Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-18
ON TIE RIVER FRONT.
0VERHAULIN0 VESSELS At
NEARBY DoATYARDS.
Cargo Of Ice Arrives - Barkentine
Chartered to Load Asphalt
Personal and General.

| The two-masted schooner. Samuel Wood.
| owned 10y Mr.. Harry Carter Of this city. is
| lying at the wharf foot Of H street south
west, undergoing a general overhauling OF
| hull above the water line and of the rigging
| and sails. She will be ready to return to
| service the river in the early part of
| next week. The schooner. A. H. Quinby.
! also belonging to the Carter fleet, which has
| been hauled out on the marine railway at
Alexandra for general repairs. was launch
| ed yesterday and has sailed for a Virginia
| port to load lumber.
The launch used by the officers of the
| coast survey schooner Matchless in max
| ing surveys of the river Is out Of service.
| aboard the schooner. being cleaned and
painted The surveyors are using larger
| launch and yawl in their work. The
| launch is used where the water is deep
enough to float her and the yawl is called
| into service when the work Is in shOal water
| on the bars and flats
The demand for fresh fish at the whole
| sale fish market on tho 18th street wharf
| was not heavy this morning. although the
market was fairly we'll attended. The re-
ceipts CT trout and croakerS from Chesa-
peake bay sources were good and there was
| scattering supply of ether varieties of
| fish. Some few river-caught fish were also
| On sale.
The receipts of crabs and clans continue
| very light. while the demand for them is
| at 6,c to 1Oc. per dozen: hard shelled crabs,
at $123 to $50 per hundred and CLAIMS at
| Coo. to Goc. per hundred Oysters, though
| commonly supposed to be out of season, are
| on the market and sell at SOC. to 81 per
| bushel.
The four-masted schooner John Tuohy
| was brought into port yesterday morning
| by the new tug Imperial of Baltimore to
| unload a cargo of ice at the 10th street
| wharf of the American Ice Company. Ac-
cording to the bill of lading of the vessel
she sailed from the Kennebec June and
had a rapid trip down the coast, coming in
| the capes early in the week She brings a
cargo of 1000 tons of ice. In addition to
| the vessels mentioned several days ago, the
schooner Alice Holbrook. Capt. Files. from
| Rockport. Me-, and the schooner Edwin r.
| Hunt, Capt. Crowell, from Bath, at
sea bound here.
The Baltimore tug Emma came into port
| yesterday afternoon and went up to
| Georgetown after several large barges
| which have unloaded coal there within the
past week. The barges will be taken to
| Philadelphia to load again for this city.
The steamer Dennis Simmons is on
| marine railway at Baltimore to have her
! decks repaired and caulked and for such
| other repair work as may be necessary to
| her She will return to service. running
| lumber from Carolina sound ports to this
city and Alexandria. in few days.
Asphalt for Washington.
| The American barkentne Eurita. Capt.
| a cargo of asphalt for this city. The
Eurta will be the first asphalt laden vessel
| to arrive here this spring
| The steamers from this city which land
| at the summer resorts along the lower Po-
| tomac are laden with household furniture
| on each trip. the effects of parties who are
| moving to river points to spend the hot
| months. This movement down riverward
VIII continue until about the middle Of
| July.
| The power launch Charlotte owned here,
| returned to port yesterday afternoon from a
| trip on the river
Captain Jim Marmaduke is acting as
mate of the steamer River Queen employed
| in running excursions the river to Not
| ley Hall and other points.
| Captain George Cook master of the
steamer Kent. is experimenting the over
| hauling of chat steamer preparatory to re-
! turning to service again.
Mr. viii Kelley. quartermaster aboard
| the steamer L. " Arrowsmith, will take
| his examination for pilots license before
| the steamboat inspection officials at Balu-
| more next week.
The engines of the new revenue cutter
| Wissahickon built at Baltimore and
| launched a few days ago, were hoisted
| aboard the vessel yesterday. The work on
| the vessel is being pushed in order to get
her ready for service as the customs boat
in the harbor of Philadelphia.
| The schooner Julia has arrived in port
| with a cargo of lumber from river point
| for the dealers
The D. K Ballard, ]. O. Wright and
| Goldie c.. in port with cargoes of cord
wood from river points.
The tug James o. Carter. yesterday
| brought into port large scow laden with
| railway ties from Occoquan.
| The Schooner Wheeler is at the wharf
| foot Of 9th street. unloading a cargo of pine
boards from a Virginia lumber port.
The bugeye Ruth and Ella, laden with
| bricks and building material, has sailed for
the vicinity of Blackistone's Island, where
summer cottages are to be built.
The big schooner Josephine complet-
ed the unloading of her cargo of phosphate
rock at Alexandria yesterday and sailed
for Norfolk to load for Charleston, S. c.
The schooner Sidonia Curley has been
berthed at the wharf at the foot of X
street southwest to unload her cargo of
lumber from the Rappahannock.
The tug Radiant. with two oil-laden
barges in tow from Philadelphia, came into