Evening star., 1901-09-02
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
SUPPLY OF FISH AMPLE TO MEET
THE DEMANDS.
The Passing Craft and Character of
Their CargOeA-General
Port News.

the dealers at the 11th street wharf fish
| market, while not large, was ample to
meet all demands. This morning several
varieties of fish sold at lower prices than
those prevailing last week, Spanish mack
ereI selling at 10 to 1212 cents per pound;
pan rock, to cents per pound; boiling
rock, 12a to Is cents per pound; white
perch, to 122 cents per pound; large
| trout, to cents per pound; croaker, ihs
to cents per pound; bluefish, 2 to cents
per pound; founders, cents per pound;
porgies, Is to 20 cents per pound: drum,
25 to 80 cents per pound; carp, 20 cents
per pound catfish and eels 20 to 80 cents
per bunch; gray trout. 81 to So per barrel; !;
butter fish, 81 to $3.50 per barrel, and craos'
81 to $1.50 per barrel.
Watermelons Of all grades can be had at
the oyster wharf, foot of 11th street, and
prices vary according to quality and size
Melons which had just arrived from tne
lower Potomac were selling AT % 10 FIo
per hundred for selects. 81 to 80 per nun
dred for primes and rs cents to 81 ior
culls. The older stock sold at any price
that was offered. About 10000 melons
were on hand on the meet lying at ene
wharf this morning.
The little schooner Shining Light, be-
longing to Mr.. Theo. Ballenger OF Aiexah,
dria is at Deanes boat yard for general
overhaulng She will be caulked from stem
to stern, will have new metal, ana Is also
to have a new mast. When completed she
will be used for the oyster business
Captain Bell. who was formerly com
mander of the schooner Levin J. Marvel, Is
here in command of the schooner Jennie
d. Bell. A brother of Captain Bell Is the
commander of the Bell, but he Is at ms
home in Bethel, Del, to recover MS heaiIh-
Captain Wright has taken comIhalio u LILO
Marvel.
Passing In and Out.
The tueboat Mayf1ower is at Stiff's wharf,
r;,,;o toll yfnCy a
for this market.
The United States army launch Mercedes
made her first trip in several weeks on the
river Friday She had several army officers
and their families aboard The launch WIS.,
tied Mount Vernon and other places OF In
terest
The steamer Lily and Howard has sailed
for Aquia creek with cargo or general
stores from Alexandria. 80
The sloop B. H. Lambert Is In port WIN
a cargo of watermelons from W. -. =.
Grinder out of Mattawoman creek
The schooner Carrie c. Pinto has sailed
light for the lower river and will load lum-
ber. 80,
The Harry and Charley is in port with a
cargo of cordwood from a river point for
Carter & Clark
The big bugeye E. A. Parks is at Alexan-
dria and will load general cargo OF build
ing supplies for a lower river point.
The three-masted ram schooner Jennie u
Bell, laden with a cargo of fertilizer ma
terial, is at Alexandria.
The two-masted schooner william ana
James, which brought cargo of plaster
here has finished unloading and has sailed
for Norfolk. ,
The Ida May has arrived here with full
cargo of cordwood from river point Tor
Carter & Clark.
The schooner VIM NJ Ward has dis
charged her cargo and sailed for a river
point.
The schooner Emma F. Angel. with
cargo of 291 tons of ice for the American
Ice Company arrived in port Saturday
evening in tow Of the tug VIM. II. 9erkes,
jr The Angel sailed from Bath August
10 She is docked at the 9th street wharf
The schooners Charles G. Endicott, with
1856 tons, and the Bertha Dean, with 1.172
tons of ice, both for the American COM
pany, came into port early this morning.
The Baltimore tug Favorite came into
port. Saturday with a loaded coal barge
from Philadelphia for dealers in George
| town. Later she sailed with two light
| barges in tow for Chesapeake City.
The schooner ]. S. Smith has sailed light
for a river port and will load wood or
lumber bac kto this port.
The schooner VIM: L. Franklin, with a
cargo of about $50 tons of hard coal, ar
| rived in port yesterday evening. She will
be taken to Georgetown to unload.
The big four-masted schooner Malcolm
| B. Seavey has been taken to Georgetown
| and will there load cargo Of about 2O0O
tons of Cumberland coal for New Eng
| land port.
The schooner Amelia Hearn sailed from
| Alexandria Saturday evening for the Sew
| ern river and will load back to this port.
| The Mary A. Shea is in port with cord
wood from the lower river for Carter &
| Clark.
The bugeye Kathleen. at Alexandria,
loaded cargo of flour for Colonial Beach
| and sailed.
The schooner Mary Travers is in port
with full cargo Of cord wood for the
local dealers.
Matters of General Interest.
The large steel plate, weighing nearly a
| ton, which Is to form the crown sheet for
| the boiler of the steamer Estelle Randall
has arrived here from Wilmington, Del,
| and will be taken to the wharf at once,
where it will be prepared for USE Boiler
| makers and machinists are on the boat CIV
| ing her machinery a thorough overhauling
| and getting her ready for her battle with
| the ice while carrying the mail this winter.
| She will be put off her route for about three
| weeks.
Several large cars laden with coal arrived
| at Shepherds landing of the Baltimore and
| Ohio railway Saturday and the coal was
transferred to barges in waiting and
brought up to this city.
| 1t is stated that the proprietors of the
| new Old Dominion glass works at the north
| end of Alexandria will shortly build q
| wharf in front of their plant The piling
Of the old coal wharves at the mouth of
the old Alexandria Georgetown canal will
| be utilized for the new wharf.
| Two Of the large sand-digging machines
| from this city are working in the swash
| channel on the Maryland side of the river
| below Alexandria, not far from Motley Hall.
| large scow is at Alexandria taking on a
| cargo of lumber and building material for
| Fort Washington.
The schooner Edith G. Folwell, now un-
| loading asphalt at Georgetown, will, when
| discharged, load coal at the Winship- Mere
| dith piers for New England port.
| The damaged rudder Of the steamer
| River Queen has been repaired without
her missing one Of her trips to Motley
| Hail.
The barge Roberts has been taken to
| Aqua creek to load large cargo of rail-
| way ties for Philadelphia.
Mr.. Andrew Cheshire. a well-known tug
| boat engineer, continues quite i'll at his
| home in Alexandria,
| The longboat Father and Son is at Cliff
ton Beach loading cord wood for Carter Il
| Clark here.
| The big four-masted schooner Augustus
| Welt, which ran ashore near Indian Head
Wednesday, was floated at high tide yes
! terday morning and brought up to this
| city by the tug Rescue. She was not at