Evening star., 1901-10-30
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
TUG VIGILANT IN NEW AND HAND
SOME ATTIRE.
Painted and Grained and ScrupulOus-
ly Neat-Fish and Oyster Market
General News.

The tug vigilant, the representative of
the authority of the police department of
the District on the river, is now one of
the handsomest vessels in the harbor. Since
being rebuilt in the early summer the crew
of the boat under the direction of Harbor
Master Sutton, have painted and grained
her house to represent oak wood. Her huh
| is of a pure white and with her polished
| brass ratings and buff -colored stack she
presents a fine appearance she moves
about the harbor. Down in the engine
room Chief Jimmie Neale has his engine
well polished and with painted boiler and
floors the room looks neat enough for use
as a receptin parlor.
A large coal barge is on the big marine
railway at the Alexandria shipyard and
will be caulked and given thorough over
hauling before being put overheard. She
will thence be taken to one of the creeks
| along the lower Potomac to load poplar
wood for a northern market. Thousands
of cords of this wood from of the Potomac
is shipped north each season.
The tug George w. Pride, Capt. al. Fair
owner, has recently been given general
overhauling at Alexandria. New guards
have been put on her for nearly the entire
length of the boat on both sides and her
other wood work has been overhauled
Some repair work to her boiler was also
done to fit her for active service.
There was scarcity of fish from the 70
tomac river at the 11th street wharf mar
ket this morning, but the supply OF salt
water fish from the bay and sea fisheries
about Old Point and Virginia Beach was
large enough to meet all demands. Prices
were as follows: For black bass, 3 to II
cents per pound; sea bass, 8 cents per
pound; croakers, cents per pound; stur-
geon, 10 cents per pound; salmon trout,
to cents per pound; large trout, 3 TO
cents per pound; bluetish or tailors, 3 to u
cents per pound; pan rock, to cents per
pound; medium rock, cents per pound,
boiling rock, 1912 cents per pound; sheeps-
head, 9 to 10 cents per pound; white perch,
) to 1212 cents per pound, or % to 80 cents
per bunch; spot, $3 per barrel; gray trout,
$3.50 to 81 per barrel; carp, 10 to % cents
each; yellow perch, to 10 cents per bunch;
catfish 3 to 80 cents per bunch; eels, 15
cents to % cents per bunch, and mullets,
10 to 10 cents per bunch.
The oyster market today is somewhat
overstocked and many of the boatmen are
talking of returning to the lower river with
the oysters still aboard to replant them.
The demand continues light, and While the
oysters on sale are as fine as nave been
brought to this market, prices are low, the
small oysters selling at 40 to 80 cents per
bushel and the larger ones at 10 cents to
so cents per bushel. The arrivals since
yesterday are the Nettie May, E. z. S.
Dougherty and NJ. j. Stephenson.
The Passing Craft.
The steamer Lily and Howard, with a
SIIidll Cargo VI lioLl f1luid Sltch,
and two small oyster boats in tow, came
into port yesterday.
The schooner Sidney Jones has sailed for
lower river point and will load cord wood
for the dealers here.
The schooner J. p. Robinson, having
taken on a miscellaneous cargo at Alexan-
dria for the stores in Upper Machodoc
creek has sailed.
The tug Spray having in tow the barge
Cooper, laden with cord wood came into
port yesterday for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Rebecca Smith has arrived
at Alexandria with a cargo of Jackson
creek oysters for the dealers.
The schooner Lottie Carter has arrived
in port with cargo of cord wood from
NOmini for Carter & Clark.
The steamer Simmons, having completed
the unloading of her cargo of shingles here
and at Georgetown, sailed yesterday even
ing light for Williamson, N. c., and will
load for this port.
The Ida May has gone to the Aqua creek
neighborhood, and will load cord wood for
the dealers here.
The pungy Shining Light is at Alexan-
dria, loading a cargo of general stores for
the dealers along the river.
The schooner Russell has completed the
unloading Of her cargo Of lumber and
shingles and will sail today.
The steamer Occoquan, laden with a gen.
eral cargo from Occoquan, Va, arrived in
port yesterday evening.
The Martin Wagner has sailed for lower
d
ket here
The barge Calvert has completed the un-
loading of her cargo of lumber at the wharf
of Thos. r. Riley and is awaiting orders.
The schooner Leroy, which unloaded a
cargo of pine wood at Fort Washington, is
in port light and will load for river point.
The schooner VIM. L. Franklin is at the
Somerset Beach wharf loading a cargo of
| railway ties for Philadelphia
General News of interest
Reports from along the oyster dredging
grounds in the lower river state that oysters
have been so scarce this fall that the dredg-
ers have had very unsuccessful season,
and that many Of them have returned home,
tied up their boats and returned to farming
and other pursuits.
The United States revenue cutter Win
dom. which came into port Monday night,
sailed yesterday evening for an extended
cruise on Chesapeake bay and its tributa-
rieS.
One of the small sand and gravel digging
| machines of the Columbia Sand Dredging
Company, which has been at work below
Alexandria, was brought up and taken to
Georgetown yesterday by the tug Minerva
Among the passengers to arrive on the
steamer Estele Randall yesterday were
DR.. Frank T. Chamberlain and Mr. r. b.
Earnshaw, who have been on a short hunt
ing and fishing trip near Glymont, Charles
county, Md.
Yerkes and James o. Carter are all in
port, taking advantage of the temporary
lull in business the river to overhaul
and repair.
The building of new wharf in front of
the ice factory of the Mutual Ice Com
pany at Alexandria,, which was STONED
several months ago in consequence of the
sudden death of the contra ctor, will be re-
sumed in a few days and the work will be
| pushed to completion.