Evening star., 1901-07-29
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
SUPPLY OF ICE INCREASED By 4,s13
TONS.
The Moving Craft and Their Car
goes-Quotations at Fish Mar
ket-Genernl Items.


The three-masted schooner o. D. Wither-
all, which sailed from Bath July IL with
913 tons. was brought up early yesterday
morning In tow Of the tug M. M. Davis.
and was taken to Georgetown to unload
her cargo. She Is consigned to the Ameri-
can Ice Company.
1 Yesterday afternoon the large four7mast-
ed schooner Independent which sailed
from the Maine ice fields July 10, was
brought Into port by the tug Camilla. She
brings about 1,5OO tons of ice and Is con-
signed to the Purity Company. She VIII
unload at Willis Ice house. foot OF 18th
street. Close behind the Independent came
the large four-masted schooner. Alice NJ
Goldman, In tow Of the Wm III. Yerkes, Jr
She brings 2,400 tons of Ice for the Amer
lcan Ice Company. and VIII discharge ner
cargo at the 10th street wharf She made
remarkably quick passage from the Ken
nebec, having left there July n. and max
ing the trip from port to port in six days
/. The schooner Jessie r. Burt. with ,2Sb
tons Of ice, which was due here Saturday,
Is reported in the river on her way up
The arrival OF these vessels gives the local
Ice companies ample stock to. meet all de-
mands for ten days or two weeks. In the
meanwhile ten or twelve ice-laden vessels
are expected to arrive here.
The supply Of fish on sale at the 11th
street wharf this morning, while not large,
was ample to meet all demands. Prices
this morning were about the same az last
week. gray trout selling at So to "a per
barrel; butter fish, 81 to So per barrel;
per pound; rock, pan. Is TO 1c. per pound;
rock, boiling, 10 to 121ac. per pound; mack
erel, to Sc. per pound; white perch, to
1Oc per pound; sturgeon. 10c per pound;
low perch, 15 to Zoe. bunch; porgies, 15c.
each; drum, 25c. each. and sea bass. &c.
per pound.
The demand for hard crabs is good, and
ming fhary cn11 TO
barrel, according to size and quality.
. The Randall and Weems line steamers,
which arrived in port in the last three or
four days from the Coan and Yeocomico
river nefghborhoods have each brought UP
several hundred packages of cantaloupes
for this marget. Two-thirds Of those
grown along the Potomac find their way
here. Within the next two weeks thou
sands OF crates viii be delivered here by
the river steamers. The cantaloupe crop
along the river Is reported to be fair and
the melons are OF extra good quality.
Bugeye, FIattis, Tug and Schooner.
The bugeye Kathleen and the fattie
Crosswell are at Alexandria. and will load
a general cargo for lower river points.
The M. A. Shea and Kate Vickers have
unloaded their cargoes and sailed for q
river point to load for this market.
The ]. D. Bell has arrived in port with
full cargo Of pine wood for Carter & Clark.
The schooner r. and T. Hargroves, now
unloading cargo OF Ice at Alexandria, has
been chartered to load coal at Baltimore
for a New England port.
The schooner VIM. L. Franklin. with a
cargo, came into port early yesterday
morning.
The tug Stella of Baltimore bringing the
Standard Oil Company barge No. II laden
with oil, arrived In port Saturday after
noon.
The schooner Regulator has arrived at
Alexandria with a cargo Of cord wood for
the dealers there.
The large barge Chesapeake having un-
tilizer at Alexandria, has been taken to
Georgetown to finish unloading.
The schooner Pearl has unloaded her
cargo OF fertilizer at Bryant & Co.'S plant
at Alexandria, and has sailed light for
Norfolk to reload.
The longboat Gilman Dove has arrived
in port with full cargo of railway ties
from river points for Carter & Clark.
The two-masted schooner George II.
Bunker, with a cargo Of about $1,000 feet
OF Virginia pine lumber, has arrived in
port for johnson & Wimsatt.
! The Rosie Beatrice has gone to George
town to unload her cargo Of cord wood
for the dealers there.
The buReye Winnie Windsor loaded a
cargo of hard COAL bricks and building ma
terial at VIM A. Smoots wharf. Aexan-
dria. Saturday and sailed for lower river
point.
OF General Interest.
As the steamer Harry Randall was going
into her dock at the River View excursion
wharf Saturday night she ran against the
stern guards Of the steamer River Queen.
lying at the adjoining wharf. and broke In
about ten feet Of her house aft the for
ward gangway. The damage was soon re-
paired by the carpenters
The first load Of watermelons OF the sea-
son. about 1900 In all, was brought up this
morning on the bugeye Navahoe from Up
per Machodoo creek They are consigned
to Mr.. ]. w. Richardson and are selling at
20 cents each. The schooner Helen Wilson.
which il bound here with a cargo Of North
Carolina melons. II reported by Capt. Bar
ker Of the steamer Harry Handai as nav.
ing been ashore on Cedar Point bar last
night
cargo Of lumber and shingles from New
bern, N c., for this port, passed through
the Dismal Swamp canal yesterday.
The sailing sloops Hattie and Culprit
Fay both took parties on trips to the lower
river Saturday evening and yesterday,
Vessels which Will carry away about
6,OOO tons Of soft coal within the next
week have been chartered to load at
GEORGETOWN for Boston and other New
England ports.
During q thunder storm a few days ago
the house Of Mr.. John Whitney. near Hin
non, Westmoreland county, Va, was struck
by lightning and badly damaged No one
was injured by the bolt
Messrs. Charles Moore, Joe Moore, Wildt,
Brown and others made trip down the
river from Alexandria on the steam launch
Augusta yesterday
Capt. Donnell of the lighthouse tender
Holly is taking his leave ashore, and Capt,
Dony is temporarily in command Of the
steamer.
Miss Catherine Sevene Of this city Is Wis
iting friends in Westmoreland county, Va.
Mrs John Lefevre OF Washington is the
guest Of Mrs. r. l.. Guthridge. near
Baynesvilie. Va
The steam launch ]. s. Douglass, belong
ing to Mr. Anthony Smoot Of Alexandria,
IL to be fitted with a new type of boiler,
which. 1t Is expected. will add much to her
efficiency.
The little sailing yacht Grace, belonging
to Mr.. Braitmayer, with a party aboard,
left here Saturday evening for a cruise on
the river.
A large scow laden-with railway ties has
arrived at the Alexandra shipyard. The
ties are being unloaded there for shipment
by schooner to Boston.
Pays the Penalty.
Joseph r. Carter. celored. was today con-
victed in the Police Court Of disorderly con-
duct on a Columbia line car Saturday night,
and Judge O'Donnen lined him so, with the