Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-31
ON THE RIVER FRONT
VESSELS IN THE HARBoR Oh
SERVE DECORATION DAY.
Coast Survey Schooner Matchless
Beautifully Adorned-Vessels
overhauling at Boatyards.

Decoration day was generally remember
ed aboard the vessels in the harbor all
their bunting being displayed and a gen.
eral cessation of work being ordered. The
excursion steamers carried larger throngs
to the river resorts than was noted in sew
eral years past and crowds went to Alex
andria on the ferry steamer.
The best decorated vessel on the Potomac
in this vicinity was the coast survey
schooner Matchless. She was covered with
flags from stem to stern, and ran from her
bowsprt to the fore topmast heads and
then over the maintopmast to the rail aft.
She attracted much attention from the pas
sengers aboard the excursion steamers.
new f1attie, recently built at Colton's
wharf down the Potomac for parties here,
his arrived and is lying off the foot of
9TH street to be fitted with sails and pre-
pared for service.
The fish market on the 18th street wharf
vas quite a busy place in the early hours
of the morning, the demand for fresh fish
of all kinds being unusually brisk for warm
weather. Trout. croakers and outterGsh
constituted the bulk of the fish on sale al
though there was scattering supply OF
other varieties of salt water fish Cats
perch and other river-caught fish are
scarce. Prices are firm. Crabs. both hard
and soft shelled. are very scarce and are
selling at high figures. oysters and CLAIMS
are on sale with but light demand The
former sell at so cents to 81 per busneI,
and the latter at 80 cents per hundred.
Inc little tug Sunbeam, employed az a
tender at the new highway bridge work.
was hauled out on Benefits railway Sum
day night to seceive a new wheel. After
being taken out of the water II was found
that her stern post was defective and would
nave TO be renewed. She viii be put over
BOARD as soon as possible and the dredg-
ing machine of John Miller will be hauled
out for thorough overhauling of her
hull
The pleasure craft Javeline recently mr.
chased at Wilmington, Del, by Dr. w. w.
Grler OF this city, is at Benefits boatyard
Tor general overhauling She will be used
ior general pleasure work the river dur
ing h,,sr tne summer The Javeline is of the
pugeye type. She is about fifty-five feet
long over all and has beam enough to give
her stability under full sail pressure.
General News of the Port
The schooner-yacht Seabelle. belonging IN
MI H. a. Seymour of this city, which has
been hauled out on the marine railway at
behnetts boatyard to have her hull
metaled, was put overheard Saturday after
noon ready for service. The yacht will
shortly sail for trip north.
Five barges laden with hard coal have
arrived In port here since Saturday The
tug e. A. Kent brought the barges Elko
and McDermott and the Volunteer brought
the barges Howard Nen, G. w. Kengle and
the Villa Nova. The three barges brought
nearly 5000 tons of fuel from PhiIadeIphia
Inc volunteer also dropped the barge Caro-
line at Alexandria
Capt. VIM. Luckett left here Yesterday
on the United States naval yacht May
flower to pilot her to the mouth of the
Potomac. He is expected to return to the
command of the steamer SamI J. Pentz
today.
The schooner n. b. Anderson is lying at
Alexandria and will be hauled out on the
marine railway there for general repairs
as soon as the steamer Lily and Howard
is Dut overheard.
The launch Doc Reh has been taken from
the water on the river shore near the
United States naval magazine to have her
hull cleaned and painted.
The catch of shad and herring in Chesa-
peake bay near the mouth of the Potomac
has been unusually large. These fish are
mainly used in the manufacture of oil and
fertilizer in the factories in the lower end
of the northern neck of Virginia.
The portion of Stif's wharf, Virginia,
which was destroyed by the ice in the early
part of last winter is being rebuilt and will
be ready for service in a few days. This
wharf is used by the steamers running
from this city.
The three-masted schooner Charles W.
Olcott has arrived at Alexandria with a
cargo of potash salts for the fertilizer fac
tory there.
In port with a full load of lumber and
shingles from Edenton, N c., for ths
dealers
The Aldwin C. Eaton from a Virginia
lumber port and the r. G.. Irwin from Bal
tiInore, both laden with lumber, have ar
rived and are at anchor in the stream.
The schooners Sidney Jones and the Clara
Coward are In port from the lower river
with cord wood.
The schooner w. Roberts has arrived at
Alexandria and is unloading a small cargo
of lumber from Virginia port.