Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-29
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW WEEMS LINE STEAMER HAS
SUCCESSFUL TRIAL.
Sand Dredge Nearly Ready for Service
Pleasure Craft to Cruise
General Matters.

The new steamer Anne Arundel. built
at the Baltimore shtpbuilding works Tor
the Weems Steamboat Company, had a
dock trial at the builders yard Monday.
and every part Of her powerful engines
and machinery worked admirably. The
steamer will have her official trial trip on
Chesapeake Bay tomorrow afternoon. and
representatives of the builders and own
ers Of the boat will be aboard. The new
steamer Is to be ready for delivery to the
Weems Line July 1, and 1t is expected her
builders will be ready to turn her over
to her owners by that time. The fitting
out Of the steamer is now going on, and
she will practically be ready for service
as soon as she Is turned over to the
Weems Line. 1t is expected the new
steamer will visit this city shortly.
The cooler weather of the past two or
three days has had beneficial effect on
business at the wholesale fish market on
the 18th street wharf and this morning
the demand was fairly brisk. The bulk
stock OF fish on hand is still coming from
southern waters, though the dealers are
now receiving trout from the Delaware
and New Jersey coast fisheries. Prices
remain firm.
The demand for crabs. CLANS and oys-
ters continues excellent, while the supply
remains poor and prices rather high.
The new sand dredge and scows Of the
y
building at Alexandria, will, 1t Is stated,
be ready to go to work by the middle of
July. The company has acquired the sand
and gravel rights at several points on the
river. nearby. and will start work on them.
Until the new tug, which Is building for
the company at Solomon's Island, Md. is
completed, the towing for the company will
be done by the launch ]. s. Douglass, which
was recently bought from Alexandria par
ties.
The United States coast survey steamer
photographer, which has been making sur
veys on the south Atlantic coast for several
months past. will, it is expected return to
Baltimore about June 80. With the return
Of the photographer all the coast survey
vessels will be at the Baltimore station.
The receipts Of ice to meet the demands
of the city, have been quite heavy In the
past twenty-four hours, as over 1900 tons
have been brought into port. The schooners
Future, J. Manchester, Haynes and Clara
Goodwin the arrivals and all are con-
signed to the American Ice Company. The
Future brings 1000 tons, the Haynes LOO
tons and the Goodwin !. 400 tons. The first
named vessel Is paying her first visit to this
city. There are at sea bound here four
large schooners laden with ice.
Preparing for the Fourth.
The owners of the pleasure yachts and
launches owned here are preparing to
spend the Fourth of July holiday down the
river aboard their craft. 1t is expected that
nearly all the pleasure craft oWIeu mere
will leave port Saturday afternoon and will
not return until Monday night or Tuesday
morning.
The handsome power launch owned by
Messrs Kelley, Burroughs and other young
men of Alexandria is named the Mary and
is the largest and handsomest vessel of her
kind owned at the Virginia city. She is
berthed at the wharf adjoining the landing
Of the ferry steamer George Washington.
The deadrise boat which Mr.. Arthur King
is building for himself at Alexandria is
nearly completed and will, 1t Is expected.
be ready to put overheard within the next
ten days. The vessel Is roomy craft and
will be used by her owner and builder for
pleasure trips on the river.
tract for the building of a thirty-foot gaso-
line power launch for parties here. The
boat is to be ready for service, it is stated.
in the early fall.
The tug Jackson has been hauled out on
the marine railway at Benefits boat yard
for some minor repair work preparatory to
returning to service on the river
The tugsDauntless. which gained more
than national reputation as a filibuster
during the Cuban war against Spain. came
into port yesterday afternoon with an ice
laden vessel in tow. The Dauntless Is now
owned by Baltimore parties and Is engaged
in general towing on Chesapeake bay and
it's tributaries.
1t IS stated that the big ice house Of the
American Ice Company on the 9th street
wharf. which was destroyed by fire about
three years ago. Is to be rebuilt shortly.
The burned building was the largest Of the
Ice storage plants in the city