Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BERTH DESIRED FOR NAVAL BAT.
TALON MONITOR.
Blackistone's Island Wharf to Be Re-
built-Overhauling Potomac River
Steamers-Other Matters.

when the big monitor to be used by the
Naval Battalion, DC. N. G., as training
ship, arrives here what will be done with
herr" Is a question that the steamboat
men are asking. The vessel, 1t is stated,
is too big and of too great a depth of water
to be berthed at the Naval Battalion wharf,
and If she is anchored in the stream. she
will be greatly in the way of the steam
ers coming in and going out Of the harbor.
There Is not now room enough to handle
a steamboat with any ease in the harbor
and the anchoring Of a big war vessel In 1t,
it is claimed, would take up much of the
already Scanty channel room. The yacht
Oneida and the steamer Fern, the two
naval battalion practice ships now here.
are lying at the naval battalion wharf out
of the way.
The bulk of the supply of fresh fish on
sale at the 18th street wharf market this
morning consisted of trout and porgies,
though there was a scattering supply OF
other varieties in the stock received from
the vicinity of Norfolk. Some few fish from
the nets in the river were also received by
the dealers. The demand as usual In the
early part of the week was quite light but
prices remain at about the figures of last
week
There was an increase in the receipts Of
hard crabs from river points this morning,
but the supply continues very small. Hard
crabs are also cry scarce and there are
practically no clans on the market.
This morning hard crabs sold al $50 per
100, soft crabs at 75c. to soc. per dozen and
CLAIMS, 60c. to 7Oc. per 100
The two-masted schooner c. M. Leonard
a regular lumber and wood trader to this
port, will in a few days go to a shipyard
on the eastern shore of Maryland to be re-
built. Before the schooner returns to serv-
ice in the middle Of the summer she will
be practically a new boat SO extensive Is
the work to be done on her.
DIR. L. E. Rauterberg Of this city. owner
of Blackstones Island ION the lower Poto-
mac. will have the wharf at that point re-
built as soon as he can secure the serv-
ices Of pile driver to do the work. The
wharf. which was formerly used at the
island, was carried away last winter by the
drafting ice. not even the piles being left
to tell the story OF where 1t stood The
proposed new wharf will be larger and
stronger than the old one and will be built
to Withstand drifting Ice.
General Port News.
It is stated that parties residing in this
city are now negotiating for the purchase
of the two-masted schooner Lorena Bran
BILE. which Is now In port with a cargo OF
lumber. The Bramble is a hansome little
craft and is owned at Crisfield, Md.
If the deal Is completed. the hailing port
of the vessel will be changed to George
town Alexandria. .iaf
There are now at sea bound to this city
four large scheoners laden with Kennebec
river ice. The combined cargoes Of the
vessels will amount to over 5000 tons.
The lighthouse steamer Maple, Capt.
Amy the only propeller wheel boat in the
lighthouse service in the fifth lighthouse
district. has gone to Beaufort, S. c.. and
will be employed in marking the buoys and
lights in the Atlantic coast of North Caro-
lima. fs.-te,
The steamer E. James Tull, which was
out of service for two or three days past,
having her boiler and machinery over
hauled at the wharf of Forsburg & Murray,
completed repairs Saturday afternoon. She
sailed for Alexandria and will load big
cargo of general stores for points on the
lower river. .q,5sts
The steam yacht Runaway, belonging to
Mr.. Joseph Moore of Alexandria, was haul
ed out on the marine railway there Satur-
day for some minor repair, work to her hull
and for a new propeller wheel. She was
launched Saturday afternoon and returned
to service. The Runaway Is used to con-
vey the Alexandria mechanics employed in
the navay gun factory here to and from
their work.
The repainting of the steamer Kent at
her wharf here ia being pushed rapidly in
order to have the steamer ready for service
soon as possible
The schooner Irene, laden with pine lum-
Der from Nonini creek. has arrived in
port for the local dealers
The schooner Lorena Bramble came into
port Saturday afternoon with a cargo of
cord wood aboard.
The W. H Mcguire. with full cargo
of salt fish in barrels. has arrived at the
Alexandria wharf
The schooner Towner Is on her way to
Alexandria from the Severn river with
cargo of giass-malking sand for one OF the
bottle-making plants.
The barges Perryville. Ellen Jennings ana