Evening star., 1901-03-05
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NEW SAND DIGGE9nkEARI.Y READY
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Fish and Oyster Trade Dull This
-Generat News.

Mr.. William StephensolIsat the foot of Sd
! street southeast for Mr.. Louis Smoot, is
now nearly completed, only some minor
work remaining to besdope. The new ma
chine Is eighty feet long and twenty-four
feet wide and is modern in all its appli-
ances. 1t will be ready for service by the
! middle Of this month and will operate, it is
stated about Stuart's wharf on the Poto-
mac.
The two new scows which will bring the
sand from the digger to this port are about
finished and ready for service at the Alex
andria shipyard, where they were built.
Others will, 1t is understood, be built during
the summer.
was fairly well supplied with Potomac river
and fish today, the Norfolk line steam
er having brought up seven packages from
the Old Point neighborhood for the local
dealers and ten packages were brought up
by the river boats. Ten boxes Of frozen
+ fish were also received from the northern
shores. The market today was fairly brisk
and prices were for black bass, II to 14c
per pound: jumping mullets. to 5Lc. per
pound; rock fish. IA to 15c. per pound;
white perch, 121s to 15c. per pound: channel
bass, s to 51ac per pound; trout. 61sc. per
perch. 20 to 40c per bunch. and catfish. 20
to 25c. per bunch. The first shipment of
river fish, about 1000 pounds bass, from
Freestone shore, was received today by r.
A. Golden.
The market at the oyster wharf is very
dull this morning, as 1t generally Is after
holiday. The supply Of bivalves on hand
Is ample to meet all demands for several
days. there being about twenty-six vessels
In port with cargoes amounting to about
5000 bushels. The masters of the vessels
that were down the river made every ef-
fort to get back to market before the 4th,
and as consequence the market is again
OVerstOCkp6 This together with ho
weather, has forced prices way down and
good oysters could be bought this morning
as low as 35c per bushel. Prices ranged
from that to 90c. per biishel. The only re-
cent arrival at the wharf is the Eta, from
the Blackistone's Island neighborhood
Passing To and Fro.
The steamer Daylight, Captain Nicker-
son, to load cargo of Ice at Rockport Me-,
for this port, sailed from Boston on Satur-
day for Rockport
The schooner Alice Carlyle has sailed for
the lower river to load cargo of cord
wood back to this port,
The schooner James p. Darger is in port
with R cargo Of lumber for III. J.. Biscoe
The schooner w. H. H. Bixler and the
Ella Treadwell are engaged in running fish
from the Potelnac creek fish shores to this
market
The United States lighthouse steamer
Holly Is lying at the government wharf,
foot Of street southwest. She arrived in
port Saturday evening" -
The Kate Mullen and ,Lsttie Carter have
sailed for the lower river and will load
cord wood back to this port.
The tug Brady. with a Standard OIL Com
pany barge in tow has sailed from this
port for Baltimore. NJ
The schooner James A. Garfield is in
port with a cargo OF wood from q river
point. s.,.
The schooner Hulda, with cargo Of
go 900 shingles from Newton ~ c. Tor
Tnh q lima hAg arrtx In
The schooner Rattlesnake ts In port with
a cargo of lumber for Church & Stephen
son and T. L. Smith.
The big four-masted schooner Catherine
d. Perry, which sailed from the Penobscot
river with . cargo Of ice about ten days
ago, has arrived in port in tow OF the tug
NJ. NJ Davis. She brings about 1.4Oo tons
OF ice and is consigned to the American Ice
Company. She was. doeked at the wharf
foot of 10th street. lE - e..-.
The schooner John A. H. Dixon has ar
rived in port with full cargo OF pine lum-
Der for Johnson e. Wimsatt.
The schooner Annie MartZ is in port with
q cargo of cord wood from a lower river
port for Carter & Clark.
General Matters.
Capt Samuel Spransy, one OF the veteran
river men OF the Potomac, died at his home
In this city Saturday last. and the flags OF
all the steamers in the harbor have since
been at half mast in respect to his memory
CAPT. SpranSy was Tot many years OH INC
ferry line between Alexandra and WASH
incton and had at different times the COM
mand Of the best known boats In the river
trade Later he built and commanded the
tug Sam Gedney and engaged In the tow
ing business cn the Potomac. or recent
years he had retired from active work but
never lost interest In river matters. and
was until within a few weeks d frequent
visitor to the harbcrmaster 8 once ana the
river front.
The poatoons to form msthe bridge for car
rying the line of pipe through which the
liquid mud, drawn up from the bottom OF
the river, will be pumped over the flats by
the big dredge, have been brought down
from the basin at the foot OF 14th street
and anchored at the south end of the Poto-
mac Park. They will be gotten into posi-
ton today. and 1t is understood that opera
tions will be begun at once.
IL Is stated that parties residing in this
city have been inspecting the hull of the old
steamer Mattano. now lying at Aitcheson's
wharf. Alexandria, with the view of buying
it and having It fitted up for service as q
freight carrier.
The low tides of the latter part Of last
week prevented the docking of the three
masted schooner. Edna c.. May, at Rear
dons wharf Alexandria, to discharge her
cargo of ice, until late Sunday night.
A large scow. laden with the frame work
of building, has sailed from Il. X. Riley's
wharf for point near Gunstons where |
the building is to be erected. |
GOV. BLISS OF MICHIGAN.
He and His Party Were Received by |