Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-08
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NEW DREDGE FOR HARBOR NEARLY
READY FOR USE.
Oyster and Fish Markets Dull Today
The Freight-Laden Vessels
General Matters.

| It Is expected the new dredge being built
| by the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Company
| of New York, the contractors for the
| dredging of the harbor and channels about
| the city. will be ready for service about the
| LIST of next month, and will begin opera
| tons at once, unless the river is frozen.
| The contract of the dredging company
| calls for the removal of 125, 900 cubic yards
of mud from the Washington channel and
! the harbor proper and $4,000 cubic yards
| from the Virginia channel to Georgetown.
| OF this latter amount 100000 cubic yards
are to be excavated from the channel be-
tween the Long bridge and Georgetown,
and the remainder, 5000 cubic yards, from
the channel between the Long bridge and
the forks of the channel buoy, opposite
Buena Vista wharf. The amount to be
| paid the company for the work is sS7,62O.
Opera tons under the contract would, have
been begun several months ago. but the
dredging company had the misfortune, to
lose big dredge at sea, which had been
built at Wilmington, Del, for the work
in the harbor, and a new dredge had to be
built.
The oyster market was extremely duh
this morning, purchasers being few and
sales of but small proportions Prices re-
main stationary, and though the supply of
oysters at the wharf is quite large, there
is no indication of a drop in prices. Lying
at the wharf today are abut thitry-three
vessels, their masts forming regular for
est all sides. They have on board at
least $500 bushels of oysters Of all grades.
Since Saturday ten vessels have arrived
| at the wharf with fresh cargoes. They are
the Amanda Lewis William Turner, Fair
American, Eva Styles, Ruth and Ella.
Mary Rebecca, Fannie Shepherds. Dough-
erty, J. S. Cleveland and Sirocco. They all
come from the Wicomico and Blackstone
moi
best of oysters sold at 20 to gc. per bushel
and the smaller ones from 40 to 9Oc. per
bushel.
The supply of fish at the 18th street
wharf this morning was small. but the de-
mand was small also, the market today be-
ing a poor one. This morning the Nor
folk and Washington line steamers brought
up but four packages of bay fish,
mostly mullet and black bass. But six
packages of river fish came up on the
steamer from the lower river yesterday
evening. A quantity of fish from the Jer-
sey coast came to the dealers at the wharf
by express this morning. Prices are. for
salmon trout. to cents per pound; null
lets, to 5 cents per pound; bass, to 10
cents per pound: white perch, 8 to 10 cents
per pound; pike, to cents per pound;
| smelt, to cents per pound: rock. 10 to
90 cents per pound: Goldfish, haddock and
sheephead. cents per pound each; pollock,
4 cents per pound: catfish, Is to % cents
per bunch: yellow perch, to p cents per
bunch, and sand perch, 20 to % cents per
bunch.
Movements of the Frefshters.
The Kate Mueller has arrived with
cargo of cord wood for the local dealers.
The schooner Sidonia Curey has arrived in
port from Norfolk, with cargo of about
100000 feet of Virginia pine lumber for
| johnson & Wimsatt.
! The tug John l. Brady arrived In port last
night with the barges Overlook, q. Il.
Roberts. John /. Brady and Hunt. all laden
with hard coal. One barge was left at
| Alexandria, and the others brought here for
the local dealers
The schooner Julia and Annie is at Ellis
mere Beach. near Marshall Hall. loading
pc plar wood for Alexandria, from whence
il will be shipped to Philadelphia.
The tug Mohler has arrived in port with
Il light coal barge in tow from Sheridan
Point.
The Hiawatha and the Lena, having
completed the unloading of their cargoes
OF oysters, have sailed from the wharf at
the foot Of 18th street to reload.
| The Harry and Charley has sailed for
the lower river and will load cord wood
back to this port.
Messrs johnson & Wimsatt have a yes
sci at Pensacola, Fla, loading lumber and
shingles for this port. They also have
load Of lumber at JacksonVlle but nave
not yet sent vessel there for 1t.
The tug Stella of Baltimore, with tow OF
five light coal barges and an oil barge. has
sailed for Chesapeake City en- route to Phil
adelpha.
The schooner Charles H. Dagger has sailed
for the lower river TO load cord wood back
| to this port for Garter q Clark
The steamer Randall arrived up from the
! lower river yesterday. with a fairly good
| cargo for the local dealers.
| The tug George w. Pride has been hauled
out on the marine railway at Alexandria
! for some minor repairs.
! A new mast is being gotten out at Dean
| boat yard at Alexandria for the pungy
Shining Light. The new spar will be put
! in her In few days
The schooner A. II. Qutnby Is in port
with cargo OF Virginia pine lumber from
! Potomac creek for II. l.. Biscoe & Co. She
! is discharging cargo at the American Ice
| Company's wharf.
pleted the discharging Of her cargo OF as
phalt and has sailed for Baltimore. in tow
of the tug NJ. NJ Davis, for a cargo.
The NJ j. stePh1nsq Rnv b. VII, Ev sa to Mary
| in tow of the tug Camilla, for the lower
| river for cargoes Of oysters.
The steamer Lily and Howard having
| finished dscharging her cargo Of cord wood
port.
! is building a large scow at the shipyard
! In Alexandria for Mr.. Louis Smoot OF this
| city The scow is sixty feet long and about
twenty-five feet beam. 1t will be used by
/ Mr.. Smoot to transport sand from his dig
| giEg machines on the river " HIS " dSIllHS-
ton wharf The will be ready for
service in four or five weeks.
Carpenters are engaged at the Randall
| line wharf in getting out the framing for a
new canoe to be constructed for public
! amusement at River View In the spring.
| There is considerable talk along the river
| front of the establishment OF cattle pen
at one of the wharves, for the handling OF
| cattle coming up on the river boats.
| The sloop Seabelle will remain on the rail-
| way at BENEFITS boat yard until the
| spring.
Though the harbor police boat Vigilant
| is about to receive a new boiler that will
! add considerably to her efficiency, it is
| claimed she badly needed a larger and more
| powerful engine. The engine now in the
| Vigilant was built to drive the Joe Black
! burn, a boat not half her size. When the
| Vigilant was constructed the engine OF the
| Blackburn was transferred to the new boat.
| She is very slow, and as an ice breaker Is a
failure hardly being able to break the
highest ice. What is wanted in the harbor
| is a boat with power enough to aid vessels
| caught in the ice to reach the wharVes.
| and for this sort OF work the Vigilant Is
| now OF but little service. The boiler about
| to be put into the boat Is large enough to
furnish steam for boiler Of twice the
| power Of the one in use.
Mr.. VIM A. Davidson. manager for r. A..
Golden & Co, has recovered from his re-