Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-10
ON THE RIVER FRONT
REBUILDING WHARVES ON THE
LOWER POTOMAC.
New Naval Guns to Be Tested-Ice on
the River-OtheG
Matters.

The work of rebuilding the wharf at ely
mont Md, has been temporarily suspended
for want Of material, and the piiedriver has
gone to the wharf at Fort Hunt to rebuild
the work there. When this is completed
work on the Glymont wharf will be re-
sumed. Advantage has been taken of the
low water during the past two or three
days to push the work on the underwater
portion Of the new wharf of Hammond &
Sons at Alexandria. The crib for the wharf
is nearly completed and the structure will
be ready for use in the early spring. Work
is also being pushed on the new wharf
now in process of construction for Mr.. John
r. Zimmerman. Plans are also being pre-
pared for the erection of new pier at
Colonial Beach, Va. The work on the pier,
which is to be an ornate one, will begin
early in the spring.
The big side-wheel steamer Jane Moseley,
belonging to the Freedman's Transporta-
ton Company, which last summer ran ex-
curslons to Glymont and Cedar Point, is
laid up for the winter at the wharf of the
American Ice Company, on the Eastern
branch, at Sd street southeast. During the
winter she is to be overhauled and made
ready for her next seasons work.
The United States naval tug Tecumseh
yesterday took barge, on which were
three small rapid-fire guns, to the naval
proving grounds at Indian Head, Nd,
to the new ships. These guns were built
at the United States naval ordnance foun
dry in this city. Numbers of guns now
being taken to the proving grounds for
trial.
The cooler weather and northwest winds
have driven the fish out Of the sheltered
hooks in the bays and creeks along the
river, and more fish were caught yesterday
than there have been for several days. The
demand is fair and prices are as follows:
For Spanish mackerel. 1Oc. to 12c. per
pound; pan rock &c. to 1Oc. per pound; me
dunn rock. 12c to lac. per pound; boiling
rock, 15c to 1sc per pound; Potomac black
bass, 12c. to 15c. per pound: North Caro-
lima black bass, 12c. to 13c. per pound; blue
fish and tailors, Sc. to 10c. per pound; floun
ders, sc. to &c. per pound; green pike, &c. to
Sc. per pound; sheepshead. &c. to 10c. per
pound; white perch, 10c. to 12c. per pound;
white perch, small, 10c. to 15c. per bunch;
catfish, large, 2oc to 3oc. per bunch: cat
fish, small. Zoe. to 15c. per bunch; yellow
perch, Zoe. to 40c per bunch; carp, 15c. to
40c. each; cells, &c. each, and gray trout.
So to $14 per box. Game was scarce today
and sold at the figures of yesterday.
The oyster market at the 18th street
wharf was dull this morning, the stock on
hand being quite large. Prices today range
from 45c. to 60c per bushel for ordinary
grades, and the best stock sold for Toe to
Soc. per bushel. The cold weather will
make oysters more scarce along the river.
General Matters.
The big four-masted schooner Edith G.
Folwell, which recently unloaded a large
cargo of asphalt from the Island of Trini-
day here. has gone to Baltimore to be
hauled out on a marine railway and have
some minor repairs made and be scraped
and painted
The tug Sunbeam, with a party aboard,
has gone to the lower river on a short
cunning trip.
Ice formed in considerable quantities on
the river last night and the night before.
Two or three more nights of cold weather
will cover the river with ice.
DR. F. T. Chamberlain and Mr.. j. w.
Marmaduke have returned from cunning
trip near Glymont.
Capt. Ned Owens, who has been confined
to his home by sickness, is again on duty
on the steamer Wakefield
The tug Emma has left Baltimore for
Point Lookout and will there meet the tug
Camilla from this city with a tow of
barges The Emma will take the barges
to Chesapeake City on their way to Phfla-
delphia.
The two-masted schooner William and
James. laden with plaster. from Philadel-
phia has arrived In port for the Keystone
Plaster Company. She will discharge her
cargo at the wharf foot Of 9Th street south
west.
The Shining Light and Silver Spray have
arrived in port with cargoes or oysters
from the lower Potomac.
The Lizzie Burt has arrived In port with
a load of oysters for the local trade.
The schooners Belmont and Edith Ventl
are unloading cord wood for the dealers in
GEORGETOWN.