Evening star., 1901-11-19
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
LARGE MORTARs LANDED AT FORT
WASHINGTON WHARF.
LongbOat Thomas X. Carroll Goes
Ashore and Sinks General
News of the Port.

The eight large mortars. part of the new
equipment of the Fort Washington mortar
batteries, were brought to the fort wharf
yesterday evening on two barges, In tow
of the tug Mohler. The heavy guns will
be taken from the barges at once and Will
be transported to the batteries in the rear
of the fort and placed in position for ser
vice. The new batteries are said so to COM
mand our river that a shell can be drop
ped within few feet at any time OF a
given spot Each of the new mortars will
weigh several tons. and the moving of them
from the wharf up the steep hill on which
the fort is located Is a difficult undertaking.
The longboat which ran ashore on Craney
Island bar near Glymont, Md, heretofore
referred to in The Star. is the Thomas x.
Carroll, owned by Messrs. Carter q clark
of this city. When the accident occurred
the Carroll was on her way 10 .n,s u.s. eiey ~
with a cargo of cordwood, and the gaze OF
the latter part of last week Diew neI
ashore. Rolling and pounding on the haro
sand and gravel of the bar caused the YES.
sells seams to open and she Is now tuli ol
water The steamer OccOQuan was along
side the Carroll today taking on her cargo
of cordwood. The sunken vessei VIII De
pumped out and raised and Drought 10 this
city for general repairs.
The catch of river fish has been quite
large the past four or five days and the
dealers here have been receiving large snip
ments by the river boats Prices at Ine
market foot of 11th street, today are: fof
gray trout IS to 81 per barrel; spot % per
box: jumping mullets, $50 to 81 per Dox;
salmon trout, 7 cents per pound; Dluensh VI
tailors, 5 to cents per pouno' pan ROCK
to cents per pound: medium rock 70
10 cents per pound; boiling rock, 121a TO 10
cents per pound; butter fish, cents per
pound; black bass. to 10 cents per pouno;
green pike, to cents per pound; sturo
geon, 10 cents per pound; yellow Percn' ~
to p cents per bunch; catfish, 70 TO oo
cents per bunch: eels, 15 to 23 cents per
bunch; river mullets, 10 to 80 cents per
bunch, and carp, 10 to 25 cents each
The demand for oysters at the 1lth street
wharf market this morning was good and
the supply on hand was large enough to
meet all demands, the river vessels IN port
having aboard about 2IO0 bushels OF oys-
ters. Prices are about the same as yester-
day, the smaller oysters selling at 90 to tn
cents per bushel, while the larger ones
brought from 70 to S5 cents per bushel.
Since yesterday the arrivals have been the
Fair American, Fannie Shepherd and Hia-
watha
In Port and Out.
The barge Mary 8. Brady Is in port with
a cargo Of hard coal for the dealers. :.
The schooner Mary Francis has arrived
in port with a cargo Of about 25,OO0 feet Of
Virginia pine lumber from Aqua creek for
Johnson & Wimsatt.
The Raymond Oliver loaded a small cargo
Of coal at Alexandria yesterday and sailed
for the lower Potomac
The Silver Star is at Marshall Hall load
ing a cargo OF cord wood for the dealers
here.
The E. p Evans has gone to the lower
Potomac and will load a cargo for this port.
The NJ. j. Stephenson, having unloaded
her cargo Of oysters, has returned to the
Blackstone Island neighborhood and will
reload.
The large barge ChickahomIny, with a
cargo of about 800 tons Of plaster in bags,
has arrived in port for the Keystone Plaster
The sloop Glimmer is in port with cargo
of potatoes and apples from upper Ma
chodoc creek.
The fattie Stewart has returned to the
lower river for a cargo.
The schooner Belmont is in port with a
cargo of pine wood from the lower Poto-
mac for Carter & Clark.
The barge John 1. Mclean Is at the
wharf Of Herbert Bryant & Co.. at Alex
andria, unloading cargo of fertilizer ma
terials from Norfolk.
The barges Sharon Hill and NJ. r. Dom
aldson have arrived at Georgetown with
cargoes of hard coal from Perryville, Md
The Ruth and Ella has gone to lower
river landing for cargo for the dealers
here.
andria with a cargo of hard coal for Cur
ricomen bay. ---,-..,
The Baltimore tug Volunteer has ar
rived in port with a tow of six barges
from Perryville, Md, and from Philadel-
phia.
The Ella Hill has sailed from Alexandria
for the oyster beds in the mouth Of the
Potomac. and will load cargo of oysters.
OF General Interest.
The red buoy which marks the left side
of the channel going into the wharf at
Lower Cedar Point, Md, has, it Is reported,
broken loose from its moorings and floated
off down the river. The buoy marks a
dangerous sand bar, and it's absence will
at once be brought to the attention of the
light house authorities Of the fifth dis
trict.
The officers of the steamer Estene Ran
dali report having seen yesterday off
Gunston bay. flock of ducks which num-
bered five or six hundred. The water
was black with them for some distance.
Several f1ocks Of ducks have also been
seen on the river between this city and
Alexandria in the past day or two.
The river steamers are now bringing up
large quantities Of live turkeys and chick
ems to this market. Eggs are very scarce
and but few are being received.
The engine of the steamer Kent Is to be
overhauled and rebuilt by Engineer VIM. A.
Moore during the coming winter
The steamer Estelle Randall yesterday
carried shipment Of sixty barrels of flour
to the commissary at Fort Washington for
Partridges are reported to be particularly
plentiful through the northern neck of Vir-
ginia along the Potomac and Rappahan-
mock rivers.
During quarrel reported to have taken
place in the store Of c. A. Berry, on Upper
Machodoc creek. Sunday night last, Rich
ard Grymes, colored, was shot by an oys-
terman whose name Is not known and who
Is said to have escaped arrest.
Capt. AL Richards is acting as first officer
OF the steamer Harry Randall during the
absence of Capt. Bailey Reed.
Mr.. Talbot o. Pulizzi of this city has
been appointed captains clerk on the Goa st
survey steamer photographer at Balti-
more.
Mr.. c. L. Green has been assigned to the
coast survey steamer Bache as executive
officer. Mr.. A. L. Webb, formerly of the
Hydrographer, will be captains clerk of
the Bache. Va
Capt. VIM. Davis, well-known river
man, who has been a member of the Alex-
andria police force for the past two wears.
has resigned and will take command of a
river craft. - "
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