Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-09
ON THE RIVER FRONT
ALEXANDRIA-BUI SCHOONER
IN PORT WITH ICE.
Gretchen Sails on Cruise - Pleasure
Craft to Summer Anchorage
Personal and General.


with ice from Sargeantville, Me-, came into
port yesterday afternoon in tow of the tug
| camilla for the Maine LakD Ice Company.
| The Isleboro was formerly the schooner
James Boyce, jr., and was one of six or
! eight schooners built at the Alexandria
| shipyards about twenty years ago. OF this
| Meet or vessels the schooner now in port il
| said to be the only one afioat. the others
| having been lost at sea. The Isleboro is of
| about two thousand TONS
| trips are now being made almost daily
by the naval tugs Triton and Tecumseh to
the proving grounds at Indian Head, Md,
with new guns built at the naval ordnance
foundry here. The Triton carried a small
gun to indian Head Yesterday.
The demand for fresh fish for Lenten
| meals has made the wholesale fish market
on the 18th street wharf a busy place dur
ing the past week, and the supply has hard
| ~ Deen able to meet the demand. The
receipts from all sources were below the
average this morning, and prices keep high.
Since yesterday about 10000 herring and
S,Ooo shad have been received by the deal
ers at the wharf. Prices today show a
Few changes from those of yesterday, and
are as follows:
For pan rock, 10 cents per pound; me-
dunn rock, IL cents per pound; boiling rock,
13 to Is cents per pound; sturgeon 10 cents
per pound salmon trout 6 to cents per
pound; green pike, to cents per pound;
Whte 10 to cents per 8, pound
bunch; catfish, large, 25 to 80 cents per
bunch; catfish, small, 10 to Is cents per
bunch; yellow perch, large, Is to % cents
per bunch; yellow perch, small. to 10
cents per bunch; carp, 10 to 20 cents each;
cells. to 5 cents each; herring, 80 to 80
cents per hundred; Potomac roe shad, 80
to 20 cents each; buck shad, % to 80 cents
each; hickory jacks, to Is cents each.
One vessel with about 200 bushels of
oysters aboard has arrived at the oyster
wharf since yesterday, and this stock was
quickly sold. Prices range from rs cents
to 81. % per bushel, according to size. CLAIMS
are selling this morning at 40 to 80 cents
per hundred.
The steam yacht Gretchen, Capt. Richard
son. will sail today for the Carolina sounds.
with her owner, Mr.. ]. E. Reyburn. and
party for hunting and fishing trip extend
ing over two weeks.
The pleasure craft which are at harbor
in the tidal basin near the new bathing
beach will in few days be brought to
summer anchorage in the harbor off the
foot of 10th street The houseboat used
as the headquarters of the yacht club is to
be made ready for service in the harbor
during the coming summer. Many of the
craft belonging to the club are now at the
boat yards preparing for their trips this
summer
The tug Sunbeam, the little towboat
which has been used by the contractors for
yesterday taken by the tug Minerva to the
Eastern branch for repairs.
Gale Caused Heavy Sea.
The westerly gale of yesterday afternoon
caused heavy seas to wash against the
base of the high banks along the river
above Manns fertilizer factory, and large
section of the bank was undermined and
fell into the river.
Nine cars laden with as-making coal
for the Washington Gas Light Company
were delivered on the trestle at Shepherds
landing of the Baltimore and Ohio railway
yesterday afternoon. The coal will be
transferred to barges and brought to this
city today.
Capt. Thomas Todd, master of the United
States army tug Gibbon, is in the city look
ing after the repair work on the disabled
machinery Of his boat.
Capt. John A. Beacham of this city has
received an appointment In the United
States army quartermaster's department
transport service, and has been assigned
to the yacht Kanawha as mate. Captain
Beacham left here Tuesday to join his
ship, which IS at New York on duty.
Capt. E. S. Randall and Mr.. D. M. An
derson went to Colonial Beach yesterday
afternoon to arrange for the installation
Of the rev electric lighting plant which is
to light the Beach during the coming sum-
mer.
Mr.. Ernest Germand. assistant engineer
of the steamer Wakefield, who has been
absent on sick leave, returned to duty this
morning.
steamer Harry Randall. is in Baltimore
experimenting the work being done on that
steamer.
The steam yacht Gavota, Captain Rob
inson, coaled up yesterday afternoon pre-
paratory to "a cruise on the river with Mr.
John r. Dos PaSsos, her owner. aboard.
The schooner Frederick II. Gibson, laden
with laths from st. Johns New Bruns- |
wick, is at sea, bound to this city. She |
is consigned to Johnson & Wmsatt. and |
should arrive here within the next two or |
three days.
The. two-masted schooner Emily Burton
has been taken to the wharf of Thos r. |
Riley. foot of 9th street southwest, to UNI !
load a cargo of lumber.
The Mary Francis and the Zephyr are |
lying at anchor in the lower part of the |
harbor. preparatory to sailing for the lower. |
Potomac. q
The Edith VERBAL and Belmont are lying |
in Pohick creek loading cord wood for this |
city.
The NJ r. SEnoot. Sigsbee, Isaac Solomon, |
Alice Carlisle and Minnie May left port |
yesterday for river points |
: The schooner w. =. Snow is bound here |
from the Rappahannock river with a cargo |
of about 10000 feet of pine lumber for H. |
l.. Biscoe.