Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-29
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
CHANGE IN BUOY AT WRECK NEAR
ALEXANDRIA.
Changes Made Also at Points In Light
House Dfstrfct-Matters of
General Interest.

The red-and-black horizontally striped
buoy which has been marking the wreck
of the burned ferry steamer City Of Alex
andria, off Alexandria, indicated deep
water on both sides the buoy, when the
fact was the wreck lay in the channel
bank and deep water was to be found but
on one side, and The Star some time ago
called attention to this fact. A few days
ago a light house tender visited Alexandria
and took up the buoy and replaced it with
a red one indicating deep water on but
one side. This change will be of great
service to the masters of vessels unac-
quainted with the conditions there.
The following changes have been made
in the buoyage in the fifth light house dis
trict: Swan creek, Observation-Disclosures
buoy, No /, was changed from a spar to
a second-class can, for the summer season,
on May 10, 1901. Hampton Roads, Va
Mid-channel buoy (outer), SPAR found out
of position, was replaced in position May
p, 1901. Mid-channel buoy Gnner), a spar,
found out of position, was replaced in posi-
ton May %, 1901.
The United States fish commission launch
Blue Wing. which has been in service at
the Bryan's Point station during the
pressure cylinder head of her engine yes
terday evening. The accident damaged her
handsome little engine considerably, but
fortunately no one was hurt The cause
of the accident is not known, but is be-
lieved to have been occasioned by the con-
slant usage the engine has had during the
summer.
The Blue Wing was brought into port
yesterday evening in tow Of the fish COM
mission yacht Philarope 1t has been
locked at the Motley Hall wharf and will
be repaired at once.
The supply of fish at the wharf market
this morning was small, the Norfolk line
steamer having brought up about seventy
packages from the bay and sea fishing
Oh, OBJ fNIly oS,sI nhn,, vA,,fx.
barrels having come up on the river steam
ers About 200 shad and 100 herring have
been received by the dealers since yester-
day morning. Prices today were. for her
ring, % cents per 100; shad. So per
100; buck shad, $40 and So per 100; gray
trout. 81 to s. per barrel; croakers, 81 per
barrel: bluefiSh and sturgeon, Z cents per
pound each: salmon trout, cents per
pound: founders, cents per pound: rock
10 to Is cents per pound; white perch. 8 to
II cents per pound: catfish. eels yellow
perch and mullets, 10 to Is cents bunch.
The Moving Vessels.
The schooner Fannie, with a cargo of
lumber and building material from Smoot
& Co.. sailed yesterday from Alexandria for
The tug M. Mitchell Davis is in Chesa-
peake bay on the lookout for ice-laden YES
sells bound to this port.
The iron barge Centipede has arrived at
Alexandria from Norfolk with a cargo of
about 900 tons of fertilizing material for
Bryant & Co.
The steamer Occoquan Is in port with a
cargo of wharf pilng for the River View
wharf and wood for Carter & Clark.
The Weems line steamer Northumberland
sailed yesterday evening with a full cargo
Of groceries and stores for points on the
river and Baltimore.
The barges Violet, Thos. Cleaver and
Isaac Mclean are light and will be taken
to Norfolk.
The schooner VIM oliver. at Alexandria,
is discharging her cargo of hard coal into
cars for shipment south.
The tug Stella arrived in port yesterday