Evening star., 1901-10-03
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
ORDER GIVEN For CONSTRUCTION
OF LARGE BARGE.
Capacity Of New Craft to He 800 Tons
The Fish and Oyster
Trade.

The Fish and Oyster
Trade.
| Mr.. Thomas Mahoney, the owner of the
| Overbrook and several other barges used
| to bring hard coal and fertilizer from Phil
adelphia and Norfolk to this city, has re-
| Gently placed an order for the construction
| of large barge for service on the Poto-
mac river. The new barge is to be built
| by Philadelphia firm, and will be eonsid-
erably larger than those now coming UP
| the river, being able to carry about 900
tons of coal. She will cost Mr.. Mahoney
about 5000 and will be one of the finest
vessels of her class.
The fish market at the 11th street wharf
was today fairly well supplied with salt
water fish from the nets about Norfolk,
but the stock of river-caught fsh was
quite small. The demand today was fair
and prices were as follows: Fer founders,
25 to 4ec. per bunch; yellow perch, 10 to 20c.
per bunch; eels, 20 to 30c. per bunch: cat
! fish, - to 40c. per bunch; white perch,
| to lac. per pound. or 10 to soc. per bunch;
| black bass. 8 to 1oc. per pound; large trout,
) to &c. per pound; pan rock, to Sc per
pound; medium rock, to Sc. per poand,
butterfish, 4c. per round; bluefish, to SC:
per pound, gray trout, &c. per pound, anu
carp, doc each. =, ,7ltI = :,
/ Since yesterday morning $500 bushels OF
| oysters have been received in port IN the
! F.. r. S. Dougherty,- A r. Lewis, Eienofa
| Russell, Eta, Wn. Windsor. Fannie Shep-
| pard, Ruth and Ella, Seabefie, Kathleen.
! e. II. Stuart and Raymond Oliver. They
| ali brought their oysters from the BEDS IN
| the Potomac river Prices this morning
| were As to SOC per bGshei for the small
oysters and 90 to I5c. per bushel for the
selected and large stock.
A large piece has been broken on the
/ IL rhn nj
Vernon by passing vessel running into
it. and it is now said to be more an OBJ
struction than ever, as but little of 1t can
be seen above the surface of the water
Al high tide it is completely submerged
The receipts of lumber by the dealers OF
this city have been quite heavy In the past
twenty-four hours. The southerly winds
have brought eight or ten lumber-iaden
craft from Virginia and North Carolina
points, and they each bring from 10000 to
100000 feet of lumber.
Passing In and Out.
The large three-masted ram Agnes ..
Ouilian, with a cargo of lumber and SHIN
giles from Newbern N. c., has arrived here
for H L. Biscoe and Thomas r. Riley.
The Lottie Carter is in port with full
cargo of cord wood from the Glymont
neighborhood for Carter & Clark
The barge Lizzie Brady is unloading her
cargo of hard coal at the wharf OF Stephen-
sol: & Bro foot of 1th street
The schooner Sidney Jones came INTO
port last night with cargo OF cord "ooo
for-the local dealers
The steamer Potomac, which arrived
from Baltimore and the river landings
early this morning, brought a heavy cargo
for the merchants here.
The schooner Leroy has sailed for river
point and will load a cargo of cord "ooo
for the local dealers
The steamer Lilly and Howard arrived In
mort this morning with a cargo of cord
froy, Af,,Ji r.
The Ida May has arrived with a cargo OF
cord wood for the dealers here;
The schooner James is unloading hes
Co She brings about 10, 600 feet from Nor
folk.
The fattie T. j. Hallack has gone to Alex
andria to complete the unioading Oh hel
cargo of oysters and will there take on
small cargo of general stores for a river
point.
The Annie Ellen with a load of about
40 600 feet of pine lumber has arrived IN
port from the Rappahannock river Tor
Johnson & Wimsatt-
The schooner Isaac Solomon, which came
into port yesterday with a cargo OF cora
wood is unloading at the Washington bar
racks wharf on the Eastern branch.
The schooner J. d. Bell has sailed for
a lower river point and will load cargo OIL
cord wood for this market.
The Zephyr has gone TO the BlacklStone
Island neighborhood and will load oysters
for the dealers here.
The Eugye came into port yesterday
evening with a full cargo of lumber and
shingles from the James river for john
son & Wimsatt.
The two-masted schooner Sidonia Curley.
with a cargo of about 100000 feet of Vir-
ginia pine lumber, has arrived in port from
the James river for II. l.. Biscoe.
The longboat Gilman Dove has unloaded
her cargo of railway ties and sailed for
a river point to reload.
The ]. A. Holland, with cargo of lum-
her iS al 10 wharf of FOrSberY x MurrdY
unloading for Johnson & Wimsatt
The Five Sisters loaded with pine boards
from Aqua creek, is in port for the local
dealers.
The Katie Mueller has sailed for river
point with small cargo of hay and feed
from the dealers here.
The Mary A. Shea is unloading her cargo
of Virginia pine lumber at the wharf of
T. w. Riley, foot of o street southwest.
General News of the Port.
The river steamers are taking large guam
titles of brick. lumber, door and window
frames and other building material to
points along the river near this city. 1t is
stated the number of buildings to be erect
ed this fall on the Potomac will be large.
Mr.. Augustus Dean. the Alexandria boat
builder, is preparing to remove his plant to
its location near the mouth of the old
Alexandria and Georgetown canal, just
nortn of Alexandria.
A large scow laden with chestnut railway
ties Is unloading on the James Creek ca
nal near the N street bridge.
six-inch naval gun and it's carriage
were brought up from the proving grounds
at Indian Head. Md. yesterday on a barge
in tow of the tug Tecumseh to the naval
ordnance foundry here.
The flattie Johnnie belonging to John
Boswell is in the dock adjoining the Clyde
Line wharf to be repainted and overhauled.
Two scows have been taken by the tug
Selectmau to Giymont, where they will load
railway ties for Alexandria. At Alex
andria the ties will be placed on schooner
for shipment to Boston
The work of overIau uling the engine of
the little steam yacht Edith has been COM
peted and she is again in commission.
The tug Maud H. will be the tender of the
torpedo boat Thornton during the speed
| trials of the Thornton over the Barren Is
land trial course in the bay. The boat is
in the Patuxent making the necessary
preparation.
Mr.. A. C. Cunningham wharf agent at
Glymont. Md, was in the city yesterday
| on visit.
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