Evening star., 1902-08-09
ON THE RIVER FRONT
HOUSE BOATS TO BE BUILT FOR
PLEASURE CRUISING.
Tender Violet, With Buoys Here
Launch Diana to Sail-Other
Port News.


Mr. Frank T. Rawlings of this city during
the early summer and the pleasure and
comfort that can be had on such a craft
cruising in the river has caused several
persons to talk of building similar craft for
their own use next summer. Several of the
boat builders here have been asked for esti-
mates as to the cost of such craft, and,
while the contracts for their building have
not yet been awarded, it is generally be-
lieveL that several will be constructed and
re ady for service next season. While house
boats are very uncommon in the Potomac,
they are said to be quite numerous in the
larger rivers in the south and offer a pleas
ant and very economical way of spending
a summer vacation
There has been no great increase in the
supply of fresh fish received by the dealers
at the 11th street wharf, though the stock
on hand was ample to meet all demands.
Prices run at about the same figures as
yesterday and are as follows: For Spanish
mackerel, 1oc. per pound; founders, &c. to
&c. per pound; pan rock, &c. to 10c. per
pound; boiling rock, 13c. to 15c. per pound;
black bass 14c. to 15c. per pound; white
perch. 10c to 12c. per pound: sturgeon, 10c.
to 12c. per pound; catfish, 15c to SOC. per
bunch; white perch, small, 1Oc. to 12c per
bunch; eelS, &c. to &c. each; butterfiSh, SO
per barrel; gray trout, 81 per barrel; spot,
81 per barrel; hard crabs, S1.5O to 81 per
barrel; CLAIMS, 4Oc. to SOC. per hundred.
The supply of watermelons at the 11th
street wharf this morning was quite small,
only two small vessels with about 1000 mel
ons aboard having arrived since yesterday
morning. The stock hand today was
less than 10000, but a number of vessels
are reported on the river bound up. Prices
this morning ranged from 81 to 81 per hum
dred for culls, 50 to SS for primes and $40
to $50 for selects.
let. having aboard the light buoys from
Coan river and another river point arrived
in port yesterday afternoon. The buoy
tanks are to be filled with Pintsch gas here,
and they will then be taken to the Point
Lookout station, where they will be held
until needed to replace buoys burned out.
The power launch Diana, belonging to
Mr.. Harry Norment of this city, is at
Cumberlands boat house at Georgetown
and will be hauled out there for some
minor repair work tomorrow. About the
18th of this month the Diana will leave
here for a trip to Philadelphia and the At
lantic coast, with her owner aboard. She
will be gone about a month and will be un-
der the command of Capt. George Davis of
Alexa ndria.
Of General Interest.
large fleet of pleasure craft is lying at
anchor in the harbor, and in a few days
quite a number Of them will leave on
cruises. At the yacht anchorage are the
St Charles, the Mist, the Ella Treadwell,
the power boats Eoia, Cygnus and Joe
Blackburn and a fleet of smaller craft. The
steam yacht Gaivota is also at anchor in
the harbor.
The tug George W. Pride is under charter
to tow sand-laden scows between the sand
digging machines of Mr.. Louis Smoot and
this city.
The steam barge Tull has been hauled
out on the marine railway at Alexandria
for some minor repair work before resum-
ing her trips on the river.
There are no ice-laden vessels in port,
but the tug Savage, Capt. Hand, is expect
ed to arrive here today with barge No. 10
in tow. She will bring about /. 300 tons of
ice and will unload at the 9th street wharf.
The schooner A. II. Quinby has arrived
in port with a cargo of about 10000 feet of
pine boards from the Rappahannock river
for Johnson &, Wimsatt.
The MayflOwer is at the wharf of John
son Bros, unloading a full cargo of cord
wood from the lower river.
The longboat Father and Son is here with
load of pine wood from the Aqua creek
nelghborhood for Carter & Clark
The two-masted schooner Alethea, from
the James river, with load of lumber, has
arrived in port for the dealers.
The bugeye Gloria, laden with water
melons. came into port yesterday evening,
and is lying at the 11th street wharf
The j. r. Dixon is at Alexandria loading
a general cargo for lower river points.
The schooner Joseph Smith. laden with
pine lumber from the Coan river, has ar
rived in port for Johnson & Wirnsatt.
The three-masted ram schooner Harlan
W. Huston. laden with pine lumber from
Newbern, n. c., has arrived in port for the
dealers. She brings a cargo of about 16O,-
coo feet of lumber.
The tug d. NJ. Key yesterday evening
took barge loaded with shingles from this
city to an Alexandria dealer
The Five Sisters is at the wharf of H. X
Field & Co, at Alexandria, and will load a
general cargo for river point.
Mr.. VIM A. Moore, chief engineer of the
Randall line, was in Baltimore yesterday
looking after some work being done for his
boats here.
Mr.. Archibald. chief draughtsman for the
James Clark Company, was in the city yes
terday on business.
Captain William Lucsett of this city was
pilot on the United States monitor Arkansas 6
on her recent trial trips over the Barren