Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-20
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW MARINE RAILWAY TO BE
BUILT AT ALEXANDRIA.
Coast Survey Steamer Endeavor Sails
Rebuilding AbeIs Wharf
Other Marine News.

Messrs. Augustus Dean & Son. at Alex
andria, are preparing to build large
marine railway at their new bodybuilding
yard, and will have 1t in readiness for serv-
ice in the early spring. The new railway
is to be large enough to haul out most OF
the vessels that ply on the Potomac, and
will, it is understood. be operated by steam.
Mr.. Dean will. If the business warrants It,,
build a floating drydock at his yard large
enough to float big steamer.
Abels wharf, in Briton's bay, ST Mary's
county, Md, is now being rebuilt and made
larger, In preparation for the heavy bust
ness of the fall and early winter
The British schooner Theta, which I'M
loaded a cargo of plaster from New Bruins
wick at Alexandria, sailed light yesterday
in tow of the tug William H. Yerkes, jr
for Point Lookout. The schooner is bound
for ST. Augustine, Fla. and will there load
lumber for the Canary Islands.
The United States coast survey steamer
Endeavor, which has been lying at anchor
in the harbor for several days past, sailed
yesterday for the Colonial Beach neighbour
hood, where she will resume survey work
on the Kettle Bottoms. The Endeavor will
continue her work of mapping the shoals
and bars in the Potomac until the bad
weather of the winter comes and will COM
plete the work in the carly spring.
The supply Of fresh fish from the coast
fishing shores near Virginia Beach, and
from the nets IN IQe HOtONldc, WHICH were
received by the dealers at the 11th street
wharf this morning, was smaller than 1t
has been for several days, while the de-
mand was fair Prices show some little
changes from yesterdays figures and are
as follows: For salmon trout, Sc. to &c. per
pound; founders, 4c. to sc. per pound; Poto-
mac black bass, 10c. to 15c per pound :;
North Carolina black bass. &c. to 10c. per
pound; green pike, &c. to &c per pound
pan rock, &c. to SC. per pound; medium
rock, 10c. to 12c. per pound; boiling rock
12c. to 15c. per pound; tailors, sc. to &c.
per pound; bluefish, &c. to Sc. per pound
white perch, Sc. to 12c per pound white
perch, small 10c to 15c. per bunch; yellow
perch, 1Oc to 4Oc. per bunch mullets. 1Oc.
to 25c. per bunch; catfish large. 20c. to 35c.
per bunch; catfish, small, 10c to 15c. per
bunch carp, 15c. to 40c each; eels sc. to
Sc. each; gray trout, s. to SO per barrel,
and butterfish, Sc to IS per barrel
Oysters in the shell were in fair demand
at the 18th street wharf this morning.
Prices are about the same is yesterday, the
bivalves selling at from 45c. to 6oc per
bushel, according to quality
Along the Wharves.
Captain Holloway of the schooner S, B..
Marts, which was lost in the. gales of No
vember off Cape Hatteras, while bound
from Savannah to the Chesapeake with a
cargo of lumber, has arrived at Baltimore.
Captain Holloway and his crew floated for
two days the top of a cabin, until
Capt E. S. Randall. Capt. Harry S. Ran
dali and Chief Engineer William A. Moore
of the Randall line left here yesterday
evening in the steam launch LOWE Randall
on a hunting trip in the lower river They
will visit the ducking grounds in the
neighborhood of Chapel Point and Colonial
Beach, and will be gone several days.
Commander Hawley, inspector of this
lighthouse district, has returned to Balti-
more from an Inspection tour among the
lighthouses in the upper part of Chesapeake
bay.
Mr. Harry n Reneger of Clifton Beach
and former Mayor Daniel Phil of Colonial
Beach, who have been in the city on bust
ness returned home yesterday evening on
the steamer Harry Randall.
The o-masted schooner j. T. Robinson
has arrived at Alexandria with a full load
of corn for the Globe Mills at Alexandria
The tug Sandow arrived at Alexandria
yesterday with the harges Chesapeake and
Patapsco from Philadelphia. The Sandow
later sailed for Baltimore with the s. A
Souder in tow.
The sloop B. H. Lambert has arrived in
port with q full load Of oysters for the
dealers.
The steamer E. James Tull is in port with
full load of cord wood for Johnson Bros
The schooner Mabel and Ruth will COM
plete the unloading of her cargo of lum-
Der today.