Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-28
ON THE RIVER FRONT
YACHT GREYHOUND RETURNS
FROM LONG CRUISE.
Heavy Lumber and Wood Receipts
Repairing at Boat Yards-Personal
and General Mention.

The power yacht Greyhound, with DR..
Arthur Rauterberg and party of friends
| aboard, has returned to port from an OK
tended cruise on Chesapeake bay and its
| tributaries. The party left here about two
| or three weeks ago and visited all the
| points Of interest along the bay, and going
up the York river that stream was thor.
/ oughly explored as were all the hooks and
| corners light-draft boat could go into
Williamsburg, the ancient capital of Vir-
| ginia, was visited and the party returned
home much pleased with their outing. The
| trip was made without accident to the
| boat and excellent time was made through
| out the entire trip.
| AS usual Friday, the fish market on the
| 18th street wharf was busy place today,
| the hucksters being on hand In large num-
| bers In the early hours of the morning to
| make their purchases The stock on hand
consisted mainly of gray trout and was
| ample to meet the demand. Prices show
J but few changes and are as follows:
Small trout, 81 to S. per barrel; medium
| trout. to cents per pound; large trout.
to cents per pound; butterf1sh, "a
| to s. per barrel; spot, So to 81 per barrel;
| founders, to cents per pound; Spanish
| mackerel, Is to 20 cents per pound; pan
| rock, 10 to II cents per pound; medium
rock, 13 to IA cents per pound; boiling
rock. Is to Is cents per pound; sturgeon, 10
cents per pound; green pike to cents
per pound; porgies, 20 to % cents each;
bluefish and tailors, to cents per pound
pompano, 10 to 20 cents per pound; bass
II to 10 cents per pound; white perch, 10
to II cents per pound; white perch, small.
20 to 25 cents per bunch; catfish, large, %
to 10 cents per bunch; catfish, small, to 10
cents per bunch; yellow perch small 10 to
80 cents per bunch; mullets, 20 to 25 cents
per bunch; carp. 10 to 25 cents each; cells.
cents each.
CLANS are scarce and in demand, and as
consequence prices have advanced to SO
and 60 cents per hundred.
Hard crabs are selling readily at $1.5O to
- per barrel, and the supply is somewhat
limited.
The stock of watermelons on sale at the
18th street wharf market was increased
yesterday and last night by the arrival of
several boats with 'cargoes of the fruit
from bay and Potomac river points This
morning 1900 to 1900 melons were on
sale and the demand for them was good.
Prices are firm selected fruit selling at SO
hundred and small and inferior melons at
"A to IS per hundred. The recent arrivals
at the wharf are the sloop B. H. Lambert,
the G. w. Kimble and the Bertha May
General and Personal.
Commodore Sutton, the harbormaster
has returned from his vaca ton and is again
on duty at the harbor Office. Part of the
commodore's leave was spent at Atlantic
City and the remainder at Colonial Beach
Capt. AL. Richards, who was with the
Naval Battalion, d. C. N. G., on their re-
cent cruise the Fern as pilot has re-
turned home and will return to duty Oh
his steamer
When the schooner Mary Ann Shea was
hauied out ION the marine railway at Ben
nettS boat yard a few days ago it was
found that in some manner she had run
upon rock or log in the river and had
broken In several planks on her hull be-
tween ttmbers and was otherwise damaged
The broken blanks ut ha
shipyard and the schooner is again in serv-
Ice.
Along the Wharves.
The pungy Four Sisters, which recently
unloaded cargo here was hauled out on
the marine railway at Benefits boatyard
yesterday for caulking and for such other
repair work to her hull as may be neces-
sary.
The tug Eugenia of the Columbia Sand
Company fleet is at Benefits for tighten
Ing of her wheel. thought to be loose on
it's shaft
The work the longboat Mary Francis.
which has been hauled out on the marine
railway at Alexandria for repairs to her
hull, has been completed, and the vessel
was put overheard yesterday. A Philadel-
phia coal-carrying barge at once took her
place on the railway for attention to hull
and caulking. Several small sailing craft
are at the shipyard waiting to be hauled
out.
The launch Santa Barbara, the tender for
the United States naval proving grounds at
Indian Head, Md. was in port yesterday
evening with party from the station.
The launch Dawn. with pleasure party
aboard, was out on the river yesterday af-
ternoon on a cruise.
The dredge Alice Vivian yesterday began
pumping mud into the new pond built on
the reclaimed ground along the western
side of the Washington barracks park and
will raise the ground four or five feet above
its present level
The Uriah Horner is at Thos. r. Riley's
wharf to unload a cargo of pine lumber
and railway ties from a point down the
Potomac
The Osceola is at Alexandria loading a
cargo for points on the river about Colo
NAL Beach.
The schooner Clara Garrett. having
aboard about 10000 feet of lumber, has ar
rived from Virginia lumber port
The Seabright, laden with cord wood from
down river, came into the harbor this morn
ing for the dealers.
The ram schooner Grace G. Bennett, laden
with a cargo of lumber and shingles for
from Edenton. N. C.
The longboat Peri. having aboard a car
go of pine boards from Aqua creek, has
arrived and is at the 10th street wharf to
unload for H. L. Biscoe
The steamer Lily and Howard has ar
rived in port with a full cargo of cord
wood from NOmini creek, for Carter &
Clark After discharging her cargo 1t is
understood she will sail for Occoquan and
will load railway ties there for Philadel-
phia.
The schooner e. P. Evans is in port with
cargo of pine wood from river point for
the dealers.
The two-masted schooner Nora Phillips,
with a load of lumber from Virginia lum-
Der port has arrived.
The Ella has arrived here with a full load
of wood from river point for dealers.
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