Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-21
ALONG TIE RIVER FRONT
CHANGE IN COLOR OF LIGHTS At
JONES' POINT.
Notice to Mariners Issued by the Light
House Board-General
Matters.

| Matters.
The light on the light house at Jones'
Point, just soethssof Alexandria, the first
light house passed going down the river.
has been changed from a fixed white one
to red. in order that vessel pilots passing
may be able to distinguish 1t from the sur
rounding lights of the town Of Alexandra.
For some time past the river men have been
complaining that they were unable to tell
the Jones' Point light from the electric
lamps Of Alexandria, and about a year ago
the matter was brought to the attention Of
| the light house board. The river men had
about given up hope that their complaint
was to be needed, when the steamer Jessa-
mine, with the light house engineers aboard,
came to this city and made the change.
Tie new light shows up brightly, and can
be easily distinguished from the arsenal.
Inc four-masted schooner David P. Da-
Wis has arrived in port In tow Of the tug
| Mitchell NJ. Davis and has been locked at
the 9TH street wharf Of the American Ice
Company. The Davis brings about 1900
tons Of ice from Bath, Me. She was the
last OF the four vessels to sail from Bath
win Ice FOR this port and the first to reach
mere, making the trip from port to port in
SIX days. The schooners Charles Davenport.
l.. H. Coward and w. H. Ohler are still
out: The first two named sailed from the
Maine ice fields early in the month. and
were looked for here two or three days ago.
Ihey have not yet been reported at tho
| capes, and 1t is supposed that they metN
with adverse winds, which delayed their
passage.
The following notice to steamers has been
issued by the light house board: THE bell
buoy and the gas buoy marking the en-
trance to the Elizabeth river were both
dragged from their positions by passing
| Vesseis the night Of the 18th instant. A
spar marker has been placed in the position
OF the beil buoy, and both buoys will be
renewed as soon as possible" These marks
are of Importance to vessels trading be-
tween this port and Norfolk and Newport
News.
continues. the arrival Of vessels to take the
place OF the few that have sold out since
.ne Irst OF the week keeping the supply
away above the demand. AS consequence
me prices OF oysters have dropped and may
go lower Today good oysters can be had
at - cents per bushel, less than they cost
on .he oyster grounds. and range from that
10 20 cents for the largest and best oysters
on the market. Since yesterday three yes
sels, with 1900 bushels on board, have ar
E W,a IRON the Wicomico. They are the
kathlene. with 800, and the ]. j, ITnderbiiI
with 600. In addition to this the Wakefield
Drought up thirty barrels and the Norfolk
me steamer about twenty barrels
| Inc demand for fish at the wharf this
| Iiofhihs was very light, as 1t has been for
zen Gays past The dealers all saw that
t is poorer with them now than it
mas been for several years. The s1ppIv Of
hsh' both salt water and from the river
was good. the Norfolk line steamer bringing
up 50 barrels from Old Point and Norfolk,
ana the steamer Wakefield bringing up 8
parrels from the nets in the river Prices
| thls morning were for trout. s. to Sc per
barrel; boiling rock - cents to 70 cents per
pound pan rock, cents to cents per
pound pass, cents to cents per pound
| white perch, 3 cents to 10 cents per pound:
spot, cents per pound; pike, cents to 5
cents per pound carp 3 cents per pound;
bluefish and taiiors, 3 cents per pound: win
ter shad 10 cents per bunch: cells 10 cents
to 20 cents per bunch catfish, Is cents to
70 cents per- bunch, and river mulets 10
cents per bunch. Five packages of fish
were broughy up on the Estele Randall for
shipment to Philadelphia and New York
Freisht-Lnden Vessels
The longboar Gilman Dove finished dis
charging her cargo Of cord wood and has
sailed for the lower river to reload back
to this port. =
The barkentine Arlington, Capt. Griggs
reported in the river yesterday, arrived up
last night in tow of the tug Majestic
of Baltimore and was anchored at the forks
OF the channel. This morning she was
taken up to Georgetown to discharge her
cargo of. asphalt from the Island of TRIM
dad.
The tugs Camilla and Juno are in the
lower end Of Chesapeake bay on the look
out for ice-laden vessels due at this port
The schooner ]. A. Beach has arrived at
| Alexandria with cargo of oysters.
| The scow J. Maury Dove is in port with a
| cargo OBJ about 300 tone Of hard coal from
Philadelphia for Stephenson & Brother.
The steamer Dennis Simmons, with a car
| go of about 10000 feet Of pine lumber from
Edenton. N. c., is at the wharf of H. X.
Field & Co. at Alexandria.
The tug NJ. NJ. Davis of Taylor Bros
fleet sailed yesterday evening for the capes
of the Chesapeake on the lookout for sew
| eral ice vessels bound here.
! The schooner Hazeldel, which arrived in
port Monday evening with a large cargo of
fine building stone, went up to Georgetown
yesterday evening to discharge cargo
The schooner A. H. Qunby will complete
the loading Of her cargo of fertilizing ma
| terials today and will sail for Norfolk.
| The steamer Wakefield brought up yester-
day evening heavy cargo of country pro-
duce, rabbits and cattle for the local deal
erS.
| On her down trip yesterday morning the
| steamer Estelle Randall took a hundred
bags of cement to Fort Washington to be
used in the building operations there.
| The tug Favorite with a tow Of three
coal-laden barges from Philadelphia arrived
| in port yesterday.
The schooner Oliver S. Barrett, from this
port, where she discharged a cargo of ice,
| has sailed from Baltimore with cargo Of
coal for jacksonville. Fla.
The schooner Ella and Carrie has sailed
from Baltimore for the Coan river to load
lumber.
The schooner John ]. Hanson, which sail
ed from this port on Monday, has been
| chartered to load coal at Baltimore at IS
cents per ton.
The schooner Eliza A. Scribner has sailed
| from this port for Shoptown, Md, to load
coal.
The schooner Lewis II. Coward, reported
| as having arrived here with a cargo Of ice,
| is not here yet. She is understood to be in
| the river on her way here.
| General Notes.
The tug Minerva is out of commission to
have some engine work done and to receive
an overhauling. She is lying at the lumber
wharf between Sth and 9th streets.
The houseboat Of DR.. Ray has been moved
to a new anchorage at the mouth of Little
Hunting creek, just above Mt. Vernon.
The work Of putting boilers into the
Norfolk and Washington line steamer
Norfolk and adding number Of addi-
tionaI state rpoInss on her hurricane deck. is
l nro1ressnR rapidly, but il is thought she