Evening star., 1901-11-08
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
LARGER BOAT FOR USE OF FORT
WASHINGTON.
Incrcase In Number of Men at the
Post Required ChanGe-Gen-
rral Port News.

The steam launch Col. Hamilton, which
has been used as the tender for the officers
at the Fort Washington artillery station,
has become. 1t Is stated, too small for the
increase In the number of officers and men
now stationed there, and they are now ex-
pecting a much larger boat to take its
place. The new boat. it is said, will be
one of the tugs of the quartermaster's de-
pIrtment. now in service at one of the
army posts in the south, and will be large
enough to carry considerable freight, as
well as passengers. She is expected to ar
rive at the fort within a very short time.
The engineer and pilot on the launch Col.
Hamilton will, 1t is understood. be trans
fcrred to the new boat.
Ii is stated that the owners of the little
Sids-W Wheel steamer Harry Loder, which ran
upon route between Alexandria and
Pennington. Md. on PiScataway creek, un-
I'll few days ago, will procure another
boat for the route, and will have her in ser
vice before the end of the present month.
They are now, it is said. negotiating for a
iIght-dTaft steamer either at Baltimore or
Philadelphia. the deal for which will be
closed in few days. The boat in view is
Larger than thc Loder, and can make better
time, ana Will greatly improve the service
On IN" route IT purchased the boat will
hr given an oVerhauling and will be pre-
pared Tor the winters work on the river.
Prices ut the fish market at the 11th
street wharf this morning were as follows:
+ 81 black bass, 1 to 121a cents per pound; ;
sturgeon, IL cents per pound: salmon trout
cents per pound; large trout , cents per
pound: pike ! to cents per pound blue
iSh and 'a}Urs, to cents per pound;
hutt-rtiSh. , cents per pound; pan rock
tv 10 cents per pound: medium rock . to
/" cents per pound; boiling rock. 12Ls to 10
crtts per pound; jumping mullets, 3 to ;I1s
cents per pound; white perch. ) to II cents
Hrr pound: gray trout So to s6 per box:
yellow perch IL to ~ cents per bunch;
carp. !" to - cents each: catfish - to 80
cents per bunch: eelS. - to - cents per
bunch. and river mullets, ~ to Is cents
per bunch.
Iii" demand for oysters in the shell at the
lIih street oyster wharf this morning was
good Prices have an upward tendency
.tI:,i TINS morning the small oysters were
selling at from ~ to 90 cents per bushel and
the Larger ones from 40 to 30 cents per
bushels, The only arrivals at the wharf
since Thursday are the Lucille Western and
tn stuart.
The Freight Handlers.
The two-masted schooner Nellie laden
with about 1Jo,0D0 feet of Virginia nine
boards. frcm the James river, has arrived
in port for II. l.. Biscoe.
The Ida May has arrived in port with
cars" of cord wood for Carter & Clark.
The Morning Light loaded at GEORGETOWN
tn sailed yesterday for Chesapeake bay
y. IT.
Til" barge Daniel. laden with a cargo of
fertilizer. has sailed for a river point.
] Il" Zephyr has gone to the lower Poto-
m''' oyster beds and will load a cargo for
H. local market.
The Silver Star. having unloaded her car
-. has returned to a river point and will
load for this city
The Lotuer Thomas sailed yesterday for
The Blackstone Island oyster grounds and
will load for this market
IN" tug Stella has arrived in port with
tow OF four cnal-iaden barges from Perry
Vile Md. for the dealers here and in
t;eOrgetOwn.
The schooner Oakland has sailed light
for the lower river and will load cord wood
fpr this market
The sloop Lady Bug arrived in port YES
ierday from the lower Potomac with a
small cargo.
The steamer oecoauan. with a tow of
hdrges. has sailed for Occoquan and other
points. where the barses will load.
the schooner Martin Wagner has sailed
TO-" the Blackstone Island nefghborhood
aud will load for this city.
me bugeye Silver Spray has gone to
Alexandria, and after taking on a cargo of
general supplies Will sail for the lower
river
The bugeye Avalon has gone to the lower
Potomac and will there take on a fuII
cargo for this market
me steam Sacnt Gretchen, Capt. Rich
ardson. has been berthed at the old CIyde
Line wharf. foot of street southwest.
The longboat Uriah Horner is in port with
c.trg" of cord wood from the Marshall
tdIl neiShborhood for Carter & Clark
OF General Interest.
The tug Maryland. belonging to Mr. John
Miller Of this city, Is hauled out on the
large marine railway for some repair work
tn her wheel. injured by getting aground
few days ago in a fog. She will also be
cauiked and given thorough overhauIing
while out of the water
The fishermen returning from bass fishing
IN Mattawoman creek. Md. near Indian
Head and from Occoquan creek on the Vfr-
sinia side of the river, report bass quite
plentiful. and say they are biting at live
halt quite freely. party of three from
htNandria caught tweaty-seven bass in
about two hours in Malta woman Tuesday
rene of which weighed under pound and
a half.
The United States naval yacht svIph
took party to Mt. Vernon and on a short
'rIp on the river yesterday. She had the
fiaa of the Secretary of the Navy at her
mast head.
Tn" Santa Barbara. the tender of the
nav al proving grounds at Indian Head Nd
MAS in port yesterday for several hours
The tug VIM. II. Yerkes Jr came into
port with the schooner Bertha Dean, loaded
witt about Loo tons of ice for the Amer
lean Ice Company
IT," handsome naphtha launch IoI,ise OF