Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-11
ON THE RIVER FRONT
VESSELS ARRIVE WITH CARGoES
FROM FOREIGN PORTS.
Schooner Mary Rebecca Rebuilt-Over-
hauling Machinery of Hydraulic
Dredge-General Matters.

Two large schooners laden with cargoes
from foreign ports were brought UP the
| river yesterday, one consigned to parties
at Alexandra and the other coming to this
city. The big four-masted schooner Fred
A. Davenport laden with plaster from
Cev1r1e, Nova Scotia. arrived at Alexandria
yesterday morning, consigned to one of
the FERTILIZER manufacturing companies and
late yesterday afternoon the schooner Nor
man, with big cargo of laths from st.
Johns, New Brunswick, was brought into
port by the tug VIM. H. Yerkes jr. Both
vessels, as required by the marine hos
p1tal regulations, stopped below Alexandria
until DR.. Arthur Snowden, the marine hos
| pital surgeon, could board them and ex-
anime into the state of health of their
| crews. Finding all well, the vessels were
allowed to proceed to their docks to unload
The wholesale fish market on the 18th
street wharf was well supplied with fresh
fish Of all kinds today, but. like yesterday the
demand was very light, owing to the con-
| tinuation of the warm weather, and prices
continued low. Trout, tailors, butterfish
and r1Ver-caught fish were on sale. The
return of cooler weather will have a re-
vivifying effect on the market. There have
been but few arrivals of oyster-laden craft
at the oyster wharf in the past twenty-four
hours, but the stock on hand was fairly
large and the demand was fair. Prices
range from about % cents to IS cents per
bushel, according TO size.
CLANS are on sale at 60 cents per hundred.
They are in fair demand.
The schooner Mary Rebecca, belonging to
Capt. Conrad Faunce. is again in port, with
cargo of oysters after having received a
general overhaulng. While down the river
since her last visit here the schooner has
been hauled out on a marine railway and
has had her hull rebuilt and has been
given a general cleaning up and painting.
Capt. Faunce has also had the hull of his
vessel covered with heavy metal to pre-
pare her for running through light ice dur
ing the winter.
The power launch Charlotte is hauled out
on the marine railway at Reagan's boat
yard to have her hull cleaned and painted
and for such other work may be neces-
sary to the little craft The Charlotte was
built for pleasure purposes and during the
fall months will be used for hunting and
fishing expeditions along the Potomac.
The schooner j. Manchester Haynes,
laden with about 1000 tons OF kennebec
river ice, from Bath, Me. was brought into
port yesterday and doSked at the 9th street
wharf of the American Ice Company to I'M
load her cargo. 1t is stated that the Haynes
will be the last of the ice fleet to bring
cargoes to this city until next spring. When
the supply of natural Ice now In the stor-
age houses here is exhausted the ice plants
will be called upon to supply the demand
until next spring.
General Port News
The machinery of dredge No. q of the At
lantic, Gulf and Pacific Dredging Company.
is receiving a general overhauling, while
the machine is lying In port here. A part
of it has been shipped to the manufac-
turers in the north to be renewed, and 1t
will be ten days or longer before IT is back
again. Meanwhile the dredge will lie at
her anchorage in the harbor off the foot OF
street.
One Of the Dougherty fleet of towboats
brought into port yesterday morning long
raft of pine piling from a Chesapeake bay
mort The piles it is stated, will be used
in the construction work on the new high
way bridge Over a thousand piles were
in the raft.
The bugeye Spray which has been lying
at Alexandria for over a year past out OF
service. has recently been overhauled
PAINTED and fitted with new sails and yes
terday she sailed for the lower Potomac
and will be employed in the oyster trade
Capt James Marmaduke. well known as
master of the steamer Belle Haven, when
on the ferry route will take command OF
the bugeye r. H. Stuart, and will engage
in the oyster running trade.
Mr. Edward Weiss of the Randall line
is back at his desk In the office of the COM
pany from short leave of absence.
The steam barge Dennis Simmons. laden
with lumber and shingles from North Caro-
lima. came into port yesterday. She will I'M
load a part of her cargo at Georgetown and
will go to Alexandria to complete the dis
charging of her cargo.
The two-masted schooner John Maginnis
laden with about 100 tons of hard coal from
Philadelphia, has arrived.
The schooners c. H. Darger and r. II.
Stuart, with full loads of cord wood aboard.
have arrived in port from the lower Poto-
mac.
The barge Baltimore, with a cargo of
lumber and shingles from Norfolk, was
brought into port yesterday afternoon.
The bugeye Golde c. has landed over
forty cords of pine wood from Colonial
Beach at Alexandria and has sailed for the
lower river to load another cargo.
The barge Columbia laden with fertilizer
for parties in Alexandria, was Brought up
the river and locked at Shoots wharf by
the Baltimore tug Emma.