Evening star., 1902-08-23
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER r. D. BIBBER UNDER A
NEW OWNER.
Making Surveys on Chesapeake Bay
Tug Eugenia Ready for Service
-Harbor Notes.

The schooner r. ID. Bfbber. laden with
about LOO tons of ice from the Kennebec
| river, arrived in port yesterday evening in
| tow Of the tug VIM H. Yerkes, jr., for the
| American Ice Company. The Bibber sailed
| from Bath. Ne, August IL, and had a
quick trip down the coast. coming into the
Capes of Virginia "Wednesday. This is her
! first visit here this season
The schooner was recently purchased
from her owners in Bath by Captain Peter
| Kennedy, a wen-known shipmaster, the
price paid being $4,000 The Bibber was
built at Bath in 1854. and is OF 769 tons bur-
den She is 172.S feet long 35.7 wide ana
has depth OF hold of us feet. She halls
from Bath Me.
The receipts Of fresh fish from the fish
cries about Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
| by the dealers at the 11th street wharf, were
good this morning and there was a fair
| demand for them. Prices are about the
same as they were yesterday. pan rock SELL
ing at 9 to SC. per pound, medium rock at
13 to 15c. per pound. black bass at I0c. per
pound, sea bass at o TO &C. per pound. blue
/ fish and tailors at to 31a per pound, Span
lsh mackerel at 12c- per pound, sturgeon a
. to 12c. per pound, boiling rock at
10 to 12c. per pound, founders at &c. per
pound, white perch at 10 TO 12c. per pound.
| small white perch at to 15c. per bunch,
! catfish at 10 to 40c. per bunch, eels at 3 to
/ &C. each. gray trout at s. to 81 per barrel.
| at 81 per barrel. The demand for hard shell
! crabs continues fair and they are selling
today at 81 to $1jO per barrel
The return of colder weather has caused
another sharp decline in the demand for
watermelons at the wharf, and but few are
selling today. The stock on hand is large
Culls were selling this morning at 81 to s.
| per hundred, primes at 81 to 81 per hundred
and selected melons at s. to Sl2 per hun
dred.
The big barge Narragansett, which
brought cargo of ice here. has completed
the unloading of her cargo and sailed in
tow of the tug Ice King for the Kenuebec
The tug will tow the barge by the outside
route the entire distance and is scheduled
to arrive at Bath Monday
The United States coast survey schooner
MatchleSs, Captain Flowers has completed
the survey work of the big Annamessic and
Manokin rivers Md. and has gone to Deals
Island in Chesapeake Bay to take up work
there 1t is understood a new chart OF
Chesapeake Bay will shortly be issued by
the bureau of navigation, Treasury De-
partment.
General Port News.
The tug Eugenia. belonging to the Co.
lumbia Sand Dredging Company, which
| has been hauled up on the marine railway
at Bennett's boat yard for several DAYS
past was yesterday put overheard, ana has
gone into commission. towing sand and
gravel laden scows.
iiC SSAOuiltT Earl BlScOe is hauled I'D
on Bennetts railway for a general over
| hauling and caulking. She is also to be
repainted and put in thorough order for
the wood and lumber carrying trade on
the Potomac.
The steam launch Olga. belonging to Mr..
Gus Forsberg, is hauled out at Cumber-
lands boat yard to have her hull repain
ed.
The three-masted schooner Alice NJ. Dav-
enport, frequent trader here, sank on the
coast OF Massachusetts near Boston few
| Gays ago. She may be raised and saved
The schooner ]. S. Winslow has been
chartered to load asphalt at Port of SPAIN
Island of Trinidad. for this port
capt. George Cook is in command of the
steamer Samuel ]. Pentz during the sick
ness of Capt. Harry Randall, and Capt All
Richards is with him as first officer Mr.
George Novel; is quartermaster on the
Pentz.
Mr.. NJ J. Cook of Georgetown has been
appointed engineer of the United States
army lighter Kearney, now lying in the
stream here.
The sioop Sea Gun, with Cant Jacob
Deemer and party aboard, sailed today
on an extended cruise to lower river points
They will be gone for about two weeks
and will visit all the resorts on the lower
Potomac.
The steam launch Joe Blackburn with a
pleasure party aboard left port yesterday
evening for short cruise down the river
The large schooner Alice Holbrook laden
with ice for the American Ice Company,
has been taken to the Georgetown storage
houses to unload.
The schooner John H. Reese is at the 11th
street wharf with a cargo of lumber for
the dealers