Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-30
ON THE RIVER FRONT
CHANGE IN NAME OF STEAM
LAUNCH JAS. s. DOUGLAS.
Harbor Master Sutton Goes to Colonial
Beach-Boat Repairing-Gen-
era1 River News.


| longing to the Potomac Dredging Company.
is lying in the dock at Frosberg & Muir
rays wharf TO have some machine work
done and to line up her propeller shaft
The Douglas will in the future be known
as the Little Angus in compliment to Mr.
Angus Cameron of Baltimore, the presi-
dent OF the company, and the name now
appears on the boards on the pilot house
and the stern of the little craft.
The launch was built for Alexandria par
ties several years ago and was used for
pleasure cruising. About two years ago
she was purchased by the dredging COM
pany and was used as tender to the sand
dredging machine working down river
Many changes have been made in the ves-
sci by her new owners and she is a hand
some and able little craft Capt. George
Cook commands her.
The supply of fresh fish of all kinds was
quite large at the wholesale fish market on
the 18th street wharf this morning, and
both shad and herring from the lower river
We're on sale. The demand was brisk the
fsh auction being well attended and the
hsh selling at excellent prices. One of the
river boats which came up from the lower
river last night had aboard about 100
shad, the first large shipment of the fish TO
be received at the wharf this season.
On the oyster wharf dhere was an ample
supply of Potomac river stock to meet
the demand. Since yesterday two or three
vessels with oysters aboard have arrived at
the wharf and they are selling at 40 cents
to 81 per buShel. The demand is fair
Hard crabs from the vicinity of Norfolk
We're on sale this morning at s1.25 per hun
bred.
The owners of the steamer Wakefield
have decided to make more extensive re-
pairs to the vessel than was at first contem-
plated, and she will be at the Newport
News shipyard for two three weeks
longer. When she returns to this city she
will take the place of the steamer Harry
Randall on the river route while that ves-
sci Is undergoing her spring overhauling.
Harbormaster John r. Sutton sailed yes
terday afternoon for Colonial Beach, where
he goes to arrange for the building of
summer cottage, which is to be ready for
occupancy before the warm weather
comes.
Of General Interest.
The yawl-yacht Margaret, belonging to
DR.. Prentiss has been hauled out at Cum
berland's boat repair yard, and will be
given an overhauling. and painting inside
and out before she is ready to go into serv-
ice again. The Margaret will be used for
pleasure cruising in the river during the
summer.
The work of installing the Schult engine
of the power launch Alert aboard the craft
will be completed next week, and she will
go into commission at once. AS soon as
the Alert is in condition she will take a
party to Blackstone Island a recreation
trip.
At the boat yard of Deane & Son at Alex
andria six or eight launches and sailing
vessels belonging to parties residing here
are being overhauled and made ready for
service. The entire fleet will, it is stated,
be overheard and in commission by the
middle of the coming month.
The tug Spray, which has recently been
overhauled and put in thorough order at
Alexandria, has gone into commission for
service on the river.
The steamer E. James TuA was at Alex
andria yesterday evening loading a large
cargo of groceries and general stores for
points on Occoquan and Aqua creeks, Vir-
ginia.
The E. P Evans S. S. Smith, Annie Cros-
we'll, Kate Everett, T. H. Kirby, w. H.
Bixler, Curtis and Benjamin F. among
the recent arrivals at the oyster wharf
with Potomac river oysters aboard
The steamer Gov. Mclean. patrol boat
of the Maryland oyster police force, has
been locked at a Baltimore shipyard for
general repairs.
The two-masted schooner Columbia c.
with a cargo of pine lumber from Virginia
lumber port, arrived yesterday.
The two-masted schooner Sidonia Curley,
with a cargo of about 120, 600 feet of boards
from Sharps wharf, Va, came into port
yesterday morning.
The schooner Faust is in port with a
cargo of yellow pine lumber from Vir-
ginia lumber port. She is consigned to a
Baltimore firm
The schooner Walter p Snow, from Coan
river with lumber, is in port and will tie up
at 10th street wharf to unload.
The schooner Isaac Solomon is in port
with a cargo of cordwood from a lower
river port for the dealers