Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-25
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NAVAL BOILER READY FOR OIL
FUEL EXPERIMENTS.
Wood Coming and Coal Going-Steamer
Estelle Randall Being Over
hauled-Marine Matters.

Inc new naval boiler which was sent to
this city and put up on the wharf at the
foot OF sth street TO be tested with fuel
Oh is nearly ready for service The ordinary
coal-burning firebox and CRATE have been
removed and replaced by two big iron pipes
lined with fire brick. Into these pipes the
oil-burning tubes Will be run. and when the
boiler is in operation the fire brick line is
heated to a white heat The oil used looks
like black molasses. The boiler stands out
In the open air on the wharf but it is under
stood a house is to be built over Il before
the bad weather Of winter comes.
The demand for fresh fish at the 18th
street wharf fish houses this morning was
not heavy, and the supply both from the
river nets ana the fishing shores about
Nortolk was quite small, trout, butteriish
and small bluefish heinr about The oaly Va
rieties on the market in any quantity.
SOFT shell crabs are selling today at the
lowest figure of the year.
Prices today are firm and are as follows.
for spanish mackerel 10 per pound: black
bass. l4c. TO I5c. per pound: pan rock Sc to
ioc. per pound; boiling rock. l2c. u l4c per
pound; white perch. Zoe. To I2c. per pound;
sturgeon, lie. per pound; iloundors. Sc. per
pound bIuehsh. &c. per pound. catfish loo
TO SOC per pound. small white perch. lpc
10 lie, per punch; cells. SC. 10 &c. each:
gray trout, to - per barrel, buttcriiSh.
81 per barrel: hard crabs, zoe. to 81 30 per
barrel; soft crabs. Ice to zoe per DOZEN,
and clans. 40c. per hundred
Inc four-masted schooner David T.
DAVIS, laden with l.5So tons OF ice for the
American Ice Company, came into nort this
morning. She is lying at the wharf foot of
9Th street southwest.
The southerly winds OF yesterday brought
large fleet of w)od-laden boats up the
river, but before they reached here the.
thunder squalls brought them to an anchor
lhls morning they came up into the har-
DOT, IN the neet are the Isaac Solomon,
ia
H0rner and Sidney Jones. The greater por-
lioh or the wood they bring is consigned to
Carter a Clark.
Barge No. ls Of the Consolidation Coal
Company Of Baltimore has completed the
taking on of a cargo of soft coal az George
town and is At anchor off Alexandria An
other barge is now loading at Georgetown
and, with No. Is. IL Will be taken by one
or the large sea-going tugs Of the Consoli-
the outside route
General News of the Port.
The propeller steamer Estelle Randall has
been temporarily withdrawn from the
route between this city and Glymont The
boat will have some minor repair work
done. She will be ready for service again
tomorrow morning. TIE steamer Kent is
running on the Glymont route, while the
Randall is laid up
The handsome little sailing sloop Elenora,
pt4OHSlilB 10 MT. Johnson OF this city. is at
Townshends boat exchange at the foot Of
9Th street for a general oVerhauling She
viii be ready for summer cruising I'm a few
days.
One of the large barges Of the Columbia
sand Company, which overturned I'm the
harbor a short time ago. has been taken
TO Deans boat yard at Alexandria for. gem
eral repair work
Ii is stated that a number of HuEga-
rians are to be brought to this city to work
In the caisSon at the Long bridge, digging
the foundations for the draw of the new
bridge. SO heavy is the air pressure in the
caisson that the colored laborers are ur-
able to stand it. and come out bleeding at
the ears and nose. II Is believed the Hun
garians Will have better success.
Mr. John Callahan. general manager Of
the Norfolk and Washington line is in
Norfolk on business for the company
Capt. Hardiuott of the schooner Rover has
been forced to lay off for a trip or two by
Illness. and Capt. AlesW0rth has taken
command Of the schooner for the present
Capt. Hart Of the schooner Mount Hope
has his wife and childrrn with him for a
trip or two in the vessel. She is at BaItI-
more laden with ice.
Lieut.. A. C Norman Of the revenue cutter
Window has returned to duty on his ship
after an absence of thirty days on leave.
The revenue cutter Window has sailed
from Baltimore and is expected to come TO
this city "A visit
The three-masted schooner Edna A.
Fosuc: laden with plaster. has arrived in
port from Philadelphia with a cargo OF
plaster Tor the Keystone Plaster COMPANY
She is lying at the wharf of T. r. Riley.
foot of 9Th street southwest
me punGy American Patriot is at the fish
wharf at Alexandria unloading a cargo Of
cordwood for the dealers there.
The schooner Church is unloading a fulI
cargo Of ice from the Kennebec river at the
wharf foot of 9th street southwest
The barges Howard l.. Neff and Abe
marie, laden with coal from PHILADELPHIA
have arrived here in tow of the tufy Emma
of Baltimore.
The schooner Harlan W. Huston has ar
rived at Newbern, y. c., from this CITY and
VIII take on cargo Of pine lumber for this