Evening star., 1901-11-25
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
rnor. LANGEY,s HoUsEBoAT ASHORE
NEAR sTIFrs WHARF.
Tug James o. Carter Chartered to
Float the Crast-Fish and Oys-
ters-General News.


|. The small houseboat used by Professor
Samuel Langley of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition in his flying machine experiments
down the river isAhtg1 and dry ashore on
the Virginia side of the Potomac, not far
from Stiffs wharf, and the tug James O..
Carter of this city has been engaged to go
to Stiff's and float the boat whenever the
tides are high enough to warrant the at
tempt. The house boat was blown ashore
in one of the gales about two weeks ago,
and is not believed to be seriously injured.
The reports brought to this city, when the
boat first went ashore. stated that it had
been pulled of by tug and taken into a
harbor, but later this was found to be
untrue.
The United States light house engineers
steamer Jessamine has completed her work
of altering the light in the station on Fort
Washington wharf and will today sail for
the Lower Cedar Point light, where some
repair work is to be done. At Fort Wash
ington the old light, which was so low as
to be hidden by new boat house from the
vessels coming up the river, has been left
undisturbed, but a new lamp has been
placed on the fog-bell tower, about twenty
feet in the air. This can be seen without
trouble by vessels approaching In either
direction. The Jessamne will return to
Baltimore when she completes her work
at Lower Cedar Point.
Business was rather dull at the 11th
street fish wharf this morning, and while
the supply of fish on hand was not large,
1t was ample to meet all demands. Prices
this morning were as follows: For gray
trout, S5 to Sc per barrel; drum, 81 per
barrel; spot, 50 to s5 per box; jumping
mullets, 81 80 to 81 per box; salmon trout,
&C. to &c. per pound; bluefish and tailors,
&c. to SC. per pound; pan rock, &c. 10 Joe.
per pound; medium rock, 10c. per pound ;,
boiling rock, 121sc. to 15c. per pound; but
G-lx - i. + IL 1,,,1 To
to 10c per pound; green pike, DC. to Sc.
per pound; sturgeon, 10c. per pound; carp,
&c. to &c. per pound yellow perch. 1cc. to
25c. per bunch; catfish. 25c. to soc. per
bunch; eels, 15c. to 25c. per bunch, and
river mullets, 10c. to zoe. per bunch.
The supply of oysters at the 18th street
wharf has been largely increased since Sat
urday by the arrival of a large fleet of oys-
ter-laden boats, and today the stock on
hand is in excess of the demand, though
the market is fair. Prices are somewhat
lower than last week. the small oysters
selling at 40c. to 60c. per bushel, while the
larger ones are bringing 75c. to soc. per
bushel. The recent arrivals at the wharf
are the z. p. Evans, the Eta, Martin Wag
ner. Emmet Arthur, R. H. Stuart and the
Addie.
Schooners, Tugs and Other Craft.
The schooner Grace S. Burnett, from this
port, has arrived at Newbern, n. c., and
will load lumber.
The little three-masted schooner Hattie
E. Giles has arrived at Alexandria, with a
cargo of COAL said to be for VIM. A. Smoot
& Co. She was anchored in the stream Oft
Alexandria last night and will be dockea
today.
The longboat Mayflower loaded with a
cargo of cord wood from Occoquan, has
arrived here for Carter Clark.
The Fannie came into port yesterday
evening with a cargo of river sand from
Greenway, for the dealers in Georgetown.
The steamer Occoquan laden with a gem
eral cargo of supplies, from Alexandria, has
sailed for Occoquan bay.
The Five Sisters is in port with a cargo
of lumber, from a Potomac lumber point,
for the dealers here.
The Isaac Solomon and Clara S. Leonard
arrived in port Saturday evening with
cargoes of cord wood for the local market
The tug Spray. towing scow laden with
broken stone from the quarries at Occo-
quan, has arrived here.
The Ida May, having completed the un
loading of her cargo has gone to the lower
river to reload.
The pungy Ella Hill, has arrived at Alex
andria with cargo of oysters.
The steamer Dennis Simmons IS in port
unloading a large cargo of shingles and
lumber from Williamson, n. c., for the
dealers here and at Alexandria. She is
now at Alexandria unloading.
The E. r. S. Dougherty has sailed for
lower river point and will load a cargo for
this city.
The barge Cooper and the Silver Star are
in port with a cargo of pine wood from a
river point for the local dealers.
The Shining Light is at Reardon's 5 wharf,
Alexandria, with cargo of Potomac oys-
ters for the dealers.
The Peri has come into port with a load
of Virginia pine lumber from Aqua creek
for Johnson Wimsatt
OF General Interest.
The United States army engineers ma
chine, for removal of distractions, returned
to port Saturday evening having completed
her Investigations of the rocks in the chan
mel bottom off Mattawoman creek. She
will go to the Kettle Bottoms later.
The Randall line steamer Wakefield is to
be equipped, within the next month or six
weeks. with electric lights and will be pro-
vided with powerful search light for
night work on the river during the COM
ing winter. About 200 incandescent lights
will be placed on the steamer in her state
rooms and saloon and in her freight room
and social hall on the main deck Plans
for the placing of the plant aboard the
steamer are now being prepared.
The tug d. NJ. Key, Saturday evening
last, took a part of the fleet Of the Capital
Yacht Club from the summer anchorage
southwest, to their winter berth in the
basin near the bathing beath. Nine boats
were transferred by the Key, and three
power launches went under their own
steam. The other boats of the fleet will
go into winter quarters later.
Complaint is made by the local steam
boat men that the naval reserve yacht
Oneida. when on the river after dark, does
not show the proper signal lights. The
officers Of the steamer Columbia, of the
ferry line. allege that she was out last
evening with no red light showing as is
required by the navigation laws.
The schooner John Maginnis has been
chartered to go to the Severn river to load
a cargo of glass making sand for one of
the Alexandria bottle-making plants.
The new steamer Calvert, built In Phila-
delphia for the Potomac river route of the
Weems line, was launched at noon Satur-
day. The new steamer is 100 feet long. "A
feet wide II feet 6 inches deem and is