Evening star., 1901-12-25
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
BOARD WALKS BEING BUILT ABOUT
FORT wAsHINGTONIGROU
Fish Scarce, but Demand Light at
Eleventh Street WhRrf-Gen-
eral Port News.

Eleventh Street Whnrf-Gen-
eral Port News.
Major Bickham, thes constructing quar-
termaster in charge Of thu improvements
at Fort Washington, Is nav preparing to
lay board walks about the post grounds,
the lumber for whichIis daily being con-
veyed to the fort by the river steamers.
About $4,000 feet of lumber will be used in
the walks, 5000 feet 4of which consist OF
boards about three feet long, the width
of the walks. The work of laying the
walks will be done by Messrs. Hatton &
Parker, the contractors, and will be begun
in few days. 1t Is expected the entire
length of the walks will be completed by
the early spring.
While the receipts of fish, both from the
river and from the bay and sea fishing
shores, have been quite small since yes
terday, the demand has also been light,
and no changes Of consequence in quota
tions are to be noted. This morning white
perch sold at to 10 cents per pound;
jumping mullets, 8 to cents per pound;
boiling rock, 20 to 30 cents per pound;
medium rock, Is to II cents per pound;
pan rock, 10 to IL cents per pound; black
bass, to 10 cents per pound; salmon
trout, s cents per pound; green pike, to
10 cents per pound; small drum, cents
per pound; winter shad, 81 to $3.50 per
hundred; yellow perch, 10 to 80 cents per
bunch; catfish, Is to 40 cents per bunch;
cells, Is to % cents per bunch. and river
mullets, 10 to 35 cents per bunch
The game market at the 18th street
wharf today is rather dull. the demand
being very light at the following prices:
For white-back ducks So to $3.50 per pair;
red heads, S2 to $3.50 per pair; mallard, 81
per pair; black heads, 80 cents per pair;
dippers, 40 to 90 cents per pair; wild tur-
keys, to II cents per pound; wild geese,
5o to 70 cents EACH swan, 81 to $1.oO each,
and quail, 81 to $3.50 per dozen. Rabbits
sold at 1S to 20 cents each this morning,
and coonS and squirrels brought good
prices.
But two boats with oysters aboard were
lying at the 18th street oyster wharf this
morning, and there is but little prospect
of any of the fleet now down the river
reaching here before the latter part of the
week. The demand was light, and the
warmer weather has made a slight de-
crease in prices, the bivalves selling today
at from 90 cents per bushel for the smaller
grades to 80 cents per bushel for the bet
ter stock The only arrival at the wharf
since yesterday morning Is the bugeye r.
H. Stuart, with about 400 bushels of Cur
riomen oysters.
Boats Here and There.
Lie luISe-uldSteu DuSeye beuldn Ldnu
has arrived at Alexandria in tow of the
tug Camella, with cargo of glass-making
sand from the Severn river, Md, for the
Old Dominion glass works. She will unload
at the wharf of VIM. A. Smoot & Co.
The Gilmon Dove is laid up at the wharf
of Carter G. Clark, foot of 10th street, until
the ice runs off.
The tug VIM. H. Yerkes came into port
yesterday evening with a. tow of several
lumber and oyster-laden vessels.
The Maggie and Elizabeth has completed
the unloading of her cargo and will sail
for the lower river to reload.
The tWo-maSted schooner Sidonia Curley,
with a cargo of about 100000 feet Of Vir
gina pine boards from the Rappahannock
H. l.. Biscoe.
The Kate Muller is In port light and is
awaiting an opportunity to go to river
point for a cargo of cord wood.
The Zephyr having unioaded her cargo
Of oysters will leave in the first tow down
for river point to load back to this city.
The schooner VIM. Marshall Is in port
with a cargo of laths from a Nova Scotia
point for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The small three-masted schooner Sarah
S. Tyler, laden with about 100000 feet Of
lumber from the James river, has arrived
in port for II. L. Biscoe.
The pungy James Beach has completed
unloading a cargo at Alexandria and as
soon as the ice will permit will return to
the lower river for load back to this city.
The longboat Kate Vickery Is at the
wharf of Carter & Clark unloading cargo
of cord wood.
The two-masted schooner E. M. Skinner,
with q full cargo Of pine lumber, arrived in
port yesterday evening and will unload at
the wharf Of T. R. Riley.
General Port News.
The southerly winds and strong flood
tides of Monday and yesterday drove the
ioa
Hall and Fort Washington. AT the first
named wharf the fee is piled up five and
six feet high and in all shapes
The ducks which during the day feed
about the river on the Virginia side oppo-
site the Buena Vista wharf have feeding
ground about the headwaters of the Patux-
ent river, Md, and every evening they may
be seen leaving the river here and flying in
large flocks above the Maryland hills.
The large naval tugs Triton and Tecum-
sch are making daily trips through the ice
from the navy yard here to Indian Head,
laden, is generally in tow of the tugs.
The warmer weather and fog of yester-
day morning has greatly softened the Ice,
and now the steamers have but little trou-
ing and departing on schedule time.
The steamer Westmoreland left here yes
terday evening on her last trip Of the sea-
son between this city, Baltimore and the
river.
The Alexandria and Washington ferry
line steamer Belle Haven, which has been
withdrawn from the route for the past
three days in consequence of the Ice, re-
sumed her trips this morning. There are
two steamers on the route.
Several cars laden with coal for this
city arrived at Shepherds landing yester-
day and were transferred to barges and
brought into port.
A large scow belonging to Capt. Taylor
is at the boat yard of Cumberland & Son.
foot Of 9th street southwest, and will be
overhauled and rebuilt for the spring trade
on the river. The scow will be redecked
and much other work is to be done.
The new seventyfoot bugeye is being
built at Winan's Cove, Nd, for service on
Chesapeake bay and its tributaries. The
new boat will be named the Sophie A.
Dunn.
The Baltimore barkentine Doris is at
Port Tampa, Fla, loading cargo of phos-
phate rock for Alexandria.
The steamer Harry Randall which came