Evening star., 1904-03-23
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PREPARING PLEASURE CRAFT
FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.
Fish and Oyster Marketing Carter
to Resume Work-Personal
and General.

! The launch Effie. recently purchased by
DIR. Schaffert, is to be given general over
hauling and repainting before the opening of
| the boating season. The power sloop Teddy
| is also to be given a general overhauling in
| preparation for the opening of the boating
season early in next month.
The sloop Dart. owned by Mr. Edward
Clarey of this city. is hauled out on the
marine railway at Deans boat yard, near
Alexandria, for general repair work and to
| be fitted for a gasoline explosive engine,
which will be her motive power in the
| future.
The power launch Olga and the steam
| launches Cygnus and Joe Blackburn, be-
| longing to Messrs. Forsburg & Murray, are
! also receiving their spring cleaning up and
painting in preparation for the coming
| boating season on the Potomac.
Ihe receipts of fresh fish of all varities
| py the dealers at the 11th street wharf was
| unusually heavy, sixty or more barrels
| coming from river landings on the steamer
| Harry Randall, and over a hundred pack
| ages being brought up on the Norfolk line
| steamer from about Old Point and from
| North Carolina waters. The demand for
| the hSh was excellent, the wharf market
| Deing crowded with buyers all morning.
fIiceS. IN consequence 0f the increased sup
| ply, were somew hat lower than usual
Inc stock of oysters aboard the vessels at
the wharf was lighter this morning. and
! inc ueiidHu Tor tfem was fair. Prices are
low, good oysters selling this morning as
low as DOC. per bushel and from that up to
| Toe. per bushel
The tug James Q. Carter. which has been
On the marine railway at Benefits boat
] yard for the past two weeks was nut
| overheard yesterday. and will at once re-
| turn to service on the Potomac Her place
on the railway was taken by the tug j. T.
Seicctnan which IS to receive a new rud-
| der stork and propeller wheel. and will have
| her guards renewed. The tug Maryland
| ana the c. and o. canal launch Candoc are
| also at the shpyard awaiting turn to go
| upon the railway for repair work
An off1cial of the Columbia National Sand
| Dredging Company has gone to New York
| to close a contract for the purchase Of a
| new tug boat for use in towing sand-laden
| scows on the river. The new boat will be
larger than any of nose now in service
| III the Meet OF sand-scow tow boats.
General News of the Port.
| The large fleet of small vessels which has
| been detained in pert here by unfavora Bile
| winds took advantage of the west .rly
| winds yesterday and left for points on the
| river and bay. In the fleet were the bug
| eyes Seabird, Edith Todd, Ethel and the
| Z. w. freedman, Ada Balnger Mary
| Ann Shea and Berlin.
The Mt. Vernon and Marshall Hall line
| steamer Charles Manchester will leave here
| tomorrow morning for Baltimore, ard Will
| go into drydock there to have her hull
cleaned and painted. She VIII ,eturn to
| this city in week or ten days. and will
| then, 1t is stated, resume ner daily trips on
| her route. The Manchester has been out
| of service for over three months, and has
| been given a thorough overhaulng while
laid up.
| The tug James X jackson which has
| been lying at the 1lth street wharf for
| several months past, out of service, W ent
| into commission yesterday. and is towing
| The scows of the Columbia Sand Company
| Mr.. VIM. II. Payne. the newly appointed
| engineer of the steam yacht Valconer, has
| arrived here from his home in the north
| and has entered upon the discharge of
| his duties
| The steamer 7. V. Arrowsmith is being
| made ready to take the place of the
| steamer Wakefield on the Glymont route
| when that steamer takes up her .cute to
| the lower Potomac.
The Norwegian barkentine Ilsie when
| she completes the unloading of her cargo
| of bone at Alexandria, will go 20 Norfolk,
and will, it is stated, load a cargo for
Liverpool. Under the marine laws of the
United States she cannot carry a cargo
from one port in the United States to an
other.
The schooner c. c. Wheeler is unloading
her cargo of lumber at the whaf of Fors-
berg & Murray.
The sloop Daisy has sailed Gom AeXan-
dria for landings Pisc itaway CT eek,
with a cargo of groceries and general
stores.