Evening star., 1902-08-08
ON THE RIVER FRONT
POWER LAUNCH MARIAN PRE-
PAIRING FOR A CRUISE.
Potatoes Coming From River Landings
Soft Coal Shipments-Gen-
eral Harbor News.

he large power boat Marian, belonging
to parties here, is hauled out on the ma
rine railway at the foot of 18th street, to
be painted and overhauled and will leave
in a few days for a cruise the river
The Marian is a handsome little craft and
when completed will be a most comforta bic
one. She is about twenty feet long and
has power enough in her to send her through
the water at a good speed. Her accommo-
dations are not large, but she has sleeping
room for party of four or five aboard
She will leave early next week on a cruise
Mr.. Clement Milburn has been promoted
to second officer in the Norfolk and Wash
fngton line, and assigned to duty on the
steamer Norfolk
Mr. George Graison has recovered from
his recent illness and has returned to duty
on the steamer Arrowsmith.
Ihe supply of fresh fish of all kinds re-
ceived by the dealers at the 11th street
Wharf market from the shores about Nor
1olk and Old Point continues quite small
whlle the receipts from the river nets are
also very light. The demand this morning
vas fair and prices We're as follows: For
spanish mackerel, 15c. per pound; floun-
ger 1ePs' sc. TO &c. per pound; pan rock. &c. to
1oc. per pound: boiling rock, 13c to 13c
per pound; black bass 14c to 15c per
pound white perch, 1Oc. to 12c. per pound; !;
sturgeon. 1Oc. to lie. per pound: catfish,
toS- " OOC- per DunCn, Wnlte Derch, small,
1Oc to f2c. per bunch; eels, &c. to Sc each;
porgfes, 1Oc. to 12c. each; butterffsh So per
parfei; gray trout, 81 per barrel: spot S4
per barrel; hard crabs, $3.50 to 81 per bar
REL soft crabs, 35c. to 40c per dozen and
CLAIMS 4Oc to 45c. per hundred.
Since yesterday morning but two boats
having aboard about 5000 waterme1ons
have arrived at the 11th street wharf. and
tnls morning the entire stock aboard the
neet OF twenty-five or more boats was less
than 1o,OOO melons. The demand for the
fruit was quite brisk, and by night the
stock will all be sold. Prices this morning
ranged from So to $50 per hundred, accord
ing to size and quality of melon wanted.
Ihe work of overhauling the steamer
Kent at the Alexandria shipyard has been
completed. and the steamer will return to
her dock here today. She will undergo her an
nual inspection this week by the United
states steamboat inspectors. and will make
her regular trip to the lower river Sunday.
The steam barge E, James Tull is living a
moore machine shop wharf at Alexandria.
having her machinery OverhauIed and nut
IN good order. She will be able to resume
her trips in a day or two
me eugeye K H. Stuart, under charter,
hds returned TO NOmini and other lower
river points to load a cargo of wheat ano
corn for the Alexandria market This viii
make the sixth load of grain the stuart
two months. past
Along the Wharves.
barge NO. II of the Consultation coa1
Company has completed the loading of q
cargo of about 1900 tons of soft coal ar
georgetown and has been taken IN q noin+
OH Alexandria and anchored. AWAITING tho
loading of another barge now at George
toWn Both barges will then be taken nv
a tug to Boston
Inc large new pile driver recently built
at the boatyard of Augustus Dean e. Son
al Alexandria, for the Pennsylvania Rail
way company has been turned over to the
company and is now in service on the new
Long bridge work
Large quantities of Irish potatoes grown
IN the neighborhood of Marshall Hall. Nh
are pelhS brought up on the river steamers
each day for the dealers here. Thev coma
principally from Marshall Hall wharf
Peaches and other fruits are also coming
In good quantities from the same point.
The handsome new tug NJ Mitchell Da
Wis, which has been in port here for +ba
past two or three days fitting up sailed
yesterday with a light schooner in tow for
Baltimore. The Davis will then cruise at
the capes of Virginia on the lookout for
several ice-laden schooners which are at
sea bound to this city
The sloop Dawn is at Reagan's boat
house, at the foot of 18th street southwest,
being repainted and decorated and mt in
party aboard to the lower river.
The Hattie b. with her owner, Mr. W.
c. Bailey, and his family aboard will leave
here tomorrow on cruise of two weeks or
more among the summer resorts along
the lower river.
The large house boat of Mr.. Frank T.
Rawlings of this city is cruising along the
river, with It's owner and his family aboard
Stops are made at all the points of inter
est.
The schooner J. V. Duncan has arrived
in port with a full cargo of canned goods
from the lower Potomac for the local
dealers.
The schooner Curley is lying at the wharf
at the foot of 1352 street, unloading
cargo of lumber.
The Katie, loaded with grain from lower
river points, has arrived a Georgetown
for the mills there.
The two-masted schooner ]. p Robinson
is lying at Alexandria and will load a gen
eral cargo for river points.
The scOw Daniel has arrived a Alexan-
dria with a cargo of cord wood for the
dealers there.