Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-26
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PIERS AT 18th STREET.
Barge Loaded With Ice Coming Here
Overhauling Towboat Fleet
Personal and General.

The work of rebuilding the wooden por-
ton of the oyster wharf at the foot of nth
street was started several days ago, and
pile-driving machine ana a force of wharf
builders are employed on the work The
entire pier is 10 be reconstructed and put
in order for service for use of the lumber
vessels until the watermelon season OPENS
in the fall of the year. During the past
two or three months the entire public pier,
oyster, fish and lumber unloading piers have
been thoroughly rebuilt and made ready for
service. These piers are among the busiest
of the entire Washington harbor, and there
are always several vessels lying at them
unloading cargoes.
The rebuilding of the wood pier of Car
ter & Clark at the foot of 10Th street south
west has been completed, and the pier is
again in use.
The demand for fish at the wholesale
market on the wharf was rather light this
morning and the supply of herring and the
general run of river fish was largely in
excess of the demand Shad are still very
scarce and are commanding high prices.
Since yesterday about Loco shad and about
100000 herring have been received at the
wharf from the nets in the river.
The supply of oysters aboard the vessels
lying at the nth street wharf this morning
is becoming small, but the demand for them
is light and prices are unchanged from
those quoted yesterday. f1dit Slitiltu tldpS
are on sale and the demand is fair. There
were no soft crabs on sale at the wharf
this morning. CLANS are plentiful and are
selling at 40 cents per hundred.
The charter is reported of one Of the big
schooner barges of the consolidation Coal
Company to load ice on the Kennebec river
for this city The barge will bring a cargo
of over BOO tons, ana will be the first ice
laden vessel to come to this port this spring.
Several vessels have been chartered 10 load
ice for this city at Maine ports. and Will
come here in the next month or six weeks.
General News of the Port.
The steam yacht Gretchen has returned
TO port from an extended cruise on Chesa-
peake bay and its tributaries. Yorktown
and jamestown and other historic points ON
the James river were visited while the
yacht was away. Mr.. ]. Z. Reyburn. the
owner OF the yacht, and his family were
aboard. and Capt. ]. L. Barker was in COM
mand of the yacht The Gretchen will now
be prepared for her annual cruise TO the
north Atlantic during the summer months
1t is reported that Mr.. John r. Dos Pas
SOS. owner of the steam yacht GiaNota,
will dispose of the vessel during the coming
summer and will replace her with a larger
and faster boat. Mr.. Dos Passos has gone
to Europe, and on his return VIII take
steps to secure the new beat
The enlarging of the rudder and tie p'ac-
ing of a new wheel on the tug Powhatan,
at BennettS hoatyarG was competed yes
terday afternoon and the vessel was
launched The tug d. NJ. Key has been
hauled out on the marine railway 10 be hit
ted with a new wheel and for other work
The tug Edith Goddard Winship belong
ing to the Consolidation Coal Company.
which has been undergoing an overhauing
while lying at Stephensons wharf, has
completed repairs and will return to service
on the river The tug is used in towing
coal-laden scows about the harbOr.
Capt. William Robertson. master of the
yacht Giavota, has gone to Nfestmoreland
county, Va, on business.
Capt. Theodore Keen has handed in his
resignation as pilot of the steamer Wake
field to take command of the steam yacht
Gretchen, belonging to Mr. j. f. Reyburn.
Mr.. Michael Dugan is engineer of the tug
Spray, employed in general towing service
the river.
The power launch belonging to the yacht
Seabelle has recently been given an over
hauling and cleaning up at the Bennett
boatyard and is ready for service
Work has been started on the eighty-five-
foot lumber lighter for Johnson & VIM
satt at Cumberland's boathouse, at the foot
of 9th street southwest.
The schooner Lorena Bramble with n
cargo of salt aboard from Norfolk has
rived in port.
The steam barge E James Tul has ar
rived in port with cargo of cord wood for
the dealers.
The schooner William Cobb has been
anchored in the stream off Alexandria and
will complete the loading of her cargo OF
railway ties