Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-08-28
ON THE RIVER FRONT
INDIAN HEAD NAVAL WHARF
BEING REBUILT.
Sloop Fitting Out for Service-Parties
Out for Pleasure - Other
Harbor News.

The United States naval wharf at the
Indian Head, Md, proving grounds Is
being rebuilt and put In thorough order to
resist the moving ice during the winter.
The entire front of the wharf against
which the steamboats, land, is being re-
newed, and the heavy timbers of the wharf
will be replaced where necessary with new
ones.
The warehouse which is being built on
the wharf at the Washington bar
racks for the steamer Kearney will be
ready for use in a few days. In it will be
stored the supplies and other freight which
the kearney will transport to and from
old Fort Foote Md
The supply of fresh fish on hand for sale
a. the 18th street wharf this morning was
about the average and prices were as fol-
lows: For pan rock, to Sc. per pound ;
medium rock, 10 to 12c per pound; boiling
rock, 15c. per pound; black bass, 15c. per
pound; bluefsh and tailors, 49, to 41sc. per
pound; sturgeon, 10 to 12c. per pound
8 to 10c. per pound; small white perch, 3
to 15c. per bunch; catfish, 10 to 35c. per
bunch; cells, to sc. each; spot, $3 to $3.50
per barrel; gray trout $3.50 to s. per bar
rel, and butter fish, So to s. per barrel.
CLAIMS are selling at 40c. per hundred and
oysters shucked are in demand at $1.2O
per gallon.
The bottom dropped out of the water
morning. The stock on hand in eighteen or
twenty vessels amounts to about $4,000
melons, and prices this morning, as quoted
by A. F. Evans, leading dealer, are s.
for selected fruit, 81 for prime fruit, with no
sale for cullS at any price.
The mast for the new sloop of Capt
Thomas Faunce the vessel which has been
lying a Townshend's boat exchange, at the
foot of 18th street, for the past six weeks,
is completed and is to be put in position in
the boat today. The spar is about sixty
feet high and will enable the boat to carry
a large amount of canvas. The sloop has
not yet been named.
The sloop yacht Frolic. belonging to
Judge ]. K. NJ. Norton of Alexandria, has
sailed with a party of pleasure seekers
aboard from Alexandria on a cruise of ten
days to the lower Potomac. All the sum-
mer resorts and places of interest along the
river will be visited before the party re-
turns home.
Coming and Going.
The steam launch Augusta. with a fishing
party aboard from Alexandra, was out for
a trip on the river yesterday. Capt. August
Gaines was in charge of the boat
The sailing sloop Pattie, belonging to
Capt. Jos Rome is at E,dw. Whytes boat
house at the foot of 18th street for an over
hauling and repainting. She will cruise
along the lower river this fall.
While Wor-,ng about the harbor one OF
the batteaus of the dredge Gray Eagle
was caught between two of the pipe pom
toons and had it's sides badly crushed in.
The boat is now at WHITES boat house
to be given an OVerhaullng.
The sloop Skipjack has been hauled out
on the small marine railway at Reagan's
boat yard and will be painted and caulked
and given thorough overhauling before
going back into the water again. The SKIP
jack will be useu for cruising on the river:
Captain Bailey Reed, commander OF the
steamer T. V. Arrowsmith, has returned
from a visit to the lower river and has
again taken charge of his boat
Mr.. George j. Stafford, purser OF the
steamer Estelle Randall, who has been
quite sick for a day or two, has recovered
and is again on duty.
The schooner Althea is at the nth street
wharf loading a cargo Of fertilizer from T.
w. Riley for Norfolk
The tug Selectman. having tow of sand
laden barges behind her, came into port
yesterday evening.
The steamer Dennis Simmons, laden with
lumber and shingles from Edenton, n. G.,
has arrived at Alexandria,, and is unload
ing at the wharf of H. X. Field & Co.
The schooner Sidney Jones. laden with
cord wood. has arrived in port from Nomni
for Garter & Clark
The bugeye Smith is at Alexandria load
ing bricks and building material and will
sail today for a lower Potomac port.
The cargo Of pine lumber aboard the
schooner Walter p. Snow is consigned to
Johnson & Wimsatt.