Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-24
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
ICE-LADEN SCHOONER ELLWELI
SEVERAL DAYS OVERDUE.
The Fish and Melon Trade-yessels on
the MOve-GeneraI Port
News.

The large four-ma sted schooner John w
EllwelI Is several days overdue here with
a cargo of 1912 tons of ice for the Amer
lean Ice Company, and some fears for hel
safety are felt. The EIiwell sailed from the
Kennebec river August I, and under ordi-
nary circumstances should have been In
port here a week ago. The schooners Mer-
vim, Bayard, Barnes and other vessels
which sailed from Maine about the same
time have arrived here and unloaded their
cargoes and gone away. They all made
quick trips down the coast, and why the
Ellwell should not have done SO cannot be
understood. Since leaving port her con.
signees here have had no tidings of her.
The supply Of fish received by the dealers
at the 18th street wharf fish market this
morning from the fisheries In the lower
Chesapeake bay was not large, and but few
fish from the river nets were on sale. The
market this morning was fair and the de-
mand good. Prices are: For Spanish
mackerel. 8 to 10c. per pound; rock pan. 1
to 10c. per pound; rock, boiling, 12h to 15c
per pound; white perch. to 12c pei
pound; large trout. &C. per pound; croaker
2 to 21xc. per pound; bluefish, to &c. pei
pound; sea bass, & to &c. per pound; f1oun-
ders, &C. per pound: gray trout, s. to IS per
to SOC. each; carp, 20c. each, and catfish
and cells, 20 to Soc. per bunch Hard crabs
sold this morning at $50 to 81 per barrel
They are scarce and in demand.
There Is q full supply Of Watermelons on
hand at the oyster wharf, and the demand
being light, prices are still down low. About
fifteen vessels were lying at the wharf this
morning, with about $4,000 melons aboard
and of this number about $500 nave ar
rived since Yesterday. Selected melons
sold this morning at $40 to SIS, primes at
81 to So and culls J0c. to 81 per hundred.
The schooner Henry S. Little, with q
cargo of ice for the American Ice Company
is reported IN the river and should arrive
In port here this evening.
The steam LAUNCH Dixie is at the boat
repairing house at the foot of 18th street
southwest for an Overhauling.
The Passing Craft.
The Isaac Solomon and Annie K Dukes
arrived in port yesterday morning with q
cargo OF cord wood for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Murray Vandtver has un.
loaded a cargo of lumber at Riley's wharf
and will sail for Norfolk to reload.
The schooner Sidonia Curley is reported
on her way to this city from the Rama
hammock, with cargo of lumber for HI. L.
Biscoe.
The schooner John Dixon has sailed 70,
the lower river and will load cord wood back
to this port.
The Ida is In port with cargo of melons
from the lower river for this market.
The schooner Father and Son, laden with
pine wood for this market, came into port
The longboat Five Sisters has sailed for
the lower river. and will load back to this
port.
The schooner Eva Gibson has arrived at
Alexandria with a cargo Of watermelons
from A lower river point.
The big schooner Mervin has arrived at
Baltimore from this port, and will load
soft coal for an eastern port.
The large barge Minerva has completed
the unloading of her cargo Of fertilizer ma
terial at Alexandria, and is now awaiting
tug to take her to Baltimore.
The schooner Belmont has gone to the
lower Potomac for load of cord wood
The VIM. r. Is in port with a load OF
about 500 watermelons' for the local mar
ket.
The barges Ella Hughes and Chesapeake
are In port with cargoes of about 500 tons
of hard coal from Perryville, Md.
The schooner Annie Ainsley is at sea
bound to this city with a cargo of ice for
the American Ice Company.
The schooners Amelia Hearn and VIM. L.
Powell have sailed from Baltimore fol-
Alexandria with cargoes.
The Baltimore tug Stella arrived In port
yesterday with Standard Oil Company's
barge No. II, laden with oil, In tow. Part
Of its cargo was discharged at the oil plant
Oh the Eastern DTdHcn ana the remainder
at Alexandria, and the tug with the light
barge In tow sailed for Baltimore last
night.
The schooner Edwin G. Hight, from Jack
sonville, Fla, is at sea bound to this port
with cargo for Johnson & Wimsatt She
has aboard large quantity of pine lumber
and shingles. 1t Is stated that several
other large vessels have been chartered to
load lumber at Florida points for this mar
ket.
General Matters.
The tug James 0. Carter, now on the
railway at Benefits boat yard being over
hauled, will be ready for service again
early next week.
Enough Of the cargo has been taken
from the big Schooner Malcolm B. seavey
lying in the channel of Alexandria, to al.
low her to get into the wharf of VIM. A.
Smoot & Co.
The fishermen who have had their nets
out in the Potomac this summer have had
but little success. Bass and rock and the
larger catfish have been very scarce this
summer, and but few are now being caught
with the return OF cooler weather the fish
Will come out of the creeks into the river
The fires have been started In the fur
naces or the new glass works on the river
shore just above Alexandria, and work will
begin there next week
The rebuilding of MilIer's new scoor
dredge Fannie at the wharf of Forsberg &
Murray is now rapidly approaching COM
pletion, and the dredge will go into SER
vice in a short time.
1t is stated that the first cargo of oysters
this season will reach this port Sunday
afternoon or early Monday morning OF
next week Several vessels are at the
oyster beds in the lower river taking on
small cargoes for this market.
The little sloop-rigged pleasure craft
Edna and Earl Is at the boat house at the
foot OF 7th street southwest. being rebuilt
Her small cabin has been removed and a
much larger one put on, and other improve
ments are being made in the boat.
When the birds come on the river this
fall they will have a hard time finding
something to eat. Usually the river flats
on the Maryland side about Shepherds
landing and opposite Alexandria are COW
cred with thick growth of wild oats, or
which the birds live. This year the patches
of the oats are scattered and very thin ex-
cept in Hunting creek below Alexandria.