Evening star., 1901-05-30
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NEW ENGINE FOR HARBOR BOAT
DELAYED BY STRIKE.
Receipt. of Fish ind the Prevailing
Prices-The Freight Handlers-
General and Personal.

The old engine of the harbor police boat
Eigilant has been taken out and the engine
room prepared for the reception of the
larger and more powerful engine now being
built for her. Mr.. Alton Moore Of Alexan-
dria the contractor for the new engine.
states that in consequence of a strike in
the Boston shops. where the new machin-
cry is being built, it Will be three weeks
or a month before the engine is completed
and ready to he erected With the new
machinery ii Is expected that the Vigflant
will develop nearly twice the speed she
had with her old engine. The launch Allie
Moore will remain in the harbor police
service until the Nigilant goes into COM
mission again
The receipts of fish by the dealers at the
nth street wharf this morning were fairly
heavy Prices ranged as follows: Roe
siad. $50 to so per hundred: buck shad -
To- 81 per hundred: white perch, &c. to 12c.
per pound: pan rock, l"c. per pound; boil
ing rock. 12l2c. 10 lJc. per pound founders,
ID per pound: salmon trout, sc. to DC. per
pound: blue fish. 7c per pound; sturgeon,
a.. to Sc per pound: gray trout s. to s.
per barrel: croahers. s. per barrel: cat
fish and eels, Toe. To 1|c. per bunch, and
yellow perch and mullets 1Vc per bunch.
Coming and Going.
The schooner c. J. Thompson has sailed
dria wiki corgo of lumber and building
material for Colonial Beach.
The Annie Bell has arrived with cargoes
of cord wood from the river for Carter &
Clark.
The steamer Lily and Howard will COM
pI-t- the diSchdrging of her cargo this af-
t-rnOou or tomorrow. and will load gen
rrsl cargo at Alexandria for Aqua creek
points
The Seabird at AIexa ntIria will take on a
cargo of building material at Alexandria
and Will sail.
The schooner Grace q. Bennett has sailed
for Newbern, y. c., for this port with a
cargo of lumber for Johnson & Wimsatt
The barge Laura V. Graves is i'll port
with full cargo of hard coal from Perry
VILE. Md. for the local dealers. She is
lying at the wharf OF Forsberg K Murray.
The schooner ]. p. Robinson is in port
with a fun cargo of cord wood for Carter
x Clark
The bugeye Eleanor Russell is at Alexan-
dra loading a miscellaneous cargo for a
lower river point.
port with a cargo of railway ties from the
OccpqUan neighbOrhood. She will unload
I'm the Eastern branch.
The schooner Mary V. Duncan has ar
rived in port with a cargo of Virginia pine
lumber
The three-masted bugeye Beulah Land is at
Ehapmans fishing shore near Glymont
loading a cargo of salted herring in barrels
load lumber on the James river.
The SOOp st. Charles sailed Yesterday
evening for ChiCamuXen creek to take part
in the yacht club races there today and to-
morrow.
The tug Stella has sailed with oil barge
N" Il and the light barge Violet for Balti-
more.
The steamer r. James Tull is at Geor-e-
town unloading cargo OF lumber for John
son & Wimsatt
The Ada Ballinger is in port with a cargo
of fish in barrels from Monkeys Point for
Capt. Lee Heron.
The Peri arrived in port last night with
part cargo Of wood and with lumber from
Apula creek for Johnson 4 Wimsatt
OF General Interest
The United States naval tug Tecumseh
brought barge. on which was a heavy
gun. up from the Indian Head proving
grounds yesterday evening.
The pupils OF the Kendall Green Institu-
tion FOR the deaf and dumb will have their
annual outing at River View tomorrow
About COO persons. who are interested in
property at Colonial Beach went to the
Beach today on the steamer T. V. Arrow
smith.
The barge, laden with soft coal still lies
sunk off the end Of the Shepherd land