Evening star., 1901-10-02
ALONG THE 4RIvER FRONT
WORK of DEEPENING THE WATER
ABOVE LONG BRIDGE.
Channel 800 Yards Wide and Twenty
Feet Deep-Fisss. and Oysters
Generak News.

The work of deepening the water in the
Georgetown channelIfrom the Long bridge
to Georgetown Is about completed by the
contractors, the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific
Dredging Company; and the big dredge
which has been atwork there since last
spring is now lying at anchor in the cham
mel near the Long bridge, with her ma
chinery arrest All the long rows of heavy
piling on which the discharge pipes from
the dredge rested, and which marked the
digging line, have been removed by Banks
pile diver and piled on the Potomac Park.
The channel from the Long bridge to
Georgetown is now about twenty feet deep
at low water and about 300 yards wide.
The dredge is now being prepared to be
taken to the North Carolina sounds for
work there.
The supply of fish at the 11th street wharf
fish market this morning was not large,
only about six barrels having been received
from the river nets and the shipments
from Old Point being light. Prices this
morning were at about the figures of yes
terday, black bass selling at 10c. to 12c. per
pound; large trout, DC. per pound; medium
rock. &c. to sc. per pound; pan rock. 4c. to
Sc. per pound; butterfish, 4c. per pound:
gray trout, 4c. per pound; bluefish, Sc. to
9c. per pound; white perch, 10c to 12c. per
pound. or 1uc. to soc. per bunch; catfish.
15c. to 30c per bunch; eels, zoe. to 3Oc per
bunch; yellow perch, 10c. to 2oc per
bunch, and founders, 15c. to soc. per bunch.
The demand for oysters at the 11th street
wharf was quite light yesterday, in spite of
the cooler weather, but this morning the
demand was better No change of conse-
quence is to be noted in prices, the smaller
oysters selling at 80 to 65 cents per bushel
and the larger stock at 20 to so cents per
bushel
The gas buoy known as No. 5, at the
mouth of the Coan river, Va, has not been
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house service has notified steamboat and
river men that it will be replaced and light
ed as soon as practicable.
Eight or ten cars laden with soft coal for
the dealers here have arrived at the Shep
herds landing of the Baltimore and Ohio
railway. 1t will be loaded on barges today
and brought up to this city.
Range lights will be established in the
mouth of Mattox creek, Va, to aid the
steamers in entering the creek during the
dark nights of the coming winter.
The large barge James Jackson is lying in
Aqua creek loading a cargo Of cordwood or
railway ties for Messrs Carter & Clark
here The Jackson will be propelled by
steam as soon as a boiler now building for
her in Baltimore is completed.
Vessels and Their Cargoes.
The large barge Pacific has arrived at
the wharf Of VIM. A. Smoot & Co. at Alex
andria with a cargo Of fertilizer material
from Norfolk for the Alexandria Chemical
and Fertilizer Company
The pungy Regulator, after taking aboard
about 10000 shingles at the wharf of John
son q Wimsatt for the Coan river, has
gone to Alexandria and will there load
general stores for river points. She will
sail today.
The schooner E. p Evans has gone TO the
lower river and will load a small cargo OF
oysters for the dealers here.
The schooner I. ]. Parks has unloaded a
cargo of canned goods. She sailed yester-
day for the lower river
The two-masted schooner c. J. HoWcth
has arrived in port from the Coan river
with full cargo Of canned tomatoes for
the local market.
unioaded cargo OF lumber at the Fort
Washington wharf, has sailed for Norfolk
and will reload
The schooner c. c. Wheeler is at the
wharf of Johnson & Wimsatt light and
awaiting orders. ..-
The schooner Belmont has been taken to
Georgetown to unload a cargo of about 100
cords of pine wood for the dealers there
The flattie Ben F. is at the wharf of n
K. Field & 60. at Alexandria, taking on a
large cargo Of building material and store
goods for Colonial Beach. 10
The barge Mary S. Brady, with cargo
from Georgetown, sailed yesterday in tow
of the tug Peerless for the James river.
The bugeye Seabright has arrived In port
with cargo Of cord wood from the Aqua
creek neighborhood for Carter & Clark
The three-masted ram Grace G. Bennett.
Captain Eggers, laden with North Caro-,
lima pine lumber, has sailed from New
bern, N. c.. for this port for Johnson &
Wmsatt
The barge Fredericksburg has sailed light
for Perryville Md, and will load hard coal
for this port.
The schooner Isaac Solomon has arrived
in port from river point with a cargo of
cord wood for Carter & Clark
The steamer Dennis Simmons, after un-
loading portion of her cargo of lumber
hara
unloading and sailed for Newbern, N c.,
to reload.
The T. J. Halleck. having completed the
unloading of a small cargo of Potomac
river oysters, has sailed for the lower river
oyster beds to reload.
The barges Lizzie Brady and James Pugh
have arrived in port with cargoes of about
500 tons of hard coal each from Perryville,
The steamer Harry Randall, which came
into port this morning, brought large
cargo of fruit, country produce and stock
for the local commission houses
General Port News.
One of the large pile drivers of Mr. Thos
Banks, the wharf builder, has gone down
the river and will visit a number Of the
wharves to give them overhauling be-
fore the cold weather and the Ice come
Columbia No. 2. one of the smaller sand
diggers of the National Sand Dredging
ging sand near Marshall Hall, was brought
to this city yesterday by the tug Select
man for some minor repairs.
The schooner Henry L. James which
came into port yesterday laden with lum-
Der, was, in consequence of the very light
winds, nearly three days coming from In
dian Head to this city, trip ordinarily
made in ten hours
The schooner Aroma has been taken
to T. w. Smiths wharf on the Eastern
branch' to complete the unloading of her
cargo of shingles.
The wharf at Glymont, Nd, it is stateda
is to be given a thorough overhauling
Efforts are being made by the residents
of the Kinsale neighborhood to have a dat
ly mail from Templeman's and petitions re-
questing It's establishment have been sent
to the Post Office Department here 1T is
generally thought the request will be
granted, as that portion of Westmoreland
county, Va. is rapidly growing in popu}a-
ton and business. Boats from this city
touch at the Kinsala wharf three times
each week.
Mr. s. B. Greenlaw. formerly purser of
the schooner Kenty will, 1t is said, be ap-
pointed postmastess at Oak Grove. west
moreland county, Va, succeeding Mr.. W.
P. Taylor, jr.
Capt Charles Kellys a weilknown river
man, Is very Ill o1; Bfight's disease at his
home in Alexandria. IS