Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-09
ON THE RIVER FRONT
CARTER & CLARK PURCHASE
STEAM FREIGHT BARGE.
1ce-Laden Vessels Eere-Repairing in
the Boat Yards - Other
Marina Matters.

Messrs. Carter & Clark of this city have
purchased the steam freight barge Lily and
Howard from Mrs. Fannie Flatford of
Gainesville, Stafford county, Va, and will
give the barge thorough overhauling and
put her in good order for service on
the river and bay. She will be continued in
general freighting business between this
city and down river ports. The Lily and
Howard is a wooden hull propeller boat of
IS tons burden and is 80 feet long, 22S feet
wide and 60 feet deep. She was tuilt on
Aqua creek, Va, in 1899, and halls from
Alexandria. The price paid for the boat
was $1,000.
The tug Eva Belle Cain of Alexandria has
been sold by the estate of Capt. Joseph
Beach to Mr.. P. Mahoney for the Dempsey
Barge Company of Philadelphia.
The Cain has for a number of years been
employed in towing on the Potomac, and
was built at Philadelphia In 1871 She is of
~ tons burden and is 59.6 feet long, IA feet
wide and feet deep. AS soon as some
minor repairs are made the tug will leave
for the Delaware river where she will do
service.
The schooner Lizzie r. Burt and o. d.
Wltherall have arrived in port with full
cargoes of ice from Bath, Me, for the
American Ice Company. The Burt, which
sailed from Bath May Is, brings cargo of
125O tons of ice and the whitehall, which
sailed May %, brings 953 tons. Both YES
SelS Will unload here.
The tug William H. Yerkes, jr., which
brought large schooner into port yester-
day, has gone to West Point in the York
river for dredging machine and scOws be-
longing to Mr. John Miller of this city and
Will take them to Annapolis harbor, where
Mr.. Miller has contract for some govern
ment work.
There was but a small stock of fish on
hand this morning from all sources and
the demand was good The season for the
sale of shad and herring closes today, and
from tomorrow it will be illegal to have the
fish on sale. Prices today are about the
same as Saturday. and follows: For
roe shad, 30 to 35c. each buck shad, 10 to
zoe. each: herring, 40c. per 100; white
perch, 10 to 12c. per pound; Spanish mack
erel, to &c. per pound; pan rock, to 1Oc.
per pound; boiling rock, 10 to 12c. per
pound; founders, to sc. per bunch; stur-
geon, 10 to lie. per pound; blue fish, to
&c. per pound; salmon trout, 5 to &c. per
pound; gray trout, S. to $3.50 per bar
white perch, 23c. per bunch; catfish, % to
35c. per bunch; carp, IL to 15c. each, and
cells, 3 to &c. each CLANS are selling at
40 to SOC. per 100, and are in good demand
General Port News.
Banks pile driver Is hauled out on the
marine railway at Benefits boat yard for
caulking and other repair work before be-
ginning operations at the arsenal water
front.
he Tug maryland feft bennett yard Sat
urday evening, after having some joiner
work. which was broken in a collision with
the longboat Osceoia in the Eastern branch
few days ago, repaired.
Cumberland & Son. foot Of 9th street.
have the contract for the building of sew
eral large pontoons for the Risley Dredg-
ing Company of Baltimore, who will make
the excavations in the river in front of the
arsenal grounds, and will pump the liquid
mud into the space to be filled up.
The coast survey steamer Blake has COM
pleted her work on the coast of Porto Rico
and sailed for the United States. Balti-
more will be her headquarters.
The revenue cutter Window Is cruising on
Chesapeake bay and is expected to pay a
visit to this port before returning to Bal
timore.
Capt. Vanneman has taken command Of
the schooner Joseph @. Ray, which recently
arrived at Baltimore from Port Tampa,
Fla.
Lieut.. j. w. Lee of the revenue cutter
service is on thirty days leave in the Blue
Ridge mountains.
The schooner PardonIG. Thompson laden
with laths from st. Johns New Bruins
wick, has arrived in port for Johnson &
WimSatt