Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-23
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
GOVERNMENT SURVEYORS EMPLOY
ED AT HARBOR ENTRANCE,
Supposed Intention is to Deepen the
ChanncIs-New Commander for
Blue Wina Briefs.

Marks are still being set out along the
Georgetown channel below the Long
bridge and at the entrance to the harbor by
a surveying party from the engineers Of
flee, the object of which, it is presumed, is
to deepen the water in both channels. Dur
ing the past two or three winters there
have been numerous currents from the up
per river which have brought down i'm
mense quantities of mud and debris, much
of which settled in the channels so that
the depth of water at many points is two
or three feet less than that shown on the
chart This Is a serious matter for the
deep draft vessels which come here during
the summer
The immense catch of herring in the
Potomac this season and the large num-
bers of them being brought to market here
and In Alexandria has been SO much in
excess of the demand that Saturday last
several vessels which came to the Alex
andria fish wharf were forced to throw
their cargoes overheard. being unable to
dispose of them In consequence of the
low price fish now bring, it is stated sew
eral of the large fish-handling firms of the
city will tomorrow lay up the boats that
have been running fish from the down
river shores to this city and will release
the tugs Templar and M. NJ. Davis. This
may only De temporary, Uo"tNtI
The receipts of fish at the fish wharf In
the past twenty-four hours were 100000
herring and LOGO shad. Prices for fish
were somewhat higher this morning than
Saturday. herring selling at an advance of
about - cents. OF from $1.2o to S1.oo per
thousand.
An advance of about 81 per hundred is
also noted in shad, roe shad selling at $40
to Sl2. and bucks at Sc to 81 The receipts
at the Alexandria fish wharf are still
heavy and prices remain unchanged.
Since Saturday about 300 bushels of
oysters have arrived in port on the hug
eyes of Capt. Chas. ChiSeldean and Capt.
George Chiseldean.
Change in Commanders.
Mr. Frank Phillips, who has been in COM
mand of the United States fish commission
steamer Blue Wing. has resigned to accept
Il position in the United States engineer
service. Capt. Jones, who has been in
charge of the LOWE Randall. has been
transferred to the Blue Wing, and Mr..
John Underwood of Alexandria has been
made captain of the LOWE.
Mr.. Samuel Jones is building large
hunting and fishing ark at the wharf at
the foot of n street.
Taylor Bros tug Camilla. which was pur-
chased from parties in Baltimore several
weeks ago, has received a thorough over
hauling and was put into commission Sat
turday. She will be used for general tow
ing business on the river anu III lHe IdTDOT
with the NJ. NJ. Davis, Jas. o. Carter and
d. NJ. Key. The Camilla is IS feet long,
IL feet beam and ~ feet depth of hold.
She is registered at forty tons and was
built in 1871 in Baltimore.
The land for the new Agricultural De-
partment experimental farm, on the re-
claimed flats near the Long bridge, has
been prepared for the seed.
The repairs to the longboat Mary Ann
Shea. which has been out on the ways at
Benefits for some weeks, will be COM
pleted in n day or two and she will be put
overheard during the latter part of the
week.
General and Personal.
The tug De Boss Iennox came into Alex
andria this morning with her machinery
damaged She will be put in order as soon
as possible and will at once resume the
towing of fish-laden runboats for NeotZy &
Ballinger.
The work of rebuilding the old Inland
Company's wharf at the foot of 1th street
southwest under the supervision Of United
States engineer officers, was begun this
morning by Mr.. Thos Banks, the con-
tractor. A big pile driver has been at work
all day The broken piles are being pulled
up. A hundred or more of them will have
to BE- removed before the actual construc-
ton of the wharf can be begun.
The barges C. T. Pugh and F. Thomson,
with 63i tons of hard coal for Stephenson
& Bro, arrived in port from Philadelphia
yesterday. The tug with the scows in tow
left Philadelphia Tuesday evening by the
Delaware and Chesapeake canal and Chesa-
peake bay.
Messrs. George Cumberland & Son have
been awarded a contract by the National
Sand Dredging Company of this city to
build for them two sand scows, 76 feet long
% feet wide and Is feet daep. The first of
the two scowS will be placed on the stocks
at once and it is expected she will be COM
pleted in about three weeks.
Mr.. A. L. Barbar's large yacht the She
mera, is lying in Georgetown harbor, fitting
out for extended cruise
The steamer Samuel J. Pentz was brought
up to her berth at the River View wharf
this morning and the steamer Harry Ram
dan was taken to the repair dock of the
Randall line.