Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-23
ALONG THE''d RIVER FRONT
PREPARING TO- DEEPEN THE 20.
roMAC AT MARYLAND POINT.
Large supply qfyFi.h Since Storm
Ceased -egenerai Pez+
Intelligence.

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] fleet, has been employed for the past two
weeks by the United. States engineers, In
| running the lines OFF Maryland Point, on
which the river deepening dredges will
| work. The dredge. rnow at work in the
| Mattawoman flats is finishing up it's work
! and as soon as 1t is completed, which will
| be within few weeks. 1t will be taken to
the shoals about Maryland Point to deepen
| the river channel -here to twenty-four feet
| 1t is not thought the work of dredging the
channel through the Kettle Bottoms will
be begun until some time in 1902 and year
| or more will be required to complete the
| work.
| The tug VIM: H. Yerkes. IT.. is at the
wharf Of Fosburg & Murray foot of
| 9Th street, having some new repairs made
| to her pumps. AS soon as completed she
| will sail for the capes to bring ice laden
vessels into port. 1t Is expected she will
| leave port this morning. The tugs NJ NJ.
| Davis and Camilla are now at the capes
| on the lookout for vessels bound to this
| port or Baltimore.
The raising of the two-masted schooner
| John A. H. Dixon was accomplished with
| but little trouble. On low water she was
| pumped dry and as the tide came up 1t
lifted her from her bed in the mud. She
was not damaged though much Of her fur
niture was ruined.
Jehu Council of the Independent Order
! of Rechabites gave an excursion on the
steamer Harry Randall last night. About
| 100 of the members of the order and their
friends made the trip and spent an en-
! joyable evening. The steamer sailed as far
down the river as Indian Head and re-
! turned, reaching home about II o'clock.
Fish supply Larger.
The supply of fish Of all varieties on
sale at the 18th street wharf fish market
this morning was larger than it has been
for several days, the fishermen having all
returned to work again after the storm Of
| last week. The market this morning was
fair and prices remain at yesterdays fig
ures. Gray trout this morning sold at 81
to S. per barrel; butterfish, 81 to S5 per
BARREL croaker, 81 per barrel; blues, 3 to
cents per pound: weakfsh. to 3 cents
per pound; rock. pan, to 8 cents per
pound; rock, boiling, IL to Is cents per
pound; white perch, to 10 cents Ter
pound; sturgeon. 10 cents per pound: sea-
bass, cents per pound; catfish. 10 to %
cents per bunch; cells and yellow perch.
10 to % cents per bunch; porgies. Is to 20
cents each; drum, % cents each. and carp,
10 to 10 cents each. Hard crabs sold this
| morning at IS cents to $3.50 per barrel,
according to size.
The two-masted schooner Carrie has ar
! rived with a cargo OF lumber from the
Rappahannock for T. w. Smith, on the
Eastern branch.
The Isaac Solomon has sailed for the
lower river with small cargo Of lumber
and shingles. III. .
The schooner IT, NJ. Haynes has been
taken to Georgetown to complete the dis
charging of her cargo of ice.
I The tug D. NJ. Key today took the
schooner Carrie Il. to/Georgetown 10 I'M
load cargo of wood for the dealers there.
Z, The rebuilding IF the longsoat uriah
pushed, but it win be II week or ten days
before she is put overheard.
The little sloope' Mary Esther. hailing
from FeedsvIIe, On the Rappahannock
rtx iv,tN yarr 49, aa&D
She has been lying at Alexandria for sew
eral days with pleasure party aboard.
The schooner H., H. Brayton, with
cargo Of 1916 tons Of ice for the American
Ice Company sailed from the kennebec
river for this port July 12. She is eX-
pected to arrive here within the next two
or three days. ai IL.
The barge Chesapeake, with a cargo Of
fertiliZing material from Philadelphia. ar
rived at Alexandria Yesterday for VIM. A.
The schooner Jerome. with cargo OF
lumber from the Rappahannock, is in port
consigned to Baltimore parties.
Cnrgoes Coming and Going.
The two-masted schooner VIM. H. Jellico,
! with a cargo of about 60OOO feet of Vir-
.ginia pine lumber. arrived in port yester-
day evening for II. L. Biscoe.
The schooner Salisbury has sailed light
for the lower river, having disposed of
portion Of her cargo OF fruit baskets.
The schooner VIM Donnell will COM
plete the unloading of her cargo of plas-
ter at Alexandria this evening tomorrow
morning.
The schooner A II. Travers has loaded
cargo Of lumber and shingles at Johnson
q W1msatts, and will sail for Havre de
Grace, Md.
The steamer Arrowsmth sailed for the
lower river landings yesterday evening.
with fair freight and a large passenger
list.
Mo ho,- l.
Washington and will unload her cargo at
the wharf OF Stephenson Bro, foot Of NJ
street
The little schooner Thos ]. Seward, which
mas been lying off Alexandria for several
days with a party aboard. sailed yesterday
Tor her home on the eastern shore.
The bugeye Silver Star at Alexandria,
will load grain there for the Georgetown
mills.
The schooner VIM. Marshall. having fin
1shed the discharging of her load Of laths
at the wharf Of T. R. Riley, will sail today
for Richmond.
The ram Edwin & Maud is laden with
fert1iizing material for Bryant, at Alex
andria.
Baltimore tug, with a tow of laden coal
barges from Perryville, Md, came into port
yesterday. One barge was locked at Alex
andria and the remainder Of the tow
brought here.
virginia Ties for New England.
MT ). w. Grigg of Georgetown Is loading
the schooner Scrivener, at Alexandria, with
railway ties for Boston. The ties are being
brought to Alexanlris. by rail from the
lower river counties of Virginia and are
loaded direct from the cars to the schooner.
II Is stated that in consequence Of the
PAD condition Of several Of the wharves on
the lower river the steamboat managers
ing at them.
Broken stone from the granite crushers
near Occoquan, Va, Is daily received at
here
me tug Spray came into port yesterday
with two stone-laden barges in tow. They
street. ~
The rebuilding of -Masseys wharf in
steamer Kent is making regular trips ia into nae
Machlnists worked upon the broken
engine Of the steamkf EsteIIe Randall until
nearly M aaa " daylight TITS Horning before the
damage was repaffed aand the engine was
In condition to run. fife steamer resumed
ner place upon the Glymont mail route
this morning n1C Il;
capt. Matthews .of the schooner J. Man.