Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
WHITE LIGHT REPLACED By RED
ONE AT sHERIDAN's POINT.
Trial Trip of New Tug-Fish and Oys-
ter Prices-GeneraI and
Personal.

ISTsoh~hs -.
The engineer officers in charge of Fort
Hunt have had a white light on the long
wharf at Sheridan Point the landing place
of the fort ever since the wharf was built.
The river and steamboat men complain
that it has been impossible to distinguish
this light from that of a vessel at anchor,
and as the wharf extends a considerable
distance into the river there have been, IL
is said, number Of narrow escapes from
collisions with it, in conquence Of light
draft vessels trying to go between the light
and the land. Thursday evening last the
officers in charge of the wharf replaced the
white light with red one, so that there is
now no trouble in distinguishing 1t, as 1t
is the only red light in the vicinity, the
nearest red light being the one in .ne Jones
Point light house, below Alexandria. This
light on Fort Hunt wharf is kept lighted by
the engineer officers at the post and is not
under the control of the light house board,
The trial trip of the new tug Dauntless
of the P Dougherty Company of Baltimore
was most satisfactory one in every par
ticuiar, and the boat will go into service
very shortly. The Dauntless is 103 feet
long, % feet wide and 10 feet deep. Her
engine Is of the fore-and-aft compound
type, with cylinders 10 and - inches, with
22-inch stroke.
Capt. s. D. Leitch is in command, with
Mr. G.. w. Blanknship in charge of the
engine room. Charles Glasmick Is second
engineer, B. Ford mate and Augustus Bal
ley steward.
Prices at the fish market, foot Of 18th
street, show but few changes today from
the quotations the early part of the week,
and were as follows: For large bluefsh,
cents per pound; small bluef1sh, 6 cents per
pound pan rock to 8 cents per pound;
medium rock, II cents per pound; boiling
rock, 1914 to Is cents per pound; butter
fish, cents per pound; black bass, I to 10
cents per pound; green pike, to 3 cents
per pound; sturgeon 10 cents per pound;
carp to cents per pound; gray trout, 8
cents per pound; jumping mullets, cents
per pound spot, cents per pound; salmon
trout, to cents per pound; river muilets,
10 to 30 cents per bunch; eels, 10 to % cents
per bunch; catfish, % to 30 cents per bunch,
and yellow perch, 10 to 40 cents per bunch.
The prices for oysters today are about
the same as those of yesterday, the small
oysters selling at 40 to 55c. per bushel,
while the larger brought 60 to roc. per
bushei The arrivals since yesterday are
the NJ. j. Stephenson and Ethel.
The Freight Handlers.
The tug Spray, towing two barges laden
with broken stone from Occoquan, has ar
rived in port.
The tug James O. Carter, with tow
of light barges, has sailed for lower
river point, where the. barges will load
The schooner Louie Il. SdTleT came nSllt
into port yesterday evening, with her main
sail badly torn and a portion of her fore
topmast head broken off in the recent heavy
gales. 30: -.
The tug Peerless, with light Standard
Oil Company barge in tow, sailed yesterday
for Baltimore
The large barge Chickahoniny has been
taken to Occoquan and will there load
railway ties for a northern port.
The Father and Son is lying in Malta
woman creek loading a cargo of cordwood
for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Hattie E. Giles has been
taken to the Alexandria shipyard, where
she will receive some minor repairs
The schooner White Cloud will complete
the unloading of her cargo of lumber this
evening.
The tug Camilla has arrived in port with
a tow of four oyster vessels from the lower
Potomac. -.-..
The schooner John w. Linnell, laden
with lumber from Pensacola, Fla, Is ex-
pected to arrive here early next week for
Johnson & WinSatt.
The Mayhower, at Alexandria, is loading
lumber at H. X. Field & Co.'S wharf for
the Aqua creek neighborhood.
The schooner J. w. Bell is at the wharf
of T. w. Riley loading cargo of fertilizer
for Norfolk.
OF General Interest.
1t Is stated that Mr.. George Denty Of
Fairfax county, Va, has placed a contract
with a firm in Occoquan for the building
of a new longboat, about eighty feet long,
for the lumber and wood carrying business
on the Potomac Twenty years ago there
were forty or more Of the longboat class
of vessels on the Potomac, now there are
but ten twelve.
When the freight steamer Occoquan
burnt at Woodbridge. Va. Thursday night
she had In tow a raft of piling for Carter
& Clark of this city. tugboat has been;
sent from this city to Woodbridge to tow
the raft here.
The barge Roberts, which was near Som
erset Beach wharf loading a cargo of rail-
way ties, was caught in the heavy gale
of Wednesday last and blown hard and fast
ashore on the Virginia side Of the river.
The extent of the damage done her is not
known.
The tug VIM H. Yerkes, jr., which has
just returned from an extended cruise on
the bay. Is being overhauled and Will leave
ii is understood this morning the mouth
Of the river on the lookout for vessels bound
here.
The naval tug Tecumseh with barge
on which was two six-inch guns and their
mounts, returned from the proving grounds
at Indian Head to the naval ordnance
foundry here
The steam yacht Diane, belonging to
General Crozier, the chief of ordnance of
the army, which was rebuilt here during
the past summer, is now at Sandy Hook,
but will be brought here shortly, and will
have Washington as her headquarters.
The new longboat recently built on Oc-
coquan bay for Mr.. Silas Denty, has been
named the Susan Brewer, and as
she is measured and registered the name
ill be placed on her stern and bow.
Captain Chap Posey Is in command of the
steamer Newport News, which left port for
the Newport News shipyard yesterday.
Colonel Charles j. Allen, United States
army chief Of engineers, was a passenger
on the steamer Estelle Randall to Fort
Hunt today. Colonel Allen is an in
spection trip. .,s------
Chief Engineer NJ. F. Flannery OF the
coast survey has been ordered to report to
the new steamer Bache as chief engineer.
SILVER ANNIVERSARY.