Evening star., 1901-11-16
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
LAMP AT FORT WASHINGTON LIGHT
STATION ELEVATED.
Had Been Obscured by Construction
of a Boat HOuse-General
Port News.

For some time past rivermen have been
complaining that since the boat house for
the steam launch Col. Hamilton has been
erected on the south side of the wharf at
Fort Washington the lamp In the light sta
tion on the wharf has been hidden from
the view of vessels coming up the river.
The lighthouse authorities have determined
to raise the light higher and 1t Will De
placed on top of fog bell tower on the
wharf about thirty feet in height. The
work Of transferring the 1ense will be be-
gun by the officials of the lighthouse
steamer Jessamine in about ten days. The
Jessamine was at Fort Washington Thurs
day last making the preliminary measure
ments.
The demand for fish of all kinds was ex-
cellent at the 11th street wharf this morn
ing and the supply was good. Black bass
were quite plentiful and sold readily. Prices
were as follows: For gray trout, s. to W
per box; spot. S. per box; jumping mullets,
$2O to n per box; salmon trout, &c. to &C.
per pound; bluefsh tailors, &c. to &c. per
pound; pan rock, Z to &c. per pound; me-
dunn rock, 8 to 10c. per pound boiling rock,
123 to 15c. per pound; white perch. to &c.
per pound butterfish, &C. per pound; black
pass, &C. to 1oc. per pound; green PIKE,
&C. to sc. per pound; sturgeon, 10c
per pound; yellow perch, 10 to 25c. per
bunch: catfish, 25 to SOC. per bunch; -eelS,
10 to 2oc. per bunch; river mullets 10 to 2oc.
per bunch, and carp, 10 to 25c each.
The oyster market at the 11th street
wharf was fairly brisk this morning,
though the sales were not as large as was
expected; about 1000 bushels are In hand,
aboard ten or twelve vessels, and prices are
ABOUT the same as, they We're yesterday,
the small oysters selling at 80 to Coo. per
bushel and the more select stock selling at
20 to soc. per bushel.
Several barges were loaded with coal
from the Baltimore and Ohio railway cars
at Shepherds, opposite Alexandria, yester-
day and We're brought to this city to sup
ply the dealers here.
SchOOners, Tugs and Other Craft.
The two-masted schooner James B. An
derson has arrived in port with a cargo
Of about 100000 feet of Virginia pine lum-
Der from the James river for H. l.. Biscoe.
The Kate Muller has gone to the lower
river and will load a cargo Of cord wood
for Carter & Clark
The schooner Annie Ellen is at the wharf
of Thomas R. Riley, foot of o street south
west, unloading her cargo of pine boards.
The Leroy is in Mattawoman creek load
ing cargo of cord wood for the dealers
here.
The schooner Rebecca Smith will today
complete the unloading Of her cargo at
Alexandria and will sail for Jackson creek.
The steamer Dennis Simmons has finished
unloading her cargo of lumber here and
Will sail this evening for Williamson, N. G.
lie PuIlSy oHlIilnS Light mas gone TO d
lower river point and will load a cargo for
this city.
The barge Villanova is lying light at the
wharf of Johnson Bros, waiting tug to
take her away.
The schooner Curley has sailed for the
James river and will load lumber there for
this port.
The Isaac Solomon. which has been storm
bound off Collingwood Beach, has sailed
for the Aqua creek neighborhood to load.
The small three-masted schooner Sarah
s. Tyler has completed the discharging OF
her cargo of lumber at Riley's wharf and
is loading a cargo of fertilizer at the 11th
street wharf. s.a
The W. H. H. Bixler has sailed for the
lower river and will load for the dealers
here.
The schooner Ettai has arrived in port
with q cargo Of oysters for the local mar
ket
The tug Stella has arrived In. port with a
tow of coal-laden barges from Perryville,
Nd.
The James Beach has sailed for the oys-
ter beds in the mouth of the Potomac for q
cargo of oysters.
OF General Interest.
The lighthouse engineers steamer Jessa-
mine, which has been in port for the past
two or three days, sailed this evening for
a cruise Of about two weeks on an inspec-
ton tour among the light stations on Ches-
apeake bay. At the conclusion Of her
cruise she will return to this port
The long buoy which marks the forks of
the channel off the southeast corner of the
Potomac Park has been run into by a
passing vessel within the past two or three
days, and has been broken Off The spar
stood about ten feet above the surface of
the water, but now only a stump, about
two feet long, is showing.
So low was the water in the river yester-
day that the flats on both sides of the
channel between here and Alexandria were
dry and Were covered with crows and other
birds feasting on the fish and river moss
left bare by the low water. In consequence
OF the low water the steamer Wakefield
was unable to make a number of her creek
landings on her last trip.
The new steamer building at Philadelphia
for the Potomac river route of the Weems
line, will be launched November 27, and
will be named the Calvert She will be
ready for service about the first of the
year. The Potomac, now on the river
route, will be, it is understood, transferred
to the Rappahannock river.
Captain Thomas Taylor, master Of the
schooner Patrick McCabe, reported on his
arrival at Baltimore a day or two ago
that while coming up the bay in a heavy
gale, one of his crew, a Pole, fell overheard
and was drowned The mans name is I'M
known.
Captain Sidney L. Hupper, master of the
schooner William J. Lermond, is to take
command of the four-masted schooner
Miles M. Merry, now building at Maine
shipyard.
The schooner Eta. which is in port with
a cargo of oysters, lost her foremast head
during the heavy blow of a day or two
ago.
The sand scow of Mr.. Louis Smoot, which
was hauled out on the marine railway at
Alexandria for caulking and overhauling,
has been completed and launched.
The new steam launch of Mr.. Charles
Greenwood is at Townshends boat house,
at the foot Of 7th street, having a canopy
erected over it.
One of the large scows used by the
dredge engaged In deepening the water over
the Smiths Point shoals, was blown ashore
a night or two ago. 1t was later f1oated
and was found to be unharmed
A small schooner, name unknown. is re-
ported hard and fast ashore on the fats
below Fort Foote, Md.
"TechnfcAf High School,,
To the Editor Of The Anening Star:
One Of my boys is aspupn in what is now
called 1.-THE Manual Trimming School" He
gives two hours b. week to manual labor
training and all the rest of his school
hours to other studies, chiefly technical.
rxs,, ii t{cs salx~,