Evening star., 1901-07-18
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
THE STEAM YACHT ONEIDA MAKES
TRIAL TRIP.
VIII he Used a. Practice Vessel by
Naval BattalfOn-The Fish
Market.


The steam yacht Oneida, which has been
lying at the navy yard here for over a
| year. having her engine and machinery
overhauled, was taken out for a trial trip
| yesterday. run was made as far as Gly-
| mont and return, and while no high speed
was developed 1t is understood the trial
was satisfactory. When completed the
Oneida will become one of the practice ves-
sells Of the naval battalion of the District
National Guard. Much work still remains
| to be done on her, and it will be several
weeks before she is ready to be turned over
| to the naval battalion.
| The Oneida was purchased by the Navy
Department during the war with Spain,
| and still has her war paint on She was
formerly the yacht Ilawarra, and was
! built by the Bath iron works in 1885, She
| is of steel construction, and is 10 feet 1S
| inches long. Is feet 6 inches wide, and has
mean draft of feet inches. Her indi-
| Gated speed is twelve knots. The yacht is
fine little craft. and will be of much
more service to the naval battalion than
| the larger Fern.
Within the next two weeks eight or ten
| vessels laden with ice for the ice compa-
! MES here will arrive il, port from Maine
points. Several of these vessels are already
| at and others are loading.
| The supply of fish offered for sale at the
nth street wharf market this morning was
larger than it has been for several days
past, and there was fair demand for
them. Prices continue to keep up on all
varieties of fish, in spite of the hot wealth
er. This morning gray trout sold at 50 to
So per BARREL snap tailors, SO to 50 per bar
rel; butterfsh, So to Sc per barrel; bluefsh,
TO cents per pound; weaktish, to 6
cents per pound; rock, pan, to u cents
per pound: rock, boiling. Is to 20 cents per
pound; white perch, 10 to 10 cents per
pound; sturgeon, 10 cents per pound cat
fish, 70 to 35 cents per bunch eels and yell
low perch, 20 to % cents per bunch; drum,
70 to 80 cents each, and carp, Is to 20 cents
each. Hard crabs sold this morning at
$!6o to 81 per barrel. The demand for
SO cents per hundred. The entire supply,
| about forty-five barrels, from the eastern
shore of Virginia, were brought up on the
Norfolk line steamer this morning
When no one was aboard the large bug
eye, Z. II. Lewis, which was anchored in
the channel off Alexandria, she broke loose
from her moorings early yesterday morn
Ing in heavy blow and was drifting about
the river when caught and brought into
Smoots wharf at Alexandria.
The Freight Handlers.
The schooner Clara Hewitt, with a cargo
OF lumber from H. K. Field & Co. has
sailed from Alexandria for Mundy's Point
Va.
The schooner John r. Reese came into
port yesterday evening with large cargo
of pine lumber. She will discharge her
cargo at the wharf of T. W. Smith on the
Eastern branch.
The Baltimore tug Peerless arrived in
port yesterday evening with the barges
Mary S. Brady and Virginia in tow. Both
are laden with hard coal and are consigned
to dealers in Georgetown. Last night the
Peerless sailed for Chesapeake City, with
several light barges in tow, en- route to
Perryville, Md, for cargoes of hard coal.
The sloop Belvedere is at the wharf of
SmOot & Co, Alexandria, loading a cargo
OF lumber and building material for Po-
munky creek, Nd.
The longboat Leroy has arrived in port
with a cargo of cord wood for Carter &
Clark
The two-masted schooner Walter E.
Snow, with a cargo of about 5000 feet of
Virginia pine boards, has arrived in port
for johnson & Wimsatt.
The schooner Leroy arrived in port yes
terday evening with full cargo of cord
wood for Carter & Clark.
The schooner c. j. Howeth. which dis
charged a cargo of grain at VIM. A.
Smoot's wharf at Alexandria, sailed yes
terday evening for the lower river for an
other cargo of wheat.
The steamer Arrowsmith had a large
number or passengers to the summer re-
sorts along the lower river on her trip
yesterday evening. 1t is believed the travel
to the resorts has begun.
The three-masted schooner VIM. H. Oler,
having completed the unloading of her
cargo of Ice, was yesterday taken to
Georgetown to load soft coal for a New
England port.
The bugeye Spray has sailed from Alex
andria with cargo of grain for the mills
at Georgetown. Much of this grain comes
to Alexandria by steamer from the lower
river.
The schooner John P. Robinson, having
loaded a general cargo at Alexandria, has
sailed for Maddux creek.
General Matters.
The large ram schooner Bertie & Maud,
well known at this port, where she a
frequent visitor with cargoes of lumber and
hard coal. has been sold by Capt. John
Levins her owner. to parties who have
taken the spars out of her and cut her
down into a barge for service the
southern canals. The alterations in the
vessel cost about So. 100.
The work of ra. sing the little schooner
John A. H. Dixon which was sunk at
Johnson & Wimsatt's wharf Saturday
night. Is progressing slowly. 1t is thought
it will be several days before she is raised
soaked in the muddy water, 1t is not be-
lieved the vessel sustains loss
The steamer Kent which arrived from
the lower river yesterday evening, brought
up fifteen or twenty hogsheadS of tobacco
from points in Maryland for shipment via
the Weems line to Baltimore
The works of the Usage Manufacturing
Company, on the river front, at the foot
of Wolfe street Alexandria, are in full
operation and part of its output Of ba-
rytes Will be shipped by vessels to northern
points.
The schooner A H. Quinby, which is ly-
ing in the stream off the foot of 10th
street, is being overhauled and will shortly
leave for river point, where she will be
repainted.
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