Evening star., 1901-06-11
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
ICE-LADEN SCHOONER AGROUND IN
THE KENNEBEC.
Scoop Dredging Machine on Marine
ways-The Fish Market Quota
tiOns-General Matters.

The schooner o. D. wetheran. which
came into port yesterday with a cargo of
| Ice for the American Ice Company, sailed
| from Bath, Me-, May %. Her bill of lad
| Ing received here, some days ago by NAH,
! showed she had completed loading May %.
| but ran aground in the Kennebec and was
| not released for several days. She was
| successfully floated, however, without hav-
ing to remove any of her cargo. On her
| trip down the coast she was detained by
heavy fogs and light winds.
The scoop dredging machine Fannie. be-
longing to MIR. John Miller. which has been
at work deepening the docks at the navy
| yard, was last week taken to the Alexan-
dria marine railway and was yesterday
| hauled out. The dredge is to be given an
overhauling, and when again launched, 1t
| is stated, she will be in fine order.
The schooner J. p. Robinson is also at
| the marine railway yard having her cabin
| rebuilt and made larger, and her upper
works renewed. 1t will be several days
| before the work is completed and the ves-
sci ready to resume her trips upon the
| Potomac.
The demand for fresh fish at the 11th
| street wharf market this morning was
| good, but the supply was small. Prices
| this morning were: For salmon trout, @
cents per pound; founders, to cents per
pound; sturgeon, cents per pound; blue
| nsh, to cents per pound; pan rock, 8
| to 10 cents per pound boiling rock, 12La
| cents per pound; porgies, to 10 cents
each; carp to 10 cents each: drum. Is 20
| % cents each; gray trout, $50 to $3.50 per
| barrel; butter fish, $3.50 to So per barrel;
croaker. $3.50 per barrel; catfish. 10 to %
| cents per bunch: mulets and yellow perch,
| 10 to 10 cents per bunch; soft shell crabs,
25 to 30 cents per dozen, and hard crabs,
| $50 to 81 per barrel.
1t Is reported at the wharves along the
lower river that Mr.. John r. Dos Possos
| n iC la mo he aSfo h
| lishment Of stock farm and running
track atshis place, Sandy Point, in the
! mouth of Coan river. 1t is added that he
will raise blooded horses.
The dredging of the shoals of Indian
| Head, under the supervision of the United
! states engineers, in order to obtain a uni
form depth Of twenty-four feet Of water
| at low water, is now nearly completed. For
some time past the big dredge Alabama
has been engaged in leveling the bottom of
the ridges left by the dredge last season.
The Passing Craft.
The steamer %. James Tull, with a cargo
Of pine boards from Aqua creek has ar
rived in port for johnson & Wimsatt
| The sloop yacht Ella Treadwell has SAIL
| ed on a cruise to the lower river.
The schooner Alice Holbrook, with a car
go of Ice for the Purity Ice Company of
this city, sailed from the Maine ice fields
May - She is expected to reach port here
before the end of the week.
The destination of the schooner Cath
crime d. Perry, laden with ice has been
changed from tins port to Norfolk
The barge Centipede has completed the
discharging of her cargo of phosphates and
is lying at Bryant's wharf, Alexandria,
awaiting orders.
The longboat Uriah Horner has COM
pleted repairs at Alexandria, and sailed
yesterday for the lower river to load back
to this port.
The Kate Mueller is at Alexandria with
a cargo of cord wood for the dealers of
that city.
The tug Rosalie sailed yesterday with
tnree ilght sand barges in tow for river
point to load sand to this market
Inc Mary Ann Shea came into port yes-
for the local dealers.
The four-masted schooner Estelle Phin-
ney, with cargo of 1859 tons of ice for
the American Ice Company is reported in
tne rlVer, and the tug Davis, which was at
Norfolk yesterday, has been instructed to
bring her into port.
The. c. D. Hoffman and Nettie Nav. both
iaoen with Virginia pine lumber, will dis
charge cargoes at the wharf Of Thos r.
Riley, foot Of o street southwest
The schooner John r. Dixon is in port
with a cargo of cord wood from a river
point for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Robin Hood having con
pleted the unloading of her cargo of lum-
Der, has sailed for Norfolk and will there
load.
Matters of General Interest.
The steamer Lily and Howard will defer
the loading of general cargo at Alexan-
dria until after she undergoes her annual
inspection. She is now lying in the Eastern
branch preparing for the visit of the United
States Inspectors, expected tomorrow or
Thursday.
The United States coast survey steamer
Endeavor, Captain Young. has been or
dered to the southern end of Chesapeake
pay 70 make a survey. Old Point Comfort
10 hno do,
while the survey is being made She win
sail for Old Point as soon as some neces-
sary repairs are completed
The schooner Fannie, laden with white
SAND for the dealers here, was reported
anchored In the mouth Of Pomonkey creek
yesterday evening
The steam launch LOWE Randall. now
being used by Harbormaster Sutton as a
police boat, is being given an oyerhauIing
by the crew of the Viglant She will re-
main In the harbor police service until the
tug Vfgtlant Is ready for service
The repairs to the pungy J. T. Parks AT
the Alexandra ship yard, have been COM
pleted and she has sailed for the lower
river.
The cool weather and muddy water has
interfered greatly with the bass fishermen
put the water is now clearing and the
chance for sport is expected to improve
The tug Martin Dallman, which has been
thoroughly overhauled, will be launched
today, and will again go into the service
of towing sand-laden scows.
A large sand scow owned by John Miller
is to be hauled out today at Benefits boat
yard for general overhauling and repair
work.
The 1ongboat Father and Son. now in
port with a cargo Of cord wood. will, as
soon as her cargo is taken off, go upon the
marine railway for calking and general
repair work.
Hard shell crabs are reported scarce
along the lower river, and the dealers are
obtaining their supplies from Norfolk
Captain Russell Dean of the harbor no.
lice force, who has been away on a leave
Of absence, returned to duty yesterday
Captain Addie Posey has been trans
ferred from the steamer Kent to the steam
er Wakefield pilot, succeeding Captain
Bailey Reed, transferred to the command
of the steamer Arrowsmith
HYATTSVILLE NEWS.
Meeting Of Town Council Last Night