Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
ON THE HVER FRONT
NINTH STREET DOCK DREDGED
EIGHT FEET DEEPER,
Lighter Williams Sails for New York
Large Vessels Bound Here
General News.

The large SCOOP -dredge Pugh dug out the
dock at the 9th street wharf of the Ameri-
can Ice Company Thursday last, increasing
the depth of water there from about twelve
to twenty feet. In consequence Of the burn
ing down of the large Ice storage house on
the 9th street wharf the old house is now
being used, and it was found necessary to
dig out the dock before 1t could be used.
The schooner Clarence H. Winner Is now
locked and will discharge her cargo there.
The docks in the harbor fill very fast. A
few years ago there was ample water to
lay the largest vessel in the dock that has
Just been dug out, but few days ago.
when the depth of water was measured
only twelve feet could be found.
The supply of fresh fish of all kinds con-
tinues quite large, the catch by the nets in
the river and at the bay fishing shores
being good Though the open season for
bass has arrived. but few are being caught.
The demand is good and prices fol-
lows: For Spanish ma ckerel. Z to Sc. per
pound: white perch. 10 to 12c. per pound;
pan rock, to 10c per pound; boiling rock,
10 to 12c. per pound; founders, to &c. per
pound sturgeon, 10 to lie. per pound; blue
fish, to &c. per pound; salmon trout, 5 to
&c. per pound; gray trout, "a to s. per bar
rel; butterfish, So to 81 per barrel: small
white perch, 25e. per bunch; catfish, % to
35c. per bunch; carp, ~ to 15c. each; cells.
shad, zoe. each. and herring, 4Oc. per 100.
Hard crabs are selling at s125 per barrel
and soft crabs. 40 to SOC. per dozen.
Fires, with oil for fuel. were started in
the experimental marine boiler Of the Oil
City Boiler Company, the wharf at the
foot of Sth street yesterday, and thorough
tests of the efficacy Of oil as a fuel are to
be made.
The United States army lighter Williams,
which arrived here a few days ago with a
cargo of personal property belonging to
officers returning from Cuba, has unloaded
and sailed yesterday evening for New York,
where she has been assigned to duty. The
lighter Kearney, on her way to this port
from Cuba, with army property aboard, Is
expected to arrive here at any time She
sailed from Cuba, 1t is understood about
two weeks ago, but is not fast vessel.
General Port News.
The work of putting the new shaft in the
steam yacht Gretchen has been completed
at the Alexandria shipyard and the yacht
has keen put overheard. She has been
brought to her berth at the Motley Hall
wharf and will now fit out for her summer
cruise along the Atlantic coast
The United States lighthouse engineers
steamer Jessamine Is out of commission and
has gone to one of the shipyards at Balti-
more, where she will be fitted with a new
boiler and will be practically rebuilt She
will be out of service until late in the sum-
mer 1t is expected with the new boiler and
the increase in NE steam pressure that will
be allowed thc- Jessamine will be found to
be much faster when she goes into service
again. ~~ -~~
The three-masted schooner Pardon G.
Thompson is at sea- bound here with car
go of laths from ST., John, New Brunswick,
and the SCHOONER Eagle Wing is coming
from the south loaded with 1,SOO tons of
Florida phosphate rock for the Alexandria
chemical and Fertilizer Company
The United States dispatch boat Dolphin
yesterday evening took a large party of the
army surgeons, now in session in this city,
to MT. Vernon and on short pleasure trip
on the river ''F-7
The steamer O. James Tull has arrived
mere with large raft of pine piling to be
used IN the improvements at the arsenal
grounds.
The Weems line steamer Potomac, which
arrived here last night is making her first
visit here in several weeks. Since. being
lald up she has been handsomely repafnted
ana oyerhauled for summer travel
1t is expected that the revenue cutter AL
gonguin Captain Wiley now in Baltimore,
Will shortly pay a visit to this city.
The Letter Carriers Association yestar
DAY carried nearly 1000 persons from this
city TO River View. All six of the River
view line steamers and the steamer River
queen were in service.