Evening star., 1902-03-10
ON THE RIVER FRONT
TUG MINERVA UNDERGOING I'M
PoRTANT REPAIRS.
Fish and Oyster Narket-Sand Diggers
at Work Above Long
Bridge.

| The tug Minerva has had new pro-
peller put on her shaft at the marine rail-
! way in Alexandria and was Saturday even
| ing put overheard. She is now at the ma
| chine shop wharf Of Moore & Sons to have
some minor repairs made.
The new pile driver, built at Alexandra
| for Messrs. Carter & Clark of this city,
| has been turned over to it's owners By the
builders, and was Saturday evening last
| brought to this city, and is now lying at
the wharf Of Forsberg & Murray. The ma
chine will be placed In order for immediate
! service and will be employed in wharf
building and repair work along the river
during the summer.
Prices of fish at the 11th street wharf
this morning were about the same as they
were last week and are follows: For
pan rock, 10c. per pound; boiling rock, 121a
to 15c. per pound; black bass, 10 to 15c. per
pound: salmon trout, to sc. per pound;
white perch, to SC. per pound; jumping
mullets, to sc. per pound: carp. to &C.
per pound; hickory jacks, 8 to 15c. each;
| river mullets, Is to 2Oc. per bunch; white
catfish, 80 to 45c. per bunch; black catfish,
8 to 2Oc. per bunch; yellow perch. to 4Oc
per bunch; roe shad, Goc. to 81 each; buck
shad, 80 to 45c. each and herring, 1925 per
hundred.
large feet Of oyster-laden craft from
the lower Potomac and Chesapeake bay
have arrived at the oyster wharf since Sat
urday last, with full loads Of oysters. The
demand this morning was good, and prices
We're SEC. to 60c per bushel for small oys-
ters; the larger ones, 7Oc. to 75c. per
bushel.
One Of the large sand and gravel digging
| ma chimes OF the Columbia National Sand
Dredging Company OF this city Is now at
work near the seawall OF the Potomac
park. short distance above the Long
hpi1 1yn 10 jc Arcf 0f hA
chimes to begin operations about this city.
Mr.. w. L. Taylor, the lessee Of Stif's
wharf Va, has notified the steamboat
managers here that until he can have a
| wharf rebuilt he will meet all steamers
with large scow. with which he will
transfer freight and passengers to and
from the shore. The rebuilding Of the pier
will be begun as soon as the services Of a
pile driver can be had.
The new seine boat, built at Alexandria
for Ballenger & Gibson, is about completed
and will be turned over to them today.
1t will be used in the hauling Of seine at
The large tug VIM. H. Yerkes, jr.. has
been chartered to tow fish-laden craft
during the fishing season about to open
for Messrs. Cogswell & Bro. A Balti
more tug will tow for R. A. Golden.
Mr.. Robert Evans has nearly completed
a forty-foot seine boat for his own use, at
the barge landing of the Baltimore and
Ohio railway at Alexandria, and is now at
work on a sailing vessel Of the fattie type,
| the keel and bow and stern posts Of which
are in position.
The Moving Craft.
The steamer Lily and Howard arrived in
port this morning with cargo of Virginia
pine lumber from Aqua creek for johnson
& Wimsatt.
The schooner Zephyr is unloading cargo
Of cord wood at the wharf of Johnson
Bros. foot 18th street
The Baltimore tug Stella came into port
this morning with the Standard Oil barge
No. n in tow for the Washington Gas
Light Company. The barge is discharging
at Georgetown.
The schooner Mcdonald and the Peri
have arrived at the wharf of Carter &
Clark and are unloading cargoes of wood.
The ram Harin w. Huston, with lum-
Der from North Carolina, is in port end is
unloading at the wharf foot Of G street
southwest.
The little three-masted schooner Sarah
8. Tyler is in port with full load Of lum-
ber from the James river for H. l.. Biscoe.
The schooner Matilda Is In port with a
full cargo Of cord wood from the lower
river for Carter & Clark
The schooner Oakland has gone to the
lower river and will load cargo Of pine
wood for the dealers here.
The steamer e. James Tull. with gen.
eral cargo, sailed from Alexandria Satur-
day evening last for Aqua creek
Inc schooner HeDecca smith mas ar
rived at Alexandria with a cargo Of oys-
ters from Jackson's creek.
The tug Emma. with three coa1-laden
| barges in tow, has sailed from Chesapeake
City for this port
The barges kathrine D. Brady and Sha-
| ron Hall have been taken from this city
to Aqua creek where they will load car
goes Of poplar wood and railway ties for
| Philadelphia.
The two-masted schooner Howard Rus
| sell came into port yesterday evening with
| a cargo Of pine lumber for Johnson & VIM
! Satt.
| The longboat Mayflower, laden with cord
wood from OccOquan, has arrived in port
| for the dealers.
The Alice Carlisle, Lottie Carter and
| Clara Lenord have all sailed from lower
| river points for this city.
The bugeye Silver Spray is lying at the
| Queen street wharf at Alexandria. receiv-
| ing general overhauling before going iito
| the shad and herring running business in
| few days.
| The tug Eva Belle Cain, which has been
! laid up at the Alexandria shipyard for the
| past year. is now being fitted out and will
! tow fish-laden boats during the coming sea-
| son,