Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-01
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER WIN. n. YERKES IN
PORT WITH ICE ABOARD.
Named After a Washingtonian-Wild
Geese Numerous About Port
Tobacco-Marine Notes.

The large four-masted schooner VIM. H.
Yerkes, laden with ice from the Maine ice
fields, was brought into port early this
morning by the tug NJ. Mitchell Davis. The
Yerkes has aboard a cargo of about 1,GUo
tons, and will unload at the 9th street
wharf of the American Ice Company. She
had a rapid and uneventful trip down the
coast, coming in the capes OF the Cbesa-
peake Sunday. The Yerkes Is named after
Mr.. VIM. H. Yerkes of the American Ice
Company, and made her maiden trip here
with ice about two years ago. She is one
of the largest four-masted schooners that
has ever visited this city, and carries
nearly twice the cargo that most of the
schooners that come here will bring. This
will be the last trip of the Yerkes here
this season.
There was an excellent demand for all
grades of fresh fish at the wholesale fish
market on the 18th street wharf this morn
ing, but the supply was very scarce, only
fisheries about Norfolk and two or three
barrels by express from the North river.
Caught fish were also scarce Prices keep
high and may go higher unless there is a
big Increase in the supply.
Quite large fleet of vessels with oysters
aboard was lying at the oyster wharf this
morning. but the demand for oysters was
quite brisk. Prices are slightly higher than
grades selling at 45c. to Soc per bushel and
selected oysters at 9Oc per bushel. But few
wild ducks were on sale, and they COM
manded excellent prices.
The United States lighthouse tender Ma
pie, which has been lying in port here for
several days sailed yesterday afternoon.
On her way down the Maple will stop and
inspect the various lighthouses on the Po-
tOmac, and will make a short stop at the
lighthouse service station at Point Look
out, Md.
Both wild ducks and wild geese have
been scarce on the river so far this fall,
but report coming from the vicinity of
Port Tobacco creek states that wild geese
have been very plentiful about there dur
ing the past four or five days. and that the
gunners are having some fine sport with
the birds. A bunch of geese are also re-
ported to have been seen on Greenway
flats, short distance below Marshall Hall.
Some few crow ducks and water witches
are to be found on the river about the
mouth of Four Mile run.
The British schooner King of Avon has
been chartered to load a cargo of plaster at
Walton. Nova Scotia, for Alexandria. The
schooner is new vessel and has been re-
Gently launched at Canadian shipyard.
She is making her first voyage with the
plaster to the Virginia city
General River News.
The steam yacht Giavota. belonging to
Mr.. John R. Dos Passos of New York, is
lying at the wharf of Forsburg & Murray.
end will as usual winter here. The yacht
is under the command of Capt. VIM C.
Robinson.
The work of retubng the boiler of the
steamer Estelle Randall will it is stated,
be completed this evening, and the steamer
will then go to the Alexandria Shipyard to
be hauled out on the marine railway there,
to have her hull remetaled and to be sup
piled with a new propeller wheel. The
n he
mont route as soon as the first ice appears
in the river.
The Norfolk and Washington line steam
er Newport News will make a special trip
of about 800 officers and men from the ar
tillery corps stationed at Fort Washington,
who are going to Fort Monroe for target
practice with the big guns. The detach-
ment will return to the fort In about ten
days.
1t is reported that the wharf at Matthias
Point, on the lower Potomac, has been pur-
chased by parties in Baltimore and will be
greatly improved in the near future.
The tug James G.. Carter is temporarily
under charter to the National Sand Com
pany, to tow the sand and gravel-laden
barges from the digging machines down
river to this city, until the tug Juno is
ready for service in the next day or two.
The schooner Mary Francis has arrived
in port laden with pine wood from river
point.
The Elenora Russell and Ruth and Ella,
with oysters from the beds in the lower
Potomac came into port last night.
The schooner Lucia, laden with laths
from ST. Johns. N. b., for this port, was
reported at Delaware Breakwater Satur-
day. She should arrive here before the end
of the week.
The tug Sandow of Baltimore has arrived
in port with the barges Catherine A. Brady
and John 1. Brady in tow. The barges are
laden with hard coal. One is consigned to
the Washington barracks and the other
to parties in Georgetown.
The steamer E. James Tull completed the
unloading of a cargo of cord wood yester-
day and sailed for Occoquan, Va, with
cargo of empty barrels for the flour mill
there.