Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-26
ON THE RIVER FRONT
EFFORT TO GET THE YACHT
LOFTS AFLoAT. 4
Craft Was Damaged by Ice and
Remains Aground On Bar
General Port News. III

The yacht Lofts, owned!c in this city,
which went aground on Cedar Point bar in
the river in heavy gale last fall, and
which has been on the bar all winter, was
moved by the ice to within a, few feet of
the channel, so that it will be an easy mat
ter to get her afioat once more. The hull
of the yacht, it is reported, does not seem
to have been damaged by the ice, though
her mast and bowsprit are gone and some
of her deck panking started. 1t is under
stood an effort will be made to save the
boat.
Stuart's wharf on the Virginia side of
the river, is to be rebuilt very shortly
The moving ice during the winter damaged
this wharf considerably, and only tempo
rary repairs have as yet been made. 1t is
proposed to rebuild the pier in a much
more substantial manner, and 1t Is to be
somewhat enlarged.
There was a good demand for fresh fish
Of all kinds at the 18th street wharf mar
ket this morning, and the supply of all
kinds, except shad and herring, was eX-
cellent. Prices today slightly higher
than those of last week, and are as fol-
lows: For salmon trout. 12c. per pound;
white perch. to 12c. per pound; black
12e. per pound; boiling rock, 121a to 15c.
per pound carp, 3 to &C. per pound; jump
ing mullets to &c. per pound; hickory
Jacks to 13c each; black catfish. 20 to
&c. per bunch white catfish, % to Doe per
bunch; river mullets, % to 30c. per bunch,
and yellow perch, 10 to 40c., per bunch.
Shad and herring are quite scarce, and are
in great demand and are selling as fol-
lows: Chesapeake roe shad, so to 90c. each;
Chesapeake buck shad, 45c. each; southern
roe shad, 60 to 75c. each; buck shad, 30 to
S5c. each, and herring, 81 hundred.
The vessels that are now arriving here
with oysters bring very light cargoes, five
boats. which arrived since Monday morn
ing, having aboard less than 700 bushels.
The demand for the oysters continues to
be excellent and prices remain firm,
smaller stock selling at 30 to 60 cents per
bushel and the larger and more choice
ones at 80 to 20 cents per bushel.
Schooners and Steamers.
The schooner J. S: Smith, with cargo
of about 10000 feet of pine lumber from
the Coan river, Virginia, is in port for
Johnson & Wimsatt
The two-masted schooner J. p Robin
son, Captain Redman, came into port yes
terday evening with a cargo of cord wood
for Garter & Clark.
The Kathleen and the Silver Star have
arrived in port with cargoes of cord wood
from the lower Potomac for the local
dealers
The schooner Charles V Dagger came
into port yesterday morning with a cargo
of cord wood for Carter & Clark
The schooner Ella Flaherty arrived In
port last night with a cargo of white sand
ers here.
The E. s. Criswell has arrived from the
lower river with cargo of bunch fish for
this market.
= The steamer Lily and Howard loaded a
large cargo of general stores at Alexandria
yesterday and sailed for Occoquan.
The Peri is in port with a cargo of cord
wood from Aqua creek for Carter &, Clark.
The steamer +. James Tull yesterday
loaded a heavy cargo of miscellaneous store
goods for Aqua creek points She will load
cargo of lumber back to this port.
The United States revenue cutter Win
dom Is in port from cruise on Chesapeake
bay. After leaving here she will return to
Baltimore to fit out for the summer.
The schooner Matilda is in MORT with a
full load Of lumber from a river point
The covered barge of the Alexandria
Chemical Company, with a cargo of sui
phur rock from Occoquan, has arrived at
Alexandria in tow of the tug Minerva
The naval tug Triton Monday took
gun barge, which was a six-inch naval
gun. to Indian Head, Md. The gun is one
of those recently built at the ordnance
foundry here for the new ships of the navy
and will be tested at the Indian Head prov
ing grounds.
The steam launch Blue Wing of the
United States fish commission, which has
been at work the entire winter on the Mas
sachusetts coast, is again at the Bryan's
Point station for service there during the
summer. The Blue Wing made the trip
from Massachusetts by the inland water
ways as far as possible
The steamer Norfolk of the Norfolk and
Washington line has returned from the
Newport News ship yard, where her bow
was rebuilt. She is again on the route be-
tween this city and Norfolk. The steamer
Newport News has temporarily taken the
place OF the steamer Washington upon the
Norfolk route.
First Trip to Washington Port.
A barge of the Standard Oil Company
from Baltimore has arrived here for the
Washington Gas Light Company. The tug
Startle, which brought the barge around, is
paying her first visit to this port. towing
in place of the Dougherty boats. She halls
from New York.
The United States steamboat inspectors
from Baltimore went to Alexandria Mon
day and inspected the tug Spray at Agnew s
shipyard. The Spray will tow stone carry
ing barges to and from Occoquan, Va.
Mr.. James Punch, mate of the ferry
steamer Columbia, is recovering from his
recent illness, and has returned to duty.
The French consul at Port au Prince.
Haiti, has cabled for a warship to be sent
to a in, x,-;t1 tl,n