Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-04
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PLEASURE CRAFT SEEKING SHELL
TER FOR WINTER.
Schooner Irene Runs Ashore - Over
hauling Coast Survey Boat-Other
News About River.

The power launches Marian, Effle, Louise,
Charlotte and Alma are at Reagan's boat
house, foot Of 1871 street. to be hauled cut
for the winter. Several other smaller
craft are also at the same house to be
put under shelter until next spring.
The large power launch Jane Is at an
Alexandria boatyard. with two or three
other craft owned here, to be taken from
the water until the next boating season
comes. By the middle of next week the
greater portion of the large feet of pleasure
craft owned here will be in their winter
quarters. During the cold weather the
boats will be overhauled and made ready
Tor cruising early in the summer.
The fish market at the 18th street wharf
was overstocked with jumping mullets this
morning and they sold from $1.25 to 81 per
barrel. The demand for other varieties OF
fish was very light, though there was fair
supply on hand. Oysters are somewhat
more scarce this morning than for a day or
two past, while the demand for them con-
tinues fair. Prices range from 20 cents to
$1.25 per bushel
Ducks were scarce this morning and
brought the prices quoted yesterday
The United States dispatch boat Dolphin.
with the blue flag and anchor and stars of
the Secretary of the Navy at her main
masthead. passed out from the navy yard
yesterday evening about 4:3O o'clock and
went down the river under full steam The
tug Triton towed the Dolphin from the
navy yard into the broad channel of the
river off Buena Vista wharf.
AS the schooner Irene was on her way
up to this city yesterday afternoon with a
cargo of wood aboard she ran aground on
the flats on the western side Of the channel
a short distance above the fertilizer fac
tory wharf The schooner was going ahead
with all her sails drawing. and she slid
more than half her length on the bank be-
fore she stopped. Efforts will be made to
get her afloat at high water today.
General News of Port.
The bay schooner Emily H. Naylor, which
was reported ashore on Sandy bar near
Mount Vernon Wednesday, succeeded in
getting afloat yesterday and continued her
voyage to Norfolk. The schooner was un-
harmed by running upon the mudbank.
Workmen are employed at Benefits
boat yard in putting canopy top on a
little steam launch of the coast survey
service, used in the work on the Potomac.
Heretofore the little boat has been open and
the engineers and surveyors aboard her
have been eXpoSed to bad weather when
caught out.
Passengers arriving here from the lower
Potomac report the appearance of several
cases of smallpox on the Rappahannock
SIDE OF NOrtnuHlpeIldnQ county, Va. The
cases are said to be very mild
The revenue cutter Window is on a cruise
about Chesapeake bay and it's tributaries,
ready to aid vessels. IN distress from the
storms of the winter
The Washington tug NJ Mitchell Davis Is
reported cruising In tChesapeake bay and
towing between Baltimore and the capes of
the Chesapeake. 1T Ia expected she will
remain in the service throughout the win
ter
The schooner Zephyr has arrived in port
with cargo of lumber from the lower Po-
tomac.
The schooner Wildfower completed the
unloading of a cargo of mill stuff and
boards from the Rappahannock river yes
terday.
The steamers e. James Tull, laden with
grain and general stores, and the Lily and
Howard, light, for Occoquan, and the
schooners Lily, Mary and Oakland, for
river points. sailed last night.
The work of putting the ice breaking
plow on the steamer Estelle Randall has
been completed. and she is now ready for
service when required on the Glymont
mail route