Evening star., 1901-07-27
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
FIRST FIvE-MASTKD VESSEL EVER
SEEN In THIS PORT.
Brought Ice From Nafne-PrOgressfng
Work of Deepening the River
Small Fish supply.


The large schooner Henry o. Barrett.
which was towed here from Baltimore with
Ice. is the first fye-masted vessel to visit
this port and one of the largest II not
the largest, freight carrying vessels that
has ever been here. She has cargo-car-
rying capacity of about $500 tons, and Is
2441 feet long, 42.9 feet wide and has a
depth of hold OF "A feet. When loaded she
draws about twenty-five feet of water
She was built at Bath, Me-. in 1889, and
that city Is now her hailing port. Though
big vessel in every way, she Is htsed up
with all the modern steam hoists and ap-
pliances for saving labor and carries a
crew no larger than was carried on
three-master several years ago. On &C
count of the size Of the Barrett the tug
that towed her around from Baltimore
made but slow time with her, being nearly
ffty-four hours on the trip that should
have been made in twenty-four5 hours. II
is understood that the tug and vessel came
to anchor at night and only sailed by
daylight
Another large vessel, the Alfee M. Col
burn, with 2. 400 tons of Ice, Is on her way
here and should be In port next week.
Rittenhouse, Moore & Co.. the contractors
Tor deepening the water in the river over
the various bars that obstruct the free
navigation to vessels drawing twenty-five
feet. of water, have begun; work on the
Smiths Point shoals, the large dredge Pugh
being at work there night and day re-
moving the mud from the river bottom.
The dredge Is now digging OF Somerset
Beach. and will gradually work down the
river until all the Smiths Point shoals are
gone over. This will take several months
and will hardly be completed this season.
The United States engineers in charge OF
Potomac
off the range lines and marks by Wh1cn
the dredge is to dig while engaged in this
work s
Few Fish Brought Up.
The supply of fish on, hand at the 11th
street wharf market this morning was
very small, the Norfolk line steamers hav-
ing brought up but thirty-flve barrels Of
bay and sea fish for the local dealers, and
but few packages coming up In. the river
boats The: market this morning was fair
and few changes are to be noted in prices.
This morning gray trout sold at 81 to 50
per barrel; butter fish, So per barrel; croak-
ers, 81 per barrel; tailors, - per barrel' )
spot, S1.50 to So per barrel; blues, 212c. per
pound; sea bass, Sc. per pound; pan rock,
to Sc. per pound; boiling. rock, lO 10 ilc.
per pound; mackerel, Sc. per pound Wnite
perch, 5 to .10c. per pound; sturgeon, Hoc.
per pound; weak fish, &c. per pound; cat
fish, 20 to $50. per bunch; porgies, 15c.
each, drum, 25c. each. Hard craps solu at
SOC. to 81 per barrel. - =
The large four-masted schooners VIM. G.
Tanner and the Augustus Hunt are at the
10th street wharf of the American Ice Com
pany, and will there unload their cargoes or
ice.
The schooner Fannie with a full cargo
of white sand, arrived in port this morning.
The barge MaryA. Brady has been taken
to Quantico, and will there LOAD poplar
wood for Philadelphia.
The steamer Occoquan, after loading
,6rtn oct tnY6n "
sailed for points on Occoquan bay.
The schooner Edwin Martin, at H. X.
Fields wharf, Alexandria, has completed
unloading her lumber and will sail for Nor
folk today. -sa-
The three-masted schooner VIM. H. Dom
NELL with a cargo of about 800 tons OF soft
coal from the Winship-Meredith Company,
sailed yesterday evening from Georgetown
in tow of the tug VIM. III. Yerkes, 1r., bound
for New England port
The tug Majestic, which brought the five
masted schooner Henry O. Barrett into
port. has sailed light for Baltimore.
taken to Georgetown to complete the un-
loading Of her cargo OF ice.
The three-masted ram Edwin and Maud
has completed the unloading of her cargo
of fertiliZing material at Bryants wharf
The schooner Gilman Dove has arrived in
port with cargo Of pine wood for the
dealers here.
with a cargo of lumber and shingles from
North Carolina. She unloaded portion OF
her cargo at Alexandria yesterday and
then came to this city to complete unload
ing.
The barge Laurie s. Groves has COM
pleted~ the unloading Of her cargo of coal
and is awaiting a tug to take her to Perry
vile, Md, to reload.
with a cargo of cord wood for Carter &
Clark.
The steamer E. Jos. Tull Is at VIM. A.
Shoots wharf at Alexandria loading a
cargo of general supplies for Occoquan bay
The tug ]. II. Hoskins, which brought up
an ice-laden schooner, has sailed light for
the capes of Virginia.
The large four-masted schooner R. & T.
Hargraves is at the wharf of VIM. A.
Smoot & Co., discharging large cargo of
ice.
: The schooner Sarah NJ Mcfarland has
arrived at Alexandria and Is discharging
cargo OF fertiiiZing material for Herbert
Bryant & Co.
The schooner Mary A. McGee has sailed
light for the lower river and will load lum-
ber back to- this port.
The bark BOylstone, now unloading as
phalt at Georgetown, will load coal there
for an eastern port.
The large schooner Independent now on
her way here with cargo of fce has been
chartered to load coal at Baltimore for
Bangor at 80 cents per ton.
East "tn0 causes High Tides.
In consequence of the easterly wind of
yesterday and today the tides in the river
have been quite high. flooding all the low
lands on the Virginia side of the river.
The wharf at Lewisetta, Va, is being
overhauled and repaired in preparation for
the heavy oyster trade this fall.
schooner supposed to be the Jessie r.
Burt or the Independent, laden with ice
for this port, is reported in the river.
Inspector Ross of the fifth lighthouse
district is on an inspection tour in the
tender Holly among the light stations in
the district.
Mr., G. p. Lohr of the firm Of Johnson E.
Wimsatt has gone to the lower river to
spend several days
The tug Minerva was at the wharf OF
Forsburg & Murray yesterday for some
slight repairs to her machinery
The Norfolk line steamer this morning
brought up a very heavy cargo of summer
vegetables from the truck farms about
Norfolk for the dealers here.
The officers of the steamers arriving in
port yesterday reportthe storm of Friday
night as having been very severe. and.
while the wind did not blow very heavy,