Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-21
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NAPHTHA POWER SCHOONER
PLEASES RIVERMEN.
Steamer Moseley to Be Overhauled-
Schooner Eugie Loses Sails
General River News.

which came into port Saturday with a full
cargo of canned goods from kinsale, Va.
| is the second gasoline-driven schooner to
visit this city this spring. She is equipped
with a naphtha explosive engine and pro-
| peller wheel, and without the use of her
| sails can make speed of about eight
miles an hour These gasoline power equip
ped boats are in common use about the
| upper part of Chesapeake bay in the neigh
| borhood of Baltimore, and used for
| freight transportation to various points on
| the bay. AS yet none of the freight boats
on the Potomac are equipped with power.
| but it is stated several vessel owners are
now figuring on this equipment for their
vessels. The Curran is a new boat, having
been built but little over a year.
| There was a plentiful stock of herring on
sale at the 18th street wharf wholesale
market this morning, but fresh fish and
Potomac shad were rather scarce. The
packing houses are all very busy sailing
down herring for winter consumption, and
the demand for the salt fish is already
heavy. Since yesterday about 400, 600 her
ring and 1900 shad have been received at
the wharf from the Potomac fishermen.
The demand today was good and prices
are follows: Pan rock, 10 cents per
pound; medium rock, Il cents per pound;
boiling rock 13 to 10 cents per pound;
sturgeon, 10 cents per pound; salmon trout,
to 10 cents per pound; green pike, to
. cents per pOuHu, White pcICIi, ~ " III
cents per pound; white perch. small, %
cents to SIPS per bunch; catfish, large, %
to 40 cents per bunch; catfish, small, 10
to 10 cents per bunch: yellow perch. large,
Is to % cents per bunch; yellow perch,
small, 5 to 10 cents per bunch; carp, 10 to
20 cents each: cells, 3 to cents each; her
ring, 20 cents per hundred; Potomac roe
shad, SO to 43 cents each; buck shad, l6 TO
20 cents each; hickory jacks. 1 to 8 cents
each.
Three or four vessels laden with oysters
have arrived at the wharf in the past TWEEN
ty-four hours. and the demand has been
good. Prices range from Coo. to $1.OO per
bushel, according to the size of the oys-
tiers. CLAIMS are selling at 45c. to Coo. per
hundred. and hard crabs $3.50 to IS per
barrel
The overhauling of the steamer Jane
Moseley is to be begun in a day or two and
the work will be pushed in order to have
her ready for service by the middle OF May.
New guards and new waist are to be put
on the steamer, and considerable other
work is to be done. The steamer is NO"
lying at the Eastern branch wharf of the
American Ice Company.
The rebuilding of the hull of the launch
Joe Blackburn at Benefits boat yard was
completed yesterday and the boat was put
overheard today Her machinery will be
overhauled by Forsberg & Murray, the
owners Of the launch Bennett has several
ck-carrying scows belonging to Mr.. John
Miller at the boat yard for general over
hauling. Work on them will begin at once.
General News of the Port.
The two-masted schooner Eugie, Capt.
Tubman, was caught in the gale of Thurs
day last and had her foresail blown away,
and the schooner Kate Darlington lost her
mainsail in the same storm. Both vessels
are well known here.
Mr. Louis Smoot of this city has pur-
chased several of the floating derricks used
In the building of the piers of the new Long
bridge and will now be used in unloading
sand scows in the Eastern branch. The
derricks are being prepared for that serv-
ice
The charter of the tug VIM. H. Yerkes
to tow fish-laden boats has expired, ana
she has returned to general towing In the
bay and Potomac. She left here Saturday
with a schooner and barge in tow.
The tug James o. Carter is lying at the
wharf foot of 10th street receiving her
spring painting and cleaning up and over
hauling of machinery.
The ting Columbia of Baltimore, which is
engaged in towing fsh-laden lighters be
tween the Stony Point fishing shore ana ana
this city was at the wharf loot OF oth
street yesterday for some minor repair
work.
The steam launch Doc. Reh is lying at
the 9th street wharf receiving general
overhauling in preparation Tor the coming
boating season.
The power yawl Seabelle, belonging to
H. H. Seymour, which was damaged by a
passing vessel which ran into her, is to be
taken to Benefits boat yard for necessary
repairs few feet Of rail of the Seabelle
is to be replaced, and small break In her
bow repaired.
The two-masted schooner Golden Gate,
laden with about 5000 feet Of pine 1um-
Der from a Virginia lumber port. has ar
rived in port for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The schooners Gilman Dove, Five Sisters
and Mayflower are in port from river points
with cargoes of cord wood for the dealers.
The schooner A H. Quinby is discharg-
ing her cargo of pine lumber at the wharI
Of Forsberg & Murray for H. L. Biscoe.
The steam barge Dennis Simmons has
gone to Alexandria to complete the unload
ing of a cargo Of shingles.
NThe sloop Daisy with a cargo of mer-
chandise and general stores, sailed from
Alexandria yesterday for Pennington, Md.