Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-07
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAM LAUNCH ANERICUS re-
BUILT AND IN SERVICE
Summer Fishing Not sucosssful-Re-
moving Oil Fuel Experimental
Plant-Personal and General.

The large steam launch Americas owned
by Mr.. Norman Moore OF Alexandria. has
been given a thorough overhauling at Alex
andrta, and has gone into commission
one OF the feet of well-known Potomac
pleasure craft, and will be often seen on
the river during the summer. The hull
of the launch has been practically rebuilt
| and her boiler and engine are also prac-
tically new. On her trial trip. which was
made last week, the launch made excellent
speed. and her owners are more than
pleased The Americas was for many years
the flagship Of the Americas Yacht Club OF
Alexandria, and on the breaking up of that
club passed into other hands until pur-
chased by Mr.. Moore and rebuilt
There was a decided increase in the re-
cetpts of all varieties of salt water fish by
the dealers at the 18th street wharf fish
market this morning, the Norfolk line
steamer having brought up over hundred
barrels from the fisheries about Virginia
Beach and Norfolk. The supply of river
caught fish. with the exception of catfish.
was small The demand was excellent and
there was a downward movement in prices
which were as follows:
For gray trout, 81 per barrel. butterfish,
81. 80 per barrel; founders, to cents per
pound; Spanish mackerel, II to Is cents
per pound; pan rock, to cents per
pound: medium rock. to cents per
pound; boiling rock, 1211 to Is cents per
pound; sturgeon, IL cents per pound: green
pike, to cents per pound; porgies. to
cents per pound; bluefish, 3h to cents per
pound; bass, IS to - cents per pound:
white perch. 10 to - cents per pound; white
perch small % to 30 cents per bunch; cat
fish. large, 10 to 10 cents per bunch; cat
fish. small. 10 to II cents per bunch: yellow
perch large. Is to 40 cents per bunch; yell
low perch, small, 10 cents per bunch, carp.
10 to 20 cents each; cells. 3 to cents each.
CLAIMS were also more plentiful this morn
ing than they have been for several days.
and sold at 80 cents per hundred. Crabs,
both hard and soft, were very scarce and
hard crabs sold at 1.5o per barrel and soft
crabs at 46 cents per dozen.
The fishermen engaged in summer fishing
on what is ordinarily excellent fishing
ground about Maryland Point are having
but poor luck. Yesterday Captain John
son. who operates net In that vicinity.
came into port in the sloop David with
about twenty punches of white perch
aboard. the result of two days fishing
After taking aboard several tons of ice the
David returned to the lower river last
night.
General News of the Port.
The power launch Mallard, which has
been hauled out on the small marine rail-
| way at the foot of 7th street southwest
| for several days for overhauling,
was put overheard a day OF two ago, and
| will be employed for pleasure trips on the
river during the warm weather
The railway ties which to make up
| the cargo of the schooner Small at Alexan-
dria are being brought to her from points
along the Southern railway in Virginia.
| The cars are run out upon Shoots wharf
and the ties transferred directly to the ves-
| sci.
The work of tearing down the Oil expert
mental plant was commenced yesterday.
when the big accomplishing machine was
taken away to be prepared for shipment to
st. Louis. The tearing down of the smaller
boiler was also begun yesterday.
Capt. John Carpenter, master of the
launch Mercedes who has been confined to
| his home for several days, has recovered
sufficiently to be out and on duty again.
Capt. VIII Davis, mate of the steamer
Samuel ]. Pentz, is confined to his home at
Alexandria by malaria.
The four-masted schooner Ida c. South
ard, laden with over 600 tons of ice from
! the Kennebec river for the American Ice
/ Company here, is reported as having passed
| in at the capes of the Chesapeake yester-
| day The tug Camilla has gone after her.
and WILL IT is expected bring her into port
tonight or early tomorrow
The J. d. Bell and the Belmont have
rived with cargoes of cord wood from river
points for the dealers.
The two-masted schooner John I. Morrell
has arrived in port with a cargo of pine
| lumber from Virginia lumber port for
Joseph l.. Crupper.
The bugeye Levin Woolford is at the wharf
foot of 18th street unloading a cargo of
lumber from a river point for Galliher &
Bro.
The schooner Earl Biscoe has arrived
with a cargo of cord wood from the lower
Potomac for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Harlan w. Huston is at the
wharf of Herbert Bryant at Alexandria.
loading a cargo of fertilizer for North
Carolina port.
The schooner Lora is unloading a cargo
of pine boards at the wharf foot of 9th
street southwest.
The Walter P. Snow has arrived in port
and Is discharging her cargo for Ii. l.. Bis
coe.
The cargo Of lumber aboard the schooner
kerwan is also consigned to Mai. Biscoe.