Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-14
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
'CHOONER HAS STORMY PASSAGE
DOWN THE COAST.
Work of Dredging Channel Over Mat
ta~omnn FIats-The Fish and
Oyster Trade-Briefs.

Tn" three-masted schooner Oliver S Bar
fctt. which arrived in port recently with
cargo of ice. had stormy passage
down the coast, which greatly delayed her
arrival Coming into the river she ran
into the gale of the latter part of last
week and had to anchor at Maryland
Point. with the tug Juno Friday she re-
stunned the trip, but the heavy wind put her
ashore as she was rounding the red buoy
at thN lower end of the Greenway flats.
Fortunately the tide was low and she soon
huated and brought on to this city.
She is now dischargIng her cargo of 81
tons of ice at the wharf foot of 9th street.
The James .. Carter of the Taylor
Brothers fleet of tugbOats is now under
Farter to the contractors engaged IN
- edging the channel over the MattaWoman
flats. near Indian Head. As the dredges
CXCavate they do not leave the river bot
tom level, but cut the mud out in ridges.
| making 1t deeper in some places than in
others In order to level these ridges and
till ISe hcllowS a drag made OF several
bars OF railway iron is hauled lengthwiSe
oyer the bottom. When the government in
NCtorS sound over the new channel they
Will ind uniform deoth of twenty-tour
feet at low water. 1t is in dragging these
bars OF railway iron up and down the chan
mel that the Carter is now employed.
oysters are sill very plentiful at the
whHry khis morning and are being added to
by tTtSl arrivals constantly.
Since yesterday morning nine vessels with
800 bushels of oysters have arrived at the
Wharf, and with the bivalvcs already there
fully 100 bushels We're awaiting purchaS-
ers. The market was slow. the demand
for oysters being quite light. y better
market is looked for tomorrow, however
Prices this morning ranged from 10 cents
to 81 cents per bushel, according to size
and CV'lity. The arrivals since yesterday
werr the +. p Evans with 800 bushels
the VIM. Turner 300; the &. J. HoWeth.
400. the Benz. Franklin, 100: the Nettie
MAY. ~: the Shining Light. 30; the J. NJ.
Steph, usUn. 300; the Lucille Western. 40.
and he Emmett Arthur. 500 In addition
t. these the Norfolk steamer brought up
Ii barrels of Norfolk oysters. and the
Wakefield. l. barrels from the river
The Norfolk and Washington line steam
er Norfolk this morning brought up 60
packages of salt water fish from the nets
about Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Ola
Point for the dealers at the wharf ana
Ten packages were brought up by the
steamer Wakefield from the nets in the
lower river. The market this morning was
fairly good and the assortment large.
Price, remain about the same as yesterday,
oyout selling at 81 to Sc per barrel: croak-
cr. 81 per barrel; boiling rock, cents to .
cents per pound; pan rock. cents to
cents per pound: bluctish and tailors. )
cents per pound; spot, cents per pound;
white perch cents to IN cents per pound
bass & cents to cents per pound; pike, .
cents to cents per pound; carp, ) cents
per pound river mullct. l. cents per bun h;
catfish. 20 cents to - cents per bunch:
eel~ 10 cents To II cents per bunch, and
Sx.ut~f Shad, IL cents per bunch.
IRIS. Golden < Co. have received about
dozen diamond back terrapin. They
are selling at from SIS to $50 per dozen
Going To and Fro.
After tomorrow the steamer Harry Ran
dali of the Randall line will discontinue
her stops at CoIton's wharf. This change
-
lRandall's route.
The schooner Belmont, having been
ked at Burnett's boat yard. has been
launched from the railway and has gone
10 Alexandria to load for occoquan.
The Coz. j. Merrck Sidney Jones and
Mary Travers are in port with full cargoes
Of cord wood for Carter & Clark
TN steamer h. Jos. Tull is in port with
: cargo Of lumber from Aqua creek Tor
son x Wimsatt.
~ steamer Dennis Simmons completed
tho discharging of her cargo of lumber yes
tcrday and sailed for Edenton. n. c., 10
load back tn this pert.
The schooner J. +. Robinson is at Alex
audria loading a miscellaneous cargo tor
lower river points.
The schooner Carrie is at the wharf Of
7. W. Riley loading fertilizins material for
point on the Elizabeth river near Norfolk.
A-harge loaded with about 300 tons ct
FERTILIZER for Herbert Bryant is discharg-
Jug cargo at Bryauts wharf. Alexandria.
The name 0. the schooner Frank Wander
hcrchen has been changed to the Maiden.
The Nanderberchen was We'll known at this
p.r;
A'he schooner NJ. l.. Widmore is in port
with a cargo of lumber from Norfolk
The schooner Edwin c. has arrived with
a cargo of canned goods from Vienna Md,
10 the dealers in the city.
THE light house engineers steamer Jessa-
VSSiIe 5 cruise among the light houses
t'hESapeake baV ard river.