Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-23
ALONG The RIVER FRONT
EFFORT TO JHAyE MACHODOC
CREENs IMPRoyED.
Congress to BE Asased for nm ApprO-
priatiOn-uay BeacOns for
NOmahf Greek.

The merchants and others living on Up
per Machodoc creek, Short distance above
Colonial Beach. wiN make determined ef-
fort, 1t is said, doringfthe coming session
of Congress to secure Gan appropriation to
have the creek improved SO that steam
vessels can get to- and from Brick House
and Farralls wharves at all stages Of the
tide The business in the creek is large,
and quantities of freight to and from its
wharves are handled on the steamers run
ming from this city. AT the best Of tides
now the steamers drag their bottoms over
oyster shell bars, and for weeks in the fall
and winter, it is declared, it is impossible
for a steamer to get into the creek owing
to the low water.
The lighthouse board has given notice
that about September 1 1t will establish
the day beacons in Nomini creek, one OF
the tributaries of the Potomac, near Its
mouth. Beacon No. / will be three-p1ie
structure. with horizontal Stats. 1t VIII be
situated on the easterly side OF the dredged
channel at the entrance into Nomini IN
seven feet of water. Beacon No. Will be
white three-pile horizontally Slated
structure in seven feet of water on the
easterly side of the dredged channel OFF
Ice House Point On the same date the
black spar known as buoy No !, which IS
now located where beacon NO. Will oe
placed, will be permanently removed
The supply of fish received today from
the shores about Virginia Beach and Nor
folk by the dealers here, while not very
large, was ample to supply an oemah ;ns.
Prices this morning were: For spanish
mackerel, to 1Oc. per pound pan rock,
to 1Oc. per pound; boiling rock, Ivy TO lac.
per pound; white perch, to l2c. per pouna,
large trout, &c. per pound; croaker, C pei
pound; bluefish, to 4c. per pouna' sea
bass, 5 TO &c. Ter pound; founders, 4c. per
pound; gray trout, s. to 81 per barrel; spot'
81 per barrel; porgies, 10 to 2oc each; drum'
25 to soc. each; carp 20c. each, and cat
fish and cells, 20 to 3Oc. per bunch. Hard
crabs are selling at 81 to $3.50 per barrel,
and are in demand.
The supply of watermelons now at the
oyster wharf foot of 18th street, is Still
largely in excess of the demand, there be-
ing at the wharf this morning about tWen-
ty-SiX vessels with $1,000 melons ABOARD
All grades of melons can be had at the
wharf, and prices today were: For select
ed melons, $40 to $15; primes, "a to VI, and
culls from 40c. to $3.50 per hundred
Matters of General Interest.
The steam launch LOWE Randall is out
of commission as the harbor police patrol
boat, and will be turned over to Capt. e.
s. Randall, her owner. Since being under
the charge of the harbor master, John r.
Sutton, she has been handsomely reprinted
and has been put IN thorough order
The steamer Estelle Randall will be with
drawn from the mail route between this
city and river landings far down as
Glymont early next month, for the thor
ough overhauling Of her machinery. The
steamer Samuel ]. PentZ will take her
place on the route.
1t is stated that Messrs. A. ]. Taylor &
Bro. will shortly riace an order for new
tugboat, to replace theztug NJ, Mitchell Da-
Wis, recently sold TO parties at Portsmouth,
N. H.
1t is said that hunters daily shoot
ing over the waters of the District of Co
lumbia near Shepherds landing. notwith-
standing the shooting season is not open.
The large canning factory Of L. A. Ed
wards at Nomini has begun the putting up
of tomatoes. This plant gives employment
to a large number Of hands in Westmore-
land county, Va.
The schooner Annie Ainsley has sailed
from Red Beach, Me. Il for this city, with a
cargo of ice for the Purity Ice Company.
The schooners Agnes Manning and Emma
F. Angel are at sea, ,:bound for this port
with large cargoes of ice for the American
Ice Company.
The schooner Bayard Barnes has COM
pleted the unloading of her cargo of ice
and sailed today for Norfolk to load coal.
The dredge working on the deepening
Of the Georgetown channel is now digging
off the foot of 18th street The mud which
was pumped on the Potomac Park east of
the Long bridge a few days ago is now
rapidly becoming covered with a coat of
green vines.
The Alexandria ferry wharf is to be re-
paired and number of new piles to be
The Moving Craft.
The R. H. Stuart came into port yester-
day evening with load of white sand
from the Curriomen neighborhood
The Baltimore tug Vulcan has arrived
with a tow of three coal-laden barges from
Philadelphia.
The Harry and Charley has gone down
the river and will load a cargo Of cord
wood.
The schooner Flora Thomas is in port
with load of pine wood from river
point
The w. H Ward, F. A. Hall and Isaac
Wilton are in port with cargoes of melons
for the local market.
The ]. D. Bell came into port yesterday
evening with full cargo of cord wood for
Messrs Carter & Clark.
The schooner VIM. Donnelly has finished
unloading her cargo of lumber and has
sailed for the James river to load back to
this port.
The Fife M. Laird, with full cargo Of
watermelons from the eastern shore, has
arrived for A. F. Evans.
The barge Dover Of Brunswick, N. j., is