Evening star., 1900-10-01
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
LIGHT HOUSE VESSEL on TAIL OF
THE HORSESHOE.
Guide to Vessels Placed in Vicinity of
Hampton Roads Entrance
General Items.

The light house board has given notice
that on October ID it will establish light
vessel No IL on the tail Of the Horseshoe
not far from Old Point 1t will be anchored
in five and a half fathoms of water In
about the position now occupied by bell
buoy at the seaward end of the tail of the
Horseshoe al the junction of the main ship
channel with that leading into Hampton
Roads Two fixed white lights will be
shown by the vessel. one on each masthead.
These lights will be visible thirteen miles
in clear weather. The ship is being placed
on a point where light has long been
needed and will be great aid to naviga-
ton
teras inlet, one OF the most important lights
on the Atlantic coast, has notified the light
house inspector, Capt. Albert Ross. that
the machinery operating his light has be-
come disabled, making it impossible to op-
crate II.
The light will be replaced October s by a
new lens flashing red every twenty seconds.
Until that date 1t will be fixed red light
As the schooner j. j. Underhill, Capt. j..
II. Shiyels in command. was coming into
the oyster wharf last night she ran into a
log. one end OF which IS aground and the
other fioa ting Just below the surface of the
water, OFF The 10th street wharf. The yes
sci was brought 10 a standstill with a sud
denness that threatened to take the mastS
out Of her. Fortunately no damage was
done beyond the scraping of some paint off
her hull. Several vessels have fouled this
log lately. Ii Is described as a very dan
RerOus obstruction, and lies right in the
path OF vessels coming up to the 11th and
18th street wharves with fair wind The
existence Of the obstruction will be brought
u the attention of the authorities.
Mr. VIM G. Wheeler. travelling passenger
agent Of the New York Philadelphia and
Norfolk Railway Company, was in the city
recently arranging for a trip OF a large
party of the residents of Accomac and
Northampton counties. on the eastern shore
of Virginia. TO this city. The party which
viii number several hundred. will make the
trip from Cape Charles City on the steamer
Pennsylvania of the y. Y. P. and n. rail
way, and will remain here for several days.
The date OF the arrival here has been fixed
fer about the latter part of this week.
" hile the steamer Is here she will be
berthed at the Motley Hall wharf. The
Pennsylvania is said TO be one Of the hand
somest and fastest steamers In the bay.
Oysters and Fish.
!. Seven vessels, with POSI- bushels OF oys-
ters aboard, have arrived at the fish wharf
since Saturday last. Oysters this morning
were selling at from 40 to 90 cents bush
el according TO size and quality. and are
selling well. but not rapidly as they did
last week. The Rafting Joe brought up 1OC
bushels from Blackstone Island, the Oys-
ter Boy 200 bushels from the lower Macho-
: doc, the Sunny South 351 bushels the Mar.
tin Wagner 300 bushels. the Eta 800, the
Seabelle 800 and the j. J. Underhll 3Ot
bushels. all from the Wicomico river The
Norfolk line steamer also brought I'D A
barrels the steamer Wakefield % barrels
aud the steamer Potomac barrels Of oys-
ters.
The Norfolk and Washington line steam
ers have brought up since Saturday fifty.
five barrels of salt water fish from the nets
In Chesapeake bay about Norfolk and OLD
Point, for the dealers at the wharf and
twelve barrels OF fish from the river nets
were brought up by the steamers Wake
field and Potomac.
Prices this morning were. for mackerel
Ii cents per pound; porgies. 3 cents Del
pound; sheepshead, cents per pound: blue
fish and tailors cents per pound: foun
ders, 4 cents per pound; white perch Z anG
cents per pound; rock. to 10 cents pei
pound: trout, 81 to $3.50 per barrel: winter
shad. 25 cents per bunch; eels, Is to 2!
cents per bunch; mullets, is to 25 cents pei
bunch Sixteen barrels OF crabs also ar.
rived UP from the lower river
The first shipment of shrimp of the sea.