Evening star., 1902-01-23
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
ADJUSTING RKTEs Of. PAYMENT ON
wHARFHMPROvEM
District Appraisers Comforting With
the Occupants 81 Property-Gen-
eral Port News.

The District appraisers who will fix the
scale of payments 10 the wharf owners
along the riverafront for their improve
ments when theswharf property shall pass
to District government control have been
at work for several days and have much Of
the property valued. FtThey are holding dali
ly conferences with the business men along
Water street, In the Office of the American
Ice Company, and the schedule of pay
ments Is being rapidly arranged. It is ex-
pected the report to the courts will be
ready In short time.
The receipts of fresh water fish at the
18th street wharf were somewhat larger
this morning than they have been for sew
eral days past, and the demand was fairly
good. Prices are about the same as yester-
day and are as follows: For pan rock, 14c
per pound; medium rock, 10 to 1Sc. per
pound; boiling rock, % to 2bc. per pound;
sheepshead, &c. per pound; white perch, 10
to 13c. per pound carp, to &c. per pound;
jumping mullets, to 4c per pound; pike
. to 1oc. per pound; black bass, 121a to lie.
per pound: salmon trout, 1Oc. per pound;
Wnite catfish, DC. per pound; black catfish,
10 TO 5oc. per bunch; river mullets, 20c. per
bunch; yellow perch, % to 40c. per bunch
and winter shad, s1.75 to 81 per hundred.
There is still an ample supply Of oysters on
hand at the 11th street wharf The demand
this morning was good and prices were
60c to $1.20 per bushel according to quality.
The Passing Craft.
The schooner Sarah 8. Tyler sailed this
morning with cargo of fertilizer for Lees
wharf on the Nansemond river, Va, and
like cargo for Hodges ferry. near Nor
folk.
The barge William W. Curtin has finished
unloading her cargo of hard coal and has
been taken to the wharf Of Forsberg &
Murray, awaiting the arrival Of tug to
take her away.
The schooner James NJ Hall has been
taken to the wharf of T. W. Smith, on the
Eastern branch and will there discharge
her cargo of lumber
The Earl Biscoe has arrived in port with
a cargo Of cordwood from Nomini for Car
ter & Clark.
The Kathleen has gone to the lower river
and will load a cargo for this city.
The tug Camilla sailed for the lower Po-
tomac Yesterday with several light oyster
boats in tow.
The schooner Wheatley, reported as
bound for this port with cargo OF lumber.
Will unload at Annapolis, Md.
Undergoing Repairs.
Mr.. Charles Speice, owner Of the sailing
barge Daniel, has that boat at the Alexan-
dria ship yard, where she has been fitted
with new and larger spars and will have
new suit of sails put on her. Considerable
other repair work will be done to her before
she Is ready to resume her trips.
The repairing Of the Randall line wharf,
at the foot Of Sth street, in preparation for
the spring trade, was begun this morning
by Banks pile driver. The wharf is to be
replanked from end to end, and will be
made much stronger
The schooner Bennett, which Is expected
here within the nextpday or two with lum-
Der, will be the third Of the ram type Of
vessels in port. The others are the Jennie
D. Bell and the j. H. Hargraves. They are
all employed in the 1nmber trade
The work of building the seine boat for
Ballinger & Gibson at Deans boat yard at
Alexandria is being pushed and the craft
will be ready for service in short time.
The large tug VIM. H. Yerkes, jr., of Tay-
lor Bros fleet is hauled out the large
marine railway at Alexandria for general
repairs. ,-
Capt. Alex. A. Winder of Norfolk has
purchased controlling interest in the
schooner White Cloud from Ernest W.
Travers of Baltimore and will take COM.
mand OF the vessel. seShe will be continued
in the bay trade. oas.- s-1I =. a-.,
Capt. Russell Dean of the harbor police
boat Vigilant is quite LII at his home.
Capt. Ned Owens will assume the COM
mand of the Randall line steamer Wake
field when she resumes her trips to the
lower river next week.