Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-13
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
OMISSION FROM BILL AUTHORIZING
LIGHT HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.
Congress Fails to Make Necessary APP
prOpriation-QuiclS Trip From
Jacksonville,

Much disappointment is expressed by
rivermen over the omission of an appro-
priation from the bill passed by Congress
to authorize construction Of light house
at Point No Point In Chesapeake bay. The
bill authorizing the erection Of the light
house passed both houses of the last Con-
gress, but by some oversight no money to
meet the expense was provided. 1t will be
again brought up, it is said at the next
session of Congress.
The schooner James Judge, with a cargo
of $4,000 feet of pine lumber from jack
sonville, Fla, consigned to Messrs. john
son & Wimsatt, arrived in port early this
morning, in tow of the tug E. V. McCauley
of Norfolk. The trip Of the Judge from
Jacksonville to the capes of Virginia,
where she was picked up by the tug, was
made in seventy-f1ve hours, and is one OF
the quickest on record.
The oyster market at the 18th street
wharf was somewhat more brisk this morn
ing than it has been for several days past,
but no change of consequence is to be
sells were lying at the wharf but their
cargoes in all did not amount to over 1,o00
bushels. Prices today range from 40 to w
cents per bushel, according to the size and
quality of the oyster wanted.
The supply Of fish at the, 18th street
wharf fish houses today was plentiful, but
the varieties were few Yesterday the
river boats brought up about twenty-seven
barrels of bass, catfish and perch. The
Norfolk line steamer this morning had on
board twenty-five packages Of fish, mainly
mullets and a few bay shad, and six boxes
of shad and herring were received by the
dealers from North Carolina. The market
today was fair and prices were: For white
perch, 10 cents per pound; jumping mullets,
to cents per pound; bass, to ~ cents
per pound; pan rock, 10 to 121a cents per
hni1 INC
pound; yellow perch, 10 to 70 cents per
bunch; catfish, 10 to 20 cents per bunch;
cells, 10 to % cents per bunch; roe shad,
80 to 60 cents each; buck shad, 70 to 30
cents, and herring, $3.50 per hundred
Among the Potomac Craft.
The tug Eva Belle Cain, which has been
laid up at Alexandria for the past eight
or ten weeks, has gone into commission
again and was out upon the river yester-
day.
The steamer E. James Tull discharged
cargo Of barrel hoop poles at the wharf of
VIM. A. Smoot & Co. at Alexandria for
shipment north.
lifelong boat May1ower is in port with
full cargo of cord wood for the local deal
ers.
The steamer Lily and Howard, after load
ing part of a cargo of supplies at Alex
andria, has sailed for Aqua creek to LOAD
back to this port.
with a cargo Of cord wood from the lower
river for Carter & Clark.
The steamer Samuel ]. PentZ has arrived
at Woodall's shipyard, at Baltimore, and
has gone into the dry dock there for an
overhauling.
The steamer Occoquan discharged cargo
of railway ties at the st. Elizabeth Insane
Asylum wharf on the Eastern branch yes
terday evening for the branch of the Baltl-
more and Ohio railway now building there.
After unloading the Occoquan came up to
this city.
The blaze on the longboat Earl Biscoe
Sunday night was caused by the sail catch
ing fire from being blown over the pipe
leading up from the cabin stove.
The steamer katherine H. Perry will sail
today in tow of the tug Mitchell NJ. Davis
for Baltimore. where she will load coal for
New England port.
General and Personal Matters.
AS the longboat Harry and Charley was
coming up the river yesterday evening On
it's way to this city she was caught by the
wind off the old canal above Alexandria
and had her sails badly torn before they
could be taken in. The vessel Is lying at
anchor off Alexandria.
A large scow is being built at the Alex
andria ship yard for Mr.. Richard Grover
of Alexandria who Will use 1t FOR general
freighting business on the Potomac.
Mr.. Thos. Banks is having one OF his
pile-driving machines rebuilt for general
service on the river The work is being
done at the wharf adjoining the Alexandria
ferry wharf.
The steam yacht Gretchen has been
hauled out at Alexandria and stripped Of
the metal on her hull. The work Of cutting
her in half will be begun at once.
The tug John 1. Brady is on Speddins
railway at Baltimore for the scraping and
painting Of her hull.
Quantities Of ducks and other game are
now being brought up from the lower river
by the steamers for the local dealers. Game
is said to be plentiful along the river this
season.
Mr. VIM. A. Moore, chief engineer of the
Randall line steamers, is in Baltimore on
business.
Mr. Jesse c. Pannel, mate of the schooner
L. E. Williams, died in Baltimore on Sun
day last of pneumonia.
Capt. CAP Richards today resigned his
duties as pilot of the steamer Harry Ran
dali.
Mr.. Theophilus Ballenger is recovering
from his recent severe attack Of rhedma-
tism, and Is out again.