Evening star., 1901-07-12
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
TWO NEW NAPHTHA LAUNCHES PUT
OVERHEARD TODAY.
improvements Being Made 10 Local
Craft Schooner Watchfui n
Total Wreck-personal.

Two new naphtha launches. one belong
ing to Mr.. George ID. Hopkins of the new
glass works at Alexandria. and the other
TO Mr.. ID. +. Enderson of this city. arrived
here yesterday on the Baltimore and Ohio
railway from Wisconsin, where they were
built. They were taken to Cumberland's
boat house, at the foot of 10th street this
morning and were put overheard. Mr..
Hopkins boat is about twenty-five feet
long. and will be quartered in a new boat
house, recently built there. The one be-
longing to Mr.. Enderson is about eighteen
feet long. Both launches will be used by
their owners for short cruises on the river.
The supply of fish at the l1th street
wharf this morning was not large, though
the supply was ample to meet all demands.
Prices are about the same as In the early
part of the week. gray trout selling at 81
TO s. per barrel; croaker, &c to Sc. per
pound: bluetsh, &c. to sc. per pound;
Spanish mackerel. SC. to ioc- per pound:
spot. Sc. to &C. per pound; butter fish. 50
to 81 per barrel: weak fish, &c. per pound;
rock, pan. &c. to Sc per pound: rock. boil
ing, 12l2c. to l5c. per pound: white perch.
sc. to 10c. per pound; catfish, 15c. to 2Jc.
per bunch: eeIs and yellow perch l5c. to
2Oc. per bunch: drum, pc. each; carp. l5c.
to 20c. each, and porgies, loc. to l2c. each.
Soft shell crabs are very scarce, and are
crabs are bringing today 81 to Si.J9 per
barrel.
The schooner Sidonia Curley. which is ly
ing in the stream, is being repainted and
overhauled before sailing TO a Virginia port
for a cargo OF lumber.
The longboat Criah Horrer is on the
railway at Benefits boat yard and is be-
ing caulked from stem to stern. A new
stern has been placed on the vessel and the
nsanking in her hull is being renewed where
needed. The Horner Will be on the railway
for week or ten days longer.
The schooner Watchful. reported ashore
on Red beach In the Delaware river. has
broken in two and is a total loss About
eighty tons of her cargo of coal was saved.
The schooner Amelia Hearn, well known
a this port as a lumber trader. has been
sold by her owner, Capt. w. B. Nane. to
Messrs. Whteley Saunders and William ID.
Smith of Dorchester county, Md. The
Hearn is a two-masted vessel. of ll3 tons
gross. 94.2 feet long. 23.9 feet wide and
feet depth of hold. She was built In Laurel,
Del, In 1873. The new owners will con-
tinue her in a general freighting business,
and Capt. Saunders will be her commander.
Movements of Vessels.
The schooner Smith X. Martin has
loaded her cargo Of fish fertilizer at Alex
andria and has sailed to a point near Nor
folk for another cargo for the Alexandria
Chemical Company.
The steamer Occoquan has sailed for oc-
coquan and took a large cargo Of genuine
supplies.
The schooner Ella R. Day. with cargo
Of lumber from Edenton, n. C, for this
port passed through the Dismal Swamp
canal yesterday bound north.
The schooner John A. H. Dixon. with a
cargo of 60.0o9 feet Of pine lumber from
Coan river. is in port for Johnson & VIM
Satt.
The tug j. s. Haskins arrived last night
with a tow of barges laden with hard coal
for the Alexandria dealers.
The four-masted schooner Henry l.
Peckham, which discharged part of her
cargo of ice at the 9th street wharf Of the
American Ice Company. was yesterday
evening taken to Georgetown to complete
the unloading of her cargo.
The two-maSted schooner John r. p.
Moore will complete the unloading of her
cargo Of lumber this afternoon or tomor-
row morning.
The American Patriot came into port
yesterday with a large cargo OF cord wood
for the local dealers.
The sloop Belvedere is at Smoot & Co.'S.
a. Alexandria. loading a cargo of brick and
building material for river point.
The sloop Telegraph arrived at AleXan-
dra last night with cargo of about 4.njD
cams from the eastern shore of Virginia.
The steamer Arrowsmith arrived in port
from the lower river last night with a
large quantity of tomatoes and other Vege-
tables for this market.
The longboat Harry and Charley has ar
rived in port with full cargo of cordwoCd
from river point Tor carter tlArk-
The Sidney Jones has returned to the
lower river to load cargo of cOrdwood
for the dealers here.
. The pungy Regulator. with a general
cargo, has sailed for the lower river.
OF General Interest.
About twenty-five of the choir boys Of
Christ p. E. Church of this city. with
large number of their elder relatives left
on the steamer Potomac yesterday evening
for Piney Point. Md. where they will re-
main about ten days.
The tugs j. r. Selectman and Eugenia
OF the National Sand Dredging Company's
fleet were given their annual inspection
Yesterday by the local steamboat inspec-
tors The hull and machinery OF the two
boats were found in good order and they
have been granted their licenses to tow on
the Potomac for year. They Will engage
In towing sand-laden barges.
The crew of the Randall line steamer
Wakefield, now running to the lower river,
will be as follows for the summer: Cap
tain, Ned Owens; pilot, Addie Posey' mate
jeff Posey; purser, George w. Guest, and
auartermaster, William Sanford. Will Reed
is in charge of her engine room, with Mel
Martin as assistant engineer
Capt. William Taylor is In command OF
the National Sand Dredging Companys
tug Baby.
Mr. James Punch has recovered from his
recent sickness and is again on duty on the
steamer Columbia on the Washington and
Alexandria ferry line.
The tug Samuel Eccles of Norfolk, the
tender of the dredge Alabama. at work on
the Mattawoman shoals, is at the wharf OF
Johnson Bros, foot of 18th street, having
her machinery overhauled.
The planking on the public oyster wharf.
foot Of 11th street, is being renewed, pre-
paratory to the opening OF the melon sea-
son.
The big schooner Thomas S. Dennison.
with a large cargo of ice for the American
Ice Company, arrived in port this morning.
She was docked at the 9th street wharf to
discharge cargo She sailed from the Ken
nebec river June % and had fair passage.
APPEAL TO SECRETARY OF WAR.
That Rife Practice in Boston Hnrbor
be Discontinued.
Representative Conry of the ninth Massa-
chusetts district yesterday sent the follow