Evening star., 1901-09-20
ALONG THE aIvER FRONT
CONTRACT Len rOk TAYLOR BROS
B1G TUG.
Largest Vessel sOf the Klnd Ever In
Potomac Grrat1e-General
P6kt Nkws.

Messrs. A. ]. Taylor.E Bro. the tugboat
owners of this city have just placed con-
tracts for a large new fugboat. to be built
for service on thesPotonnac river and Ches-
apeake bay. The model of the tug has
been constructed by Mr. Mitchell NJ. Da-
Wis, who has the contract. The new boat
Is to be 100 feet long, 21 feet wide and 1Oh
feet deep. She is to have a fore and att
compound engine, with cylinders 10 and 80
inches in diameter and 22-inch stroke. The
boiler Will be large enough to supply am
pie steam and will carry $50 pounds of
steam. The boat will be ready for service
about March 1, 1902, and will be largest
vessel of her kind ever owned on the Po-
tomac, being about ten feet longer and two
feet wider than the M. Mitchell Davis,
which was recently sold to parties at
er Of the new boat. also built the tug
Davis and the new tug. Wm.- H. Yerkes,
Jr., now In service on the river.
Captain AL Fair, commander OF the tug
Geo. w. Pride, reports three large obstruc-
tions in the shape of heavy logs in the
river-two OF them being in Washington
reach, and the third just below Thomas
Point. All Of them are large enough to
strike them in the darkness. 1t Is stated
that the matter has been brought to the
attention of the United States lighthouse
authorities.
The easterly storm on the coast. which
mas been prevailing for several days, has
prevented the fishermen about Norfolk from
working their nets, and as consequence
the supply of salt water fish in this market
is very small. The demand this morning
was fair and prices were: For sea bass, Z
cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, IL to
IA cents per pound; pan rock, 6 to 10 cents
per pound; boiling rock, Is to 16 cents per
pound; white perch, to 15 cents per
pound; large trout, 4 to 5 cents per pound;
croaker, cents per pound; bluefish, to
cents per pound; founder, cents per
pound; spot, 81 per barrel; crabs, 81 to $125
per oarrel; gray trout, "a to So per barrel;
porgies, 20 cents each; drum, % cents each;
carp. 20 to 25 cents each, and catfish and
eels, 10 to 70 cents per bunch.
Inc Randall line steamer Kent, which
mas been cruising on the Potomac for the
past ten days with pleasure party Of the
employees Of the Randall steamers and
others aboard, returned home yesterday
evening. All the points Of interest on the
river were visited and most enjoyable
trip was had.
The schooner Cherubim, Capt Ridgeway,
Whlch was reported ashore on the Bodkin
par, In Chesapeake bay, has been fioated
Dy the tug Maud H. Of Baltimore and has
gone to that port to unload her cargo.
The Passing Craft.
Ihe little two-masted schooner A. H.
Schultz, which has been unloading a cargo
OF canned goods at Alexandria, has come
up to this port to complete unloading. She
is at the wharf of Johnson & Wimsatt
The tug Sandow, with an oil tank barge
laden with barrels in tow, sailed yesterday
FOR the Standard Oil Company works at
Baltimore.
The Kathleen will take her cargo Of fer
tli1zer from Alexandria to points on Nomini
creek.
The steamer Northumberland. from Bal
tlmore and the river landings, arrived this
morning with large passenger list and q
full cargo for the local dealers.
The schooner Young Bess, laden with
Ice for the American Ice Company here, is
at sea bound for this port. She should
reach the Capes early next week
The schooner Carrie G. Pinto has COM
pleted the unloading of her cargo OF lum-
Der and will sail today for the Coan river
to reload
The schooner Spray is lying at Alexan-
dria. preparing to run oysters from the
lower river to this market.
The schooner Samuel Wood has gone to
the North Carolina sounds and will en-
gage in the oyster-caTrying trade.
The large barge Maggie Donaldson has
completed the unloading of her cargo of
fertilizer at Alexandria and is awaiting
orders
The schooner Mist, with pleasure party
aboard left port yesterday evening for a
cruise on the river
The schooner James Boyce at Alexandria
will complete the discharging of her cargo
early next week, and will load coal for an
eastern port.
General and Personal.
Commodore John r. Sutton the harbor-
days on the Potomac river in the steamer
Kent.
Mate Lennox King has been selected by
ha lfpht houSe uthorffiac to nd ha
engineer steamer Jessamine, succeeding the
late Captain Wyatt. Captain King has had
many years of service on the Jessamine in
various capacities.
Officer Silas Lewis of the harbor police
has returned to duty with Commodore SUIT
toms force on the tug Vigilant
The hunting ark of Mr.. John Boswell,
which recently sank in the dock adjoining
the o street wharf, has been raised and the
leaks stopped.
The longboat Osceola, on the railway at
Benefits boat yard foot Of 11th street, is
having her hull rebuilt. She will not be
ready for service for about ten days.
Cumberland & Son are now preparing
plans for a twenty-five foot launch for Mr..
Gus Forsburg. The launch will be equipped
with a naphtha explosive engine, and will
be used for short trips on the river. The
work on the new boat will, 1t Is under
stood be begun early next week.
bunch Of about twenty-five or thirty
bluewing ducks was seen on the river near
the mouth of Four-mile run yesterday
evening, the first OF the season.
The new tug building at Baltimore for
the P Dougherty Company for service on
Chesapeake bay and the Potomac will be
named the Dauntless.
The United States light house tender
Holly has completed the supplying Of the
light stations in the lower bay with wood
and coal for winter use. The stations on
the Potomac river will next be supplied.
The wharf at Brents landing on Port
Tobacco creek, Maryland, has been rebuilt
and the steamers have resumed their reg
ular landings there.
The four-masted schooner James w. Ell
well, with cargo Of coal from this port,
has arrived at Boston.
MIR. MACFARLAND AT HOME.
VIII Preside at the Meeting to BE
Held Sunday.