Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-16
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NOTICE GIVEN OF WORK OF DREDG-
ING CHANNELS.
Col. Aliens Circular to mboa
Comprehensive Fish and
Oyster Markets.


States engineers office here I'm charge OF
the harbor improvements, has sent notices
to all the steamboat companies here re-
garding the work of dredging the harbor
channels, in which he says the dredged
channel at The mouth of the Anacostia rir-
er, or Eastern branch. will be 400 feet wide
when completed, and while the work is in
progress the portion of the channel to the
westward of the dredge will be closed to
navigation. From four TO six weeks will
be required to complete this portion OF the
cut.
While the easterly cut of the channel is
being made opening 60 to so feet wide
only will be available for the passage of
vessels and steamers; but when the next
cut is begun to the west an opening 200
| feet wide or more can be used. Ii is eN
! pected the last cut will be completed in
about ten days.
The notice concludes by requesting the
managers of the various steamboat lines TO
| instruct the captains of their vessels to
slow down to five miles hour APP
preaching and passing the dredge and un-
TIL Well clear of the pontoons, say for 20
yards.
This request has been complied with and
all steam vessels now slow down in pass
ing near the dredge.
The four-masted schooner J. +. Stinscn,
with asphalt for the Barber Asphalt Com
pany. is ashore I'm the channel above the
Long bridge, and barges are alongside Of
her receiving a portion of her cargo in order
to make her light enough to get up to the
dock in Georgetown.
The fish market at the wharf front OF
1lth street was well supplied this morning;
but the varieties We're few, and prices re-
main low. Quotations this morning were:
For roe shad, 40 to 80 cents each: buck
shad, 20 to 30 cents each; herring. S1.J0 to
500 per hundred; bass, s cents per pound;
white perch, to 10 cents per pound; pike,
D cents D0Hnd. cfnakpr z Nor
pound; rock, to 121a cents per pound;
sheephead, cents per pound; yellow
perch, 8 to p cents per bunch; mullets, 10
cents per bunch; catfish, 10 to 10 cents per
bunch.
But few oyster-laden vessels are arriving
In port, many of those that were engaged
in the business having withdrawn from it
to engage in fishing. This morning the sup
ply at the wharf was extremely small the
nine vessels lying at the wharf having less
than LOCO bushels of the biyalves on board.
Prices this morning ranged from 40 cents
per bushel for the smaller stock up to so
and 30 cents per bushel for the larger WI
comico and Coan river oysters. Since yes
terday but one vessel. little unnamed
Sloop, with about 100 bushels of oysters on
board, has arrived at the wharf here
The steamer Harry Randall yesterday
evening brought up few herring and
shad from the lower river. These are the
first to be brought here this season. As
the fish are now working their way up the
river it will be but few days until they
may be caught by the nets at the fishing
shores.
The Passing Craft.
The steamer E. James Tull, after load
Smoot & Co.'S. Alexandria, has sailed for
Occoquan.
The pungy Alexena is in port with
cargo of lumber for the local dealers.
The pungy Ada Ballenger arrived at
Alexandria yesterday evening with cargo
of twelve barrels of fish from the Gums
for Theo. Ballenger. They were shipped to
the New York market.
e The tug Tecumseh took the naval gun
barge to Indian Head yesterday. On her
return trip she stopped at the naval maya
zine and got a light barge for this port
The tug Stella, with light oil barge of
the Standard Oil Company in tow, has
sailed from this port for Baltimore, where
the barge will be reloaded.
The tug Rosalie is at Sandy Point await
ing a tow of sand-laden scows for Mr.
Louis Smoot of this city.
The G. H. Roberts having completed the
discharging of her cargo of oysters, has
sailed for the lower river to reload
The steamer Dennis Simmons has ar
rived from Edenton, n. c., with cargoes
| of North Carolina shingles and lumber for
dealers here and in Alexandria. She was
lying at Alexandria this morning, dis
charging a part of her cargo for II. X.
Field & Co.
The big four-masted schooner Jas. Judge
is discharging her cargo of lumber for
Johnson & Wimsatt at the wharf of Fors-
| berg & Murray, near the foot Of sth street
southwest.
The bark Kremlin is unloading her cargo
of asphalt at the works Of the Washing
ton Asphalt Company in the Eastern
branch.
The three-masted schooner Lizzie A.
Williams was found ashore on Cove Point
in Chesapeake bay Thursday evening last
by the revenue cutter Window, Captain
Gooding The Window, after pulling at
the vessel for two hours, succeeded in get
ting her into deep water.
General Matters.
A large portion of Stiff's wharf, one of
the most important landings on the river.
was carried away by the ice a short time
ago. The damage is now being repaired
and the structure will be ready for service
in a few days.
The harbor is filled with a large number
Of floating logs, which were brought down
the river by the recent freshet.
The tug Spray, belonging to Mr.. James
McCuen, Is at Alexandria being reprinted
and overhauled before going into commits
sion during the latter part OF this month
The schooner Murray Vandiver since her
last trip to this port has been overhauled
and given a new dress Of fresh paint.
The ice pillow Of the tug James o. Carter
has been taken off the tug and laid up for
the summer.
The repainting Of the harbor police boat
Vigilant has been completed, and she Will
go into commission again in a day or two.
Mr.. John Callahan, general manager OF
the Norfolk and Washington line of steam
ers, has gone to Norfolk on business OF
his line.
Capt and Mrs. E. s. Randall have re-
turned from visit to New York.
Mr.. Lew Ballenger has recovered from
a severe attack Of pneumonia and Is again
on duty with the harbormaster's force
Capt. Charley Kelley well-known river
man. is seriously ill at his home in Alex
andria.
Mr.. VIM. A. Moore, chief engineer Of the
Randall Company steamers is superfn-
tending the overhauling Of the steamer
Samuel ]. PentZ at Baltimore.
Method of Enforcing Law.
st have no DESIRE" says Mr.. Thomas W.
Gilmer in a letter to the District Commits
sioners today, ito influence your decision in
any particular case, but I hope you will
not give the police force any excuse to
infer that police regulations and other
laws are not to be uniformly and impair