Evening star., 1901-03-27
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
WORK OF DREDGE TWICE TEN
'~t PORARILY INTERRUPTED.
Large Steam Yacht Anchored Off the
Arsenal-The Freight Handlers
General Matters.

| Work was suspended Sunday and again
yesterday on the large dredge which is en-
| gagged in deepening the channel into the
| harbor, caused by the breaking of some
part of the big revolving cutter, which,
| twenty feet down in the water, cuts the
mud loose from the bottom and works it
! into and through the pipes, through which
| it is transferred to, the land.
| The damaged part has now been re-
| placed and the dredge is at work today.
| There is a well-equipped machine shop
aboard the dredge, with appliances capable
] of quickly repairing any ordinary accident
| to the dredging machinery.
| The handsome steam yacht Wacouta,
! Capt. Weed, one of the largest vessels of
| her kind to come up the Potomac, arrived
| in port yesterday evening from Baltimore
| and is at anchor off the arsenal. The Wa
| couta halls from st. Paul, Mimi, but flies
the flag of the New York Yacht Club, of
| which her owner, Mr. ]. J. Hill, is a men,
| Der. She is handsome steel vessel bark
| rigged, of SOB net tons, and is 220 feet long,
| 80 feet wide, and built at Bath, Me-,
| in 1894. She sailed from Baltimore on
| Monday, but in consequence of heavy
| fog had to anchor for several hours. The
vessel will be in port for several days Mr.
| Hill and his family are on board.
The oyster market at the 18th street
wharf was somewhat more brisk this
| morning than it has been for several days,
M n'a of 10 SahaMe
and the Lucille Western. with about 900
bushels of oysters from Wicomico Prices
today range from Soc Rsr bushel for small
! oysters up to soc. per busne1 for the larger
raIs raie of Norfi d ri1a nunorso oar.
bronebt nm hv The stear,ers es1erdor and
| this morning
49,. ne Iecelpts ol snao ana herring from
tbe hf ti a. me me ; ilsm houses uii
Within tba Isl .'i ha,s, as at uaay
| I 5oo sbad ~ 10 GOO h; uu, iTu,n I 49,. l.
| trit - - - 80 5 - ms nov p:eil p:
| shores ''-''e
| This morning roe sbaa sold for Ok +o 40
| cents each and bnck sbad hronebt ~ to
90 cents each HERRING wera &c nar ono
| Runch fish sold &C foiiows. pan roo,, ~
| s cents per pond: boiling rock & to 10 cents
per pound: pike, 6 cents per nound: sheen
head. 5 cents per pound; fiounder : cents
per Dound: earn 2 cents ner Mound. white
perch 10 to % cents ner bunch. i',mninp
muIIets g cents ner nound. croalars ,
| cents per pound: river mulIets ( to 10
cents per bunch: eels 10 to Il cents nor
bunch catfish to IL cents per bunch
and yellow perch, ) to 25 cents per bunch
T,
Nr"it'
Inc BelVedere, capt. DICK johnson, has
returned to Alexandria from a hunting
cruise on Cbesapeake bav She will now
| 6t ont for fsbino r,,r,osa,
nv wv - ,oa sims SIS = eIl rNs poses
me ldrse scoW OF capt Gales is at New
Alexandria with cargo of hickory logs
! for the spoke factory there This lumber
comes from GIymout Md and the nrod
nc, win no sbinnad to I;,,oroo, 49,. 80.
- ~ P"oA anu oei
hleh polls'
Inc steamer Tuil is in port with cargo
OF cora wood Tor carter q Clark.
Ihe pungy Kate A Vickery, with a
cargo OF SAT- from baltimore Is at John
II; Zlinmermans Wharf, Alexandria.
Inc lcnsGoat lnomas IL carroll has
completed the dlscharglng of her cargo of
o. o a. '4'o "1iA'i VI 0eephehson q
The steamer Occoou,r bas orr,,,oa -
| port with her third cargo of railway ties
| for the Baltimore and Ohio railway ex-
tension near Anacoatta. Hhe IS unloading
! ,rhe scboonnr. Dex+ar b,s ol oa,na ~ nov.
with wood for Carter &, Clark. p0''
| The steamer Lily and Howard, after dis
charging cargo of cord wood here, sailed
LOT AieAa.oiia s , 70 load h1lsceAaneous
cargo lor Aqua creek
me schoolier Nirsu ls IN port with
/ cargo VI coru Woou loi lne local oealers.
In, t thltea t oun'1s ia'al al lug atiton, nav
| ing In TOW gun barge on "hlch was two
tour-1nch guns, came Up from the naval
proving GROUNDS at lholan Head, Mo, yes
terday evening.
Inc Mary and Rebecca mas been laid up
| at Alexandra awaiting a favorable wind
| before SAILING for the lower river.
| The tug Sandow will tow the four-mast-
| ed schooner Frank t. Stenson to Baltimore
to load coal for New England port.
| The harbor police boat Vislant went into
| commission yesterday, after being over
| hauled and painted. She made her first
| trip to Gunston, Va.
| The schooner Hattie Stark, with cargo
| of 10000 feet of lumber from Petersburg,
| Va, for Johnson & Wimsatt. is in port.
| The schooner Morning Light has unload
| ed a cargo of $4,000 feet of boards, at T.
r. Riley's wharf, for w. T. Galleher &
| BRO.
| General and Personal.
| Tho Bivec Wow excursion steamer sanr
| -, 49,. ,.S .,NN,.I-.
D. eh'H' WHICH hae JUST oeeLi .iioioosliiS
morning for home. She is In charge OF
| Capt. Ar Richards, with Capt Thomas
Todd as pilot. Capt. E. S. Randall, the
! manager of the River View excursion line,
! is also aboard. The Pentz is expected to