Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-08
ON THE RIVER FRONT
DREDGE PREPARING FOR SER
VICE In LOCAL HARBoR.
New Tug to Be 8uil6-Grass on River
Flats-0thsk Marine
NeWd1.

The large suckers dredge Alice Vivian is
being rapidly prepared flor service in filling
the reclaimed land embraced In the plans
for the improvement eof the Washington
Barracks Park Saturday afternoon five
large barges laden with pipe, pontoons and
other paraphernalia to be used in the dredg
ing operations were brought into port by
the tug Maud H. of Baltimore. Today the
workmen are busy launching the pontoons
into the water, putting the pipe in position
In them and connecting the shore line Of
piping together. The dredge is powerful
enough to pump stream of liquid mud
eighteen inches in diameter upon the land
to be reclaimed, and from now on the work
VIII be pushed The work laid out for the
dredge will keep her busy for. many weeks
to come.
The supply Of fresh fish at the 18th street
oyster wharf continues large enough to
meet the demand, which was quite good this
morning. The receipts from the nets in the
river continue to be very light, the supply
coming mainly from Norfolk. Prices this
morning We're steady and were as follows:
FOR pan rock, . to 18c. per pound; medium
rock 1Ol2 to 12c. per pound; boiling rock,
10 to 1sc. per pound; sturgeon, 10 to 12c
per pound; founders, &C. per pound; Spanish
nackefeI, ~ to 12c. per pound; white perch,
~ 10 IZc. per pound; small white perch. D
10 2oc per bunch; small catfish 10 to 15c
per bunch: large catfish, 20 to SOC. per
punch; eels, 3 to &c. each; spot, So to So per
barrel; gray trout, 81 to So per barrel; but
terflsh, "a to S. per barrel; hard crabs. 81 to
, Id per barrel, and clans, 40c. per hundred.
ne demand Tor oysters in the shell was
fairly good at the 18th street wharf mar
ket TINS morning, though the warm weather
is having depressing effect on prices. They
were selllnS at 5Oc. per buShel this morning.
Inc warmer weather has caused an in
crease in the demand for watermelons
ABOUT o,ooO melons were in stock at the
wharf this morning. Prices are steady, the
smaller grades selling at 81 per hundred;
primes at IS to So per hundred; small Sc
aects, sl2 per hundred. and large selects,
SIS per hundred
The handsome power launch Analostan,
Wnlch arrived here Saturday by rail from
New York, is on the small marine railway
at Benefits boat yard for repainting and
overhauling before being put overheard.
Inc schooner Murray Vandiver will COM
plete repairs at Alexandria today and will
be launched. She will sail for the james
river for load Of lumber for H. L. Biscoe.
General News of Interest
Mr.. M Mitchell Davis, at solomon's Is
land, Md, will this winter build the hull of
a wooden tugboat for Baltimore owners.
The new boat is to be 50 feet long, 1872
feet wide and S1b feet deep. She will have
steeple compound engine, with cylinders
II and "a Inches, with 24-inch stroke. She
is designed for service on Chesapeake bay
and will be ready for delivery in the spring.
All the river flats about this city are COW
ered with long grass, and the line of the
deep water is very marked on both sides
OF the channel A matarious looking green
growth is also coming from the flats and
floating up and down the river with the
tides.
Two large barges are. at Georgetown load
ing soft coal for Boston.
st. Aloysius conference Of the Society OF
st. Vincent de Paul gave successful ex-
dow 10 De-,
the steamer Sam'l ]. Pentz. Nearly a thou
sand persons made the trip The fund ac-
cumulated will be devoted to charity.
Mr.. Silas Lewis of the harbor police force,
turned to duty Saturday. Mr.. John Perry of
the harbor force Is now away on leave.
Mr.. Jas. o. Carter has gone on a pleasure
trip through the north.
Mr.. Thornton Smoot, formerly purser of
the Randall line, who has been in New
Mexico for the past year for the benefit of
his health, returned home yesterday, great
ly improved ~.
has gone to lower Maryland for stay of
about two weeks.
Mr.. John Wilson, superintendent of the
park at River View, has returned from the
resort to this city for the winter
A large schooner laden with Ice will arrive
here this evening, the first ice-laden vessel
to come into port in about two weeks.
The barge Farmers Friend, with load of
railway ties from along the line of the Ches-
apeake and Ohio canal, has arrived here for
Carter & Clark.
The sloop Daisy, laden with a cargo OF
general store goods, has sailed from Alex
andria for Pennington, Nd.
The schooner A. Wiley, laden with gro
ceries and other supplies, has sailed for
river points
The Mayf1ower, Sidney Jones and Edith
VerriH have all unloaded cargoes and sailed
for river points to load.