Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-13
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
TAYLOR BROS. TUG RAPIDLY APP
PREACHING COMPLETION.
Fish by Way of Baltimore - Among
the Moving Craft -
Schooner Ashore.

in the early spring. The boats hull is
nearly completed and the work of building
her deck house will be begun soon. A
powerful engine and a boiler large enough
to supply 1t with the steam necessary will
be installed in the tug. and when COM
p!eted she will be one of the finest boats of
her kind on the river She will be f1ve
feet shorter than the tug NJ. M. Davis and
Will be used for general towing on
the river and bay. Taylor Bros. will. when
the new boat goes into commission nave
a fleet of five on the river.
Ten vessels completed the selling out of
their cargOes OF oysters at the 11th street
wharf Yesterday and sailed for the lower
river and eleven vessels arrived at the
wharf with cargoes amounting to about
1900 bushels.
The supply Of oysters on hand today is
not extra large and the demand has been
fair. Prices have made no advance from
those of the early part of the week, the
smaller bivalves selling at from % to 6oc:
per bushel and the larger ones at from 10
to soc. per bushel.
The Norfolk and Washington line steamer
and the river boats also brought oysters
to this market. Since yesterday the arr
walls have been the Lottie Thomas, M. J.
Stephenson Seabird, S. j. Stuart, Jno. Gun
ningham. Maggie e. Smith, VIM. Turner
Lucille Western. Raymond Oliver, Maggie
L. and Volunteer, all from the W1comlco
river
The supply of fish at the wharf continues
quite small. Prices are nigh ana the lr. u:-
cations are they will go still higher !nls
morning the Norfolk and Washington nne
steamer brought up but two boxes. fl1ty
packages representing the eaten OF t"o
days along the shores about Nor1oik ana
also some North Carolina fish. came by way
of Baltimore Yesterday evening the river
boats brought up twenty-eight barrels from
the nets In the river between Fort Foote
and the mouth of the Potomac All the traps
have been taken up and the fsh now COM
ing to market from the river are from maui
seines. This morning trout sold at - TO
SO per barrel; pan rock, to lo cents per
pound boiling rock, IL to ~ cents per
pound: bass, to 10 cents per pound white
perch, 5 to II cents per pound: pike. to
S cents per pound biuef1sh and tailors, .
cents per pound; carp, cents per pound'
spotted trout 6 to cents per pound; sheep-
head 6 cents per pound; founders. cents
per pound: catfish ano cells. Is to % cents
per bunch, and river mullet and winter
shad, Is cents per bunch each.
Tugs and Schooners.
The Baltimore tug Volunteer. which ar
rived in port yesterday with four barges
loaded with coal from Philadelphia for the
local dealers. sailed yesterday evening with
five light barges for Chesapeake City. The
Volunteer has recently been supplied with
a new steel boiler by the Spedden Company
Of Baltimore
Agnews tug Juno sailed yesterday even
ing with a long tow of light coal barge
and six vessels for river points. In the tow
were the oyster vessels Lizzie Lane, Ro-
meo Mary E. Candy, Ruth and Ella. 8. L.
Bowen and the Benz. Franklin The oyster
vessels will load and get back to the mar
ket here as soon as possible.
The schooner William Oliver which sailed
from this port a few days ago for the
Rappahannock, will there load lumber for
Baltimore.
The j. b. Anderson is at the wharf Of
Frosberg & Murray discharging the remains
of her cargo of lumber
The schooner Isaac Solomon has sailed
for a lower river landing with a cargo of
lumber and building material.
The schooner w. H. Ohler Is at the wharf
of VIM. A. Smoot & Co., Alexandria, COM
pleting- her cargo of railway ties for Bos-
ton. Mr.. J. c. Gregg of Georgetown Is the
shipper of the ties.
The barge j. S. Wilson has completed the
discharging Of her cargo Of hard coal at
the Sheridan's Point wharf.
The schooner Thomas K Carroll sailed
light yesterday for the lower river to re-
load back to this port.
The steamer E. James Tull Is In port
with a cargo of pine lumber for johnson &
Wimsatt. She Is discharging her cargo at
an Eastern branch wharf.
The tug W. H. Mohler arrived in port
yesterday, having in tow a coal-laden barge
from Chesapeake City.
The three-masted ram Grace Bennett.
which discharged a cargo of lumber, has
sailed for Edenton, N. c., to load shingles
for this port.
The longboat Mayflower has sailed for the
lower river and will load cordwood to this
city for Carter & Clark.
The schooners Belmont and Mary A. Shea
have arrived In port with full cargoes OF
cord wood for the local dealers.
The steamer Harry Randall on her trip
from the lower river yesterday brought up
a large cargo of live and dressed poultry
stock and country produce for the local
merchants.
The Fannie Shepherd, Sarah A Gwythee
and Ella Treadwell have all sailed for the
neighborhood of Blackistone's Island, to
load oysters for this market
The ]. D. Bell, having completed the dis
charging of her cargo. has sailed for Nomi-
nj creek to load cord wood for Carter &
Clark
The Winnie Windsor, with a cargo of mis-
celaneous supplies for lower river points,
sailed from Alexandria yesterday evening.
The lighthouse tender Holly returned to
port yesterday evening and was berthed at
the 10th street wharf Of the American Ice
Company.
The James Beach and Ella Hill have both
sailed from Alexandria for the oyster bed
to reload for that port.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, as soon as
she completes the discharging Of her cargo
of lumber, will sail for Norfolk to load to
this port.
General Matters.
The schooner Thomas X. Carroll, while
beating down the river yesterday, stood too
close in shore on one tack, and when Just
above Shepherds landing went on the flats
She remained aground for an hour or two,
until the tug w. H. Moher got line to
her and hauled her into deep water.
In consequence of the large number of
soldiers brought up in the Norfolk and
Washington line steamer yesterday, all the
available space on the steamer was taken
up for sleeping room for the men and no
freight handled either on the up trip
from Norfolk Tuesday night nor the down
trip yesterday. The handling of freight will
be resumed this morning.
The crew of the United States steamer
Dolphin is still working on the surveys
of the Eastern branch from the Anacostia
bridge to the arsenal.
The steam pipes of the steamer Samuel
]. Pentz are being disconnected today and
she will be laid up for the winter. In the
early spring she will be given thorough
overhauing. in preparation for the opening
of the excursion season next May.
The tug Hugh McFadden, formerly owned
here, is having her boiler rebuilt in Balti-
more. The McFadden Is used by the con-
tractors for the Naval Academy improve
ments.
The contractors building the new boiler
for the harbor police boat Vigtlant have
notified Harbormaster Sutton that 1t will