Evening star., 1901-10-08
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER CHERUBIM SOLD TO CAPT.
NEALE OF MARYLAND.
Prices Mt Market for Oysters and Fish
The Freight Hand1ers-Gen-
eraI Port News.

sold by her owner, captain oeot 90 ~
Martin, to Captain Joseph Neaie OF cam
bridge, Md. Captain Neale will at once
take command of the vessel and will con-
tinue her in the bay trade. The Cherublm
is a two-masted vessel of ninety-eight tons
and is 61.S feet long 24.1 feet VIDE ana
- feet deep. She was built in 1873
CAPTAIN VIM Henderson has purchased
the barge Reliance from the P. Dougherty
Company of Baltimore and will continue
to run her in the bay and Carolina trade.
Prices at the 11th street wharf this
morning were as follows: For black bass,
Sc. to 12c. per pound bluefish or taliors,
DC. to &c. per pound; large trout, DC. TO &c.
per pound; medium rock, ioc. per Poahu
pan rock, &c to &c. per pound; butterfsh,
&c. to 4c. per pound Spanish mackerel,
15c. per pound; gray trout, SO to 81 per
barrel; catfish, 15c. to Soc per bunch, eeis'
15c. to &c. per bunch white perch, oc 10
15c. per pound or 10c to soc. per bunch;
carp. 4c. per pound or 40c. each; croakers,
4c. per pound
The demand for oysters yesterday was
excellent and many of the boats at the
wharf unloaded their cargoes and sailed
for the oyster grounds to take on fresh
cargoes. The supply at the wharf TINS
morning is small, about 300 bushels being
in hand Prices were from SOC. to 60c. per
bushel for the small oysters and from 6oc.
to Toe for the larger stock.
Bass fishing is reported to be excellent
at Four-mile Run and off many OF the
wharves here, and also in OccoQuan river.
Dr. W. r. Quackenbush a day or two ago
caught in three hours nineteen fish, weigh
ing in all twenty-one pounds.
Passing In and Out.
The barge Seneca, loaded with fertilizer
at Herbert Bryant's wharf, Alexandria, has
sailed for points along the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal.
The new four-masted schooner VIM. H.
Yerkes. jr., which unloaded a cargo Of ice
here, sailed yesterday from Baltimore for
Boston, with her first cargo of soft coal.
The steamer Lily & Howard was at the
Randall line wharf. foot of Sth street, yes
terday. to have her boiler cleansed and
cverhauled. Last night she sailed for Nom
ini, with a small cargo of terra Gotta pipe,
and will load wood there for Carter &
Clark.
The Leroy is loading a cargo of pine wood
near Grinders wharf in Mattawoman creek
for the dealers here. She will leave Matta-
woman today on her way to this city.
The three-maSted schooner Manuel Il.
CuZa, with a cargo of !, 900 lathS from
Nova Scotia, arrived in port yesterday in
tow of the tug VIM. H. Yerkes. jr., for
Johnson & Wimsatt. She is at the wharf,
cargo.
The bugeye Hiawatha has gone to the
lower river and will load a cargo for this
pert.
II.
lumber. sash, doors and other building ma
teria1 at Alexandria yesterday, and sailed
for Nomini creek, Va.
The schooner VIM. L. Franklin is unload
ing her cargo of glass sand at the wharf of
VIM. A. Smoot & Co. at Alexandria.
The steamer E. James Tull loaded large
cargo of fertilizer and building material at
Alexandria yesterday, and sailed for points
along the lower Potomac.
The barge Lizzie Brady has gone to Chic
amaxen creek, Md, to load full cargo of
railway ties for Philadelphia, on account
of Carter & Clark of this city
The schooner Agnes E. Quillan has COM
pleted the unloading of her cargo of lumber
at the wharf of Thos. r. Riley and will sail
soon for Norfolk.
The flattie Rattling Joe has sailed for the
oyester beds at Blackistone's Island and
will load a cargo for this market.
The schooner Sbeago has arrived at
Georgetown with a cargo of barreled as
phalt from New York She was brought
into port by the tug VIM. II. Yerkes, jr.
General Matters.
A thick fog covered the river this morn
ing for several hours and greatly inter-
fered with the movements of the steamers,
which had to keep their bells and whistles
constantly sounding. Sailing vessels were
unable to move and those in the stream
had to come TO anchor for safety.
The railway at Benefits boat yard at
the foot of 18th street will be out of SER
vice LOT snort Wnlie IN order to have
some necessary repairs made. Several
small vessels are at the yard waiting to be
taken from the water The railway will be
ready for service by the latter part of this
week.
The big dredge of the Atlantic Gulf and
Pacific Dredging Company, which has been
deepening the water about this city, left
this morning in tow of the tug VIM. H.
Yerkes, jr., for Wilmington, N c. where
she will be employed in government work
The little white fiattie Daisy, which lost
her mast in squall off Fort Washington a
few days ago, is at the Jones' Point boat
yard near Alexandria for an overhauling.
The pungy Shining Light, which has been
on the smaller railway at the Alexandria
shipyard for several days past for caulking
and oVerhauling, was launched today and
sailed for the lower river, under the COM
mand of Captain Keith Davis
The steamer Samuel ]. Pentz, which was
Withdrawn from the mail route to Glymont
Saturday for minor repairs, again took her
place upon the route this morning.
The barge Seneca, with a large cargo of
fertilizer from Alexandria, went up the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal Saturday even
ing. Her cargo is for points along that
waterway.
The black-painted gas buoy which marked
the mouth of the Coan river, Va, was relit
Saturday. after being out since September
The new tug Dauntless, built for the
Dougherty Company for service on the bay
and Potomac river, has been launched at
Baltimore. The new boat is 103 feet long,
24 feet wide and 10 feet deep, and will he
driven by fore and aft compound engine,
with cylinders IS and 80 inches having a
22-inch stroke
The sloop yacht Ethel May, belonging to
Messrs- Taylor & Fowler, returned to port
yesterday afternoon from a short cruise
down the river.
Mr.: Lou Ballinger. assistant engineer of
the harbor police boat Vigilant, has gone
to Fort Staunton, N. NJ, for the benefit of
his health.
Mr.. c. L. Greene of the coast survey
steamer Blake has been detached and or
dered to the steamer Endeavor for service
in Chesapeake bay.
Capt. James w. Barker has, been detac
from the command of the steamer Harry
Randall and assigned to the steamer Pentz
on the Glymont mail route Capt Thomas
Todd is with him as first officer
Capt j. ID. Sparr of Windsor Nova Sco-
tia, has taken command of the schooner
Aroma at Baltimore for her new owners.
The Aroma will load coal for Port au
Prince.
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