Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-03
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
DEEP CHANNEL IN HUNTING CREEK
ASKED Of CONGRESS.
Improvement to he Urged by Repre-
sentative Rixev and Others
General News.


and the people Of that city generally. are
much interested In an effort being made to
have Congress authorize the dredging of a
channel in Great Hunting creek, just south
of Alexandria, from the Potomac river
channel to New Alexandria, a distance of
about mile. At New Alexandra are To-
Gated several large manufacturing concerns,
and owing to the flats on the south side Of
the creek 1t Is impossible to bring even a
scow up to New Alexandria at certain
stages Of the tide.
The people of Alexandria also ant a
channel cut through the fats opposite that
city. so that boats can get to the Maryland
side of the river at all tides. The measures
are now in the hands Of Representative
John r. Rixey and others of the Virginia
delegation In Congress.
The little tug d. NJ. Key, the baby Of the
Taylor Bros fleet Is to be more thoroughly
overhauied than was at first con.empla ted
She Is now lying at Cumberland & Sons
boat yard. with the greater portion Of her
machinery in the machine shops. Her cylin-
ders are to be bored out new thrust bear
ing put in, shafting to be trued, and when
her engine is put back it is 10 be lined up.
Ihe Key will be out of service for several
weeks, but when she goes into commission
her machinery will be In as good order as
1t was the day she first came out Ct the
shops. Her hull and joiner work are TO be
reprinted and redecorated before she again
goes into service.
There are lying at the oyster wharf at
the foot Of 18th street today th.rty-rhre,
vessels with cargoes of oysters aboard
amounting In all to about 5000 bushels
This is full supply for this market and
will last for some days. This morning the
market was again fairly good quite large
number of buyers being on hand and the
blVaiVeS selling at prices ranging from 4.
cents to 30 cents per bushe All the in
coming steamers brought up large quantl-
Of t.,
dealers. The arrivals at the wharf since
yesterday are the Ada Ballinger Mary A
Candy. Levin Woolford. Klondyke. Lola
M. j. Stephenson and Hiawatha. They
bring 900 bushels of WicomicO oysters.
The fish market at the 18th street wharf
was dull this morning. though the supply
OF fish from the river nets was unusually
large. The cool weather keeps prices firm
Is now coming to this market. The river
boats yesterday brought up % barrels
from the creek and river shore nets.
The Norfolk line steamer had but three
packages of fish on board for the local
dealers this morning. and four packages
were received by express. The prices this
morning were for salmon trout, to cents
per pound bluefish, o cents per pound
10 cents per pound: blue pike, cents per
pound: green pike, 8 cents per pound:
weakfish cents per pound: carp. ; cents
per pound: white perch, cents per pound:
per pound paddock, cents per pound:
sea mullet. cents per pound: yellow perch.
Il to 30 cents per bunch; catfish, Is cents
per bunch, and river mullets, Is cents per
bunch
Frefght-Laden Vessels.
The schooner Julia and Annie is lying at
the wharf at Fort Washington, discharging
a cargo of hay and straw.
The sailing yacht St. Charles, which has
been in the Aqua creek and Its neighbour
hood with cunning party on boar1, re-
turned to it's anchorage in the narbor To-
day.
The tug Camilla came into port Yesterday
evening with a tow of lumber-laden
schooner and five oyster-laden boats.
The steamer Harry Randall Ter trip
up yesterday evening brought gooi freight
of oysters, fish. stock and country supplies.
The schooner John A. Dixon IS discharg-
ing her cargo of lumber DIT the wharf Of
Thos. r. Riley.
A large scow laden with fertilizer mate
rails sailed from this city for a point near
Fort Washington. where her cargo will be
used on farms.
The tug James o. Carter mas gone to Oc-
coquan for a large raft Of pine piling for
Carter & Clark.
The Agnes has sailed light for the oyster
beds in the lower river, and will load oysters
back to this market.
The schooner Margaret F. Moore. having
discharged cargo Of lumber at Alexandria
has sailed for Norfolk to reload.
The schooner James II. Beach Is looked
for at the Alexandria wharf, with a cargo
of Blackistones Island oysters.
The injured steamer Essex Of the Weems
line reached Baltimore yesterday under her
own steam. and was taken to the sbipyari
at once for repairs
The schooner Watchful has sailed from
the Indian Head proving grounds for Pau
munkey, Nd. to load another cargo CT lum-
Der for Indian Head.
General and PersOnal
The officers of several Of the steamers