Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-17
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAMER MYRTLEDENE TO UN-
LOAD ON EASTERN BRANCH.
New Engine for Yawl Stranger-Steam
Launch Americas Renamed
General Harbor Notes.

The big British steamship Myrtledene.
which has been lying at the Littleheid q
Alvord pier at the foot Of 9th street. I'M
loading several hundred tons OF crude
asphalt for the Crawford Paving Company.
will today be taken to the wharves of the
Asphalt Brick Company at the foot OF
South Capitol street. on the Eastern branch.
to complete the unloading OF her cargo
The big ship is now drawing fourteen feet.
and some trouble is anticipated in handling
her in the narrow channel of the branch
The Myrtledene belongs to the Dene line
Of Newcastle, England, from which port
the ship halls. She is under charter for
several months by parties in New York, and
has been running from the West Indies to
Atlantic coast ports in the United States
The fish market on the nth street wharf
was a busy place this morning, and al
though the main bulk of the stock on hama
being gray trout, sturgeon was also
plentiful and there was small supply Oh
other varieties. Gray trout were somewhat
lower in price. but prices remain firm on
other fish and are as follows:
For gray trout. 81 to s. per barrel: but
ter fish, S. per barrel; founders, . to
| cents per pound; Spanish mackerel. to IL
cents per pound: pan rock. ; to I cents per
pound; medium rock. to cents per
pound; boiling rock. 121s to ID cents per
pound: sturgeon s to 10 cents per pound,
| green pike. 8 to cents per pound; porgies.
2la to cents per pound: bluetish, 3l2 to 4
cents per pound; bass. 10 to - cents per
pound: white perch. 10 to II cents per
pound; white perch, small. 20 to 30 cents
per bunch; catfish, large. II to ID cents per
bunch; catfish, small. 5 to cents per
bunch; yellow perch. large. Is to 30 cents
per bunch; yellow perch small. 10 cents per
bunch; carp, 10 to % cents each; cells, .
cents each.
Hard crabs were plentiful and sold read
lily at 81 to s2.25 per barrel. There were no
soft crabs on the market.
CLANS were on the market in good guam
titles and prices remain 45 cents per hun
dred for them. There are still some oysters
on the market. but they sell but slowly.
The schooner VIM. Taylor. at Benefits
boat yard, will, 1t is understood, go to Alex
andria to be hauled out for an overhauling.
the Bennett railway being under repairs.
The little power launch Francina ii, be-
! longing to Mr.. Frank Rawlings. was out on
Reagan's railway yesterday for a short
| time to have her bottom cleaned and some
minor repairs made.
The yawl-rgged yacht Stranger is at Ben
nettS to be supplied with new and larger
engine and for alteration in shaft and
wheel. The little vessel will be out of Sery-
ice for several days while the work is be
ing done. and when 1t is completed she will
make short cruises on the river with her
| owner aboard. Later it is understood she
will go an inland cruise south.
General and Personal Items.
The United States coast survey steamer
photographer has been taken to New York
| and will go into a dry dock there for ex-
| tensive repairs in preparation for resumiIS
| her survey work on the gulf coast of
| Florida in the fall.
The overhauling and repair work on the
! boiler Of the steamer Estelle Randall IS
being pushed. and she will be completed and
be ready to go into commission in a few
days.
The steam yacht Americus which Was
recently rebuilt and made practically new
at the Alexandria ship yard. will in future
be known the India. her owner. Mr..
Norman Moore. having renamed her a few
| days ago. The India is one of the largest
| boats OF her class on the river, being forty
seven feet long and having beam of ten
| feet.
| Engineer George Sherwood Of the Randall
| line has been assigned to duty on tie
| steamer Estelle Randall superin tending the
| overhauling of her boiler.
Mr.. w. H. White has been assigned to
| duty as chief engineer of the steamer Kent
| on the Glymont mail route.
| Mr.. Frank Luckett has been made quar-
| termaster of the steamer Samuel J. Pentz
on the River View excursion route.
The three masted schooner Josie r. Burt.
laden with ice, from Bath, Me, has arrived
and is unloading her cargo at the George
town house of the American Ice Company.
| The schooner Grace G. Bennett. laden
WITH Jumper ana SnlnSleS, from North Gar
DINA. for Johnson & WimSatt, arrived yes
| terday evening and is lying at the wharf
| foot Of 18th street.
| The schooner -,1ce Strickland. with a
cargo of about 60.COO feet of Virginia pine
| lumber. has arrived. She is consigned to
| W. w. Pierce.
| The Seabright and Isaac Solomon are in
port with cargoes of cord wood from down
| river points for the dealers
The barge Robert Donaldson is lying at
| the foot of the Bryant Fertilizer Company
| at Alexandria and will load a cargo of 40
| tons of ground plaster for Norfolk.
The schooner Osceola has arrived from
river point with full cargo of wood
1 for Carter & Clark.
The schooner F. J. Delan has completed
! the unloading of cargo of pine boards. at
| the wharf foot Of 18th street southwest, for
| w. A. Pierce.
! The British schooner Syanara- which
| came in port Wednesday last with a cargo
| of laths from St Johns. New Brunswick.
| is consigned to Johnson & Wimsatt, and is
| unloading at the wharf foot Of 18th street
|