the light
| stations in the fifth district are on shoal
| spots several miles away from the main
| land and they have to receive all their
supplies of fuel, food and lights from the
| light house tenders, which make the rounds
| of the stations at regular intervals. Later
| in the season tender will visit the sta
tions and leave with them their winters
| supply of wood and coal.
| There are in port but two small schoon-
ers unloading ice, one at the 9th street
wharf of the American Ice Company and
the other at Willis wharf, foot of 18th
| street for the Purity company. There are,
however, at sea bound here S,093 tons in
| six large schoonerS for the American Ice
| COMPANY. Several bargeS are also re-
ported on their way here from New York
with cargoes of ice for the American COM
! pany The Purity company has also sew
| eraI vessels out with large tonnage.
| There has been an increase in the guam
| tity and variety of fresh and salt water
fish received by the dealers at the 18th
| street wharf for the local market, and the
| demand this morning was good. Prices re-
main about the same as they were early in
the week, trout, butter fish and spot each
! selling at SIS to Sc per barrel; bluefish &c.
per pound; rock, boiling, 10c. to 1212c. per
| pound; rock, pan, Sc. to 10c. per pound: /:
white perch, sc. to 12c. per pound; stur
! geon, &C. to 10c. per pound; bass, &c.
| per pound; catfish, 2Oc to 3oc. per bunch;
eels 25c. to soc. per bunch; porgies, 15c.
| to DC each; drum, 25c. to soc. each, and
carp 15c. to 25c. each. Hard crabs this
! morning were plentiful, and sold at soc.
| to 81. 80 per barrel.
| WatermelonS are being received at the
| oyster wharf in large quantities, eight YES
| sells having come into port since yesterday
morning. The steam launch Helen and the
| RAYMOND, from the RappahannOck, brought
1900 melons, and the NJ. Geoghegan, from
| the eastern shore, with 1900, consigned to
j. Fl. Richardson. The w. H. H. Bixler,
with 5000, and the B. II. Lambert, with
LOCO, came from the Potomac, and the
| M A. Kirwin with 1890; the l.. S. Wal
lace, with 1900, and the Eva L. Gibson,
with 1000, came from the eastern shore for
| A. Frank Evans. Prices this morning
were: Selects, sl5 to $40; primes, $40 to So,
| and culls So per hundred.
Passing In and Out.
The schooner Fannie has arrived from the
lower river with a full cargo Of sand for
| the dealers at Georgetown.
The schooner Jennie C. May, now un-
loading ice at the foot of 9th street, will be
| light by tomorrow evening.
| The schooner John B. Anderson has ar
| rived light at Georgetown for a cargo. She
| was brought into port by the tug Minerva.
The bugeye Kathleen after loading a
| general cargo at Alexandria, has sailed for
| lower river port
The Bivalve which brought cargo of
| watermelons to this city during the latter
| part of last week, sailed yesterday for
| Elizabeth City, n. c.
| The schooner Saml Wood has gone to
Georgetown to unload her cargo of gravel
| at the wharf of the Crawford Paving Co.
| The Wood is owned by Mr.. Harry Carter of
| this city. p,
The longboat Osceola loaded a general
cargo at Alexandria yesterday and sailed
for points in the vicinity of Aquia creek.
The steam launch Santa Barbara the
| tender of the United States naval proving
grounds at Indian Head Md, was in port
| yesterday.
The schooner Grace G. Bennett will COM
plete the unloading of her cargo of lumber
and shingles by this evening or tomorrow
morning. ..
TheUriah Horner arrived in port yester-
day evening with full cargo of oak wood
for Carter & Clark.
The Mary Ann Shea, with a small cargo
of lumber and building material, sailed
from Alexandria yesterday for Quantico
bay.
The two-masted schooner Genl. Hard
castle has completed the unloading of her
cargo of lumber at the wharf of 7. w.
Riley.
light has sailed for Newport News, and will
there load a cargo of coal for New Eng
land port.
The schooner J. P. Robinson has gone to
Alexandria to load general cargo for Up
per Machodoc creek.
General Matters.
Steam was made on the new boiler of the
harbor police boat Vigilant at Alexandria
yesterday, and her new engine and otherma-
chinery were given dock trial. All the
parts were found to work smoothly, and
the trial was satisfactory. The Vigilant
will be inspected by the United States
steamboat inspectors tomorrow, and Com
modore Sutton expects to have her in COM
mission by the end of next week.
When the Randall line steamer Kent
comes into port this afternoon she will be
prepared for her annual inspection, which
will take place tomorrow morning.
The tug Geo. w. Pride of Alexandria is
under charter for few days to Mr.. John
Miller to tow sand and clay-laden scows
from points on the river to this city.
A large scow of railway ties from Occo-
guam is in the James Creek canal near the
street bridge unloading. The ties are
consigned to Carter & Clark.
The new building of the Washington Tile
and Terra Gotta Company, at the foot or
Sd street southwest, is nearly ready for oc-
stroyed by fire during the early part of the
spring.
The tug Maryland is temporarily out of
commission for general oVerhaullng.
The steamer Arrowsmith last night
brought up over 1,O00 packages of cante-
loupes, peaches and other fruits for the
commission dealers here.
Yesterday, twenty-eight years ago, the
steamer Wawaset was burned in the Poto-
mac near Chatterton wharf and nearly 100
persons from this city and Alexandria lost
their lives
The schooner Massasoit, with a cargo of
1359 tons of ice for the American Ice Com
pany, is now due here and her arrival is
looked for every day.
Mr.. Martin Kaupp, chief engineer of the
steamer Estelle Randall, has recovered
MS recent illness and returned to
duty.
Capt. E. s. Randall has returned from a
business trip to Colonial Beach anu points
on the lower river
Mr.. Matt Yeatman, a well-known resident
of the Nomini neighborhood, in Westmore-
land county, who has been very i'll, is now
reported convalescfng.
CONDENSED, LOCALS.
.JudRp Wifness