Evening star., 1900-09-29
ALONG THE iRIVER FRONT
SUNkEN DRED0a RAISED AND
PLACED ON THE WAYS.
Delivery of Last Cargo of Ice Remain
ing In P01-Repairs
to Vessels.

| street sewer has beeRsraised and taken to
| the Alexandria shiPyard. where it will ~be
hauled out and repaired. What disposition
will be made of the machine after the re-
pairs are completed is not positively known,
but 1T Is understood 1t will be taken to a
| northern port for work there.
The schooner Horatio L. Baker has COM
pleted the discharging Of her cargo of Ice
| and sailed in tow oftthe tug James l. Car
ter for Baltimore, where she will load coal
for an eastern port. The Baker Is the last
of the ice-laden fleet In port. and for the
first time in two months not an Ice vessel
Is at the wharves here AS the houses are
we'll stocked with ice there will be put one
or two more vessels brought here with Ice,
and they will not arrive for three weeks or
| a month. The schooner Edwin r.. Hunt
which was to have loaded for here mas
been transferred, 1t is understood, to Phil
adelphia.
The Norfolk and Washington line steamer
Norfolk this morning brought up fifty par
rels of salt water fish from the shores
about Old Point and Virginia Beach. and
the steamers Northumberland and Harry
Randall brought up about twenty barrels
from the nets in the lower river. Prices
| are somewhat lower this morning than
| they were yesterday. Founders sold at 3
to cents per pound; blue fish and taiiors
at cents per pound; porgtes, 3 cents per
pound; spot, . cents per pound; white perch,
per pound; trout 81 per barrel; cells, 15 to
% cents per bunch; catfish, 20 to % cents
per bunch. and winter shad, % cents per
bunch. The evening steamers last night
and this morning brought about twelve
barrels of hard crabs.
Only one vessel with cargo of oysters
has arrived at the wharf since yesterday,
and that was the Ada Ballenger. with a
cargo of 300 bushels from WicOmico. AT
the wharf the Flora. from Blackstone s
Island; the Edith Muir, Shining Light and
Ellenora Russell from Wicomico. and the
r. H. Stuart from Upper Marlboro, all
have oysters in The market Is quite
active, and several vessels which arrived
yesterday have disposed of their cargoes
and are ready to sail Oysters this morn
ing brought from 80 to GO cents per bushel
according to size and quality.
There are a few watermelons at the
wharf, but they are selling very slowly.
The Lighthouse Service.
The following appointments in the light
house service have been announced: Fred
erck Farrell, assistant at the Lazarett
light, Baltimore harbor. vice Charles Ka-
uos, resigned. Henry c. Sterling, assist
ant in the Craghill Channel light, in place
of James Evans. who recently resigned.
A batteau was found adrift in the har-
Dor yesterday morning by Mr. VIM. A.
Moore, engineer of the steamer Samuel j.
PentZ.
The following notice has been issued to
mariners by the lighthouse service: The
black spar buoy ON Dade shoal. in the Po-
tomac river. has beensreported missing, and
will be replaced soan practicable. Due
notice Of it's being replaced will be given.
A buoy has been placed over the wreck of
a sunken dredge at the entrance to Chesa-
peake bay. about~ seven-eighthso of mile
above the upper end of the Middle Ground.
The buoy is a red and black horizontal
shaped spar. t..
The steamer Maple of the lighthouse serv-
loo haS rx,fl1 TN
among the lighthouses in the fifth district.
The lighthouse slender Holly Is visiting
the various lighthouses on the bay and its
tributaries. supplying them with their
stores of fuel for use this winter
The steamer gE< James TuH will today
complete the diseha rEing OF her cargo of
lumber and viii sail for the lower river to
reload.
The schooners Earl Biscoe and John Gun :
|. .ningham have arrived in port with oargoes
OF cord wood for Carter & Clark.
The schooners Lucille Western. Mary and
Rebecca and Mary e. Candy sailed yester-
day evening tor the lower river to load
oysters for this port
The steamer Harry Randall arrived yes
terday evening from the lower river with
a large cargo of fruit, crabs, oysters fish
and country produce.
The Avalon, w. H. II. Bixler. NJ. ]. Ste
venson and s. l.. Bowen, all light, sailed to-
day for points along the lower river to load
oysters
The Baltimore tug Edna arrived in port
this morning having in tow maud ma
chine sand blower and three scows be-
longing TO Mr.. John Miller. They came
from Annapolis Md.
The revenue cutter Window has returned
to Baltimore from this city.
The schooners Madalene Cooney and
Bertha Dean, both from this port, have
cleared from Baltimore with coal for Bos-
ton
Four cars loaded with army wagons were
taken by the Baltimore and Ohio railway
ferry from Shepherds to Alexandria Thurs
day en- route to the United States army
corral at ST. Asaph's Junction.
Lords sand digging machine resumed op-
erations in the river west of the Virginia
end of the Long bridge.
The schooner Flying Scudd sailed from
Georgetown yesterday evening.
The steamer River Queen WILL 1t is under
stood, make her last trip for this season
tomorrow.
The schooner George F. Wright will sail
with a cargo of lumber for Fort Hunt. !.
The tug W. III. Mohler is al the wharf of
Fosberg Murray for repairs.
The schooner F. j. Rueth has sailed for
Norfolk to load lumber.
The schooner Luie 8. Lowe is discharging
a cargo of lumber at the wharf of Thos.
r. Riley & Co., foot of N street
The overhauling of the boiler of the
steamer Luly and Howard has been COM
pleted, and she has sailed for Aqua creek
to load.
The overhauling and caulking OF the bug
eye Silver Spray, belonging to Mr.. Theo
Bailinger, at Dean DOdtydrd, In AleXan
dria. are almost completed, and she will be
ready for service by the end of next week
The pungy r. H. Stewart, which lost her
masts in squall in the lower river about
ten days ago. has had them. replaced and
is in port.
General and Personal.
The overhauling of the Norfolk and WASH
ington line steamer Newport News has been
completed, and she yesterday evening re-
sumed her place on the route between this
city and Norfolk. While In Newport News
she was docked and had her hull scraped,
and was painted inside and outside The
steamer Norfolk was withdrawn from the
route this morning. =
The two-masted .sclBboner Scott was re-
ported ashore on sGraveliy bar near the
mouth OF BROAD creek by the steamers ar
riving In port yesterday evening" She ran
on the bar about low water and a high tide
will float her off easily.
Capt. James Marmaauke. the commander
of the Washington and Alexandria ferry
steamer Belle Haven, was taken quite Ill on
his boat yesterday, and had to go to his
home on Lee street. In Alexandria Capt
Bailey Reed of the steamer River Queen is
temporarily In comma nd of the Belle Haven
Officer John Perry of the harbor police
force has recovered from his recent Illness
and this morning reported to Harbor Mas
ter John r. Sutton for duty.
Trains for CheaaD Deake Reach