Evening star., 1901-06-25
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
FORT WASHINGTON STEAM LArNCH
NEARLY READY FOR SERVICE.
anotations mt the Fish wharf-Sou.
Ing and Going Of Vessels
General Matters.

! The little steam launch belonging 10 tho
soldiers stationed at Fort Washington
Which has been at the shop OF Forsburs &
| Murray here for several months undergo
! ing repairs, is nearly ready to go into sery-
| ice Since being brought here earlv in ,ba
winter the engine and machinery of the
/ launch have been practically rebuilt and
| the boat is in condition to give good sery-
ice she Is used to transport the officers
and men Of Fort Washington between the
| Tort ana Alexandria and to bring supplies
! from that point to the fort The launch
| was built for the navy and is a fine little
| craft.
| The yawi rugged yacht seabelle belong
| ing to Mr.. H. s. Seymour. is to be hauled
| out at Bennetts boat yard and repainted
| preparatory to sailing for New London
Conn. where she will be in use during the
summer.
A new naphtha launch was recently built
| at Racine. Wis, for George ID. Hopkins,
manager of the Old Dominion glass works,
just north Of Alexandria. 1t is expected
to arrive by rail this week. The boat
| completed. Mr.. Hopkins will use tha
launch to travel between the glass works.
Alexandria, and this city. and for pleasure
| cruises on the river She is twenty-one
| feet long and is to make speed of about
| ten miles hour.
| The supply of fish on hand at the fish
| wharf this morning was small and the de-
| ward good. Croakers sold ct Sc. per pound;
gray trout 81 to So per barrel; butter fish.
| 81 to 81 per barrel; blues, cents per pound;
| pan rock, to 10 cents per pound: boiling
rock, IL to 20 cents per pound: white perch,
to 10 cents per pound: spot. cents per
| pound; sturgeon. to 10 cents per pound:
weakfish. cents per pound; founder.
cents per pound salmon trout, cents per
| pound; Spanish mackerel. 10 to 1212 cents
| per pound; catfish. - to 20 cents per bunch:
cells and yellow perch. 10 to u cents per
bunch; carp. 10 to Is cents each; drum.
! 20 to p cents each, and porgies. to 10
cents each. Crabs continue scarce and
! high. soft shells selling at ~ to ca cents
| per dozen, and hard $40 to 81 per barrel.
The Passing Craft.
| The steamer Occoquan has completed the
| unloading of her cargo and will sail for
Occoquan to reload. 1t is understood she
will also tow another raft OF piles to this
city for use n the sewer pump house work
on the Eastern branch.
| The John A H. Dixon is in port with a
cargo of 60.0O0 feet of lumber from tho
Coan river for Johnson & Wimsatt
The schooner Chas Gibson. which has
| been lying at Alexandria for several days
! painting. sailed yesterday.
| The longboat Harry and Charley is In
port with cargo of cord wood for the
| local dealers.
| The Rosie Beatrice is at the wharf OF
| VIM. a. Smoot G. Co., Alexandria and will
The Baltimore tug Sandow, which brought
a tow into port. sailed light for Baltimore
The Nancy Hanks. a large canoe. is in
port with a cargo OF 5000 clans from the
eastern shore.
The steamer Dennis Simmons arrived at
Alexandria yesterday with cargo of shin
giles and lumber from Edenton, y. &. for
H. X. Field She sailed for North Caro-
lima last night.
The two-masted schooner Irwin has fin
ished discharging her cargo of lumber and
has sailed for Norfolk.
The VIM. Mcdonald Is in port with q
cargo of cord wood from the lower river
for Carter & Clark.
The c. J. Thompson. after taking on a
cargo OF general stores at Alexandria, has
sailed for the lower river.
The schooner Casper Hen Is at Broad
| creek loading hickory butts for Richmond
The schooner ]. b. Anderson Is In port
| with a full cargo of pine lumber from the
Rappahannock river for the local dealers
The tug Stella, with a light oil barge and
coal barge in tow from this port. has ar
rived at Baltimore.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, laden with
lumber from the York river. Virginia, for
H. l.. Briscoe. is expected In port within
the next day or two.
The schooner Maggie has sailed from
Newbern, N c., for this port with cargo
of lumber.
The schooner Lavinia Campbell. now un-
loading cargo of ice in Georgetown. has
been chartered to load coal there for New
England port.
The Annie Martz has sailed for the lower
river, and will load cargo of cord wood
back to this port.
The schooner Zachius Sherman. which
discharged a cargo of ice here for the
Purity Ice Company, will be taken to
Georgetown to load coal for New Eng
land port.
The Gilman Dove has returned light to
river point and will load a cargo of rail-
way ties for Carter * Clark
The tug Hotchins has arrived in port
with tow Of three coal-laden barges.
The schooner Agnes E Manson. with ice
for the American Ice Company. sailed from
Bath. Me-, for this port June 21.
The schooner Young Bros, with cargo
of about LOO tons of ice for the Purity Ice
Company, arrived in port yesterday morn
ing in tow of the tug Camilla.
The schooner VIM. T. Donnell sailed from
Hillsboro, New Brunswick June n. with a
cargo of plaster for Alexandria
The schooner Maria o. Teel has sailed
from Boston for Bangor and will load ice
for this port.
General and Personal Items.
The new tug VIM. II. Yerkes jr., built for
Taylor & Bro. of this city. Will leave Balti-
more today for this port on her maiden
trip. She brings her owners and guests
around and will arrive here Thursday
morning.
The large bugeye George B. Faunce 10
hauled out on the marine railway at Alex
ardria for an overhauing.
Inc Work OF nttlnS up Lne new steam
launch Of Mr.. Anthony Smoot at Alexan-
dria is progressing rapidly. and the boat
will be in service about the middle of next
month.
The steamer Harry Randall. which
rived from the lower river last night.
brought about twenty hogshead Of tobacco
to Alexandria for shipment via the Weems
line to Baltimore.
The soldiers at the arsenal were practice
shooting into the Eastern branch yester-
day afternoon, and several Of the balls.
glaucing from the water, went singing over
the ferry steamer Columbia, which was on
her way to Alexandria
The steam yacht Gretchen, which has
just been rebuilt at Alexandria. Is now
nearly ready for service. She will be given
a trial trip on the river, and will be taken
to a point on the Hudson to refit and
furnish. New London. Conn.,, will be her
headquarters during the summer.
The work OF overhauling the schooner J.
P. Robinson at the Alexandria shipyard
has been completed and she has sailed for
Curriomen for a cargo.